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Gold Rush Stakes

Class	Ungraded Stakes
Location	Golden Gate Fields Berkeley, California
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	www.goldengatefields.com
Race information
Distance	1 Mile (8 Furlongs)
Track	Synthetic, left-handed
Qualification	Two-year-olds
Weight	Assigned
Purse	$75,000

The Gold Rush Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-olds run at Golden Gate Fields in mid-December. An ungraded stakes set at distance of one mile on Tapeta Footings, the Gold Rush currently offers a purse of $75,000.

The race, named for the California Gold Rush of 1849, is a steppingstone to the $100,000 Golden Gate Derby (gr. III).

Past winners

• 2016 – Colonel Samsen (1:38.59) (Juan J. Hernandez) (trainer Eoin G. Harty)
• 2015 – Mana Strike (1:38.36) (Pedro M. Terrero) (trainer Frank Lucarelli)
• 2014 – Stand and Salute (1:39.26) (Russell Baze) (trainer Jerry Hollendorfer)
• 2013 – Exit Stage Left (1:38.53) (Russell Baze) (trainer Jerry Hollendorfer)
• 2012 – Zeewat (1:38:13) (Russell Baze) (trainer Jerry Hollendorfer)
• 2011 – Russian Greek (1:39.18) (Inoel Beato) (trainer Jerry Hollendorfer)
• 2010 – Positive Response (1:37.75)
• 2009 – Sourdough Sam (1:39.39)
• 2008 – Merus Miami (1:38.48) (Alex Bisono)
• 2007 – El Gato Malo (1:37.62) (Patrick Valenzuela)
• 2006 – Pure As Gold (Jon Court)
• 2005 –
• 2004 – Dover Dere (1:36.55) (Ignacio Puglisi)
• 2003 – Skipaslew (Eric Saint-Martin)
• 2002 – Spensive
• 2001 – Danthebluegrassman (1:34.69)
• 2000 – I’madrifter
• 1995 – Petionville
• 1994 – Bai Brun
• 1992 – Big Pal
• 1990 – Restless Con (won the 1990 Haskell Invitational Handicap)
• 1989 – Avenging Force (Roberto Gonzalez)
• 1988 – Prospectors Gamble (a leading sire of 1999)

External links

• Golden Gate Fields website
• Photos of Golden Gate Fields, including Silky Sullivan memorial and Lost in the Fog