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 miles (8.5 furlongs).
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.calderracecourse.com Hall of Fame Since inception the race has been contested at various distances and under different conditions: miles : 1991, 1997–present 1 mile, 70 yards : 1992, run as the Spend A Buck Overnight Handicap for three-year-olds miles: 1994–1996
Records Speed record: (at current distance of 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: 3 – Eibar Coa (1999, 2001, 2004)
Most wins by a trainer: 2 – Martin D. Wolfson (1998, 2008) 2 – Edward Plesa Jr. (1999, 2001) 2 – Jeffrey Thornbury (2010, 2011)
Most wins by an owner: 2 – Bea Oxenberg (1999, 2001)
Winners Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner (Miles) Time Win $ Gr.2012Cash Rules5Luis SaezDavid FawkesLarry Fugate1-1/16 m1:46.99$61,380G32011Mad Flatter6Jon CourtJeffrey ThornburyBonnie Heath Farm (Kim Heath)1-1/16 m1:46.07$60,760G32010Mad Flatter5Jon CourtJeffrey ThornburyBonnie Heath Farm, Holiday Stable, Bright Brook Farm, Hinkle Farms1-1/16 m1:46.37$59,520G32009Mambo Meister4Manoel CruzPhilip A. GleavesQuantum Racing Team1-1/16 m1:46.85$61,814G32008It's a Bird5Jermaine BridgmohanMartin D. WolfsonEdmund A. Gann1-1/16 m1:46.40$59,520G32007Yes He's the Man 4Julio A. GarciaJ. David BraddyJ. David Braddy & Joel Sainer1-1/16 m1:45.14$58,280G32006Nkosi Reigns5Jeffrey SanchezRonald B. SpatzCarson Springs Farm (Christine K. Janks)1-1/16 m1:45.40$60,000G32005Supervisor5Aurelio Toribio Jr.Emanuel TortoraRodney G. Lundock1-1/16 m1:46.94$60,000G32004Built Up6Eibar CoaEnrique AlonsoRaymond Susi1-1/16 m1:45.86$60,000G32003Tour Of The Cat5Abad Cabassa Jr.Myra MoraDouble G Stables LLC (Olivia Golden)1-1/16 m1:46.30$60,000G32002Pay The Preacher4Cornelio VelásquezRobert A. HaleRosamond Davis1-1/16 m1:44.91$60,0002001Best of the Rest6Eibar CoaEdward Plesa Jr.Bea Oxenberg1-1/16 m1:42.59$60,0002000Groomstick Stock's4Rosemary HomeisterPaul BrettlerJulian DeMora1-1/16 m1:44.82$60,0001999Best of the Rest4Eibar CoaEdward Plesa Jr.Bea Oxenberg1-1/16 m1:44.67$60,0001998Unruled5Gary BoulangerMartin D. WolfsonL. William Heiligbrodt & Jack T. Hammer1-1/16 m1:45.60$60,0001997Derivative6José C. FerrerJames E. BrackenTartan Stable1-1/16 m1:45.60$30,0001996King Rex4Ricardo LopezLaura PosadaPeter A. Tamburo1-1/8 m1:52.80$48,9451995Pride of Burkaan5René DouglasRalph ZiadieRobert Johnson & Glenn Murchison1-1/8 m1:51.80$60,0001994Daniel's Boy6Pedro RodriguezJose AbdaleAlvin Deloach1-1/8 m1:52.60$60,0001993 Race not held1992 †Poulain D'Or3Pedro RodriguezDaniel HurtakFrances W. Ballou1m, 70 yds.1:42.20$14,0001991Higgler3Danny NiedFrank GomezLeverett S. Miller1-1/16 m1:48.20$50,505
† In 1992 the race was run as the Spend a Buck Overnight Handicap for three-year-olds.
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