Golden Gate Fields adds Alcatraz Stakes to schedule

Golden Gate Fields is bringing back the Alcatraz Stakes after an absence of one year. The $75,000 Alcatraz, a one-mile turf race for 3-year-olds, will be held Sunday, May 11.

The Alcatraz was dropped from the 2013 stakes schedule and was not a part of the original 2014 stakes schedule. It was formerly run at 1 1/16 miles.

Golden Gate also is switching the date of the $100,000 Campanile Stakes from May 31 to June 8, when it will be run with the $100,000 Silky Sullivan Stakes. Both are one-mile turf races for 3-year-old California-breds, the Campanile for fillies and the Silky Sullivan for males.

“We are happy to return the Alcatraz to the stakes schedule after a one-year absence,” said racing secretary David Jerkens. “By moving the Campanile to June 8, we create a day where California-breds are showcased in two stakes.”