MALIBU STAKES · UNITED STATES
Malibu Stakes prize money
The Malibu Stakes is worth $300,000 . That makes it the 302nd richest of the 997 races on this site and the 116th richest in the United States.
Every figure here is the money the race announces, in the currency it announces it in. The currency control at the top swaps the whole page.
TOTAL PRIZE MONEY $300,000
WORLD RANK 302nd
RUNNINGS HELD 79
FIRST RUN 1952
What the Malibu Stakes is
Grade I · 7 furlongs · Dirt · Santa Anita Park
- Racecourse
- Santa Anita Park
- Country
- United States
- Grade
- Grade I
- Distance
- 7 furlongs
- Surface
- Dirt
- Race type
- Thoroughbred, Flat racing
- Open to
- Three-year-olds
- Direction
- left-handed
- First run
- 1952
We hold the total fund for the Malibu Stakes and no separate winner's cheque. What the winner takes is a rule the racecourse sets rather than a national one, and it varies race by race.
Run in 1:20.97 in 2025, the Malibu Stakes pays $3,705 for every second of the race, which is 194th of the 611 races in horse racing prize money per second and 104th in the United States.
Every Malibu Stakes winner
79 runnings, 1952 to 2025, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Goal Oriented1:20.97 | Joel Rosario | Bob Baffert | SF Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, Stonestreet Stables, et al. |
| 2024 | Raging Torrent1:21.54 | Frankie Dettori | Doug O'Neill | Great Friends Stable and Mark Davis |
| 2023 | Speed Boat Beach1:21.70 | Flavien Prat | Bob Baffert | Michael E. Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman |
| 2022 | Taiba1:21.75 | Mike E. Smith | Bob Baffert | Zedan Racing Stables |
| 2021 | Flightline1:21.37 | Flavien Prat | John Sadler | Hronis Racing, Siena Farm, Summer Wind Equine, West Point Thoroughbreds and Woodford Racing |
| 2020 | Charlatan1:21.50 | Mike E. Smith | Bob Baffert | SF Racing LLC, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables LLC, Stonestreet Stables LLC, et al. |
| 2019 | Omaha Beach1:22.33 | Mike E. Smith | Richard Mandella | Fox Hill Farms |
| 2018 | McKinzie1:22.48 | Mike E. Smith | Bob Baffert | Karl Watson, Mike Pegram, Paul Weitman |
| 2017 | City of Light1:21.21 | Drayden Van Dyke | Michael W. McCarthy | Mr. & Mrs. William K. Warren Jr. |
| 2016 | Mind Your Biscuits1:20.81 | Joel Rosario | Robert N. Falcone Jr. | J Stables, Head of Plains Partners, et al. |
| 2015 | Runhappy1:21.76 | Gary Stevens | Laura Wohlers | James McIngvale |
| 2014 | Shared Belief1:20.69 | Mike E. Smith | Jerry Hollendorfer | Jungle Racing/KMN Racing/Hollendorfer et al. |
| 2013 | Shakin It Up1:20.53 | David Flores | Bob Baffert | Cardoza/Pegram |
| 2012 | Jimmy Creed1:20.36 | Garrett Gomez | Richard Mandella | Spendthrift Farm |
| 2011 | The Factor1:19.89 | Martin Garcia | Bob Baffert | Fog City Stable/Bolton |
| 2010 | Twirling Candy1:19.70 | Joel Rosario | John W. Sadler | Craig Family Trust |
| 2009 | M One Rifle1:21.05 | Mike E. Smith | Bruce Headley | Bruce Headley & partners |
| 2008 | Bob Black Jack1:20.20 | David Flores | James Kasparoff | Jeff Harmon/Tim Kasparoff |
| 2007 | Johnny Eves1:21.08 | David Flores | Jay M. Robbins | Mooncoin LLC |
| 2006 | Latent Heat1:21.39 | Edgar Prado | Robert J. Frankel | Juddmonte Farms |
| 2005 | Proud Tower Too1:21.62 | David Cohen | Sal Gonzalez | Tricar Stables |
| 2004 | Rock Hard Ten1:21.89 | Gary Stevens | Richard Mandella | Mercedes Stable/M. Paulson |
| 2003 | Southern Image1:22.65 | Victor Espinoza | Mike Machowsky | Blahut Stables |
| 2002 | Debonair Joe1:22.40 | Julie Krone | Juan Silva | Lynne H. Ristad |
| 2001 | Mizzen Mast1:22.13 | Kent Desormeaux | Robert J. Frankel | Juddmonte Farms |
| 2000 | Dixie Union1:21.62 | Alex Solis | Richard Mandella | Diamond A Racing/H. Sarkowsky |
| 1999 | Love That Red1:22.06 | Garrett Gomez | Leonard Duncan | Terry D. Wells |
| 1998 | Run Man Run1:21.51 | Mike Luzzi | Anthony Margotta Jr. | Blasland/Brooks/Desadora |
| 1997 | Lord Grillo1:21.46 | Ed Delahoussaye | Mike Puype | Cobra Farm, Inc. (Lessee) |
| 1996 | King of the Heap1:21.84 | Kent Desormeaux | Wallace Dollase | Long/Nemet et al. |
| 1995 | Afternoon Deelites1:21.73 | Kent Desormeaux | Richard Mandella | Burt Bacharach |
| 1994 | Powis Castle1:20.96 | Pat Valenzuela | Rodney Rash | Vistas Stables |
| 1993 | Diazo1:21.00 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Bill Shoemaker | Allen E. Paulson |
| 1992 | Star Of The Crop1:20.67 | Gary Stevens | Willard Proctor | Glen Hill Farm |
| 1991 | Olympio1:21.28 | Ed Delahoussaye | Ron McAnally | VHW Stables (Lessee) |
| 1990 | Pleasant Tap1:21.60 | Alex Solis | Chris Speckert | Buckland Farm |
| 1989 | Music Merci1:21.60 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Craig C. Lewis | Pendleton/Royal T Stable |
| 1988 | Oraibi1:21.60 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Richard Mandella | Ralph & Aury Todd |
| 1987 | On The Line1:21.00 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | D. Wayne Lukas | Eugene V. Klein |
| 1986 | Ferdinand1:21.60 | Bill Shoemaker | Charlie Whittingham | Howard B. Keck |
| 1985 | Banner Bob1:21.00 | Gary Baze | Charlie Whittingham | W. J. & Sharon E. Walsh |
| 1984 | Precisionist1:21.40 | Chris McCarron | L. R. Fenstermaker | Fred W. Hooper |
| 1984 | Glacial Stream1:22.20 | Chris McCarron | Gordon C. Campbell | Est. of B. J. Ridder |
| 1984 | Pac Mania1:22.60 | Pat Valenzuela | Michael Whittingham | Oak Cliff Stable |
| 1983 | Time To Explode1:21.00 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Gary F. Jones | M. G. Rutherford |
| 1982 | Island Whirl1:26.00 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | D. Wayne Lukas | Elcee-H Stable |
| 1981 | Doonesbury1:20.40 | Sandy Hawley | Barney Willis | Jones, Roffe et al. |
| 1981 | Raise a Man1:20.40 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Chay R. Knight | Northwest Farms |
| 1980 | Spectacular Bid1:20.00 | Bill Shoemaker | Bud Delp | Hawksworth Farm |
| 1979 | Little Reb1:21.00 | Frank Olivares | Jerry M. Fanning | Fanning & Harrison |
| 1978 | J. O. Tobin1:23.00 | Steve Cauthen | Laz Barrera | El Peco Ranch |
| 1977 | Cojak1:23.00 | Bill Shoemaker | Hubert Hine | Entremont Farm |
| 1977 | Romantic Lead1:22.40 | Bill Shoemaker | Stephen A. DiMauro | Meadow Stable |
| 1976 | Forceten1:21.20 | Donald Pierce | Neil D. Drysdale | Saron Stable |
| 1975 | Lightning Mandate1:20.60 | Álvaro Pineda | Farrell W. Jones | Jones/McLeod/Mabee et al. |
| 1975 | Princely Native1:20.80 | Braulio Baeza | Laz Barrera | Harbor View Farm |
| 1974 | Ancient Title1:22.80 | Fernando Toro | Keith L. Stucki Sr. | Ethel Kirkland |
| 1973 | Bicker1:21.40 | Glenn Brogan | Robert Wingfield | Green Thumb Farm |
| 1972 | Wing Out1:21.00 | Bill Shoemaker | John Sullivan | Daybreak Farm |
| 1972 | Kfar Tov1:21.20 | Jerry Lambert | John W. Pappalardo | Billrick Stable |
| 1971 | King of Cricket1:21.20 | Danny Velasquez | Noble Threewitt | Corradini & Nuccio |
| 1969 | First Mate1:22.00 | Jerry Lambert | Buster Millerick | Albert Sultan |
| 1968 | Damascus1:21.20 | Bill Shoemaker | Frank Whiteley Jr. | Edith W. Bancroft |
| 1966 | Buckpasser1:22.00 | Braulio Baeza | Edward A. Neloy | Ogden Phipps |
| 1966 | Terry's Secret1:23.00 | Alex Maese | Carl A. Roles | Poltex Stable |
| 1965 | Power of Destiny1:22.00 | Kenneth Church | Hirsch Jacobs | Ethel D. Jacobs |
| 1963 | More Megaton1:23.00 | Raymond York | Jerry Wallace II | M/M E. B. Johnston |
| 1962 | Native Diver1:21.60 | Ralph Neves | Buster Millerick | M/M Louis K. Shapiro |
| 1961 | Olden Times1:22.00 | Bill Shoemaker | Mesh Tenney | Rex C. Ellsworth |
| 1960 | Tompion1:21.40 | Manuel Ycaza | Robert L. Wheeler | C. V. Whitney |
| 1960 | Ole Fols1:23.00 | William Boland | William B. Finnegan | Neil S. McCarthy |
| 1958 | Hillsdale1:22.40 | Tommy Barrow | Martin L. Fallon Jr. | Clarence Whitted Smith |
| 1957 | Round Table1:22.00 | Bill Shoemaker | William Molter | Kerr Stable |
| 1956 | Blen Host1:23.00 | Don Lewis | Bob R. Roberts | Gazelle Stable |
| 1955 | Honeys Alibi1:23.00 | William Boland | Dave Hurn | W-L Ranch Co. |
| 1955 | Determine1:22.60 | Raymond York | William Molter | Andrew J. Crevolin |
| 1954 | Imbros1:20.60 | Raymond York | William Molter | Andrew J. Crevolin |
| 1953 | A Gleam1:22.80 | Eddie Arcaro | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm |
| 1952 | Phil D1:23.00 | Raymond York | James Jordan | M/M W. C. Martin |
79 of the 79 runnings name the rider, 79 name the trainer and 79 name the owner, who is the one of the three the prize money actually belongs to.
Who wins the Malibu Stakes more than once
The fact the table above holds and cannot show
No horse has won the Malibu Stakes twice in the 79 runnings on this page.
Most wins by a jockey
Races worth about the same
Either side of the Malibu Stakes in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 292 | Clásico del CaribeVariable | $300,000 | $300,000 | |
| 293 | Del Mar Debutante StakesDel Mar Racetrack | United States | $300,000 | $300,000 |
| 294 | Del Mar FuturityDel Mar Racetrack | United States | $300,000 | $300,000 |
| 295 | Del Mar OaksDel Mar Racetrack | United States | $300,000 | $300,000 |
| 296 | Goodwood StakesSanta Anita Park | United States | $300,000 | $300,000 |
| 297 | Gotham StakesAqueduct Racetrack | United States | $300,000 | $300,000 |
| 298 | Hopeful StakesSaratoga Race Course | United States | $300,000 | $300,000 |
| 299 | Indiana DerbyHorseshoe Indianapolis | United States | $300,000 | $300,000 |
| 300 | Jebel HattaMeydan Racecourse | United Arab Emirates | $300,000 | $300,000 |
| 301 | La Brea StakesSanta Anita Park | United States | $300,000 | $300,000 |
| 303 | Matriarch StakesDel Mar Racetrack | United States | $300,000 | $300,000 |
| 304 | Pennine Ridge StakesBelmont Park | United States | $300,000 | $300,000 |
| 305 | Santa Anita HandicapSanta Anita Park | United States | $300,000 | $300,000 |
| 306 | Shoemaker Mile StakesSanta Anita Park | United States | $300,000 | $300,000 |
| 307 | Spinaway StakesSaratoga Race Course | United States | $300,000 | $300,000 |
| 308 | Thorndon MileTrentham | New Zealand | $293,199 | NZ$500,000 |
| 309 | Zabeel ClassicEllerslie Racecourse | New Zealand | $293,199 | NZ$500,000 |
| 310 | Prince of Wales StakesFort Erie Race Track | Canada | $285,578 | CA$400,000 |
| 311 | Critérium de Saint-CloudSaint-Cloud Racecourse | France | $284,188 | €250,000 |
| 312 | Critérium InternationalSaint-Cloud Racecourse | France | $284,188 | €250,000 |
The 20 races closest to the Malibu Stakes in what they pay, above and below it. Follow the ranking all the way up on the richest races in the world.
The rest of the money in the United States
196 races, 116th of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gotham Stakes | Aqueduct Racetrack | Grade III | $300,000 |
| Hopeful Stakes | Saratoga Race Course | Grade I | $300,000 |
| Indiana Derby | Horseshoe Indianapolis | Grade III | $300,000 |
| La Brea Stakes | Santa Anita Park | Grade I | $300,000 |
| Matriarch Stakes | Del Mar Racetrack | Grade 1 | $300,000 |
| Pennine Ridge Stakes | Belmont Park | Grade III | $300,000 |
| Santa Anita Handicap | Santa Anita Park | Grade I | $300,000 |
| Shoemaker Mile Stakes | Santa Anita Park | Grade I | $300,000 |
Every race in the United States we hold a purse for is on the United States prize money list.
Frequently asked questions
What is the total Malibu Stakes prize money?
$300,000.
Where does the Malibu Stakes rank among the richest races in the world?
302nd of 997. 301 races pay more, the nearest of them Clásico del Caribe. In the United States it is 116th of 196.
Which jockey has won the Malibu Stakes most often?
Bill Shoemaker, with 8 wins between 1957 and 1986.
When was the Malibu Stakes first run?
1952. This page holds 79 runnings, from 1952 to 2025.
How far is the Malibu Stakes?
7 furlongs, on dirt, at Santa Anita Park.
Where to next
The rest of the racing money