Inaugurated 1981 Distance Six-furlong sprint | Website www.hollywoodpark.com Purse 100,000 USD | |
Location Hollywood Park Racetrack
Inglewood, California, United States Race type Thoroughbred – flat racing Surface Cushion Track synthetic dirt | ||
100 000 vernon o underwood stakes sunday december 6 2009
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.
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- 100 000 vernon o underwood stakes sunday december 6 2009
- The 33rd running of vernon o underwood stakes giii 100 000 guaranteed
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Inaugurated as the National Sprint Championship Stakes, in 1990 the name was changed to honor Vernon O. Underwood (1907–1990), a California businessman. After Hollywood Park closed, the race is run 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.
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