Hollywood Turf Cup Stakes

Hollywood Turf Cup Stakes
Grade 2 race
LocationDel Mar Racetrack
Del Mar, California, United States
Inaugurated1981 (as Hollywood Park Racetrack)
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing Del Mar
Race information
Distance1+1⁄2 miles (12 furlongs)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds and older
WeightBase weights with allowances
Three-year-olds – 122 lbs.
Older – 126 lbs.
Purse$200,000 (2023)

The Hollywood Turf Cup is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three-years-old or older over a distance of one and one-half miles (12 furlongs) on the turf track scheduled annually in late November at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. The event currently carries a purse of $200,000.

History

The inaugural running of the event was on 6 December 1981 under Weight-for-Age conditions with an impressive purse of US500,000 added. The event as planned by West Coast racing administration attracted some fine horses including Europeans who had come to the US to run in the Washington, D.C. International. The event was won by the Irish-bred Providential who raced in the US as Providential II and had previously won the Washington, D.C. International in a star studded field which included John Henry who was the leading stakes winner in the US at the time and started as the 2/5 odds-on favorite.[1]

The race was run in two divisions in 1982 at a shorter distance of 1+3⁄8 miles.[2]

In 1983 the American Graded Stakes Committee classified the event with the highest status of Grade I. John Henry returned to make amends in 1983 to win and become the first racehorse to surpass $4 million in career earnings.[3] In 1985 the distance of the event was returned to its initial distance of 1+1⁄2 miles.[4]

In 1991 the winner Miss Alleged was the only filly to ever win this race.[4]

Horses who previously ran in the Breeders' Cup Turf would sometimes run in the Turf Cup since it is the last major turf race of the year.

The race was not run in 2005 due to problems with Hollywood Park's grass course not being ready after the turf course was reseeded.[5] The event was not held in 2009 as several high profile events were cancelled in an effort to sustain overnight purses with a shortened meeting of only 27 days.[6]

The event was downgraded in 2012 to Grade II.[2] With the closure of Hollywood Park Racetrack in 2013 the event was moved to Del Mar Racetrack.

Records

Speed record:

  • 1+1⁄2 miles: 2:24.61 – Boboman (2006)
  • 1+3⁄8 miles: 2:13.40 – The Hague (1982)

Margins:

Most wins:

  • 2 – Alphabatim (1984, 1986)
  • 2 – Lazy Lode (1998, 1999)

Most wins by an owner:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners

Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Distance Time Purse Grade Ref
At Del Mar
2023 Planetario (BRZ) 5 Hector Berrios Richard E. Mandella Red Rafa Stud 1+1⁄2 miles 2:28.02 $201,000 II [7]
2022 Prince Abama (IRE) 4 Flavien Prat Philip D'Amato Michael House 1+1⁄2 miles 2:29.42 $251,000 II [8]
2021 Say the Word 6 Kent Desormeaux Philip D'Amato Agave Racing Stable and Sam-Son Farm 1+1⁄2 miles 2:27.62 $251,000 II [9]
2020 Arklow 6 Joel Rosario Brad H. Cox Donegal Racing, Joseph Bulger & Estate of Peter Coneway 1+1⁄2 miles 2:26.31 $203,500 II [10]
2019 Oscar Dominguez (IRE) 6 John R. Velazquez Richard Baltas Nancy Messineo & Bruce Sands 1+1⁄2 miles 2:28.17 $201,755 II [11]
2018 Chicago Style 5 Drayden Van Dyke Thomas F. Proctor Glen Hill Farm 1+1⁄2 miles 2:28.53 $200,690 II [12]
2017 Manitoulin 4 Mike E. Smith James J. Toner Darby Dan Farm Racing 1+1⁄2 miles 2:30.16 $200,690 II [13]
2016 Texas Ryano 5 Joseph Talamo Carla Gaines Warren B. Williamson 1+1⁄2 miles 2:27.92 $200,345 II [14]
2015 The Pizza Man 6 Mike E. Smith Roger A. Brueggemann Midwest Thoroughbreds 1+1⁄2 miles 2:31.75 $252,250 II [15]
2014 Finnegans Wake 5 Victor Espinoza Peter L. Miller Donegal Racing & Rockingham Ranch 1+1⁄2 miles 2:27.35 $251,250 II [16]
At Hollywood Park
2013 Lucayan (FR) 4 Joel Rosario Neil D. Drysdale Pandora Stud 1+1⁄2 miles 2:26.14 $250,250 II [17]
2012 Grandeur (IRE) 3 Garrett K. Gomez Patrick Gallagher Yvonne Jacques 1+1⁄2 miles 2:27.95 $250,000 II [18]
2011 Sanagas (GER) 5 Rajiv Maragh H. Graham Motion Andreas Jacobs 1+1⁄2 miles 2:27.53 $250,000 I [19]
2010 Unusual Suspect 6 Corey Nakatani Barry Abrams Barry, David, & Dyan Abrams 1+1⁄2 miles 2:25.83 $250,000 I [20]
2009 Race not held
2008 Champs Elysees (GB) 5 Jose Valdivia Jr. Robert J. Frankel Juddmonte Farms 1+1⁄2 miles 2:27.71 $250,000 I [21]
2007 Sunriver 4 Garrett K. Gomez Todd A. Pletcher Aaron & Marie Jones 1+1⁄2 miles 2:27.07 $250,000 I [22]
2006 Boboman 5 Garrett K. Gomez Richard E. Mandella Wertheimer et Frère 1+1⁄2 miles 2:24.61 $250,000 I [23]
2005 Race not held
2004 Pellegrino (BRZ) 5 Gary L. Stevens Donald J. Burke II Gary A. Tanaka 1+1⁄2 miles 2:29.73 $250,000 I [24]
2003 ‡ Continuously 4 Alex O. Solis Robert J. Frankel Saud bin Khaled 1+1⁄2 miles 2:29.01 $250,000 I [25]
2002 Sligo Bay (IRE) 4 Laffit Pincay Jr. C. Beau Greely Columbine Stable 1+1⁄2 miles 2:27.22 $250,000 I [26]
2001 § Super Quercus (FR) 5 Alex O. Solis Robert J. Frankel 3 Plus U Stable 1+1⁄2 miles 2:29.86 $250,000 I [27]
2000 Bienamado 4 Chris McCarron J. Paco Gonzalez Trudy McCaffery & John Toffan, Robert Sangster 1+1⁄2 miles 2:25.98 $400,000 I [28]
1999 Lazy Lode (ARG) 5 Laffit Pincay Jr. Richard E. Mandella The Thoroughbred Corporation 1+1⁄2 miles 2:25.85 $400,000 I [29]
1998 Lazy Lode (ARG) 4 Corey Nakatani Wallace Dollase The Thoroughbred Corporation 1+1⁄2 miles 2:28.36 $500,000 I [30]
1997 River Bay 4 Alex O. Solis Robert J. Frankel Ecurie Chalhoub 1+1⁄2 miles 2:26.47 $500,000 I [31]
1996 Running Flame (FR) 4 Chris McCarron Mike Puype Gary E. Biszantz 1+1⁄2 miles 2:28.53 $500,000 I [32]
1995 Royal Chariot 5 Alex O. Solis Edwin J. Gregson D & V Enterprises 1+1⁄2 miles 2:25.18 $500,000 I [33]
1994 Frenchpark (GB) 4 Corey Black Terry Knight Hubert Guy 1+1⁄2 miles 2:25.66 $500,000 I [34]
1993 Fraise 5 Chris McCarron William I. Mott Mrs. Madeleine Paulson 1+1⁄2 miles 2:32.34 $500,000 I [35]
1992 † Bien Bien 3 Chris McCarron J. Paco Gonzalez Trudy McCaffery & John Toffan 1+1⁄2 miles 2:31.28 $500,000 I [36]
1991 Miss Alleged 4 Chris McCarron Charles E. Whittingham Fares Farms 1+1⁄2 miles 2:30.00 $500,000 I [37]
1990 Itsallgreektome 3 Corey Nakatani Wallace Dollase Jhayare Stables 1+1⁄2 miles 2:24.80 $500,000 I [38]
1989 Frankly Perfect 4 Chris McCarron Charles E. Whittingham Bruce McNall & Wayne Gretzky 1+1⁄2 miles 2:26.60 $500,000 I [39]
1988 Great Communicator 5 Ray Sibille Thad D. Ackel Class Act Farm 1+1⁄2 miles 2:34.40 $500,000 I [40]
1987 Vilzak 4 Pat Day Jack Van Berg Harry T. Rosenblum 1+1⁄2 miles 2:27.00 $500,000 I [41]
1986 Alphabatim 5 Bill Shoemaker John Gosden Prince Khalid Abdullah 1+1⁄2 miles 2:25.80 $500,000 I [42]
1985 Zoffany 5 Eddie Delahoussaye John Gosden Anthony & John Bodie, Anthony Speelman 1+1⁄2 miles 2:28.40 $500,000 I [43]
1984 Alphabatim 3 Chris McCarron John Gosden Prince Khalid Abdullah 1+3⁄8 miles 2:15.80 $500,000 I [44]
1983 John Henry 8 Chris McCarron Ron McAnally Dotsam Stable 1+3⁄8 miles 2:16.60 $500,000 I [3]
1982 Prince Spellbound 3 Marco Castaneda Lester Holt William L. Pease 1+3⁄8 miles 2:14.00 $400,000 Division 1[45]
The Hague 3 Fernando Toro Richard E. Mandella Elmendorf Farm 2:13.40 $400,000 Division 2[46]
1981 Providential II (IRE) 4 Alain Lequeux Charles E. Whittingham Serge Fradkoff 1+1⁄2 miles 2:26.80 $553,000 [1]

Legend:
  Turf
Notes:
§ Ran as an entry
† In 1992, Fraise finished first but officials disqualified him and he was set back to second place for bumping Bien Bien in the stretch.
‡ In 2003, Epicentre won the race but was disqualied for interference in the stretch and set back to third.

See also

List of American and Canadian Graded races

References

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