Tags: Horse Race, Race.
The Sir Beaufort Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually near the end of each December at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia California. A Grade II stakes race for three-year-old horses it was first run in 2000. The race is contested at a distance of 1 mile (8 furlongs) on the turf.Due to poor racecourse conditions as a result of wet weather the Sir Beaufort Stakes was switched to the main dirt track in 2003 2008 and again in 2010.In 2005 the race was run in two divisions.