Oak Leaf Stakes

Oak Leaf Stakes
Grade II race
LocationSanta Anita Park
Arcadia, California, United States
Inaugurated1969
Race typeThoroughbredFlat racing
Websitewww.santaanita.com
Race information
Distance1+116 miles (8.5 furlongs)
SurfacePro-Ride synthetic dirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationTwo-year-old fillies
WeightAssigned
PurseUS$200,000 (2021)

The Chandelier Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at the end of September at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. It is restricted to two-year-old fillies. The Grade II race is contested at a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the main track at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.

The race is currently part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series. The winner will automatically qualify for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies.

As of 2012, this race was renamed the Chandelier Stakes having formerly being referred to as the Oak Leaf Stakes.[1]

From 1997 through 2001, the race was run at a distance of one mile (8 furlongs).

As of 2020 the race was downgraded to Group II.[2]

In 2024 the event was renamed back to its original name - Oak Leaf Stakes.

  1. ^ Older horses take spotlight in new-look Santa Anita stakes
  2. ^ "Three Santa Anita Grade 1 races downgraded". bloodhorse.com. Retrieved 4 October 2021.