The Gamely Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California. A Grade I event, it is open to fillies and mares, aged three-years old and upward, and since 1973 has been run at a distance of one and one-eighth miles (9 furlongs) on the turf.
In its 43rd year in 2009, the race was inaugurated in 1939 as the Long Beach Handicap but then was not run again until 1968. The race was renamed for the 1976 running to honor the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame filly Gamely who had died in 1975. It was run in two divisions in 1971 and again in 1978.
Stakes Race | Grade | Purse |
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Inglewood Handicap | III | $100K |
Wilshire Handicap | III | $100K |
Senorita Stakes | III | $100K |
Mervyn LeRoy Handicap | II | $150K |
Jim Murray Handicap | II | $150K |
Lazaro S. Barrera Memorial Stakes | III | $100K |
Railbird Stakes | III | $100K |
Milady Handicap | II | $150K |
American Handicap | II | $150K |
Los Angeles Handicap | III | $100K |
Gamely Stakes | I | $250K |
Californian Stakes | II | $150K |
Honeymoon Handicap | II | $150K |
Affirmed Handicap | III | $100K |
Charles Whittingham Memorial Handicap | I | $250K |
Vanity Handicap | I | $250K |
Hollywood Oaks | II | $150K |
Beverly Hills Handicap | III | $100K |
Shoemaker Mile | I | $300K |
Triple Bend Handicap | I | $250K |
Royal Heroine Mile | II | $150K |
Swaps Stakes | II | $150K |
Hollywood Gold Cup Handicap | I | $500K |
A Gleam Handicap | II | $200,000 |
American Oaks Invitational Stakes | I | $250,000 |
Sunset Handicap | III | $100,000 |
Hollywood Juvenile Championship Stakes | III | $100,000 |