Vernon O. Underwood Stakes

Vernon O. Underwood Stakes
Grade III race
Location Hollywood Park Racetrack
Inglewood, California, United States
Inaugurated 1981
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website www.hollywoodpark.com
Race information
Distance Six furlong sprint
Surface Cushion Track synthetic dirt
Track left-handed
Qualification Three-years-old & up
Weight Assigned
Purse $100,000

The Vernon O. Underwood Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California. Raced in late November, the Grade III event is open to horses age three and older. It is contested on Cushion Track synthetic dirt at a distance of six furlongs.

Inaugurated as the National Sprint Championship Stakes, in 1990 the name was changed to honor Vernon O. Underwood (1907–1990), a prominent California businessman.[1] After Hollywood Park closed, the race is ran as the Midnight Lute Stakes at Santa Anita Park.

In 2001, H. Eugene Reed's eight-year-old gelding Men's Exclusive became the first back-to-back winner of the race and its oldest winner.

The race was run in two divisions in 1981, 1982, 1984 and 1986.

Records

Speed record:

Most wins:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners since 1989

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
2013 Majestic Stride 4 Edwin Maldonado Jeff Bonde Brown/Klein/Lebherz 1:08.87
2012 Smiling Tiger 5 Rafael Bejarano Jeff Bonde Alan Klein/Philip Lebherz 1:11.24
2011 Pacific Ocean 4 Joel Rosario Mike Mitchell JMJ Racing Stable 1:08.48
2010 Cost of Freedom 7 Joe Talamo John W. Sadler Gary & Cecil Barber 1:08.46
2009 Kinsale King 4 Martin Garcia Carl O'Callaghan Patrick Sheehy 1:09.67
2008 Johnny Eves 4 Garrett Gomez Jay M. Robbins Sharon Hilliard 1:07.90
2007 Bushwacker 5 Joseph Talamo William L. Currin Currin & Alvin Eisman 1:08.47
2006 Sailors Sunset 3 Jon Court Marcelo Polanco Everest stables 1:07.79
2005 Bordonaro 4 Pat Valenzuela William B. Spawr F. Carrillo & D. Casse 1:08.11
2004 Taste of Paradise 5 Jose Valdivia, Jr. Gary Mandella David Bloom 1:08.04
2003 Watchem Smokey 3 Julie Krone Robert J. Frankel Edmund A. Gann 1:08.93
2002 Debonair Joe 3 Julie Krone Juan Pablo Silva Lynne H. Ristad 1:09:17
2001 Men's Exclusive 8 Laffit Pincay, Jr. Wesley A. Ward H. Eugene Reed 1:09.04
2000 Men's Exclusive 7 Laffit Pincay, Jr. Wesley A. Ward H. Eugene Reed 1:09.02
1999 Five Star Day 3 Alex Solis C. Beau Greely Columbine Stable 1:09.91
1998 Love That Jazz 4 Kent Desormeaux Neil Drysdale Irving & Marge Cowan 1:08.79
1997 Tower Full 5 Corey Nakatani Craig Dollase Moon S. Han 1:08.17
1996 Paying Dues 4 Pat Day Clifford Sise, Jr. Ballantyne, Owen & Welty 1:08.24
1995 Powis Castle 4 Gary Stevens Rodney Rash Vistas Stables 1:08.40
1994 Wekiva Springs 3 Kent Desormeaux Robert Hess, Jr. Dizney & English 1:08.37
1993 Meafara 4 Gary Stevens Gary F. Jones Frank Muench 1:10.01
1992 Gundaghia 5 Gary Stevens Bob Baffert Goodman & Kieckhefer 1:09.33
1991 Individualist 4 Kent Desormeaux David Hofmans Golden Eagle Farm 1:08.86
1990 Frost Free 5 Chris McCarron John W. Sadler Triple Dot Dash Stable & Vandervoort 1:08.20
1989 Olympic Prospect 5 Alex Solis John W. Sadler Alsdorf, Opas & Sinatra 1:08.80

Earlier winners

  • 1988 - Gallant Sailor
  • 1987 - Hilco Scamper
  • 1986 - Bedside Promise
  • 1986 - Nasib
  • 1985 - Pancho Villa
  • 1984 - Fifty Six Ina Row
  • 1984 - Lovlier Linda
  • 1983 - Fighting Fit
  • 1982 - Mad Key
  • 1982 - Unpredictable
  • 1981 - Shanekite
  • 1981 - Smokite

References

  1. ↑ http://www.youngsmarket.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ContentAttachmentView?storeId=10551&contentName=YMC_B2CAboutUs.html
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