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1979 Hollywood Gold Cup (G1)

Date/Track:
Distance:
1 1/4 m (Dirt)
Age/Sex:
4 M
Time:
1:58.40
*Rank is current Power Ranking among all active horses, based on highest HRN rating. Rating is based on HRN member voting.
FinSilksHorse / SireRatingTrainer / JockeyLast Start / Next Start
1st Affirmed
Exclusive Native
9.30
L. Barrera
L. Pincay
1st, 1979 Jockey Club Gold Cup View Video
2nd Sirlad
Bold Lad
6.12
C. Whittingham
5th, 1979 Woodward Stakes (G1) View Video
3rd Text
Speak John
8.17
V. Clyne
4th, 1979 Meadowlands Cup (G2)
4th Farnesio
Good Manners

4th, 1979 Hollywood Gold Cup (G1) View Video
5th How Curious

5th, 1979 Hollywood Gold Cup (G1) View Video
6th True Statement

6th, 1979 Hollywood Gold Cup (G1) View Video
7th As de Copas

7th, 1979 Hollywood Gold Cup (G1) View Video
8th Double Discount

8th, 1979 Hollywood Gold Cup (G1) View Video
9th Saros
Sassafras

9th, 1979 Hollywood Gold Cup (G1) View Video
10th Syncopate
Marshua's Dancer
R. McAnally
10th, 1979 Hollywood Gold Cup (G1) View Video

What the Nation is saying about the 1979 Hollywood Gold Cup (G1)...

Affirmed, ridden by Laffit Pincay Jr., became the first horse to top $2 million in earnings after he won the Hollywood Gold Cup.Read More
On Gold Cup Eve, while most fans are busy handicapping the big race, I found myself in a slightly more nostalgic mood, and the Hollywood Gold Cup is an easy race for which to wax poetic. Seabiscuit and Citation, Swaps and Round Table, Native Diver and Ack Ack, Ferdinand and Cigar, Skip Away and Lava...Read More
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  • AndyScoggin · Loved Affirmed especially with Steve Cauthen up. · 711 days ago ·
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  • TiznowReynolds · I've always been a huge fan of the Gold Cup...many many awesome horses have ran/won it. · 711 days ago ·
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In the fastest workout of the day for six furlongs, Secretariat went the distance in 1:12 4/5 at Belmont over a sloppy track. He would make his debut 10 days later, in a July 4 race for maiden runners at Aqueduct. ~1972Read More

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