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Vernon O. Underwood Stakes

Vernon O. Underwood Stakes
Grade III race
Location Hollywood Park Racetrack
Inglewood, California, United States
Inaugurated 1981
Race type Thoroughbredflat racing
Website www.hollywoodpark.com
Race information
Distance Six-furlong sprint
Surface Cushion Track synthetic dirt
Track left-handed
Qualification Three-years-old and up
Weight Assigned
Purse $100,000

The Vernon O. Underwood Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California. Raced in late November, the Grade III event is open to horses age three and older. It is contested on Cushion Track synthetic dirt at a distance of six furlongs.

Inaugurated as the National Sprint Championship Stakes, in 1990 the name was changed to honor Vernon O. Underwood (1907–1990), a California businessman. After Hollywood Park closed, the race is run as the Midnight Lute Stakes at Santa Anita Park.

In 2001, H. Eugene Reed's eight-year-old gelding Men's Exclusive became the first back-to-back winner of the race and its oldest winner.

The race was run in two divisions in 1981, 1982, 1984 and 1986.

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