Hollywood cuts purses

Due to unanticipated declines in field size and, subsequently, all-sources

handle, Hollywood Park announced Saturday reductions in purses will begin

Thursday. Entries for those races will take place Sunday.

Non-claiming and maiden allowance races will be cut $2,000. While claiming

races will be reduced $1,000, they will remain -- in nearly all cases -- higher

or close to the same levels that were offered during the Winter/Spring meet at

Santa Anita that concluded April 22.

Additionally, the purses of three upcoming stakes will be reduced. The Grade

1 American Oaks, which will be run July 14, has been cut from $400,000 to

$350,000. Both the Landaluce and the Grade 3 Hollywood Juvenile Championship,

which will also be part of the July 14 program, have dropped from $200,000 to

$150,000.

Even with the reductions, the purses for the American Oaks, Landaluce and

Hollywood Juvenile Championship are larger than what was offered in 2011. The

purse for last year's American Oaks was $250,000 while the Landaluce and

Hollywood Juvenile Championship were $100,000 races.

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