Beverly Hills Handicap

The Beverly Hills Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in June at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California. The Grade II run over a distance of 1 ¼ miles on turf, is open to fillies and mares three years of age and older.

A Grade I race since 1988, in 2003 The American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association amended its status to a Grade II event. Beginning in 2010 it is now a Grade IIIT.

Of note, is that Hall of Fame jockey Bill Shoemaker, who retired from riding in 1990, earned his first Grade I win as a trainer in the 1991 edition of the Beverly Hills Handicap with the filly, Alcando.

Since the inaugural running in 1968, the Beverly Hills Handicap has been contested at various distances:

• 1⅜ miles : 1968-1975
• 1⅛ miles : 1976-1985, 1987-1995
• 1¼ miles : 1986, 1996-present

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 1¼ miles)

• 1:58.56 - Astra (2002)

Most wins:

• 2 - La Zanzara (1974, 1975)
• 2 - Swingtime (1977, 1978)
• 2 - Flawlessly (1992, 1993)
• 2 - Astra (2001, 2002)
• 2 - Black Mamba (NZ) (2008, 2009)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 6 - Chris McCarron (1979, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 10 - Charlie Whittingham (1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993)

Winners

<span style="font-size:85%">*In 1990 there was a DH for first place.</span>


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