American Invitational Handicap
| Grade III race | |
| Location |
Santa Anita Park Arcadia, California, USA (moved from the shuttered Hollywood Park Racetrack Inglewood, California, United States) |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1938 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | Santa Anita Park |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1 1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs) until 2010, now 8 furlongs |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-year-olds & up |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | $100,000 |
The American Stakes, previously the American Handicap, is an American Thoroughbred horse race. It is now held at Santa Anita Park in the middle of May. It is open to horses, age three and up, willing to race one mile on the turf. A Grade III event, it currently carries a purse of $100,000.
It was originally run near the end of June at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California until that track was closed in 2013. In 2011, the distance was shortened to one mile from nine furlongs.
South African import Colorado King equalled the then-current world record for 1 1⁄8 miles in winning the 1964 edition.
Speed record:
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