San Felipe Stakes 2006 @ Santa Anita Park Kentucky Derby Prep Races

Grade: II Purse: $250,000 Distance: 1 1/16-miles Age: Three-Year-Olds

The San Felipe Stakes is hot on the 2006 Triple Crown trail as one of the top prep races leading up to 132nd Kentucky Derby on May 6, 2006 at Churchill Downs.

The San Felipe is a Grade II stakes race for three year old thoroughbred horses, run at a distance of 1 1/16 miles (8.5 furlongs) on the dirt. This major local prep race for the Santa Anita Derby has a guaranteed purse of US$250,000.

Over the years, the San Felipe Stakes has produced no less than 10 winners that have made it to the Kentucky Derby alone, including past champions Fusaichi Pegasus, Sunday Silence, Affirmed, and Determine, as well as the popular Alysheba.