Everyone who showed up to Hollywood Park on the afternoon of June 29, 1989 saw several stories play out over the course of the forty-seventh day of the meet.

Laffit Pincay, Jr. rode one winner, which put him one step closer to the riding title he would collect when the stand concluded. Julius E. Tinsley, Jr. was the lone trainer to win more than one race on the afternoon, saddling two of his charges to victory.

A total of nine races were run that day at the Track of the Lakes and Flowers, and the fans watched some races conclude with predictable results. Others had some surprises. And one brought forth a result no one expected.

Going into the third race, there had already been a longshot winner as Bargain Standard started the program off with a win at about 15-1. Order was temporarily restored in the next race, with favorite Hollywood Scott getting the job done at just over even money.

Following the early double was a mile and one-sixteenth claiming contest for three-year-old fillies. Eight of them made their way out onto the main track, and the bettors believed it was a wide open race. The post time favorite at 2.80-1 was Golden Floriana, who had broken her maiden at Hollywood Park during the 1988 autumn meet. Aboard was Chris McCarron, and right behind that duo in the wagering was J.D.'s Love and Eddie Delahoussaye. J.D's Love was no stranger to Hollypark, as she had already taken some minor placings there during the spring/summer meet. Also getting attention were Foxy Alice and Frank Olivares. Like Golden Floriana, Foxy Alice had graduated during the meet, and both she and J.D's Love were a little over 3-1.

After a longshot and a favorite captured the first two races on the card, the question was what the outcome of the third race would be. Another surprise result on tap? One of the principals getting her picture taken? Or a middle priced horse getting her moment?

Starting from the rail, Foxy Alice went to the front and took on the position of pacesetter. She led the field through the first split with a time of :23 1/5, and produced a :46 3/5 clocking for the half-mile. Leading handily by two lengths after that last point of call, Foxy Alice's lead had been reduced to less than a length after she ran six furlongs in 1:12 flat. Running in second was J.D's Love, who had been trailing the leader going back to the opening quarter-mile. She finally caught Foxy Alice in the stretch, guiding the field while completing a mile in 1:39 1/5. The race favorite was not going to win this one, but another of the main contenders was out in front at the moment.

But from behind came a closer named Family Flair, who was new to the Southern California racing scene. Before then, she had been primarily stationed in Florida with a couple of stops at at Minnesota's Canterbury Park and one start at Remington Park in Oklahoma. She had not come up with good results at Hollywood Park earlier in the meet, so she had not been considered to be anywhere close to a win contender. But here she was, making up ground after being last and down by double digits earlier in the race.

And when the camera went off at the wire, it recorded Family Flair getting the win as the longest shot in the field by 1 3/4 lengths. What's more, when the race was official, she had become the biggest longshot winner in Hollywood Park history. At odds of 179.90-1, Family Flair lit up the tote board and paid an astounding $361.80 for a $2 ticket. She was well clear of Liberal Art, a colt who had paid $322.10 in June 1956 to establish the longstanding record.

Family Flair would not be the last longshot to win that day, but she was without question the story after the nightcap had been run. And after the newspapers had documented the moment, Family Flair would continue to hold the record as Hollywood Park hosted more meets. And after the last meet in the autumn of 2013, Family Flair still had the status as the biggest longshot winner in the track's history.

After spending most of her time in Florida, it did not take Family Flair long to put her name in the California Thoroughbred racing timeline. And she did so with a flair for the dramatic on that summer day in 1989.