May 23 (UPI) -- A pair of historic Grade I features at Santa Anita, graded stakes as far afield as Kentucky and Texas, and an international schedule that includes the Irish Guineas, a Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" in Chile and three 9-year-olds in a French Group 1 race -- all in Memorial Day weekend horse racing.

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Classic / Dirt Mile

Skippylongstocking journeys to California for only the third time in his extensive career -- and the first time for a non-Breeders' Cup race -- to contest Monday's $200,000 Grade II Hollywood Gold Cup at Santa Anita.

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