Calder Derby
Grade III race | |
Location | Calder Race Course Miami Gardens, Florida, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1972 |
Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
Website | www.calderracecourse.com |
Race information | |
Distance | 1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-olds |
Weight | Scale Weight |
Purse | $250,000 |
The Calder Derby presented by Woodford Reserve is an American Grade III Thoroughbred horse race run annually in October at Calder Race Course in Miami, Florida. Contested for a current purse of $250,000 over a distance of 1+1⁄8 miles on turf, the race is open to three-year-old horses.
Inaugurated as the Hollywood Handicap in 1972, and open for horses age three and up until 1985, the name was changed to the Calder Derby in 1994.
Records[]
Time record: (at current 1+1⁄8 miles distance)
- 1:47.70 – (1998)
Most wins:
- 2 – (1983, 1984)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 2 – Gary Boulanger (1994, 1997)
- 2 – Eibar Coa (2002, 2004)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 2 – (1983, 1984)
- 2 – (1990, 1991)
Most wins by an owner:
- 2 – (1983, 1984)
Winners of the Calder Derby since 1999[]
Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
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2014 | Manoel R. Cruz | Anstu Stables | 1:54.32 | ||
2013 | Carlos Olivero | Luis Olivares | DDRD Racing | 1:52.71 | |
2012 | George J. Kerr | 1:46.96 | |||
2011 | RACE NOT RUN | ||||
2010 | Four Horsemen Racing Stable | 1:49.32 | |||
2009 | Eddie Castro | Christophe Clement | Lewis Schaffel | 1:49.41 | |
2008 | Sporting Art | Javier Castellano | Christophe Clement | John & Sarah Kelly | 1:47.93 |
2007 | Cornelio Velásquez | Herman Heinlein | 1:52.21 | ||
2006 | René Douglas | Martin D. Wolfson | 1:48.79 | ||
2005 | * | Rey Wan Racing | 1:52.44 | ||
2004 | Eddington | Eibar Coa | Mark Hennig | Willmott Stables | 1:51.25 |
2003 | Jerry D. Bailey | William I. Mott | Claiborne Farm | 1:48.39 | |
2002 | Union Place | Eibar Coa | William Sorokolit | 1:47.76 | |
2001 | Western Pride | Theresa McCarthur/C. Chapman | 1:51.12 | ||
2000 | Rosemary Homeister Jr. | John Eaton | 1:47.80 | ||
1999 | Theresa McArthur | 1:50.01 | |||
1998 | Jean-Luc Samyn | Jonathan Sheppard | Augustin Stable | 1:47.70 |
*Heavy overnight rain forced the 2005 race to be run on dirt.
Earlier winners[]
- 1997 – Blazing Sword
- 1996 – Laughing Dan
- 1995 – Pineing Patty
- 1994 – Halo's Image
- 1993 – Medieval Mac
- 1992 – Birdonthewire
- 1991 – Scottish Ice
- 1990 – Zalipour
- 1989 – Silver Sunsets *
- 1988 – Frosty The Snowman
- 1987 – Schism
- 1986 – Annapolis John
- 1985 – Gray Haze
- 1984 –
- 1983 –
- 1982 – Glorious Past
- 1981 – Poking
- 1980 – J Rodney G
- 1979 – Breezy Fire
- 1978 – Ole Wilk
- 1977 – What A Threat
- 1976 – Chilean Chief
- 1975 – Rimsky (DH)
- 1975 – Strand Of Gold (DH)
- 1974 – Amberbee *
- 1973 – Willmar
- 1972 – First Bloom
- In 1974 Snurb won the race but was disqualified and set back to seventh place.
- In 1989 Big Stanley won the race but was disqualified and set back to sixth place.
References[]
Categories:
- Flat horse races for three-year-olds
- Horse races in Florida
- Graded stakes races in the United States
- Turf races in the United States
- Calder Race Course
- 1972 establishments in Florida
- Recurring sporting events established in 1972