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Title supplied by cataloger. Opened on June 10, 1938, by the Hollywood Turf Club, Hollywood Park was renamed Betfair Hollywood Park on March 13, 2012. It was a thoroughbred and standard bred race course. The racetrack was closed after the final race on December 22, 2013. Jockey Raymond York was a thoroughbred horse racing jockey who began his career in 1949 and retired in 1992; but on January 13, 2000 at the age of 66, he rode a 4-year-old gelding at Santa Anita Park, becoming the first jockey to have ridden in seven different decades. Throughout his career, York won 3,082 races. Pictured is horse jockey, Ray York, sitting inside the Jockey Room at Hollywood Park. No further information has been given. Photograph dated circa 1954.
York, Raymond Betfair Hollywood Park (Inglewood, Calif.) Hollywood Park (Inglewood, Calif.) Jockeys--United States Horse racing Horse trainers Racetracks (Horse racing) Men Inglewood (Calif.) Portrait photographs
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