Eddie Logan Stakes
Listed race
LocationSanta Anita Park
Arcadia, California, United States
Inaugurated2006
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Websitewww.santaanita.com
Race information
Distance1 mile (8 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationTwo-year-olds
Purse$100,000

The Eddie Logan Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-olds run at the Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California late in the year. A Listed stakes, it's set at a distance of 1 mile on the turf, and currently offers a purse of $100,000 plus.

Begun in 2006, this race is named for Eddie Logan (May 20, 1910 - January 31, 2009), the "foot man," who worked at the track for 74 years, beginning on the track's opening day: December 24, 1934, shining shoes and cheering hearts. Logan was in the winner's circle to present the first winning trophy.

This race was formerly known as the Hill Rise Stakes. In 2002 Peace Rules won, with Singletary placing.

Past winners

As the Hill Rise Stakes

  • 2005 - Chattahoochee War (Rafael Bejarano)
  • 2004 - Objective
  • 2003 -
  • 2002 - Peace Rules (Victor Espinoza)
  • 2001 - Jamaican Rum
  • 2000 - The Deputy
  • 1998 - Ladies Din (multiple Grade I stakes winner)
  • 1997 - Greed is Good
  • 1996 - Al Mamoon (multiple graded stakes winner)

References

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