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www.hollywoodparkracetrack.org Opened by the Hollywood Turf Club in 1938, the Hollywood Park Racetrack prides itself in an interesting history. Featuring horse racing, among other facilities, the Hollywood Park Racetrack sits just three miles from the Los Angeles Airport.

Shareholders of the big Hollywood Park Racetrack Corporation have included Bing Crosby, Al Jolson, Walt Disney, and Joan Blondell. Of the 600 shareholders, Raoul Walsh and Al Jolson were part of the founding Board of Directors. Mervyn LeRoy served as director of the Hollywood Park Racetrack from 1941 until 1986 when he died.

Due to the Second World War, Hollywood Park Racetrack was closed from the year 1942 until 1944. A big fire destroyed the clubhouse and grandstand in 1949, but was rebuilt and reopened in 1950. In 1994, a card club casino was added to the building.

For $140 million, Churchill Downs Inc., purchased the facility in 1999, but by 2005, Hollywood Park Racetrack was again sold to Bay Meadows Land Company for an outstanding $260 million in cold cash.

Among the notable events that have been held in the Hollywood Park Racetrack are the inaugural Breeders’ Cup of 1984 and the Breeders’ Cup of 1987 and 1997; the Hollywood Gold Cup in 1951, which awarded Citation, the first horse to win a million dollars; Laffit Pincay Jr.’s winning over Bill Shoemaker, breaking his all-time record of most wins by a jockey in December of 1999; and Cesario’s win in the July 2005 American Oaks, the first for a Japanese-bred racehorse in an American stakes race in fifty years.

The Hollywood Park Racetrack is also a place where everyone can enjoy a beer or two with his buddies and friends aside from enjoying his win. Today, general admission is an affordable $6 for the racing seasons of April to July and November until December.

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