The Santa Ynez Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid January at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. The race is open to three-year-old fillies willing to race seven furlongs on the dirt. The race is a Grade II event with a current purse of $200,000 and is part of the Road to the Kentucky Oaks. Inaugurated in 1952, the Santa Ynez Stakes has been contested at various distances: * 6 furlongs : 1952–1953, 1956–1957 * 6+1⁄2 furlongs : 1958–1966, 2012–2016 * 7 furlongs : 1967–2011, 2017 to present It was run in two divisions in 1984.