One of the most lucrative event on the stake race calendar is the final meet at Betfair Hollywood Park – CashCall Futurity (gr. 1); scheduled on 14 Dec, the Stake race offers 750,000 USD and is considered as the annual stop for future Triple Crown contenders. Previously known as the Hollywood Futurity the name was later changed to CashCall Futurity pertaining to its sponsor. This American Thoroughbred horse race was inaugurated in the year 1981 at Hollywood Park racetrack – one of the most celebrated racetracks in the history of horse racing.
I am all done and set with my research work, before I witness the actual race on 14 December! Giving in to my curiosity, I came across few interesting things about CashCall Futurity that made me blog.
This race is open to two year old horses to run over a distance of 1 1/6 miles (that’s a well known). I was surprised to notice that till 2006 the race was run over dirt until the Hollywood Racetrack changed it to synthetic racing surface for better performance and speed also known as Cushion Tracks. It was here that the first synthetic track was installed in California pertaining to the guideline set by the California Horse Racing Board.
Enough with the boring stuff!
Moving on to the interesting part – Past winners and legends to have run this race are:
• Violence – Javier Castellano – Todd Pletcher – 2012
• Liaison – Rafael Bejarano – Bob Baffert – 2011
• Comma to the Top – Corey Nakatani – Peter Miller – 2010
• Lookin at Lucky – Garrett Gomez – Bob Baffert – 2009
• Pioneer of the Nile – Garrett Gomez – Bob Baffert – 2008
Last year I had missed all the action but ESPN was my savior! The race replay was not enough to satisfy the thrill of the actual event, but I had done well! My favored Violence who was unbeaten since his last three starts chased Fury Kapcori like a mad-man to win the 750,000 USD stakes; the two year old’s performance that day served as the rightful closure to a magnificent horse racing meet that autumn. Not to forget the talented Javier Castellano who led Violence to a victory by one complete length over a distance of 1 1/6 miles in just 1:43.50!
I am all done and set with my research work, before I witness the actual race on 14 December! Giving in to my curiosity, I came across few interesting things about CashCall Futurity that made me blog.
This race is open to two year old horses to run over a distance of 1 1/6 miles (that’s a well known). I was surprised to notice that till 2006 the race was run over dirt until the Hollywood Racetrack changed it to synthetic racing surface for better performance and speed also known as Cushion Tracks. It was here that the first synthetic track was installed in California pertaining to the guideline set by the California Horse Racing Board.
Enough with the boring stuff!
Moving on to the interesting part – Past winners and legends to have run this race are:
• Violence – Javier Castellano – Todd Pletcher – 2012
• Liaison – Rafael Bejarano – Bob Baffert – 2011
• Comma to the Top – Corey Nakatani – Peter Miller – 2010
• Lookin at Lucky – Garrett Gomez – Bob Baffert – 2009
• Pioneer of the Nile – Garrett Gomez – Bob Baffert – 2008
Last year I had missed all the action but ESPN was my savior! The race replay was not enough to satisfy the thrill of the actual event, but I had done well! My favored Violence who was unbeaten since his last three starts chased Fury Kapcori like a mad-man to win the 750,000 USD stakes; the two year old’s performance that day served as the rightful closure to a magnificent horse racing meet that autumn. Not to forget the talented Javier Castellano who led Violence to a victory by one complete length over a distance of 1 1/6 miles in just 1:43.50!
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