Hollywood Park Racing

Also known as Bet Fair Hollywood Park, the Race Track is located in Inglewood and is about 3 miles from LAX. It has hosted racing events since it opened in 1938, including notable races such as the annual Hollywood Gold Cup, American Oaks Invitational and the Hollywood Derby. The track  was also the location for the Breeders' Cup in 1984, 1987 and 1997.

The legendary Seabiscuit won the inaugural running of the Hollywood Gold Cup, the track's signature race. This same event was won 11 times by other "Horse of the Year" winners.

Starting in 2014, racing will be moved to Santa Anita Park and Del Mar Racetrack. In May of 2013, it was announced that Hollywood Park would be closing at the end of their fall racing season in 2013. Hollywood Park president, F. Jack Liebau stated that the 260 acres on which the track sits "now simply has a higher and better use," and that "in the absence of a favorable change in racing's business model, the ultimate development of the Hollywood property was inevitable."

Hollywood Park Track Information:

(Through December 2013)
Live Racing: Thursday to Sunday
Racing Calendar:  Spring/Summer Meet: April through July & Autumn Meet: November through December
Course type:  Flat/Thoroughbred
Notable races:  Hollywood Gold Cup, American Oaks Invitational, Hollywood Derby, Matriarch Stakes, Citation Handicap, Vanity HandicapMain track: 1 1/8 mile, oval
Distance from last turn to finish line: 991 feet
Turf course: 1 mile, 145 feet

Stakes Races at Hollywood Park

Grade 1 :
American Oaks
CashCall Futurity
Citation Handicap
Gamely Stakes
Hollywood Derby
Hollywood Gold Cup
Hollywood Starlet Stakes
Hollywood Turf Cup Stakes
Matriarch Stakes
Shoemaker Mile Stakes
Triple Bend Invitational Handicap
Vanity Handicap

Grade 2 :
A Gleam Invitational Handicap
American Handicap
Bayakoa Handicap
Beverly Hills Handicap
Californian Stakes
CashCall Mile Invitational Stakes
Charles Whittingham Memorial Handicap
Dahlia Handicap
Hollywood Breeders' Cup Oaks
Honeymoon Breeders' Cup Handicap
Lazaro Barrera Memorial Stakes
Marjorie L. Everett Handicap
Mervyn Leroy Handicap
Milady Breeders' Cup Handicap
Winter Stakes
Sunset Handicap
Swaps Stakes

Grade 3 :
Affirmed Handicap
Ack Ack Handicap
Cinema Handicap
Generous Stakes
Hawthorne Handicap
Hollywood Juvenile Championship Stakes
Hollywood Prevue Stakes
Hollywood Turf Express Handicap
Inglewood Handicap
Jim Murray Memorial Handicap
Los Angeles Handicap
Miesque Stakes
Native Diver Handicap
Railbird Stakes
Senorita Stakes
Vernon O. Underwood Stakes
Will Rogers Stakes
Wilshire Handicap