The Sorrento Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-old fillies over a distance of six furlongs on the dirt track scheduled annually in August at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California.
The event was inaugurated on 7 October 1967 during the then Del Mar Fall meeting and was run over a distance of 7+1⁄2 furlongs on the turf course.
It was won by Windsor Honey who was ridden by US Hall of Fame jockey Johnny Sellers with a time of 1:303⁄5.
[5] The 1986 winner Brave Raj not only captured the Sorrento Stakes–Del Mar Debutante Stakes double, but also went on to win the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies becoming the richest two-year-old filly in history winning $911,150 during the season.
The 2001 winner Tempera easily won as the odds-on favorite by nine lengths,[7] the largest victory length in the event and also went on to win the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies and be crowned the US Champion Two-Year-Old Filly.