Yellow Ribbon Handicap annual event in 1955. Since 1970, it has been contested on turf. From its inception, the race has been contested at various distances: It was raced in two divisions in 1970, 1971, 1973, 1982, and 1991. This race is now called the Yellow Ribbon Handicap. (The original Yellow Ribbon Stakes run during the Oak Tree Racing Association Meeting is now called the Rodeo Drive Stakes.) Speed record: (at current distance of 8.5 furlongs) Most wins: Most wins by an owner: Most wins by a jockey: Most wins by a trainer: † In 1984, Royal Heroine finished first but was disqualified
Encino Oak Tree in the pre-urban Encino that the community was named after the Spanish word for "oak." The Encino oak was the most magnificent of the community's oaks, so large that Louise Avenue was split to accommodate its enormous canopy, diameter, and circumference. It has been said that the Encino oak "creates a woodsy atmosphere more resembling a whole forest than just a single tree." In 1958, the oak was threatened when a developer planned to bulldoze the tree to build a road. Local residents formed a group called Encino Save the Oaks and the developer eventually donated the tree to the