The Vanity Invitational Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in July at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California.
Open by invitation to fillies and mares aged three years and up, the Grade I stakes race is run at a distance of one and one-eighth miles and currently offers a purse of $250,000.
It was raced on dirt since its inaugural running in 1940 until 2007 after the new synthetic Cushion Track had been installed.
The race has been contested at various distances:
- 1 mile - 1940;
- 1 1/16 miles - 1941, 1944–1949, 1951–1953;
- 1⅛ miles - 1950, 1954–1985, 1988–present;
- 1¼ miles - 1986–1987.
Read more about Vanity Invitational Handicap: Records, Winners of The Vanity Invitational Handicap Since 1972, Earlier Winners
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