Hollywood Juvenile Championship Stakes

The Hollywood Juvenile Championship Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early July at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California. Open to two-year-old horses, the Grade III event is contested on synthetic over a distance of six furlongs. Prior to 2007, the race was contested on dirt.

Hollywood Juvenile Championship

Grade III race
Location	Hollywood Park Racetrack Inglewood, California, United States
Inaugurated	1938
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	www.hollywoodpark.com
Race information
Distance	Six furlong sprint
Surface	Cushion Track synthetic dirt
Track	left-handed
Qualification	two-year-olds

Its first winner was the filly, Unerring, American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly in 1939. Noted past winners include Tomy Lee (1958), Affirmed (1977), Desert Wine (1982), Althea, (1983), and Squirtle Squirt (2000).

The 2005 winner, What A Song, holds the World Record [all breeds] for 2F in 20.60 seconds.

Winners since 1991

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Time	Grade
2012	Scherer Magic	Joseph Talamo	John W. Sadler	1:11.67	III
2011	Majestic City	David Flores	Peter Miller	1:10.45	III
2010	J P's Gusto	Joseph Talamo	David Hofmans	1:10.48	III
2009	Necessary Evil	Joel Rosario	Doug O'Neill	1:09.98	III
2008	Azul Leon	Rafael Bejarano	Doug O'Neill	1:10.88	III
2007	Salute the Sarge	Michael Baze	Eric Guillot	1:12.08	III
2006	E Z Warrior	David Flores	Bob Baffert	1:09.96	III
2005	What a Song	Victor Espinoza	Bob Baffert	1:09.55	III
2004	Chandtrue	Victor Espinoza	Robert Hess Jr.	1:10.88	III
2003	Perfect Moon	Patrick Valenzuela	Melvin Stute	1:10.39	III
2002	Crowned Dancer	Alex Solis	Christopher Paasch	1:10.10	III
2001	Came Home	Chris McCarron	Juan Gonzalez	1:09.20	III
2000	Squirtle Squirt	Laffit Pincay Jr.	Joe Garcia Jr.	1:09.98	III
1999	Dixie Union	Alex Solis	Richard Mandella	1:09.95	III
1998	Yes It's True	Jerry Bailey	D. Wayne Lukas	1:09.58	III
1997	K. O. Punch	Gary Stevens	D. Wayne Lukas	1:09.95	III
1996	Swiss Yodeler	Alex Solis	Mike Harrington	1:09.77	II
1995	Hennessy	Gary Stevens	D. Wayne Lukas	1:09.85	II
1994	Mr Purple	Chris McCarron	Ronald McAnally	1:10.16	II
1993	Ramblin' Guy	Eddie Delahoussaye	Brian Mayberry	1:10.09	II
1992	Altazarr	Eddie Delahoussaye	Brian Mayberry	1:10.01	II
1991	Scherando	Francisco Mena	Richard Mulhall	1:09.70	II

Previous winners

• 1990 - Deposit Ticket
• 1989 - Magical Mile
• 1988 - King Glorius (Grade I winner.)
• 1987 - Mi Preferido
• 1986 - Captain Valid
• 1985 - Hilco Scamper
• 1984 - Saratoga Six (Multiple stakes winner.)
• 1983 - Althea (1983 American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly.)
• 1982 - Desert Wine
• 1981 - The Captain
• 1980 - Loma Malad (Motivity, a Filly, placed.)
• 1979 - Parsec
• 1978 - Terlingua (daughter of Secretariat and dam of Storm Cat.) (Flying Paster placed.)
• 1977 - Affirmed
• 1976 - Fleet Dragoon
• 1975 - Restless Restless

References

• The 2008 Hollywood Juvenile Championship Stakes at the NTRA^{[permanent dead link]}