Yerba Buena Stakes

Yerba Buena Stakes
Discontinued stakes race
LocationGolden Gate Fields,
Albany, California, USA
Inaugurated1973–2009
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
Website[1]
Race information
Distance1 3/8 miles (11 furlongs)
SurfaceTurf
TrackGrass, left-handed
QualificationThree-years-old & up

The Yerba Buena Stakes is a discontinued race for Thoroughbred fillies and mares age three and older.[1] It was run on turf at Golden Gate Fields race track in Albany, California from 1973 through 2000 and again from 2005 through 2009.[2] Between 2001 through 2004 the race was hosted by Bay Meadows Racetrack in San Mateo, California.

It was raced as the Yerba Buena Handicap from inception in 1973 through 2006.[3]

  1. ^ Thoroughbred Times (2004). The Original Thoroughbred Times Racing Almanac, 2005 Edition. BowTie Press. p. 380. ISBN 978-1-931993-57-9. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. ^ California Trainers, 2009 Yerba Buena Stakes Retrieved September 20, 2018
  3. ^ Pacific Stars And Stripes , Tokyo, Japan June 4, 1973 page 21 article on the 1973 Yerba Buena Handicap Retrieved September 20, 2018