Hollywood Starlet Stakes

Horseraces infobox
class = Grade I
horse race = Hollywood Starlet Stakes


caption =
location = Hollywood Park Racetrack
Inglewood, California flagicon|USA
inaugurated = 1974
race type = Thoroughbred - Flat racing
website = [http://www.hollywoodpark.com www.hollywoodpark.com]
distance = 1 ¹/16 miles (8.5 furlongs)
track = Cushion Track, left-handed
qualification = Two-year-olds Fillies
weight = Assigned
purse = $400,000 added
bonuses = The Hollywood Starlet Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-old fillies run each December at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California. Currently offering a purse of $400,000, the Grade I event, it was raced on dirt until 2006 when the new synthetic Cushion Track was installed. It is run over a distance of 1 ¹/16 miles (8.5 furlongs). From 1985 though 1990 it was raced at a distance of one mile.

The Hollywood Starlet Stakes is the final major race of the year for young fillies and is frequented by horses coming out of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies.

In 2003, Hollywood Story became the first maiden to win the Starlet in the history of the event.

Records

Speed record:
* 1:40.54 (on Cushion Track) - Country Star (2007)
* 1:41.82 (on dirt) - Splendid Blendid (2004)

Winners of the Hollywood Starlet Stakes since 1991

Earlier winners

*1990 - Cuddles
*1989 - Cheval Volant
*1988 - Stocks Up
*1987 - Goodbye Halo

*1986 - Very Subtle
*1985 - I'm Splendid
*1984 - Outstandingly
*1983 - Althea

*1982 - Fabulous Notion
*1981 - Skillful Joy
*1979 - Eloquent
*1974 - Yale Coed