Vanity Invitational Handicap

Grade I race
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:

• 1 mile - 1940;
• 1 1/16 miles - 1941, 1944–1949, 1951–1953;
• 1⅛ miles - 1950, 1954–1985, 1988–present;
• 1¼ miles - 1986–1987.

Contents 1 Records 2 Winners of the Vanity Invitational Handicap since 1972 3 Earlier winners 4 References

Records

Time record:

• 1:46.20 - Princess Rooney (1984)

Most wins:

• 3 - Zenyatta (2008, 2009, 2010)

Winners of the Vanity Invitational Handicap since 1972

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

Earlier winners

* Run in two divisions in 1959.

References

• The Vanity Invitational Handicap at Pedigree Query
• The Vanity Invitational Handicap at the NTRA