Ticker
  • Al Kazeem gets up to win the Prince of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot! Posted 2 hours ago
  • Game On Dude worked 6f in 1:13.40 (2/8) at Santa Anita on 6-18. Posted 1 day ago
  • Declaration of War upsets the Queen Anne Stakes! Posted 1 day ago
  • Normandy Invasion breezed 4f in :48.40 (3/56) at Saratoga on 6-16. Posted 3 days ago
  • Smiling Tiger posted a 3F bullet in 35:60 (1/12) at Pleasanton on June 15. Posted 3 days ago
  • Fort Larned runs them off their feet in the Stephen Foster!Posted 3 days ago
  • There will be a Pick Six carryover of $130,526 when racing resumes Sunday at Hollywood.Posted 3 days ago
  • Funny Proposition shocks the champ in the Fleur de Lis!Posted 3 days ago
  • Free World rolls in the Centaur Stakes at Indiana Downs! Posted 3 days ago
  •  Byrama romps in the Vanity!Posted 3 days ago
Home / Stakes / El Camino Real Derby

El Camino Real Derby

Sponsor:
[Add Data]
Stake Associated with:
Kentucky Derby Trail
Profile History News & Notes Photos

What the Nation is saying about the El Camino Real Derby...

Autism Awareness, the winner of the 2008 El Camino Real Derby (G3), broke down in Sunday’s seventh race at Santa Anita and had to be euthanized. It is a sad coincidence that April is also Autism Awareness Month.Read More
  • Show All 16 Comments
  • jasen.mangrum · This is horrible news. I know this horse was an inspiration to many & it just doesn't seem fair for all the hope and joy he provided. · 62 days ago ·
    like
  • travel_vic · The MEDICAL community does not know much about either...It has the logic of other off the wall diagnoses like Ewing's Sarcoma or Multiple Sclerosis...Still a complete mystery and that is the bigger tragedy that many look to charlatans to explain the pathology rather than medical science. · 62 days ago ·
    like
I wish I could start this off with, " We have reached the half way mark of the current Golden Gate Fields meeting”, but darn it, I missed it by a week. Oh well, close enough, eh? Let’s pretend shall we? We have reached the half way point of the current Golden Gate Fields meet and I think there is no...Read More
  • AndyScoggin · 12,000 wins is just absolutely crazy amazing! · 84 days ago ·
    like
  • travel_vic · Great track built over an old native american grave site that they almost has to close as soon as it opened because the surface was so bad, horses were sinking down, at times, to their hocks..Luckily for their investors, the war interrupted those fledgling meetings. Always cool breezes and used for many a movie back drop. · 84 days ago ·
    like
I like a longshot here. 1st- Nina's Dragon 2nd- Zeewat 3rd- Wildcat Moon..... Bet my top 3 is different than most.
  • Show All 57 Comments
  • travel_vic · What is a bet to consider at Timonium might be one to avoid at Pimlico. · 111 days ago ·
    like
  • rafirox · lol, Mary. · 111 days ago ·
    like
G3 El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate Fields, run at 1 1/8 miles over the main synthetic Tapeta surface. In 31 runnings (1982-2012) the El Camino Real Derby has produced just one Kentucky Derby winner (Charismatic-1999) and two Kentucky Derby runners-up (Cavonnier-1996 and Casual Lies-1992). Read More
  • Show All 9 Comments
  • AndyScoggin · Way to nail a nice winner, GQ and BZ, · 121 days ago ·
    like
  • travel_vic · is that net or with your wager? · 121 days ago ·
    like
Southern California shipper Dice Flavor, whose only four starts had been on grass for trainer Paddy Gallagher, burst away from the field past mid-stretch to easily win the $200,000 El Camino Real Derby (gr. III) in an upset at Golden Gate Fields Feb. 16. Read More
Wow, awesome race to watch!!!! I was puling for the 6, but I hit the exacta, and a win bet on the 9, and P-S on the 6. As for the derby, I think none of these challenge the derby. The 9 looks like a artificial beast, and the 6 seems like a artificial or turf horse too. Nonetheless, great race to handicap, bet, watch and cash on.
Zeewat looks to win Northern California's major Kentucky Derby prep for the home team. Read More
Racing only on dirt leading up to the first Saturday in May is a thing of the past. Read More
  • Show All 11 Comments
  • buds · I dont think there is a connection in switching from synthetic to dirt and injuries to horses. If there was I think a pattern greater than 3-4 horses would have emerged, and the horse racing world would have caught on. · 123 days ago ·
    like
  • buds · I also think the preps are horse specific. Some horse can make the transition easier, and with greater success than others · 123 days ago ·
    like
Nearly six months after moving his tack to southern California, jockey Juan Hernandez has decided to return to Golden Gate Fields and will jump back in the saddle next Thursday, riding a pair of horses for trainer Jerry Hollendorfer as he tries to recapture the magic by the bay. Hernandez, who rode ...Read More
What was your favorite race of the year?Read More
  • Show All 7 Comments
  • Paladin · Don't forget about the dead heat in the Travers · 180 days ago ·
    like
  • jay s. · Bodemeister in the Arkansas Derby and Shackleford's Met Mile, Churchill Downs, and Clark. · 180 days ago ·
    like
As the second half of the stakes schedule kicks into gear this week, fans won’t have to wait to see some top notch names. Entries were drawn today for the Grade 3 $150,000 San Francisco Mile and the race is being headlined by multiple stakes winner Jeranimo from the Michael Pender barn. Hall of Fame...Read More
Lucky Chappy is on the move … again. A quick peek at the stickers on his suitcase already reveal stays in Ireland, Italy, France, Maryland, Kentucky, and Florida, but it looks like the fun has only just begun for the globetrotting son of High Chaparral. If all goes as planned, you can add the mileag...Read More
  • Show All 3 Comments
  • cocoa2 · Where I come from they call that Bay Roan. · 490 days ago ·
    like
  • BrianZipse · The travels continue ... good luck to Lucky Chappy in the UAE Derby! · 449 days ago ·
    like
There was a buzz at Golden Gate Fields Saturday that I haven’t seen there in a long time. The little track by the bay was on center stage. Not only in the local media, but nation wide. The draw was the Grade 3 El Camino Real Derby. A $200,000 purse was on the line and it attracted stars, film crews ...Read More
  • AndyScoggin · There is nothing quite like the day of the big race. Thanks for the great account. · 485 days ago ·
    like
  • Randall D Farms · Wow, that was really some duel between Daddy Nose Best and Lucky Chappy! Looks like DNB won the race by one inch. Really nice for the track where I was raised to have two Kentucky Derby contenders face off to an incredible finish! Hopefully a truly great sport is on the rise again! · 481 days ago ·
    like
Daddy Nose Best, getting a great ground-saving trip from Julien Leparoux, won an all-out duel with Lucky Chappy to capture the $200,000 El Camino Real Derby (gr. III) by a nostril at Golden Gate Fields Feb. 18. The terrific finish to the 1 1/8-mile test for 3-year-olds gave trainer Steve Asmussen ba...Read More
  • Show All 4 Comments
  • Floridaf · Daddy Nose Best as good as his name! · 485 days ago ·
    like
  • fbernardeschi · hullo! just one curiosity ! did you know that I am the Godmother of Lucky Chappy?? Yes I named him!!!! So proud of him! XXXX · 482 days ago ·
    like
HRN's Mike Shutty breaks down the past week's Kentucky Derby 2012 prep action and gives you the scoop on the Baffert sweep of Oaklawn's Southwest Stakes + MoreRead More
  • francis · I know someone who was @ Santa Anita Sunday. He said Creative Cause blew by Drill & the 2nd place finisher right after the wire, & Rosorio couldn't get him pulled up until the 1/2 mile pole. · 483 days ago ·
    like
The road to Kentucky Derby 2012 made a pit stop in Northern California on Feb 18 and Daddy Nose Best edged Lucky Chappy in a thrilling renewal of the Grade 3 El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate Fields.Read More
Wow...now THAT was a race!
Saturday’s El Camino Real Derby is the lone graded route in Northern California’s road to Kentucky Derby 2012 and Daddy Nose Best should offer a hint of value for Steve Asmussen.Read More
Russian Greek is the morning line choice, but nine others look to take home the Bay Area's most important Kentucky Derby prep...Read More
  • Show All 15 Comments
  • spreadthegossip · Man O war is the best ever he is a super horse no horse matches him. no ruffian no secretariat. Ruffian is good but not superhorse caliber.secreatarite is good not as Good as MAN O' WAR MAN O' WAR WILL KILL HIM EASILY. · 488 days ago ·
    like
  • Mary Z. · Spreadthegossip, Are you saying you purchased that horse from Mr.Calabrese? The owner of Where's Sterling, the horse that should have won the Donn? · 488 days ago ·
    like
Julien Leparoux, a two-time champion jockey in the United States, and Alan Garcia, who won the 2008 Belmont Stakes (gr. I), will both be at Golden Gate Fields Feb. 18 to compete in the $200,000 El Camino Real Derby (gr. III). Read More
  • Show All 4 Comments
  • TerryDickens · russian greek will not win bet the philly · 490 days ago ·
    like
  • AmbitiousD · @TerryDickens, Lady of Fifty does have a decent shot if she can set a moderate tempo. If the first 6 furlongs are covered in less than 1:11, she'll have to prove to be one tough filly to wire that field · 490 days ago ·
    like

Race Results & Past Performances

Add Race Result
Date(Descending)
Tr
#
Dist.[Filter]
Sf.
$
Cnd
Race
1st
2nd
3rd
Time
View Details02/16/13GG81 1/8 mS03 MEl Camino Real Derby-G3   0:00.00
View DetailsView Video02/16/13GG81 1/8 mS03 MEl Camino Real Derby-G3Dice FlavorNina's DragonCounting Days1:51.45
View Details02/18/12GG81 1/8 mS03 MEl Camino Real Derby-G3Daddy Nose BestLucky ChappyHandsome Mike1:50.46
View DetailsView Video02/12/11GG81 1/8 mS03 MEl Camino Real Derby-G3Silver MedallionJakesamPositive Response1:50.45
View DetailsView Video02/20/10GG71 1/8 mS03 MEl Camino Real Derby-G3ConnemaraHaimish HyPosse Power1:51.26
View DetailsView Video02/14/09GG81 1/8 mS03 MEl Camino Real Derby-G3Chocolate CandyMassoneRendezvous1:50.54
View DetailsView Video01/20/96BM61 1/16 mD03 MEl Camino Real Derby-G3CavonnierSergeant StrohE C's Dream1:43.41