Class: | Grade III |
Horse Race: | Hollywood Juvenile Championship |
Location: | Hollywood Park Racetrack Inglewood, California, United States |
Inaugurated: | 1938 |
Race Type: | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Distance: | Six furlong sprint |
Surface: | Cushion Track synthetic dirt |
Track: | left-handed |
Qualification: | two-year-olds |
The Hollywood Juvenile Championship Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early July at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California. Open to two-year-old horses, the Grade III event is contested on synthetic over a distance of six furlongs. Prior to 2007, the race was contested on dirt.
Its first winner was the filly, Unerring, American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly in 1939. Noted past winners include Tomy Lee (1958), Affirmed (1977), Desert Wine (1982), Althea, (1983), and Squirtle Squirt (2000).
The 2005 winner, What A Song, holds the World Record [all breeds] for 2F in 20.60 seconds.
Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Time | Grade | |
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2012 | Scherer Magic | Joseph Talamo | John W. Sadler | 1:11.67 | III | |
2011 | Majestic City | David Flores | Peter Miller | 1:10.45 | III | |
2010 | J P's Gusto | Joseph Talamo | David Hofmans | 1:10.48 | III | |
2009 | Necessary Evil | Joel Rosario | Doug O'Neill | 1:09.98 | III | |
2008 | Azul Leon | Rafael Bejarano | Doug O'Neill | 1:10.88 | III | |
2007 | Salute the Sarge | Michael Baze | Eric Guillot | 1:12.08 | III | |
2006 | E Z Warrior | David Flores | Bob Baffert | 1:09.96 | III | |
2005 | What a Song | Victor Espinoza | Bob Baffert | 1:09.55 | III | |
2004 | Chandtrue | Victor Espinoza | Robert Hess Jr. | 1:10.88 | III | |
2003 | Perfect Moon | Patrick Valenzuela | Melvin Stute | 1:10.39 | III | |
2002 | Crowned Dancer | Alex Solis | Christopher Paasch | 1:10.10 | III | |
2001 | Came Home | Chris McCarron | Juan Gonzalez | 1:09.20 | III | |
2000 | Squirtle Squirt | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Joe Garcia Jr. | 1:09.98 | III | |
1999 | Dixie Union | Alex Solis | Richard Mandella | 1:09.95 | III | |
1998 | Yes It's True | Jerry Bailey | D. Wayne Lukas | 1:09.58 | III | |
1997 | K. O. Punch | Gary Stevens | D. Wayne Lukas | 1:09.95 | III | |
1996 | Swiss Yodeler | Alex Solis | Mike Harrington | 1:09.77 | II | |
1995 | Hennessy | Gary Stevens | D. Wayne Lukas | 1:09.85 | II | |
1994 | Mr Purple | Chris McCarron | Ronald McAnally | 1:10.16 | II | |
1993 | Ramblin' Guy | Eddie Delahoussaye | Brian Mayberry | 1:10.09 | II | |
1992 | Altazarr | Eddie Delahoussaye | Brian Mayberry | 1:10.01 | II | |
1991 | Scherando | Francisco Mena | Richard Mulhall | 1:09.70 | II |