Hollywood Juvenile Championship Stakes
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
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Time |
Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Previous winners
- 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
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