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Jim Murray Memorial Handicap

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Inaugurated
  
1990

Surface
  
Turf

Website
  
www.hollywoodpark.com

Location
  
Hollywood Park RacetrackInglewood, California, United States

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

Distance
  
1 ⁄2 miles (12 furlongs)

The Jim Murray Memorial Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run in mid-May at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California. The Grade II event is open to horses, age three and up, willing to race one and one-half miles on turf.

The race was run at one and one-quarter miles (10 furlongs) in 1990, 1999 and 2000.

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of  1 1⁄2 miles)

  • 2:25.31 - Storming Home (GB) (2003)

    • Most wins:

  • 2 - On the Acorn (GB) (2007, 2008)
  • 2 - Acclamation (2010, 2011)

    • Most wins by a jockey:

  • 3 - Corey Nakatani (1992, 1998, 1999)
  • 3 - Gary Stevens (1991, 1997, 2003)

    • Most wins by a trainer:

  • 6 - Robert Frankel (1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2002)

    • Most wins by an owner:

  • 4 - Juddmonte Farms (1990, 1992, 1993, 2002)

    • References

    Jim Murray Memorial Handicap Wikipedia
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