The Hollywood Derby is a Grade I

Graded stakes race

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 American

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 Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse race

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 held annually in late November/early December at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California

Inglewood, California

Inglewood is a city in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, southwest of downtown Los Angeles. It was incorporated on February 14, 1908. Its population stood at 109,673 as of the 2010 Census...

. The race is open to horses, age three willing to race a mile and a quarter on turf

Grass

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. It currently offers a purse of $500,000.

Inaugurated in 1938, the 2010 edition will mark the 69th running of the Hollywood Derby. It has been a Grade I event since 1973. There was no race from 1942 through 1944 as a result of World War II

World War II

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 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

Santa Anita Park

Santa Anita Park is a thoroughbred racetrack in Arcadia, California, United States. It offers some of the prominent racing events in the United States during the winter and in spring. With its backdrop of the purple San Gabriel Mountains, it is considered by many as the world's most beautiful race...

 in 1949 after a fire destroyed the Hollywood Park grandstand and clubhouse.

Only three fillies

Filly

A filly is a young female horse too young to be called a mare. There are several specific definitions in use.*In most cases filly is a female horse under the age of four years old....

 have ever won the race: Busher

Busher (horse)

Busher was a thoroughbred racing filly. She was sired by War Admiral, the winner of the Triple Crown in 1937, and the great son of a great legend, Man o' War. She was out of Baby League by Bubbling Over, the colt who won the 1926 Kentucky Derby...

 (1945), Honeymoon

Honeymoon (horse)

Honeymoon was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was the first California-bred filly to surpass the $100,000 mark in earnings and who retired with earnings of $387,760. The June 22, 1946 issue of the Los Angeles Times called Honeymoon the "best filly ever bred in California." She was bred and...

 (1946), A Gleam

A Gleam

A Gleam was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who set a Hollywood Park Racetrack record with five straight stakes races in 1952.-Breeding:...

 (1952).

Inaugurated at its current 1¼ miles, the Hollywood Derby has been contested at various distances on both dirt and turf:

• 1⅛ miles on dirt : 1945, 1950, 1976-1980
• 1⅛ miles on turf : 1981-2002
• 1¼ miles on dirt : 1938-1941, 1946-1949, 1951-1972
• 1¼ miles on turf : 2003 to present
• 1½ miles on turf : 1973-1975

Records

Speed record:

• 1:59.35 - Showing Up
  Showing Up
  Showing Up is an American thoroughbred race horse. Foaled near Wilmore, Kentucky in 2003 at Peter Taafe's Taafe Farm, he was bred by Nellie M. Cox of Rose Retreat Farm. Showing Up spent the first year of his life on Nellie's Goochland, Virginia farm...
  
   (2006) (at current distance of 1¼ miles on turf)
• 1:45.82 - Super Quercus (1999) (at previous distance of 1⅛ miles on turf)

Most wins by a jockey

Jockey

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:

• 8 - Bill Shoemaker (1951, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1974, 1976, 1982, 1986)

Most wins by a trainer

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:

• 4 - Charlie Whittingham (1967, 1969, 1986, 1989)

Winners of the Hollywood Derby since 1989

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2011	Ultimate Eagle	Martin Pedroza	Michael Pender	B.J. Wright	2:01.43
2010	Haimish Hy	Garrett Gomez	Art Sherman	Sherman/Akin/Franco/Goldstein	2:01.20
2009	The Usual Q.T.	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....	James Cassidy	Van Kempen & partners	1:59.69
2008	Court Vision	Ramon Dominguez Ramon A. Dominguez Ramon A. Dominguez is an Eclipse Award-winning champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing....	William I. Mott	IEAH Stables IEAH Stables IEAH Stables operates a thoroughbred horse racing stable in the United States. It is based in Garden City, New York.IEAH was formed in 2003 by Michael Iavarone, Michael Sherack and Richard Schiavo. Current IEAH employees include Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens as a bloodstock agent and Mike... /WinStar Farm WinStar Farm WinStar Farm is an American Thoroughbred horse breeding and racing farm near Versailles, Kentucky. Formerly known as Prestonwood Farm, it was owned by Houston, Texas oilmen Jack, Art, and J. R...	2:01.43
2007	Daytona	Mike E. Smith	Dan Hendricks Dan L. Hendricks Dan L. Hendricks is an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer.Hendricks took out his trainers license in 1987 after working for Richard Mandella for nine years. On July 7, 2004, Dan is paralyzed from the waist down as the result of a motocross accident at Perris, California...	Davenport/Lenner/Ravich/Murray	1:59.75
2006	Showing Up Showing Up Showing Up is an American thoroughbred race horse. Foaled near Wilmore, Kentucky in 2003 at Peter Taafe's Taafe Farm, he was bred by Nellie M. Cox of Rose Retreat Farm. Showing Up spent the first year of his life on Nellie's Goochland, Virginia farm...	Cornelio Velasquez Cornelio Velásquez Cornelio H. Velásquez is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He was introduced to horse racing at age fifteen by trainer Carlos Salazar Guardia in his native Panama and enrolled in the national jockey school...	Barclay Tagg Barclay Tagg Barclay Tagg is an American thoroughbred horse trainer. A 1961 graduate of Pennsylvania State University with a degree in Animal Husbandry, he is best known for conditioning Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Jockey Club Gold Cup winner Funny Cide. Horses in Tagg's stable have included Showing Up and...	Lael Stables	1:59.35
2004	Good Reward	Jerry Bailey	C. R. McGaughey III	Ogden Phipps Ogden Phipps Ogden Phipps was an American stockbroker, court tennis champion and Hall of Fame member, thoroughbred horse racing executive and owner/breeder, and an art collector and philanthropist...	2:01.53
2003	Sweet Return	Julie Krone Julie Krone Julie Krone , is a retired American jockey. In 1993, she became the first female jockey to win a Triple Crown race when she captured the Belmont Stakes aboard Colonial Affair...	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...	Red Oak Stable	2:04.27
2002	Johar Johar Johar is an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 2003 Breeders' Cup Turf in a dead-heat with High Chaparral....	Alex Solis Alex Solis Alex O. Solis is a jockey based in the United States. He currently lives in Glendora, California and rides predominantly in Southern California...	Richard Mandella Richard Mandella Richard Eugene Mandella is a Thoroughbred horse trainer and a member of the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame....	The Thoroughbred Corp. The Thoroughbred Corp. The Thoroughbred Corporation is a Thoroughbred horse racing and breeding operation established in 1994 by principal partner Prince Ahmed bin Salman of the Saudi Arabian royal family...	1:48.70
2001	Denon	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....	Robert J. Frankel	Flaxman Holdings	1:49.28
2000	Brahms	Pat Day Pat Day Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991...	W. Elliott Walden W. Elliott Walden W. Elliott Walden is the President and CEO of racing operations for WinStar Farm near Versailles, Kentucky and a former Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.From a racing family, Walden grew up in the industry...	Tom VanMeter II	1:46.73
1999	Super Quercus	Alex Solis Alex Solis Alex O. Solis is a jockey based in the United States. He currently lives in Glendora, California and rides predominantly in Southern California...	Robert J. Frankel	3 Plus U Stable	1:45.82
1998	Vergennes	John Velazquez	Steve Asmussen Steve Asmussen Steven Mark Asmussen is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. Born into a horse racing family, his parents, Keith and Marilyn "Sis" Asmussen, are both trainers who operate El Primero Training Center off the Mines Road in Laredo, the seat of Webb County in south Texas...	Gary A. Tanaka	1:49.44
1997	Subordination Subordination (horse) Subordination is an American millionaire Thoroughbred racehorse who won major Graded stakes races in 1997 and 1998. Owned by Seth Klarman's Klaravich Stables and trained by Gary Sciacca, Subordination won on both dirt and turf racing surfaces.Retired to stud, Subordination stands in at Montana...	Jerry Bailey	Gary Sciacca Gary Sciacca Gary Sciacca is an American horse trainer in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing.Sciacca earned his first win as a professional trainer on October 21, 1981 at New York's Aqueduct Racetrack...	Jeff Ravitch/Seth Klarman	1:50.00
1996	Marlin	Corey Nakatani Corey Nakatani Corey S. Nakatani is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He got his big break in 1990 when he rode Itsallgreektome to win big stakes races.Nakatani currently resides at Belmont Park...	D. Wayne Lukas D. Wayne Lukas Darrell Wayne Lukas is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse racing history and a U.S...	Michael Tabor Michael Tabor Michael B. Tabor is a businessman and owner of Thoroughbred racehorses.-Thoroughbred racing career:...	1:46.08
1995	Labeeb	Ed Delahoussaye Eddie Delahoussaye Edward J. Delahoussaye is a retired American Thoroughbred jockey from New Iberia, Louisiana.He began his career in 1968 and ten years later became the top American jockey with 384 wins...	Neil D. Drysdale	Sheik Mohammed	1:46.42
1994	River Flyer	Chris Antley Chris Antley Christopher Wiley Antley was a champion American jockey.He was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida but grew up in Elloree, South Carolina. He left school at sixteen to ride horses professionally at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. His first win was on a horse named Vaya Con Dinero...	David Hofmans David Hofmans David E. Hofmans is an American trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses. Born and raised in Los Angeles, as a boy his father brought him to watch horse racing at area tracks. While a student at Pasadena City College he became friends with Gary Jones...	Gary Folgner	1:47.48
1993	Explosive Red	Corey Nakatani Corey Nakatani Corey S. Nakatani is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He got his big break in 1990 when he rode Itsallgreektome to win big stakes races.Nakatani currently resides at Belmont Park...	Daniel J. Vella Daniel J. Vella Daniel J. "Dan" Vella is a Canadian Champion Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Dan Vella was introduced to Thoroughbred horse racing by an uncle who owned horses and, after graduating from High School, went to work at a racetrack in his native Toronto...	Frank Stronach Frank Stronach Frank Stronach, CM is an Austrian-Canadian businessman. He is the founder of Magna International, an international automotive parts company based in Aurora, Ontario, Canada, and Magna Entertainment Corp., which specializes in horse-racing entertainment...	1:46.88
1992	Paradise Creek Paradise Creek (horse) Paradise Creek was a millionaire American Thoroughbred racehorse and successful sire. He was bred in Kentucky by Bertram R. Firestone and raced under the same Firestone banner as his owner. He finished racing with a record of 14-7-1 in 25 starts with career earnings of $3,401,415. Paradise Creek...	Pat Day Pat Day Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991...	William I. Mott	Bertram R. Firestone	1:47.36
1991	Eternity Star	Ed Delahoussaye Eddie Delahoussaye Edward J. Delahoussaye is a retired American Thoroughbred jockey from New Iberia, Louisiana.He began his career in 1968 and ten years later became the top American jockey with 384 wins...	Robert J. Frankel	Peter Wall	1:47.30
1991	Olympio	Ed Delahoussaye Eddie Delahoussaye Edward J. Delahoussaye is a retired American Thoroughbred jockey from New Iberia, Louisiana.He began his career in 1968 and ten years later became the top American jockey with 384 wins...	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...	V.H.W. Stables	1:47.10
1990	Itsallgreektome Itsallgreektome Itsallgreektome was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse. Sired by Sovereign Dancer, who also sired Preakness Stakes winners Gate Dancer and Louis Quatorze, he was out of the mare Sans Supplement, a daughter of Grey Dawn, who was a multiple stakes winner in France.The winner of top stakes...	Corey Nakatani Corey Nakatani Corey S. Nakatani is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He got his big break in 1990 when he rode Itsallgreektome to win big stakes races.Nakatani currently resides at Belmont Park...	Wallace Dollase Wallace Dollase Wallace A. "Wally" Dollase is an American trainer and owner of Thoroughbred racehorses.Among his numerous Graded stakes race wins, Dollase won the 1996 Breeders' Cup Distaff with Jewel Princess who was voted that year's Eclipse Award as the American Champion Older Female Horse.Wally Dollase and...	Jhayare Stables	1:46.60
1989	Live The Dream Live the Dream "Live the Dream" is the ninth single by the Liverpool britpop band Cast, fronted by ex La's bassist John Power.-Formats and track listings:CD single # "Live the Dream"# "Effectomatic Who"# "Hold On" # "Live the Dream" CD single...	Alex Solis Alex Solis Alex O. Solis is a jockey based in the United States. He currently lives in Glendora, California and rides predominantly in Southern California...	Charlie Whittingham	Bradley, Bradley, Chandler	1:47.00

* In 2001, Designed for Luck won but was disqualified for drifting out in the stretch and was set back to fifth.