Landaluce Stakes
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The Landaluce Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run at Hollywood Park Racetrack for two-year-old filles usually around the Fourth of July. It’s set at six furlongs in the dirt and offers a purse of $100,000 added.
This ungraded stakes is named for Landaluce (by Seattle Slew), the posthumous American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly of 1982, who died at the age of two after five wins in five starts by a combined margin of 46 1/2 lengths. The Hollywood Lassie Stakes was renamed the Landaluce Stakes in her honor. In the Hollywood Lassie, Landaluce's time of 1:08 is thought to be the fastest clocking ever for a juvenile filly in a one turn six furlong race.
Up until 2004, the Landaluce was a Grade III event.
Landaluce won this race in 1982 when it was still called the Hollywood Lassie Stakes and was a Grade II event.
[edit] Past winners
- 2007 - Golden Noodle (Clinton Potts)
- 2006 – Pinata (Martin Pedroza)
- 2005 – Indian Breeze (Tyler Baze)
- 2004 - Souvenir Gift (Mike E. Smith)
- 2003 - Wacky Patty (Jose Valdivia Jr.)
- 2002 – Buffythecenterfold (Matt Garcia)
- 2001 - Georgia’s Storm (Chris McCarron)
- 2000 – Notable Career (Corey Nakatani)
- 1999 – Magicalmysterycat
- 1998 – Hookedonthefeelin
- 1997 – Career Collection
- 1996 – Starry Ice (Eddie Delahoussaye)
- 1995 – Raw Gold
- 1994 – Serena's Song
