The Laffit Pincay Jr. Award is an honor given annually since 2004 by Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California

Inglewood, California

Inglewood is a city in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, southwest of downtown Los Angeles. It was incorporated on February 14, 1908. Its population stood at 109,673 as of the 2010 Census...

 to someone who has served the horse racing

Horse racing

Horse racing is an equestrian sport that has a long history. Archaeological records indicate that horse racing occurred in ancient Babylon, Syria, and Egypt. Both chariot and mounted horse racing were events in the ancient Greek Olympics by 648 BC...

 industry with integrity, dedication, determination and distinction. Named for retired U.S. Racing Hall of Fame

National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers...

 jockey

Jockey

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 Laffit Pincay, Jr.

Laffit Pincay, Jr.

Laffit Alejandro Pincay, Jr. is a flat racing's all-time winningest jockey. He competed primarily in the United States.-Career:...

, the award, designed by American sculptor Nina Kaiser, is presented on Hollywood Gold Cup Day

Hollywood Gold Cup

The Hollywood Gold Cup is an American Grade I stakes race for thoroughbred horses inaugurated in 1938 at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California. It was run as a handicap race until 1997 when it was switched to weight-for-age conditions...

, a racecard that features the premier race Pincay won a record nine times.

Winners of the Laffit Pincay Jr. Award

• 2011 - Jerry & Ann Moss
  Jerry Moss
  Jerome S. "Jerry" Moss is an American recording executive, best known for being the co-founder of A&M Records, along with trumpeter and bandleader Herb Alpert....
  
  , longtime owners, own Zenyatta
  Zenyatta
  Zenyatta is a retired American champion Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of 19 consecutive races in a 20-race career and American record-holder for consecutive victories without defeat in unrestricted races....
  
  
• 2010 - Oak Tree Racing Association
  Oak Tree Racing Association
  The Oak Tree Racing Association is an American not-for-profit corporation that exists to conduct live thoroughbred horse racing in Southern California.-History:...
  
  
• 2009 - Merlin Volzke
  Merlin Volzke
  Merlin Paul Volzke is a retired American jockey who raced primarily on the West Coast of the United States. He began his professional career in the 1940s and in 1948 won the riding title at Longacres Racetrack in Renton, Washington....
  
  , jockey
• 2008 - Pete Pedersen, longtime California race steward
• 2007 : Ellwood W. "Bud" Johnston — Director and president of the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association
  California Thoroughbred Breeders Association
  The California Thoroughbred Breeders Association , founded in 1937, is a non-profit organization committed to the advancement of Thoroughbred breeding and racing in California. It is governed by a board of 16 directors elected by the association's general membership...
  
   for 25 years. He is the owner of Old English Rancho, breeders of more than 200 stakes winners and the leading North America
  North America
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  n breeder in 1971 and 1972
• 2006 : Mel
  Melvin F. Stute
  Melvin Frederick "Mel" Stute is an American trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses. On December 11, 2010 at Hollywood Park Racetrack he won the 2000th race of a career that includes a win in the second leg of the U.S...
  
   and Warren Stute — Brothers who are longtime Thoroughbred horse trainer
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• 2005 : Noble Threewitt
  Noble Threewitt
  Noble Threewitt was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer who conditioned horses for seventy-five years before retiring on his ninety-sixth birthday...
  
   — Thoroughbred trainer and humanitarian who trained for 75 years and who at age 95 became the oldest trainer to win a race in North America.
• 2004 : Bob Benoit
  Bob Benoit (horse racing)
  Robert P. Benoit was chief operating officer and general manager of the Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California. In 2004, he became the first recipient of the Laffit Pincay Jr...
  
   — Employee and executive with Hollywood Park Racetrack for more than fifty years