INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- Desert Code led wire-to-wire and beat
Albertus Maximus by 1} lengths to win the $106,600 Affirmed
Handicap for 3-year-olds at Hollywood Park on Sunday.
Ridden by Richard Migliore, Desert Code ran 1 1-16 miles in
1:44.21 and paid $14, $5.40 and $3.40. Albertus Maximus paid $4.60
and $3.20, and Cobalt Blue paid $3.
A chestnut colt trained by David Hofmans, Desert Code had lost
photo finishes in his last two starts. The victory, his fourth in
nine starts, was worth $63,960, increasing his lifetime winnings to
$231,434.