Grade I race | |
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Vanity Invitational Handicap | |
Location | Hollywood Park Racetrack Inglewood, California, United States |
Inaugurated | 1940 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | www.hollywoodpark.com |
Race information | |
Distance | 1⅛ miles (9 furlongs) |
Track | Cushion Track, left-handed |
Qualification | Fillies & Mares, Three-years-old & Up |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $250,000 |
The Vanity Invitational Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in July at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California.
Open by invitation to fillies and mares aged three years and up, the Grade I stakes race is run at a distance of one and one-eighth miles and currently offers a purse of $250,000.
It was raced on dirt since its inaugural running in 1940 until 2007 after the new synthetic Cushion Track had been installed.
The race has been contested at various distances:
Contents |
Time record:
Most wins:
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Weight |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
2011 | Blind Luck | 4 | 123 | Garrett K. Gomez | Jerry Hollendorfer | Hollendorfer/Dedomenico/Carver/Abruzzo | 1:50.89 |
2010 | Zenyatta | 6 | 129 | Mike E. Smith | John Shirreffs | Jerry & Ann Moss | 1:49.01 |
2009 | Zenyatta | 5 | 129 | Mike E. Smith | John Shirreffs | Jerry & Ann Moss | 1:48.15 |
2008 | Zenyatta | 4 | 124 | Mike E. Smith | John Shirreffs | Jerry & Ann Moss | 1:49.51 |
2007 | Nashoba's Key | 4 | 118 | Joe Talamo | Carla Gaines | Warren B. Williamson | 1:48.83 |
2006 | Hollywood Story | 5 | 118 | David R. Flores | John Shirreffs | George Krikorian | 1:48.55 |
2005 | Splendid Blended | 3 | 120 | Jerry D. Bailey | Neil D. Drysdale | Peter Vegso Racing | 1:49.33 |
2004 | Victory Encounter | 4 | 116 | Alex Solis | John W. Sadler | Tom Mankiewicz | 1:48.28 |
2003 | Azeri | 5 | 127 | Mike E. Smith | Laura de Seroux | A. Paulson Living Trust | 1:48.48 |
2002 | Azeri | 4 | 125 | Mike E. Smith | Laura de Seroux | A. Paulson Living Trust | 1:48.88 |
2001 | Gourmet Girl | 6 | 119 | Gary L. Stevens | Pico Perdomo | Gary A. Tanaka | 1:49.21 |
2000 | Riboletta | 5 | 123 | Chris McCarron | Eduardo Inda | Aaron & Marie Jones | 1:48.54 |
1999 | Manistique | 4 | 122 | Chris McCarron | John Shirreffs | 505 Farms | 1:48.06 |
1998 | Escena | 5 | 124 | Jerry D. Bailey | William I. Mott | Allen E. Paulson | 1:48.00 |
1997 | Twice the Vice | 5 | 121 | Chris McCarron | Ronald W. Ellis | Martin & Pam Wygod | 1:46.40 |
1996 | Jewel Princess | 4 | 120 | Corey Nakatani | Wallace Dollase | Richard & Martha Stephen | 1:47.00 |
1995 | Private Persuasion | 4 | 114 | Gary L. Stevens | Dan Hendricks | Martin & Pam Wygod | 1:48.20 |
1994 | Potridee | 5 | 114 | Alex Solis | Ron McAnally | L. Grimm | 1:48.08 |
1993 | Re Toss | 6 | 115 | Ed Delahoussaye | Henry Moreno | Arthur & Larry Risdon | 1:47.92 |
1992 | Paseana | 5 | 127 | Chris McCarron | Ron McAnally | Sidney H. Craig | 1:48.06 |
1991 | Brought To Mind | 4 | 120 | Pat Valenzuela | Ron McAnally | Tadahiro Hotehama | 1:48.50 |
1990 | Gorgeous | 4 | 124 | Ed Delahoussaye | Neil D. Drysdale | Robert N. Clay | 1:48.20 |
1989 | Bayakoa | 5 | 125 | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Ron McAnally | Janis & Frank Whitham | 1:47.20 |
1988 | Annoconnor | 4 | 114 | Corey Black | John Gosden | Fink & Gottlieb | 1:49.20 |
1987 | Infinidad | 5 | 113 | Corey Black | Charles E. Whittingham | Arthur B. Hancock III | 2:00.60 |
1986 | Magnificent Lindy | 4 | 116 | Chris McCarron | Neil Drysdale | Paula L. Tucker | 2:02.00 |
1985 | Dontstop Themusic | 5 | 118 | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Randy Winick | Mr. & Mrs. Albert Broccoli | 1:47.80 |
1984 | Princess Rooney | 4 | 120 | Eddie Delahoussaye | Neil Drysdale | Paula L. Tucker | 1:46.20 |
1983 | A Kiss for Luck | 4 | 114 | Chris McCarron | Jerry Fanning | Paula L. Tucker | 1:49.20 |
1982 | Sangue | 4 | 120 | Bill Shoemaker | Henry Moreno | Craig B. Singer | 1:48.00 |
1981 | Track Robbery | 5 | 120 | Patrick Valenzuela | Robert L. Wheeler | Summa Stable | 1:47.00 |
1980 | It's In The Air | 4 | 120 | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Laz Barrera | Harbor View Farm | 1:47.00 |
1979 | It's In The Air | 3 | 113 | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Laz Barrera | Harbor View Farm | 1:47.40 |
1978 | Afifa | 4 | 113 | Bill Shoemaker | Gene Cleveland | Swiftsure Stable | 1:46.40 |
1977 | Cascapedia | 4 | 129 | Sandy Hawley | Gordon C. Campbell | Bernard J. Ridder | 1:47.60 |
1976 | Miss Toshiba | 4 | 120 | Fernando Toro | Thomas A. Pratt | Robert Sangster | 1:48.00 |
1975 | Dulcia | 6 | 118 | Bill Shoemaker | Charles E. Whittingham | Helen G. Stollery | 1:47.40 |
1974 | Tallahto | 4 | 126 | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Charles E. Whittingham | Elizabeth A. Keck | 1:47.00 |
1973 | Convenience | 5 | 121 | John L. Rotz | Willard L. Proctor | Glen Hill Farm | 1:47.80 |
1972 | Convenience | 4 | 121 | Jerry Lambert | Willard L. Proctor | Glen Hill Farm | 1:47.80 |
* Run in two divisions in 1959.