Cinema Handicap

The Cinema Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California. Raced on turf over a distance of one and one-eighth miles (9 furlongs) during the third week of June, the Grade III event is open to three-year-old horses.

Cinema Handicap

Grade III race
Location	Hollywood Park Racetrack Inglewood, California, United States
Inaugurated	1946
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	Hollywood Park Racetrack
Race information
Distance	​1 ^1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs)
Surface	Turf
Track	Left-handed
Qualification	Three-year-olds
Weight	Assigned
Purse	$150,000

The race was run in two divisions in 1961 and 1963. It was not run in 1974.

Winners since 1985

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2009	Oil Man	Joel Rosario	John W. Sadler	Tommy Town/Michael Tala	1:48.72
2008	Tiz West	Victor Espinoza	Richard E. Mandella	Diamond A Racing Corp	1:47.24
2007	Worldly	Victor Espinoza	Ben D. A. Cecil	Christopher Wright	1:47.40
2006	Genre	Martin Pedroza	Ben D. A. Cecil	David & Paula Mueller	1:47.73
2005	Willow O Wisp	Garrett Gomez	Vladimir Cerin	Robert Alexander	1:48.59
2004	Greek Sun	Alex Solis	Robert J. Frankel	Peter Angelos	1:48.40
2003	Just Wonder	Kent Desormeaux	Laura de Seroux	Vistas LLC et al.	1:47.41
2002	Inesperado	Kent Desormeaux	Robert J. Frankel	3 Plus U Stable	1:47.63
2001	Sligo Bay	Laffit Pincay Jr.	C. Beau Greely	Columbine Stable	1:48.40
2000	David Copperfield	Victor Espinoza	John Shirreffs	505 Farms	1:47.73
1999	Fighting Falcon	Brice Blanc	David Hofmans	Dion Recachina et al.	1:48.06
1998	Commitisize	David Flores	Bob Baffert	Michael E. Peagram	1:48.00
1997	Worldly Ways	Corey Nakatani	Wallace Dollase	John & Betty Mabee	1:48.43
1996	Let Bob Do It	Kent Desormeaux	John W. Sadler	Roxy Roxborough et al.	1:47.58
1995	Via Lombardia	Eddie Delahoussaye	Neil D. Drysdale	Henry E. Pabst	1:47.22
1994	Unfinished Symph	Gary Baze	Wesley A. Ward	N. Rice, T. Hatcher, J. Johnston	1:46.56
1993	Earl of Barking	Chris McCarron	Richard L. Cross	Henry E. Pabst	1:47.45
1992	Bien Bien	Chris McCarron	J. Paco Gonzalez	Trudy McCaffery & John Toffan	1:47.10
1991	Character	Gary Stevens	Bruce C. Jackson	Jack Munari	1:47.10
1990	Jovial	Gary Stevens	Bruce C. Jackson	Jack Munari	1:47.80
1989	Raise a Stanza †	Gary Stevens	Jay M. Robbins	Jack Kent Cooke	1:47.80
1988	Peace	Alex Solis	Charlie Whittingham	Olin B. Gentry	1:46.80
1987	Something Lucky	Laffit Pincay, Jr.	Donald Warren	E.W. Johnston/H. Meloth/J. Stonebraker	1:46.80
1986	Manila	Fernando Toro	LeRoy Jolley	Bradley M. Shannon	1:47.00
1985	Don't Say Halo	Darrel McHargue	Chris Speckert	Buckland Farm	1:47.60

• † In 1989, Notorious Pleasure finished first but was disqualified and set back to third.

Earlier winners

• 1984 - Prince True
• 1983 - Baron O'Dublin
• 1982 - Give Me Strength
• 1981 - Minnesota Chief
• 1980 - First Albert
• 1979 - Beau's Eagle
• 1978 - Kamehameha
• 1977 - Bad 'N Big
• 1976 - Majestic Light
• 1975 - Terete
• 1974 - no race
• 1973 - Amen
• 1972 - Finalista
• 1971 - Niagara
• 1970 - Dartagnan
• 1969 - Noholme Jr.
• 1968 - Pinjara
• 1967 - Dr. Roy E.
• 1966 - Drin
• 1965 - Arksroni
• 1964 - Close By
• 1963 - Y Flash
• 1962 - Black Sheep
• 1961 - Bushel-N-Peck
• 1960 - New Policy
• 1959 - Silver Spoon
• 1958 - The Shoe
• 1957 - Round Table
• 1956 - Social Climber
• 1955 - Guilton Madero
• 1954 - Miz Clementine
• 1953 - Ali's Gem
• 1952 - A Gleam
• 1951 - Mucho Hosso
• 1950 - Great Circle
• 1949 - Pedigree
• 1948 - Drumbeat
• 1947 - Yankee Valor
• 1946 - Honeymoon

References

• The Cinema Handicap at Pedigree Query
• The 2008 Cinema Handicap at the NTRA
• The 2009 Cinema Handicap at the NTRA