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.
| Grade III race | |
| Location | Hollywood Park Racetrack Inglewood, California, United States |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1938 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | www |
| Race information | |
| Distance | Six furlong sprint |
| Surface | Cushion Track synthetic dirt |
| Track | left-handed |
| Qualification | two-year-olds |
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.
Winners since 1991
editPrevious winners
edit- 1990 - Deposit Ticket
- 1989 - Magical Mile
- 1988 - King Glorius (Grade I winner.)
- 1987 - Mi Preferido
- 1986 - Captain Valid
- 1985 - Hilco Scamper
- 1984 - Saratoga Six (Multiple stakes winner.)
- 1983 - Althea (1983 American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly.)
- 1982 - Desert Wine
- 1981 - The Captain
- 1980 - Loma Malad (Motivity, a Filly, placed.)
- 1979 - Parsec
- 1978 - Terlingua (daughter of Secretariat and dam of Storm Cat.) (Flying Paster placed.)
- 1977 - Affirmed
- 1976 - Fleet Dragoon
- 1975 - Restless Restless