Spend A Buck Handicap

The Spend A Buck Handicap is an American Grade III Thoroughbred horse race held annually since 1991 in mid October at Calder Race Course in Miami Gardens, Florida. Open to horses age three and older, it is contested on dirt over a distance of ​1 ¹⁄₁₆ miles (8.5 furlongs).

Spend A Buck Handicap

Grade III race
Location	Calder Race Course Miami Gardens, Florida, United States
Inaugurated	1991
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	www.calderracecourse.com
Race information
Distance	​1 ^1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs)
Surface	Dirt
Track	left-handed
Qualification	Three-years-old & up
Weight	Assigned
Purse	$100,000

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. Since inception the race has been contested at various distances and under different conditions:

• ​1 ¹⁄₁₆ miles : 1991, 1997–present
• 1 mile, 70 yards : 1992, run as the Spend A Buck Overnight Handicap for three-year-olds
• ​1 ¹⁄₈ miles: 1994-1996

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of ​1 ¹⁄₁₆ 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	Time
2012	Cash Rules	5	Luis Saez	David Fawkes	Larry Fugate	1:46.99
2011	Mad Flatter	6	Jon Court	Jeffrey Thornbury	Bonnie Heath Farm	1:46.07
2010	Mad Flatter	5	Jon Court	Jeffrey Thornbury	Bonnie Heath Farm/Holiday Stable/Bright Brook Farm/Hinkle Farms	1:46.37
2009	Mambo Meister	4	Manoel Cruz	Philip Gleaves	Quantum Racing Team	1:46.85
2008	It's a Bird	5	Jermaine Bridgmohan	Martin D. Wolfson	Edmund A. Gann	1:46.40
2007	Yes He's the Man	4	Julio Garcia	J. David Braddy	J. D. Braddy & J. Sainer	1:45.14
2006	Nkosi Reigns	5	Jeffrey Sanchez	Ron Spatz	Carson Springs Farm	1:45.40
2005	Supervisor	5	Aurelio Toribio, Jr.	Emanuel Tortora	Rodney G. Lundock	1:46.94
2004	Built Up	6	Eibar Coa	Enrique Alonso	Raymond Susi	1:45.86
2003	Tour Of The Cat	5	Abad Cabassa, Jr.	Myra Mora	Double G Stables LLC	1:46.30
2002	Pay The Preacher	4	Cornelio Velasquez	Robert A. Hale	Rosamond Davis	1:44.91
2001	Best of the Rest	6	Eibar Coa	Edward Plesa, Jr.	Bea Oxenberg	1:42.59
2000	Groomstick Stock’s	4	Rosemary Homeister, Jr.	Paul Brettler	Julian DeMora	1:44.82
1999	Best of the Rest	4	Eibar Coa	Edward Plesa, Jr.	Bea Oxenberg	1:44.67
1998	Unruled	5	Gary Boulanger	Martin D. Wolfson	W. Heiligbrodt & J. Hammer	1:45.60
1997	Derivative	6	Jose C. Ferrer	James E. Bracken	Tartan Stable	1:45.60
1996	King Rex	4	Ricardo Lopez	Laura Posada	Peter A. Tamburo	1:52.80
1995	Pride of Burkaan	5	Rene Douglas	Ralph Ziadie	R. Johnson & G. Murchison	1:51.80
1994	Daniel's Boy	6	Pedro Rodriguez	Jose Abdale	Alvin Deloach	1:52.60
1993	no race
1992	Poulain D'Or	3	Pedro Rodriguez	Daniel Hurtak	Frances W. Ballou	1:42.20
1991	Higgler	3	Danny Nied	Frank Gomez	Leverett S. Miller	1:48.20

References

• The 2008 Spend A Buck Handicap at the NTRA
• The Spend A Buck Handicap at Pedigree Query