On Friday, 10 June 1938, film maker Jack L Warner (of Warner Brothers) opened the entrance gates to a new thoroughbred race track in Inglewood, California. It was named Hollywood Park, and 40,000 people attended the opening day of racing. The $2,500 Hollywood Premiere was won by W E Boeing's Air Chute; Boeing was presented a silver trophy in the winner's circle by Barbara Stanwyck. Also on hand for opening day were Claudette Colbert, Bob Hope, Zeppo Marx, Milton Berle and Joan Crawford. The 420-acre development was purchased and built by Warner, Al Jolson, Sam Goldwyn, Irene Dunne, Walt Disney, Mervyn LeRoy and Joan Blondell, among others. Hollywood Park was the place to see celebrities, watch celebrity-owned horses, and see the top horses, trainers and jockeys of the time. Hollywood Park had it's heyday from the opening in 1938 up into the early 1970s. On Sunday, 22 December 2013, Hollywood Park will open and close as a licensed race track for the last time. It's time to say good-bye to a giant.
Hollywood Park will not run any graded stakes races during its last open weekend - but this weekend, there will be some real doozies! Watch, if you can.
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Lentenor, the full brother of Barbaro, will be standing at stud in 2014 at the Indiana Stallion Station. The fee will be $2,000 when foal stands and nurses.
A. P. Indy's last foals hit the ground in 2011, and just about the only thing missing from his resume as a sire is a Kentucky Derby winner. Right now, eyes are on Honor Code, a dark bay colt racing for Dell Ridge Farm.
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