Calder Derby
| Grade III race | |
| Location | Calder Race Course Miami Gardens, Florida, United States |
|---|---|
| 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
[edit]Time record: (at current 1+1⁄8 miles distance)
- 1:47.70 – Crowd Pleaser (1998)
Most wins:
- 2 – Opening Lead (1983, 1984)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 2 – Gary Boulanger (1994, 1997)
- 2 – Eibar Coa (2002, 2004)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 2 – Manuel Azpurua (1983, 1984)
- 2 – Elbert Ray Dixon (1990, 1991)
Most wins by an owner:
- 2 – Brad D. Gay (1983, 1984)
Winners of the Calder Derby since 1999
[edit] *Heavy overnight rain forced the 2005 race to be run on dirt.
Earlier winners
[edit]- 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 – Opening Lead
- 1983 – Opening Lead
- 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.