Hollywood Juvenile Championship Stakes
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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.
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Grade III race | |
Location | Hollywood Park Racetrack Inglewood, California, United States |
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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 |
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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.