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 run annually near the end of June at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California

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. The race is open to horses, age three and up, willing to race one and one-eighth miles on the turf

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A Grade II

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 event, it carries a purse of $250,000.

South Africa

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n import Colorado King

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 equalled the world record for 1⅛ miles in winning the 1964 edition.

In 2011, the distance was shortened to one mile from nine furlongs.

Records

Speed record:

• 1:45.60 Clever Song (1987) (for one mile)
• 1:33.55 Ryehill Dreamer (2011) at present distance

Winners since 1999

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2011	Ryehill Dreamer	5	Joe Talamo	Julio Canani Julio Canani Julio C. Canani is a trainer in American Thoroughbred horse racing who has won three Breeders' Cup races....	Marsha Naify	1:33.55
2010	Global Hunter	7	Joel Rosario Joel Rosario Joel Rosario is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.Raised on a farm where he regularly road horses, Joel Rosario attended jockey school for six months. He obtained his professional license at age fourteen and began riding at Hipódromo V Centenario in Santo Domingo where he earned his...	A C Avila	L-Bo Racing/Pyle	1:48
2009	Monterey Jazz	5	Tyler Baze Tyler Baze Tyler Baze is an American Champion jockey. Born into a racing family, both of his parents were jockeys as is his uncle, Gary Baze. His second cousin is U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey, Russell Baze....	Craig Dollase	A&R Stables/Class Racing Stable	1:46.11
2008	Whatsthescript	4	Isaias Enriquez	John W. Sadler John W. Sadler John W. Sadler is an American horse trainer in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing.Sadler got his first win in 1979 at Golden Gate Fields racetrack in the San Francisco Bay Area...	Tommy Town Thb. LLC	1:46.34
2007	Out of Control	4	Michael Baze Michael C. Baze Michael Carl Baze was an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.He grew up in a family with an extensive history in the sport. His father was a jockey who rode primarily at tracks in the Pacific Northwest and his uncle Gary Baze is a member of the Washington Racing Hall of Fame. Baze was also a...	Robert J. Frankel	Stud TNT	1:46.89
2006	The Tin Man The Tin Man (horse) The Tin Man is an American thoroughbred gelding racehorse. He was sired by the great Affirmed, the last horse to win the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing out of the unplaced Lizzie Rolfe by another great horse, Tom Rolfe, who was an exceptional racehorse but a better broodmare sire.The Tin Man...	8	Victor Espinoza Victor Espinoza Victor Espinoza is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He began riding in his native Mexico and earned his first win there in 1992 before moving the following year to compete at racetracks in California....	Richard Mandella	Aury & Ralph E. Todd	1:46.24
2005	Whilly	4	Felipe Martinez	Doug F. O'Neill	Triple B Farms	1:46.30
2004	Bayamo	5	David Flores	Julio C. Canani	Prestonwood Farm	1:46.60
2003	Candy Ride Candy Ride Candy Ride is a retired Thoroughbred racehorse who went undefeated in six starts on both turf and dirt racing surfaces in Argentina and the United States and who recorded the highest Beyer Speed Figure of 2003....	4	Gary Stevens	Ron McAnally Ron McAnally Ronald L. McAnally is an American Hall of Fame trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing. Called "one of the most honored and respected of North American trainers" by Thoroughbred Times Co., Inc, as a child, he and his four siblings were placed in an orphanage following the death of their mother...	Sidney Sidney Craig Sidney Harvey Craig was the business partner and husband of Jenny Craig, the fitness expert. Together, they founded the weight management company Jenny Craig, Inc. and expanded the company throughout the United States, Australia, and Canada.-Early life:Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, he was...  & Jenny Craig Jenny Craig Jenny Craig is an American weight loss guru and founder of Jenny Craig, Inc. Craig was raised in New Orleans and married Sidney Harvey Craig in 1979. In 1983, she and her husband created a nutrition, fitness, and weight loss program in Australia...	1:46.20
2002	The Tin Man The Tin Man (horse) The Tin Man is an American thoroughbred gelding racehorse. He was sired by the great Affirmed, the last horse to win the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing out of the unplaced Lizzie Rolfe by another great horse, Tom Rolfe, who was an exceptional racehorse but a better broodmare sire.The Tin Man...	4	Mike E. Smith	Richard Mandella	Aury & Ralph E. Todd	1:46.82
2001	Takarian	6	Garrett Gomez Garrett K. Gomez Garrett Keith Gomez is an American thoroughbred jockey.-Early career:Gomez learned to ride by watching his father, Louie, who was a jockey at many tracks in the Southwest United States...	C. Beau Greely	Columbine Stable et al.	1:48.19
2000	Dark Moondancer	5	Chris McCarron Chris McCarron Christopher John "Chris" McCarron is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He is currently working as a racing analyst for TVG Network....	Ron McAnally Ron McAnally Ronald L. McAnally is an American Hall of Fame trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing. Called "one of the most honored and respected of North American trainers" by Thoroughbred Times Co., Inc, as a child, he and his four siblings were placed in an orphanage following the death of their mother...	Charles Cella	1:46.74
1999	Takarian	4	Garrett Gomez Garrett K. Gomez Garrett Keith Gomez is an American thoroughbred jockey.-Early career:Gomez learned to ride by watching his father, Louie, who was a jockey at many tracks in the Southwest United States...	C. Beau Greely	Columbine Stable et al.	1:47.37