The Hollywood Oaks is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the first week of June at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California. The Grade II event is open to three-year-old fillies. A race on dirt at a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles, since 2006 it has been on Cushion Track synthetic dirt.
Inaugurated in 1946, the 2009 edition of the Hollywood Oaks marked its 64th running.
Since inception, the Hollywood Oaks has been contested at various distances:
- 1 mile : 1946, 1948–1950
- 7 furlongs : 1947
- 11/ miles : 1951-1953, 2002–present
- 1⅛ miles : 1954-2001
Read more about Hollywood Oaks: Records, Winners, Earlier Winners
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