The Lazaro Barrera Memorial Stakes is an American

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 Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse race

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 held annually during the third week of May at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California

Inglewood, California

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. The race is open to horses, age three willing to race seven furlongs on the dirt.

Inaugurated as the Playa Del Ray Stakes, in 1999 it was renamed the Lazaro Barrera Memorial Stakes in the memory of Hall of Fame

National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

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 trainer Lazaro "Laz" Barrera

Laz Barrera

Lazaro Sosa Barrera was a Cuban-born American Hall of Fame thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Born in Havana, "Laz" Barrera was one of nine brothers who went on to become involved in thoroughbred horse racing in the United States...

.

Previously a Grade II

Graded stakes race

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 event, it was downgraded to Grade III in 2007.

Since inception it has been contested at various distances:

• 6 furlongs: 1995, 1998
• 6.5 furlongs: 1996
• 7 furlongs: 1999-present

There was no race run in 1997.

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 7 furlongs)

• 1:20.42 - Early Flyer (2001)

Most wins by a jockey

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:

• 2 - Kent Desormeaux
  Kent Desormeaux
  Kent Jason Desormeaux is an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who holds the U.S. record for most races won in a single year, 1989.-Brief biography:...
  
   (1996, 1998)
• 2 - Chance Rollins (2002, 2006)
• 2 - 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...
  
   (2004, 2005)

Winners

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2011	Bench Points	Rafael Bejarano	Tim Yakteen	Crevier/Mariani/Martin/Zuraitis	1:22.50
2010	Smiling Tiger	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....	Jeff Bonde	Philip Lebherz/Alan Klein	1:21.34
2009	Charlie's Moment	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...	Walther Solis	Gramer/Pycz/Nicolarsen/Solis	1:21.89
2008	Two Step Salsa	Martin Pedroza Martin A. Pedroza Martin A. Pedroza is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.Pedroza trained at the Panama jockey school and in 1981 rode his first winner at Hipódromo Presidente Remón in Panama City...	Julio C. Canani	Everest Stables	1:20.66
2007	Time to Get Even	David Flores David R. Flores David Romero Flores is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.His father was a jockey and an exercise rider in Southern California....	Walther Solis	Murrietta Stable et al.	1:21.91
2006	Northern Soldier	Chance Rollins	Brian Koriner	Julie Berta et al.	1:22.46
2005	Storm Wolf	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...	Bruce Headley Bruce Headley Bruce Headley is a Thoroughbred horse trainer and owner.Involved with horse racing since his teens, Headley worked as an exercise rider from 1949 until taking out his trainers license in 1959...	Mercedes Stable Mercedes Stable Mercedes Stables LLC is an American Thoroughbred racing stable founded inNovember 2000. Substantially all of the interest in Mercedes Stables isheld by Ernest W. Moody, a Las Vegas gaming entrepreneur. Mercedes Stables... /Marsha Naify	1:22.26
2004	Twice As Bad	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...	Vladimir Cerin	Mercedes Stable Mercedes Stable Mercedes Stables LLC is an American Thoroughbred racing stable founded inNovember 2000. Substantially all of the interest in Mercedes Stables isheld by Ernest W. Moody, a Las Vegas gaming entrepreneur. Mercedes Stables...	1:21.57
2003	Blazonry	Mike E. Smith	Kathy Walsh	Sanford Robertson	1:22.19
2002	Captain Squire	Chance Rollins	Jeff Mullins Jeff Mullins (racehorse trainer) Jeff Mullins is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.-References:* * * *...	Robert Bone/Jeffrey Diener	1:21.95
2001	Early Flyer	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...	VHW Stables Inc. Verne Winchell Vernon Hedges "Verne" Winchell was the founder of Winchell's Donuts.On October 8, 1948 he opened his first donut shop in Temple City, California and earned the nickname "The Donut King" while making a fortune with a chain of Winchell's-branded donut shops in the western United States during the...	1:20.42
2000	Caller One	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...	James K. Chapman	James R. Chapman	1:21.10
1999	Love That Red	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...	Leonard Duncan	Terry D. Wells	1:20.81
1998	Mazel Trick	Kent Desormeaux Kent Desormeaux Kent Jason Desormeaux is an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who holds the U.S. record for most races won in a single year, 1989.-Brief biography:...	Robert J. Frankel	Charles Kenis et al.	1:08.51
1997	NO RACE
1996	Future Quest	Kent Desormeaux Kent Desormeaux Kent Jason Desormeaux is an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who holds the U.S. record for most races won in a single year, 1989.-Brief biography:...	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...	VHW Stables Inc. Verne Winchell Vernon Hedges "Verne" Winchell was the founder of Winchell's Donuts.On October 8, 1948 he opened his first donut shop in Temple City, California and earned the nickname "The Donut King" while making a fortune with a chain of Winchell's-branded donut shops in the western United States during the...	1:15.17
1995	Flying Standby	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...	Heath Stokes	Joseph D. Kowal	1:09.09