It took everything she had and a good deal of racing luck, but favorite Pure Clan was able to find a way through horses in the stretch to prevail in the Grade 1 American Oaks on Saturday at Hollywood Park. She held off a late bid by European invader Satan’s Circus to win by 3/4 [...]

For a while it looked like Zenyatta, the talented 4-year-old daughter of Street Cry, might be headed towards her first career defeat in the Grade 1 Vanity Handicap at Hollywood Park on Saturday. She was able to rally from far behind to reach the wire 1/2 length in front of the game Tough Tiz’s...

In case you hadn’t heard, there’s an enormous carry over at Hollywood Park of $1,197,009 thanks to a deluge of long-shots yesterday during the July 4 card. Today’s racing action features to be a bit more formful with several high profile stakes races on the card - and could be a juicy...

First and foremost happy 4th of July to everyone. It looks like we’ve got a good day of racing action in store at Hollywood Park as we fire up the grills and get the family ready for late evening fireworks. Speaking of fireworks, lets see if we can hit some of our own prior to [...]

Things are little different at Hollywood Park this week thanks to the upcoming July 4th holiday on Friday. Night racing has been moved to Thursday while the Friday card will feature an afternoon post time. We’ve got 8 races this evening as you get ready for your holiday tomorrow. Race 1: Md 4000...

Early speed, early speed, early speed. How many times do we need to see it? Mast Track put on another lesson for handicappers by wiring what appeared to be a highly competitive field of older horses in the Grade 1 Hollywood Gold Cup on Saturday as a 10-1 longshot. I had pointed out in the day’s...

Five horses will compete in the Grade 3 Cinema Handicap at Hollywood Park on Saturday. The field will travel 1 1/8 miles over the turf course at Hollywood in what looks to be a race that is all about the pace.  The field for the Cinema Handicap is as follows: Polonius (J.K. Court) 9/5* Ez Dreamer (C...

It’s Friday night once again! God how I love Friday nights watching racing at Hollywood Park on TVG. We’ve got 8 races on the card to kickoff what should be a gorgeous weekend. Even if the card looks a little chalk heavy, you can always expect Friday nights to be rather crazy at “the...

Friday night at Hollywood Park - this is what the summer was made for. We’ve got 8 races on the card, including the first ever running of the $65,000 King Glorious Stakes at 6 1/2 furlongs in race 7. Let’s see if we can’t get Father’s Day weekend started off on the right foot...