The Sunset Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the third week of July at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California. The Grade III event is open to horses, age three and up, willing to race one and one-half miles on turf.
Inaugurated in 1938 as the Aloha Handicap, in 1940 it was renamed the Sunset Handicap. It was raced on dirt until 1967. Since inception it has been contested at various distances:
In 1975, the Sunset Handicap was run in two divisions.
On December 2, 2009, this Grade II stakes race was downgraded to a Grade III by the American Graded Stakes Committee.
Stakes Race | Grade | Purse |
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Inglewood Handicap | III | $100K |
Wilshire Handicap | III | $100K |
Senorita Stakes | III | $100K |
Mervyn LeRoy Handicap | II | $150K |
Jim Murray Handicap | II | $150K |
Lazaro S. Barrera Memorial Stakes | III | $100K |
Railbird Stakes | III | $100K |
Milady Handicap | II | $150K |
American Handicap | II | $150K |
Los Angeles Handicap | III | $100K |
Gamely Stakes | I | $250K |
Californian Stakes | II | $150K |
Honeymoon Handicap | II | $150K |
Affirmed Handicap | III | $100K |
Charles Whittingham Memorial Handicap | I | $250K |
Vanity Handicap | I | $250K |
Hollywood Oaks | II | $150K |
Beverly Hills Handicap | III | $100K |
Shoemaker Mile | I | $300K |
Triple Bend Handicap | I | $250K |
Royal Heroine Mile | II | $150K |
Swaps Stakes | II | $150K |
Hollywood Gold Cup Handicap | I | $500K |
A Gleam Handicap | II | $200,000 |
American Oaks Invitational Stakes | I | $250,000 |
Sunset Handicap | III | $100,000 |
Hollywood Juvenile Championship Stakes | III | $100,000 |