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Hollywood Derby
Grade I race
LocationDel Mar racetrack
(2014–present)
Hollywood Park Racetrack (1938–2013)
Inaugurated1938
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
Websitewww.dmtc.com
Race information
Distance1+18 miles (9 furlongs)
SurfaceTurf
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds
Weight122 lbs.
Purse$400,000 (2021)

The Hollywood Derby is a Grade I American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in late November/early December. Now held at Del Mar racetrack in San Diego, California, until 2014 it was held at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California. The race is open to horses aged three and contested at a mile and an eighth on turf. It currently offers a purse of $300,000.

Inaugurated in 1938, the race has been a Grade I event since 1973 when grading was first introduced. There was no race from 1942 through 1944 as a result of World War II and it was not run in 2005 as a safety precaution after new grass had been planted on the turf course. It was contested in two divisions from 1981 through 1987.

Known as the Westerner Stakes from 1948–1958, the race was held at Santa Anita Park in 1949 after a fire destroyed the Hollywood Park grandstand and clubhouse. When Hollywood Park closed in December 2013, the race was transferred to Del Mar. Due to the layout of the turf course at Del Mar, the race was shortened to 1+18 miles.[1]

Only five fillies have ever won the race: Busher (1945), Honeymoon (1946), A Gleam (1952), De La Rose (1981) and Royal Heroine (1983).

In 2014, California Chrome accomplished a rare feat when, having won the Santa Anita Derby, Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes on dirt earlier in the year, he won the Hollywood Derby in his first appearance on the turf.[2]

The Hollywood Derby has been contested at various distances on both dirt and turf:

  • 1+18 miles on dirt : 1945, 1950, 1976–1980
  • 1+14 miles on dirt : 1938–1941, 1946–1949, 1951–1972
  • 1+12 miles on turf : 1973–1975
  • 1+18 miles on turf : 1981–2002
  • 1+14 miles on turf : 2003 to 2013
  • 1+18 miles on turf: 2014 to present
  1. ^ "California Chrome likely to run in Hollywood Derby". Daily Racing Form.
  2. ^ "California Chrome Sparkles in Hollywood Derby". BloodHorse.com. Retrieved 5 December 2016.

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