Ungraded stakes race | |
Location |
Santa Anita Park Arcadia, California, USA (relocated from the now closed Hollywood Park Racetrack Inglewood, California, United States) |
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Inaugurated | 1997 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | www |
Race information | |
Distance | 6 furlong sprint |
Surface | Cushion Track synthetic dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Three-years-old & up |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $75,000 added |
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.
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