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The Affirmed Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood California. Raced in mid-June the Grade III event is open to three-year-old horses and is contested on dirt over a distance of 11/16 miles (8.5 furlongs).Inaugurated in 1979 as the Silver Screen Handicap in 1993 the race was renamed to honor the 1978 U.S. Triple Crown champion Affirmed.