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