title: Half Moon Bay Stakes
text: # Half Moon Bay Stakes
  
  The Half Moon Bay Stakes is an American ungraded stakes race for Thoroughbred horses held on the grass at Golden Gate Fields in Albany, California. For fillies and mares, three-year-olds and up, it is run at a distance of eight and a half furlongs on the turf and offers a purse of $50,000.
  
  The Half Moon is named for a small bay on the coast below San Francisco famous for its pumpkins, as well as a recently discovered monster surf wave called the "Maverick".
  
  ## Past winners
  
  * 2006 - Private Banking
  * 2005 - Strong Faith
  * 2004 - (Not run due to cutbacks?)
  * 2003 - Blue Blood Boot
  * 2002 - World Light
  * 2001 -
  * 2000 - Heritage of Hall
  * 1999 - Wind Tunnel
  * 1998 - Highland Gold (raced at Bay Meadows)
  