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Desert Stormer Handicap

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Inaugurated
  
1997

Distance
  
6 furlong sprint

Website
  
www.santaanita.com

Location
  
Santa Anita Park Arcadia, California, USA (relocated from the now closed Hollywood Park Racetrack Inglewood, California, United States)

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

Surface
  
Cushion Track synthetic dirt

The Desert Stormer Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in mid May at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California (relocated in 2014 from Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California). Raced on Cushion Track synthetic dirt at a distance of six furlongs, it is open to horses age three and older. It has been a non-graded stakes since its downgrading after the 2005 Grade III edition.

The race is named for Desert Stormer, winner of the 1995 Breeders' Cup Sprint.

Records

Speed record:

  • 1:08.09 - Go Go (2001)

    • Most wins:

  • No horse has won this race more than once.

    • Most wins by a jockey:

  • 3 - Ed Delahoussaye (1998, 1999, 2001)
  • 3 - Mike E. Smith (2005, 2009, 2010)

    • Most wins by a trainer:

  • 2 - Richard Mandella (1997, 1998)
  • 2 - Bob Baffert (2006, 2011)

    • Most wins by an owner:

  • No owner has won this race more than once.

    • References

    Desert Stormer Handicap Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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