The B. Wayne Hughes Beholder Mile Stakes is a Grade I American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares aged four and older, contested over one mile on the dirt at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. Formerly known as the Beholder Mile Stakes and renamed in honor of influential owner and breeder B. Wayne Hughes, it’s one of the marquee early-season Grade I races for older distaff runners on the West Coast.
The 2026 B. Wayne Hughes Beholder Mile Stakes is scheduled for March 7 at Santa Anita Park with a purse of about $300,000 as part of the Classic Meet stakes card.
In the 2025 running of the B. Wayne Hughes Beholder Mile Stakes, Cavalieri took the Grade I dirt mile at Santa Anita Park, stopping the clock in a winning time of 1:34.96 over a competitive field. Other notable past winners include elite fillies and mares such as Swiss Skydiver, Ce Ce, Unique Bella, Zenyatta, Beholder, and Blind Luck, underscoring the race’s stature among top older distaff performers.
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Cavalieri | Juan J. Hernandez | Bob Baffert | 1:34.96 |
| 2024 | Sweet Azteca | Flavien Prat | Michael W. McCarthy | 1:36.40 |
| 2023 | A Mo Reay | Flavien Prat | Brad H. Cox | 1:36.25 |
| 2022 | As Time Goes By | Flavien Prat | Bob Baffert | 1:37.55 |
| 2021 | Swiss Skydiver | Robby Albarado | Kenneth G. McPeek | 1:36.18 |
| 2020 | Ce Ce | Victor Espinoza | Michael W. McCarthy | 1:37.33 |
