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Imponente Purse, the 5-2 second choice, rallied to take the $100,000 Sunset Handicap. A Brazilian bred gelding, Imponente Purse provided jockey Chantal Sutherland with her fourth stakes success of the meet in the Sunset.   Owned by Coudelaria Jessica and trained by A.C. Avila – the same connect...Read More
Sunday’s Pick 6 from Hollywood Park includes two stakes races. First up is the Grade 3 Hollywood Juvenile Championship (7th race) and morning line favorite Majestic City meets impressive debut winners Night Tide and Pend Oreille. Celtic New Year is the one to catch and beat in the Grade 3 Sunset (8t...Read More
Acclamation, front-runner for Horse of the Meet honors at Hollywood Park, seeks to put an exclamation point on a banner session when he carries high weight of 124 pounds in the Sunset Handicap, closing-day feature Sunday.   Acclamation, a 5-year-old horse who has already won the Grade I Charles...Read More
A work at Santa Anita Monday is expected to clarify the status of Acclamation for the $100,000 Sunset Handicap on closing day, July 17.   Acclamation, who has already won the Grade I Charles Whittingham Memorial Handicap and Grade II Jim Murray Memorial Handicap on the Hollywood Park turf for t...Read More
Fresh off an easy win in the Grade III Regret June 18 at Churchill Downs, Bizzy Caroline is among 12 3-year-old fillies nominated for the $250,000 American Oaks.   A Grade I at 1 ¼ miles on turf, the American Oaks will be run for the 10th time Saturday, July 16. It is the most lucrative of fiv...Read More
Like Black Astor a year ago, Marlang led throughout Sunday to win the $100,000 Sunset Handicap, the closing day feature of the spring-summer meet at Hollywood Park.   Trained by Neil Drysdale for owner-breeder Gustav Schickedanz, the 5-year-old Langfuhr horse out of the Conquistador Cielo mare...Read More
Marlang worked six furlongs in a bullet 1:14 on the Hollywood Park turf Sunday to signal his readiness for the $100,000 Grade III Sunset Handicap, closing-day feature at 1 ½ miles on turf July 18.   Marlang, a 5-year-old son of Langfuhr, will make his second start here for trainer Neil Drysdal...Read More
Black Astor, handed a 10-length lead with a mile to run in the closing-day $142,500 Sunset Handicap (gr. IIT) at Hollywood Park, made it stand up over his three rivals July 19.With Joe Talamo aboard, Black Astor posted his first stakes win by two lengths over 1-2 favorite Spring House, who tried to ...Read More
The lack of horse inventory has troubled the 2009 spring/summer Hollywood Park season from its outset, so it's not surprising that the closing day $150,000 Sunset Handicap (gr. IIT) July 19 attracted just four horses to the turf course.Read More

Race Results & Past Performances

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View DetailsView Video07/17/11Hol81 1/2mT03+ MSunset Handicap-G3Imponente PurseFalcon RockCeltic New Year2:25.65
View DetailsView Video07/18/10Hol91 1/2mT03+ MSunset Handicap-G3MarlangChamp PegasusUnusual Suspect2:25.45
View Details07/19/09Hol31 1/2mT03+ MSunset Handicap-G2Black AstorSpring HousePorfido2:27.10
View Details07/23/84Hol81 1/2mT03+ MSunset Handicap-G1John HenryLoad The CannonsPair Of Deuces2:24.80
View Details07/23/73Hol81 1/2mT03+ MSunset Handicap-G1Cougar IILife CycleRock Bath2:26.00
View Details07/26/71Hol82 milesT04+ MSunset HandicapOver The Counter Cougar IITypecast3:19.20
View Details07/25/56Hol71 5/8 mD04 MSunset HandicapSwapsHoneys AlibiBlue Volt2:38.10