The Hollywood Juvenile Championship Stakes is an American

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run annually in early July at

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in Inglewood, California. Open to two-year-old horses, the Grade III event is contested on synthetic over a distance of six

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s. Prior to 2007, the race was contested on dirt. Its first winner was the filly, Unerring,

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in 1939. Noted past winners include Tomy Lee (1958),

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(1977),

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(1982), Althea, (1983), and

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(2000). The 2005 winner, What A Song, holds the World Record ll breedsfor 2F in 20.60 seconds.

Winners since 1991

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 -

* 1981 - The Captain * 1980 - Loma Malad (Motivity, a Filly, placed.) * 1979 - Parsec * 1978 - Terlingua (daughter of

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and dam of

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.) (

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placed.) * 1977 -

* 1976 - Fleet Dragoon * 1975 - Restless Restless

References

The 2008 Hollywood Juvenile Championship Stakes at the NTRA
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