Torrey Pines Stakes

The Torrey Pines Stakes' is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies run over a distance of one mile on the dirt held annually in August at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. The event currently carries a purse of $125,000.

History
The event was inaugurated on 10 September 1976 and held in split divisions and was run over a distance of $1 1/16$ miles on a rainy day. The event is named after Torrey Pines, a community of in the northern coastal area of San Diego, California and south from Del Mar.

The event was run as a restricted overnight stakes from 1976 to 2004. The last restriction in 2004 was for non-winners of a sweepstakes event where the winner had won $50,000 or more at one mile or over.

The distance of the event was decreased to one mile in 1997.

This race was upgraded to a Grade III in 2014.

The 2013 winner Beholder went on to win the Breeders' Cup Distaff and was crowned US Champion Three-Year-Old Filly. The 2015 winner Stellar Wind was also crowned US Champion Three-Year-Old Filly that year.

Records
Speed record:
 * 1 mile: 1:34.86 - Potesta (2012)
 * $1 1/16$ miles: 1:41.00 - Drama Critic (1977)

Margins:
 * $8 1/2$ lengths - Magical Allure (1998)

Most wins by a jockey:
 * 4 - Chris McCarron (1981, 1987, 1993, 1998)

Most wins by a trainer:
 * 7 - John W. Sadler (2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2018)
 * 7 - Bob Baffert (1998, 2000, 2005, 2014, 2019, 2021, 2022)

Most wins by an owner:
 * 2 - Ike & Dawn Thrash  (2008, 2009)
 * 2 - Michael E. Pegram (2005, 2022)

Winners
Legend: Notes: † In the 2017 running of the event Zapperkat won the race but was disqualified for drifting out in the straight and interfering with Munny Spunt.