The Stage Door Betty Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually since 2001 at Calder Race Course in Miami Gardens, Florida. Open to Fillies and Mares, age three and older, it is contested on dirt over a distance of miles (8.5 furlongs).
Run near the end of December, the race has had Grade III status since 2006. It is named for the filly Stage Door Betty to honor her owner, longtime South Florida horsewoman Betty Sessa who died in January 2001.
Along with two other stakes races, Calder Race Course canceled the 2008 running of the Stage Door Betty Handicap due to what track officials described as "continuing overpayment of purses during the current meet."
Records Speed record: 1:44.08 – Stormy Frolic (2002)
Most wins: No horse has won this race more than once.
Most wins by a jockey: 3 – Eibar Coa (2001, 2003, 2006)
Most wins by a trainer: No trainer has won this race more than once.
Most wins by an owner: No owner has won this race more than once.
Winners Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Time2012Angelica Zapata 4Luis SaezRonald PellegriniHerman Van Den Broeck 1:44.862011Toocleverforwords5Luis SaezMartin D. WolfsonFarnsworth Stables LLC1:47.012010no race 2009Sweet Repent3Manoel CruzDavid BraddyBuongiorno A Tutti1:46.91 2008 no race 2007Bayou's Lassie4Elvis TrujilloChristophe ClementJacks Or Better Farm1:46.162006Take D' Tour5Eibar CoaDavid FawkesAlice Muller1:45.382005Mocita3Eddie CastroMartin D. Wolfson David W. Hutson1:48.562004Personal Legend4Jerry BaileyRobert J. FrankelEdmund A. Gann1:45.122003Redoubled Miss4Eibar CoaRon SpatzCentaur Farms1:46.782002Stormy Frolic3José A. SantosMilton W. WolfsonStride Rite Racing1:44.082001Extend3Eibar CoaRoger AttfieldCam Allard1:46.74 Notes
References The Stage Door Betty Handicap at Pedigree Query The 2007 Stage Door Betty Handicap at ''Thoroughbred Times
Discontinued horse races