Will Rogers Stakes

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Grade III race
Will Rogers Stakes

Location	Hollywood Park Racetrack Inglewood, California
Inaugurated	1937
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance	1 mile (8 furlongs)
Track	Grass, left-handed
Qualification	Three-year-olds
Weight	Assigned
Purse	$100,000

The Will Rogers Stakes is an American Grade III Thoroughbred horse race.

Run annually in the latter part of May at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California, the race is open to three-year-old horses. It is run over a distance of one mile on turf and currently carries a purse of $100,000.

The race was named for legendary American humorist and horseman Will Rogers who died in 1935.

Among the notable winners of this race are two U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductees. Swaps won the 1955 Kentucky Derby then in his next outing won the Will Rogers Stakes by twelve lengths. Round Table, who won it in 1957 by three and a half lengths.

[edit] Winners of the Will Rogers Stakes since 2000

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2008	Polonius	Jon Court	Michael Pender	B.J. Wright	1:34.95
2007	Worldly	Victor Espinoza	Ben D. A. Cecil	Christopher Wright	1:35.19
2006	Stratham	David Cohen	Tim Yakteen	Jerry Jamgotchian	1:34.19
2005	Osidy	Alex Solis	Richard Mandella	B. Wayne Hughes	1:34.67
2004	Laura's Lucky Boy	Pat Valenzuela	Jason Orman	Mercedes Stable	1:33.45
2003	Private Chef	Victor Espinoza	John Shirreffs	Jerry & Ann Moss	1:35.57
2002	Doc Holiday	David R. Flores	Aimee Dollase	Wallace Dollase	1:34.64
2001	Media Mogul (DH)	Alex Solis	Jenine Sahadi	Team Valor et al	1:35.10
2001	Dr. Park (DH)	Tyler Baze	John W. Sadler	C R K Stable	1:35.10
2000	Purely Cozzene	Victor Espinoza	Bob Baffert	Ed & Natalie Friendly	1:34.67

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