Hollywood Derby
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The Hollywood Derby is a race for three-year-old thoroughbred race horses on the turf. The race is run each year in December at Hollywood Park at a distance of one and one-quarter miles on the turf. The race was on a hiatus in 2005 due to the poor condition of the Hollywood Park turf course. The purse for this Grade I event is usually $500,000 USD.
The great filly Busher won this race in 1945. Riva Ridge took it in 1972.
[edit] Past winners
Winners of the Hollywood Derby since the beginning of the new century are:
- 2006 -
- 2005 - RACE ON HIATUS
- 2004 - Good Reward
- 2003 - Sweet Return
- 2002 - Johar
- 2001 - Denon
- 2000 - Brahms