The Sham Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old over the distance of one mile on the dirt scheduled annually in January at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.
The event was inaugurated on 9 February 2001 over a distance of 1+1⁄8 miles and was won by the US Hall of Fame trained Bob Baffert's Wild and Wise who was entered as an entry with Special Times.
He was ridden by the US Hall of Fame jockey Victor Espinoza winning by half a length in a time of 1:50.51.
[1] The event is named in honor for the racehorse Sham, winner of the 1973 Santa Anita Derby and remembered for his battles with Secretariat in that year's U.S.
An official prep race for the Kentucky Derby with qualification points.