Santa Anita has scheduled 93 stakes worth $16.3 million for its 2022-2023 winter-spring meeting, which runs from Dec. 26 to June 19, a slight decline from a stakes program worth $16.47 million in 2021-2022.
Purses for all stakes will be worth at least $100,000, an increase of $25,000 to $30,000 for nine restricted and overnight stakes. The purses of eight stakes have been reduced, notably the Grade 1 Santa Anita Handicap, which will be worth $500,000. The race was worth $650,000 in March, and in recent years had values ranging from $600,000 in 2019 and 2020 to $400,000 in 2021.