Hollywood Park to run spring-summer meet
March 10, 2011INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - Hollywood Park will run a 54-day spring-summer meet with purses worth more than $5.2 million starting April 21.
The Grade 1 $500,000 Hollywood Gold Cup will be run July 9 as part of a doubleheader with the Grade 2 $200,000 Swap Stakes for 3-year-olds.
The $250,000 American Oaks for 3-year-old fillies will be July 16, the last of seven Grade 1 stakes during the meet, which ends July 17. Two other stakes will be run that day.
The Grade 1 $300,000 Shoemaker Mile will be run July 2, along with the Grade 1 $250,000 Triple Bend Handicap.