Shoemaker Mile Stakes

The Shoemaker Mile Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually as a Grade I at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California. Raced at a distance of one mile on the turf, it is open to any horse age three and up and currently offers a purse of $300,000.

Inaugurated in 1938 as the Premiere Handicap, in 1990 it was renamed to honor U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey Bill Shoemaker.

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