The American Pharoah Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually near the end of September during the fall meet at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.
A Grade I event, it is open to two-year-old horses and is held at a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt.
In 2012, it was renamed to the FrontRunner Stakes after the lease with Oak Tree, the organization that formerly operated Santa Anita's fall meet, ended in 2010.
[2] It was renamed again in 2018 in honor of its 2014 winner, American Pharoah, who went on to win the U.S.
The winner receives 10 points toward qualifying for the Kentucky Derby.