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6 unusual facts about Hollywood Park Racetrack


David Erb

In the June 18, 1955 Californian Stakes at Hollywood Park Racetrack, Dave Erb was the substitute rider for the suspended Bill Shoemaker aboard Swaps.

Joseph Talamo

He was the second leading jockey in wins during the Hollywood Park Racetrack 2007 Spring/Summer meet.

Michael Wrona

Wrona has previously called races at Hollywood Park Racetrack in southern California; Bay Meadows in northern California; Arlington Park in Illinois; the New Orleans Fair Grounds in Louisiana; Turf Paradise Racecourse in Phoenix, Arizona; and Lone Star Park and Retama Park in Texas.

Pat Valenzuela

On Thursday, November 10, 2011 Patrick Valenzuela was a no-call no-show to ride his mounts at Hollywood Park.

On April 12, 2012, Patrick Valenzuela announced through his agent, Tom Knust, that he will return to the jockey colony at Hollywood Park.

Robert Collet

Robert Collet was one of the first European trainers to win a Breeders' Cup race when he won the 1986 edition of the Breeders' Cup Mile at Hollywood Park Racetrack with Last Tycoon.


KRLA

Programs included "Tomorrow's Heroes" with Andrea Speyer, Talk Back with George Putnam, Swinging Decades with host Chuck Cecil, horse racing from Santa Anita Park and Hollywood Park Racetrack and University of Nebraska football.

Wagon Wheel, Oxnard, California

Designed by the Beverly Hills architect, Arthur Froehlich, known for his mid-century supermarkets and racetracks including the Hollywood Park Racetrack, and the Hanna Barbera Studio in Los Angeles 1962.


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Miesque

The annual Prix Miesque at the Hippodrome in Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines and the Miesque Stakes at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California are held in her honor.