Vanity Invitational Handicap

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Grade I race
Vanity Invitational Handicap
Location	Hollywood Park Racetrack Inglewood, California
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	$300,000

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 ages three and up, the Grade I stakes race is run at a distance of one and one-eighth miles and currently offers a purse of $300,000.

It was raced on dirt since its inaugural running in 1940 until 2007 after the new synthetic Cushion Track had been installed.

Contents 1 Records 2 Winners of the Vanity Invitational Handicap since 1989 3 Earlier winners 4 References

[edit] Records

Time record:

Most wins:

• 2 - Annie-Lu-San (1957, 1958)
• 2 - Convenience (1972, 1973)
• 2 - It's In The Air (1979, 1980)
• 2 - Azeri (2002, 2003)

[edit] Winners of the Vanity Invitational Handicap since 1989

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2007	Nashoba's Key	4	Joe Talamo	Carla Gaines	Warren B. Williamson	1:48.83
2006	Hollywood Story	5	David R. Flores	John Shirreffs	George Krikorian	1:48.55
2005	Splendid Blended	3	Jerry D. Bailey	Neil D. Drysdale	Peter Vegso Racing	1:49.33
2004	Victory Encounter	4	Alex Solis	John W. Sadler	Tom Mankiewicz	1:48.28
2003	Azeri	5	Mike E. Smith	Laura de Seroux	A. Paulson Living Trust	1:48.48
2002	Azeri	4	Mike E. Smith	Laura de Seroux	A. Paulson Living Trust	1:48.88
2001	Gourmet Girl	6	Gary L. Stevens	Pico Perdomo	Gary A. Tanaka	1:49.21
2000	Riboletta	5	Chris McCarron	Eduardo Inda	Aaron & Marie Jones	1:48.54
1999	Manistique	4	Chris McCarron	John Shirreffs	Aaron & Marie Jones	1:48.06
1998	Escena	5	Jerry D. Bailey	William I. Mott	Allen E. Paulson	1:48.00
1997	Twice the Vice	5	Chris McCarron	Ronald W. Ellis	Martin & Pam Wygod	1:46.40
1996	Jewel Princess	4	Corey Nakatani	Wallace Dollase	Richard & Martha Stephen	1:47.00
1995	Private Persuasion	4	Gary L. Stevens	Dan Hendricks	Martin & Pam Wygod	1:48.20
1994	Potridee	5	Alex Solis	Ron McAnally	L. Grimm	1:48.08
1993	Re Toss	6	Ed Delahoussaye	Henry Moreno	Arthur & Larry Risdon	1:47.92
1992	Paseana	5	Chris McCarron	Ron McAnally	Sidney H. Craig	1:48.06
1991	Brought To Mind	4	Pat Valenzuela	Ron McAnally	Not found	1:48.50
1990	Gorgeous	4	Ed Delahoussaye	Neil D. Drysdale	Robert N. Clay	1:48.20
1989	Bayakoa	5	Laffit Pincay, Jr.	Ron McAnally	Janis & Frank Whitham	1:47.20

[edit] Earlier winners

* Run in two divisions in 1959.

[edit] References

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