Spend a Buck Handicap

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The Spend A Buck Handicap was an American Grade III Thoroughbred horse race run between 1991 and 2012 at Calder Race Course in Miami Gardens, Florida. Open to horses age three and older, it was contested on dirt over a distance of 1+116 miles (8.5 furlongs).

Spend A Buck Handicap
Discontinued Grade 3 stakes race
LocationCalder Race Course
Miami Gardens, Florida, United States
Inaugurated1991
Race typeThoroughbredFlat racing
Race information
Distance1+116 miles (8.5 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-years-old & up
WeightAssigned
Purse$100,000

The race was named in honor of Spend a Buck, winner of the 1985 Kentucky Derby and a Calder Race Course Hall of Fame inductee.[1] [2] Since inception the race has been contested at various distances and under different conditions:

  • 1+116 miles : 1991, 1997–present
  • 1 mile, 70 yards : 1992, run as the Spend A Buck Overnight Handicap for three-year-olds
  • 1+18 miles: 1994–1996

Records

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Speed record: (at current distance of 1+116 miles)

  • 1:42.59 – Best of the Rest (2001)

Most wins:

  • 2 – Best of the Rest (1999, 2001)
  • 2 – Mad Flatter (2010, 2011)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

  • 2 – Bea Oxenberg (1999, 2001)

Winners

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Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner
Dist.
(Miles)
Time Win $ Gr.
2012 Cash Rules 5 Luis Saez David Fawkes Larry Fugate 1-1/16 m 1:46.99 $61,380 G3
2011 Mad Flatter 6 Jon Court Jeffrey Thornbury Bonnie Heath Farm (Kim Heath) 1-1/16 m 1:46.07 $60,760 G3
2010 Mad Flatter 5 Jon Court Jeffrey Thornbury Bonnie Heath Farm, Holiday Stable, Bright Brook Farm, Hinkle Farms 1-1/16 m 1:46.37 $59,520 G3
2009 Mambo Meister 4 Manoel Cruz Philip A. Gleaves Quantum Racing Team 1-1/16 m 1:46.85 $61,814 G3
2008 It's a Bird 5 Jermaine Bridgmohan Martin D. Wolfson Edmund A. Gann 1-1/16 m 1:46.40 $59,520 G3
2007 Yes He's the Man 4 Julio A. Garcia J. David Braddy J. David Braddy & Joel Sainer 1-1/16 m 1:45.14 $58,280 G3
2006 Nkosi Reigns 5 Jeffrey Sanchez Ronald B. Spatz Carson Springs Farm (Christine K. Janks) 1-1/16 m 1:45.40 $60,000 G3
2005 Supervisor 5 Aurelio Toribio Jr. Emanuel Tortora Rodney G. Lundock 1-1/16 m 1:46.94 $60,000 G3
2004 Built Up 6 Eibar Coa Enrique Alonso Raymond Susi 1-1/16 m 1:45.86 $60,000 G3
2003 Tour Of The Cat 5 Abad Cabassa Jr. Myra Mora Double G Stables LLC (Olivia Golden) 1-1/16 m 1:46.30 $60,000 G3
2002 Pay The Preacher 4 Cornelio Velásquez Robert A. Hale Rosamond Davis 1-1/16 m 1:44.91 $60,000
2001 Best of the Rest 6 Eibar Coa Edward Plesa Jr. Bea Oxenberg 1-1/16 m 1:42.59 $60,000
2000 Groomstick Stock's 4 Rosemary Homeister Paul Brettler Julian DeMora 1-1/16 m 1:44.82 $60,000
1999 Best of the Rest 4 Eibar Coa Edward Plesa Jr. Bea Oxenberg 1-1/16 m 1:44.67 $60,000
1998 Unruled 5 Gary Boulanger Martin D. Wolfson L. William Heiligbrodt & Jack T. Hammer 1-1/16 m 1:45.60 $60,000
1997 Derivative 6 José C. Ferrer James E. Bracken Tartan Stable 1-1/16 m 1:45.60 $30,000
1996 King Rex 4 Ricardo Lopez Laura Posada Peter A. Tamburo 1-1/8 m 1:52.80 $48,945
1995 Pride of Burkaan 5 René Douglas Ralph Ziadie Robert Johnson & Glenn Murchison 1-1/8 m 1:51.80 $60,000
1994 Daniel's Boy 6 Pedro Rodriguez Jose Abdale Alvin Deloach 1-1/8 m 1:52.60 $60,000
1993 Race not held
1992 † Poulain D'Or 3 Pedro Rodriguez Daniel Hurtak Frances W. Ballou 1m, 70 yds. 1:42.20 $14,000
1991 Higgler 3 Danny Nied Frank Gomez Leverett S. Miller 1-1/16 m 1:48.20 $50,505
  • † In 1992 the race was run as the Spend a Buck Overnight Handicap for three-year-olds.

References

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  1. ^ "Spend a Buck Handicap". Equibase Co LLC. 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  2. ^ calderracecourse.com Hall of Fame Archived May 3, 2009, at the Wayback Machine