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Starting in 2014, Del Mar began to run more racing cards due to the closure of the Hollywood Park Racetrack. [17] [18] A fall meet was added, featuring the Hollywood Turf Cup Stakes, Hollywood Derby, and Matriarch Stakes. Del Mar hosted the Breeders' Cup for the first time in November 2017 and for a second time in November 2021. The track is ...
The Hollywood Turf Cup is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three-years-old or older over a distance of one and one-half miles (12 furlongs) on the turf track scheduled annually in late November at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. The event currently carries a purse of $200,000.
The event has been run in split divisions six times, the last of which was in 2006. [6] With the closure of Hollywood Park Racetrack in 2013 the event was renamed in 2014 to the Cecil B. DeMille Stakes and moved to Del Mar Racetrack. The movie producer Cecil B. DeMille and movie stars often frequented Del Mar Racetrack in the 1930s and ’40s ...
The event is a Breeders' Cup Classic "Win and You're In" qualifier. The event is one of the premier distance races on the West Coast of the United States, along with the Santa Anita Handicap from Santa Anita Park, and the Pacific Classic Stakes at Del Mar Racetrack. In 2020 the name of the event reverted to the Hollywood Gold Cup. [2]
The event was created as a year-end championship for North American Thoroughbred racing, and also attracts top horses from other parts of the world, especially Europe. The idea for the Breeders' Cup was proposed at the 1982 awards luncheon for the Kentucky Derby Festival by pet food heir John R. Gaines (1928–2005), [ 9 ] a leading ...
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 ...
Del Mar Racetrack Del Mar, California, United States: Inaugurated: 1979 (as Native Diver Handicap at Hollywood Park) Race type: Thoroughbred - Flat racing: Website: Del Mar: Race information; Distance: 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 miles: Surface: Dirt: Track: left-handed: Qualification: Three-year-olds and up: Weight: Base weights with allowances: 4-year-olds ...
With the closure of Hollywood Park Racetrack in 2013 the event was renamed to the Bob Hope Stakes and moved to Del Mar Racetrack. [3] Actor Bob Hope, frequented the Del Mar racetrack often and made seven "Road" musical comedy movies with Bing Crosby, who was the Del Mar Turf Club original president and de facto publicist. [4]