Goldikova Stakes

The Goldikova is an American Thoroughbred horse race run in early November at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. (It began as the Las Palmas Handicap run during the Oak Tree Racing Association meet.) The race is open to fillies and mares, age three and up, willing to race one mile on the turf. A Grade II event, it currently offers a purse of $200,000.[1]

Goldikova Stakes

Grade II race
Location	Santa Anita Park Arcadia, California, United States formerly run at the now closed Hollywood Park Racetrack Inglewood, California
Inaugurated	1969
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	www.santaanita.com www.oaktreeracing.com
Race information
Distance	1 mile (8 furlongs)
Surface	Turf
Track	Left-handed
Qualification	Filles & Mares, three-years-old & up
Weight	Assigned
Purse	$200,000

The Las Palmas Handicap was named for the California-bred racing mare, Las Palmas. Foaled in 1929, she won the first ever race at modern Santa Anita Park on December 25, 1934. Its name was changed with the closing of the Hollywood Park racetrack and moving the race to Santa Anita in 2012. It is now named in honor of Goldikova, the champion European racemare who won the Breeders' Cup Mile three times in succession - 2008, 2009 and 2010.

The race was also hosted by Santa Anita Park from inception in 1969 through 2009.