Hollywood Gold was born on the famed 6666 ranch in Iowa, Texas in the same year that the AQHA was formed, 1940. The name listed on his registration certificate as his breeder is the Tom L. Burnett Cattle Company. This young stallion was listed as a dun on his papers, but most folks who knew him, thought he was more palomino than dun.

Anne Burnett Tandy, a grand daughter of the owner of the vast Sixes empire, first picked Hollywood Gold as her personal horse as a yearling, and then decided to give him to the ranch manager, George Humphreys, when he became a two year old, with the understanding he would be kept a stallion.

Hollywood Gold was to spend his entire life on the 6666's, doing what all good stallions did in those days, breed mares and work cattle. He wasn't a big horse, and fit the mold called "Steel Dusts" by the horsemen of his time. The golden stallion stood about 14.2, and weighed slightly over 1000 pounds. Probably the most distinguishing feature this horse passed to his progeny was his extremely soft and gentle eye, which impressed everyone who saw him, and passed to his foals.

Hollywood had all the characteristics desired in a quarter horse stallion of his time, good feet, nice temperment, stamina, and was easy to look at. Because of these traits, he was bred to quite a few mares, as attested by the fact that he has 263 registered offspring. He is remembered mainly for some of his daughters who became cutting champions, many of whom were ridden to victory by the legendary Matlock Rose.

Since this fine stallion was never bred to outside mares, his blood is concentrated in Texas, in the area where he lived his life, however, his name is many of the best cutting horses in the world today. Two of the most famous, who are in the NCHA hall of fame, are Hollywood Lin, and Hollywood Cat. Others include Miss Hollywood, who, when bred to Easter King, produced Hollywood Jac 86, who himself turned out to be a great sire of reining horses.

Hollywood Gold was euthanized in 1964, after standing for twenty-three years at the 6666's.