What a Pleasure Stakes
Ungraded Stakes race | |
Location | Miami Gardens, Florida United States |
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Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Race information | |
Distance | 1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs) |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Two-year-olds |
The What a Pleasure Stakes is an American flat Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-olds held annually at Calder Race Course in Miami Gardens, Florida. It is currently an ungraded stakes race run over a distance of 8.5 furlongs on dirt.
The race has traditionally been held during the Tropical at Calder meet, from late October through early January. This meet normally has some of the strongest stakes programs of Calder's eight-month season. Due to permit disputes with Hialeah Park Race Track, the race was pushed back in 1987 and 1991 into the following year. Both of those races were subsequently run for three-year-olds and were won by (1988) and (1992).[1]
The race has served as a springboard for Kentucky Derby winner Unbridled as well as such graded-stakes winners as Suave Prospect, Alydeed, Primal, Creme Fraiche, Certain and Morning Bob.
Winners since 1991[]
Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Time |
Grade |
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2007 | Manoel Cruz | 1:46.19 | |||
2006 | Manoel Cruz | 1:48.08 | |||
2005 | Ramón Domínguez | Todd Pletcher | 1:47.94 | ||
2004 | Brice Blanc | 1:48.90 | |||
2003 | Cornelio Velásquez | 1:45.79 | |||
2002 | Cornelio Velásquez | 1:44.07 | |||
2001 | Cornelio Velásquez | Edward Plesa Jr. | 1:47.08 | ||
2000 | 1:48.33 | III | |||
1999 | Eibar Coa | 1:46.91 | III | ||
1998 | Certain | Javier Castellano | 1:47.01 | III | |
1997 | 1:47.35 | III | |||
1996 | Eibar Coa | 1:46.17 | III | ||
1995 | Gary Boulanger | 1:47.26 | III | ||
1994 | René Douglas | 1:46.88 | III | ||
1993 | Marco Castaneda | 1:47.06 | III | ||
1992 | 1:48.31 | III |
Earlier winners[]
- 1990 - Gizmo's Fortune
- 1989 - Unbridled
- 1988 - Reaffirming
- 1986 - Schism
- 1986 - Baldski's Star
- 1985 - Master Cho
- 1984 - Creme Fraiche
- 1983 - Morning Bob
The race was run in two divisions in 1986.
References[]
- Horse races in Florida
- Calder Race Course
- Flat horse races for two-year-olds
- Previously graded stakes races in the United States
- Ungraded stakes races in the United States