Memorial Day Handicap

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Memorial Day Handicap
Discontinued stakes race
LocationCalder Race Course
Miami Gardens, Florida
Inaugurated1971
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
Websitewww.calderracecourse.com
Race information
Distance1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs)
TrackDirt, left-handed
QualificationThree-years-old & up
WeightAssigned
PurseUS$100,000

The Memorial Day Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually from 1971 through 2014 at Calder Race Course in Miami Gardens, Florida. Held on Memorial Day, it was an ungraded stakes race that had earned Grade III status in 2002–2007 and 2009–2010. The race was open to horses age three and older and was last raced on dirt over a distance of 1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs).

With the Vietnam War officially ended on April 30, 1975, the race was run as the Empty Saddle Handicap, done to demonstrate the real meaning of Memorial Day with a salute to the fallen soldiers of American wars.

In 2014 Calder's racing operations were leased to the Stronach Group, operators of Gulfstream Park, who did not pick up this race for their 2015 program.[1]

Records[]

Speed record:

  • 1+1⁄16 miles on dirt : 1:44.59 by Where's Sterling in 2012
  • 1+1⁄16 miles on turf : 1:40.80 by Born Mighty in 1998

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

  • 3 – James E. Bracken (1976, 1988, 1990)
  • 3 – Philip A. Gleaves (2010, 2013, 2014)

Most wins by an owner:

  • 2 – Tartan Stable (1988, 1990)
  • 2 – Donamire Farm (2004, 2005)
  • 2 – Rolbea Thoroughbred Racing LLC (2008, 2009)
  • 2 – Bruce Hollander & Cary Shapoff (2013, 2014)

Winners[]

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Dist.
(M)
Surface
 Time
 Win$
2014 Csaba 5 Manoel Cruz Bruce Hollander & Cary Shapoff 11⁄16 M dirt 1:47.17 $45,000
2013 Csaba 4 Manoel Cruz Philip A. Gleaves Bruce Hollander & Cary Shapoff 11⁄16 M dirt 1:46.20 $45,000
2012 Where's Sterling 5 Juan N. Delgado Luis M. Ramirez Frank C. Calabrese 11⁄16 M dirt 1:44.59 $45,000
2011 Motovato 6 Luis Saez Martin D. Wolfson Team Valor International & Gary Barber 11⁄16 M dirt 1:46.48 $45,000
2010 Mambo Meister 5 Manoel Cruz Philip A. Gleaves Quantum Racing Team 11⁄16 M dirt 1:45.70 $60,000
2009 Finallymadeit[2] 5 Eduardo O. Nunez Javier Negrete Rolbea Thoroughbred Racing LLC 11⁄16 M dirt 1:45.55 $60,000
2008 Finallymadeit 4 Eduardo O. Nunez Javier Negrete Rolbea Thoroughbred Racing LLC 11⁄16 M dirt 1:47.10 $23,000
2007 Dry Martini 4 Elvis Trujillo Harry Benson Carol & George Nyren 11⁄16 M dirt 1:46.41 $60,000
2006 Siphon City 4 Elvis Trujillo Daniel C. Hurtak Ray Larkin 11⁄16 M dirt 1:45.87 $60,000
2005 Twilight Road 8 Phil Teator David J. Fawkes Donamire Farm 11⁄16 M dirt 1:47.71 $60,000
2004 Twilight Road 7 Phil Teator David J. Fawkes Donamire Farm 11⁄16 M dirt 1:45.79 $60,000
2003 Dancing Guy 8 Roger I. Velez Newcomb Green Newcomb Green 11⁄16 M dirt 1:45.56 $60,000
2002 Best Of The Rest 7 Cornelio Velásquez Edward Plesa Jr. Beatrice Oxenberg 11⁄16 M dirt 1:44.75 $60,000
2001 Hal's Hope 4 Roger I. Velez Harold J. Rose Rose Family Stable 11⁄16 M dirt 1:45.81 $45,000
2000 Dancing Guy 5 José C. Ferrer Newcomb Green Frances Green 11⁄16 M dirt 1:46.28 $45,000
1999 Wicapi 7 Eibar Coa Joseph G. Calascibetta Acclaimed Racing Stable 11⁄16 M dirt 1:46.79 $45,000
1998 Born Mighty 4 José Alberto Rivera II William P. White Judson Van Worp 11⁄16 M turf 1:40.80 $30,000
1997 Vilhelm 5 José C. Ferrer Jacqueline A. Brittain Keith C. Wold 11⁄16 M turf 1:40.80 $30,000
1996 Marcie's Ensign 4 Eibar Coa Cobble View Stable 11⁄8 M dirt 1:50.00 $30,000
1995 Mr. Light Tres 6 Kristi L. Chapman Carl A. Nafzger James B. Tafel & Gardner Landon 11⁄8 M turf 1:47.00 $30,000
1994 Final Sunrise 4 Pedro A. Rodriguez J. K. Arriola & K. Barket Jr. 11⁄8 M dirt 1:51.80 $30,000
1993 Boots 'n Buck 4 Mary Russ Emanuel Tortora Bee Bee Stables, Inc. & Toni Tortora 11⁄8 M dirt 1:53.80 $30,000
1992 Jodi's Sweetie 4 Jorge C. Duarte Martin D. Wolfson Leslie Alexander 11⁄8 M± turf 1:44.20 $30,000
1991 S. W. Wildcard 5 Pedro A. Rodriguez George Gianos Willis Family Stables, Inc. 11⁄16 M dirt 1:46.80 $34,110
1990 Primal 5 Heberto Castillo Jr. James E. Bracken Tartan Stable 11⁄16 M dirt 1:47.40 $33,180
1989 Hooting Star 4 José A. Vélez Jr. Ralph Ziadie Power House Racing Stable, Inc. 11⁄16 M turf 1:41.20 $33,300
1988 Billie Osage 4 Gene St. Leon James E. Bracken Tartan Stable 11⁄16 M dirt 1:46.20 $33,150
1987 no race
1986 no race
1985 Rexson's Hope 4 Gary W. Bain Harold J. Rose Elsie A. Rose Stable, Inc. 1M, 70 yds dirt 1:43.60 $33,660
1984 no race
1983 Bolivar 6 Santiago B. Soto Thomas S. Young Thomas S. Young 11⁄16 M dirt 1:46.20 $23,700
1982 Two's A Plenty 5 Alfredo Smith Jr. Mrs. A. W. Smith/Charles Largay/M. A. Buxton 11⁄16 M dirt 1:45.40 $19,470
1981 no race
1980 Poverty Boy 5 Martin Fromin William A. Cole Karil Vangeloff 11⁄16 M dirt 1:45.60 $20,565
1979 Great Sound 5 Walter Guerra Merritt A. Buxton Universal Thoroughbred, Inc. 11⁄16 M turf 1:45.40 $20,835
1978 One Moment 5 John Giovanni Stanley M. Hough A. Destout 11⁄8 M dirt 1:52.20 $21,240
1977 Lightning Thrust 4 Gene St. Leon Stanley M. Hough Stirrup Hill Farm 11⁄8 M± turf 1:45.80 $21,780
1976 Freepet 6 Ray Broussard James E. Bracken J. W. LaCroix 11⁄8 M dirt 1:53.80 $20,700
1975 Plagiarize 4 Gene St. Leon Mr. & Mrs. Lewis E. Iandoli 11⁄16 M dirt 1:45.80 $13,800
1974 Snurb 4 Gene St. Leon Reed M. Combest B.L.T. Stable 11⁄16 M dirt 1:46.20 $14,040
1973 Correbtoso 6 Roger M. Danjean Wayne E. Opperman Peppermint Farm 11⁄16 M dirt 1:47.80 $10,620
1972 Willmar 4 Kenny Knapp Kenny Knapp 11⁄16 M dirt 1:45.20 $9,600
1971 Anchorage 4 James Moseley Harry Trotsek L. W. Stellings 1 M dirt 1:39.00 $6,600

References[]

  1. ^ BloodHorse.com June 16, 2014 article titled "Calder Cancels Summit of Speed for This Year"
  2. ^ The 2009 Memorial Day Handicap at the NTRA
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