Vacationing O’Neill Sweeps Hollywood Juvenile And Landaluce

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Posted 07.12.09 at 7:13

Necessary Evil and Joel Rosario win the Hollywood Juvenile Championship (GII). © BENOIT PHOTO

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (July 12, 2009) — Doug O’Neill, runaway leader in the Hollywood Park trainer standings, swept the Hollywood Juvenile Championship and Landaluce Stakes on Sunday while enjoying a Mediterranean cruise.

O’Neill, a week away from winning his eighth Hollywood Park title, won the two stakes for 2-year-olds with a pair of fillies. The victories increased his margin atop the standings to 36-20 over John Sadler.

Necessary Evil, the third of four winners on the card for Joel Rosario, beat the boys under a hand ride in the 70th running of the $100,000 Juvenile Championship, drawing off to win by three lengths while covering six furlongs in 1:09.98.

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