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The Hollywood Gold Cup Stakes is a Grade II American thoroughbred horse race for horses age three and older over a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles on the dirt held at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California in May. The race currently offers a purse of $200,000.
Awesome Gem (foaled February 6, 2003) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2007 San Fernando Stakes, 2009 Hawthorne Gold Cup, and 2010 Hollywood Gold Cup. Background [ edit ]
This is a listing of the horses that finished in first, second, and third place (and the number of starters) in the Gold Cup at Santa Anita Stakes (formerly the Hollywood Gold Cup), an American Grade 1 race for three-year-olds and up at 1 1/4 miles on dirt (except 2007-2013 when on the synthetic surface, 'Cushion Track').
On July 9, 2011, First Dude won his first Grade 1 race in the Hollywood Gold Cup at Hollywood Park. He was taken off the pace by jockey Martin Garcia and, with a quarter mile left to run, charged from fifth place to a nose victory over stablemate Game On Dude and odds-on favorite Twirling Candy.
Game On Dude (foaled April 26, 2007 in Kentucky) is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse gelding.He won fourteen graded stakes races, including eight Grade I stakes: the Santa Anita Handicap in 2011, 2013, and 2014 [3] [4] the only horse to have won that race three times; he also won the Goodwood Stakes twice (2011, 2012), the 2013 Pacific Classic Stakes, [5] and the Hollywood Gold Cup ...
Swaps and Shoemaker won the 1955 Kentucky Derby, and the thoroughbred also captured the Hollywood Gold Cup, Hollywood Park's signature race. The sculpture has been in storage for years.
In 1951, Citation became the first million-dollar-winning horse by winning the Hollywood Gold Cup in his final start. [citation needed] On July 3, 1977, recent Triple Crown winner, Seattle Slew, finished fourth in the Swaps Stakes, a major upset. [citation needed] Niatross wins the American Pacing Classic in a world record 1.52 1/5. [25]
The 2010 World Thoroughbred Rankings was the 2010 edition of the World Thoroughbred Rankings. [1] It was an assessment of Thoroughbred racehorses issued by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) in January 2011. [2] It included horses aged three or older which competed in flat races during 2010. It was open to all horses ...