ARCADIA, CA – Santa Anita’s 2020 Autumn Meeting will kick into high gear on opening day, Saturday, September 19, with the $100,000 Chillingworth Stakes (G3) for fillies and mares at 6 1/2 furlongs and will offer fans and horsemen a total of 24 stakes over 18 racing days, through closing day, October 25.
Most recently run as the LA Woman Stakes (G3), the Chillingworth has been renamed in honor of the late Sherwood Chillingworth, a longtime Director of the Oak Tree Racing Association who was held in the highest regard throughout North American racing.
Customarily high on the Autumn Meet stakes agenda is a series of Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” Challenge Races, which provides the winners of each race an automatic fees-paid berth in the Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Keeneland on November 6 & 7.
In addition to the Chillingworth on September 19, the $100,000 Speakeasy Stakes, for 2-year-olds at 5 1/2 furlongs on turf, is the first of seven “Win and You’re In” events, with the Speakeasy serving as a prep for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G2).
On Saturday, September 26, four “Win and You’re In” stakes – the $300,000 Rodeo Drive (G1), a prep for the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf; the $300,000 American Pharoah (G1), for 2-year-olds prepping for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile; the $300,000 Awesome Again (G1), for 3-year-olds and up prepping for the Breeders’ Cup Longines Classic, and the $200,000 Chandelier Stakes (G2), for 2-year-old fillies prepping for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies – will all be offered on what promises to be a blockbuster afternoon that will include a total of six stakes.
The remaining two Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” stakes – the $200,000 Zenyatta (G2), a pivotal steppingstone to the Breeders’ Cup Longines Distaff, and the $200,000 Santa Anita Sprint Championship (G2), which preps 3-year-olds and up for the Breeders’ Cup Sprint – will both be offered on Sunday, September 27.
The always-popular $200,000 Eddie D Stakes, named in honor of one of racing’s all-time great jockeys, retired Hall of Famer Eddie Delahoussaye, is for 3-year-olds and up at 5 1/2 furlongs on turf and will be run Friday, September 25.
Fans are encouraged to watch and wager via XpressBet.com or 1stBet.com. For additional wagering information, please visit santaanita.com.
Santa Anita’s complete 2020 Autumn Stakes Schedule is available at www.santaanita.com/stakes-
