Calder Derby Explained

Surface:	Turf
Class:	Grade III
Horse Race:	Calder Derby
Location:	Calder Race Course Miami Gardens, Florida, United States
Inaugurated:	1972
Race Type:	Thoroughbred – Flat racing
Website:	www.calderracecourse.com
Distance:	miles (9 furlongs)
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 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

Time record: (at current 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

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2014	Our Caravan	Manoel R. Cruz	Michael Dilger	Anstu Stables	1:54.32
2013	Sr Quisqueyano	Carlos Olivero	Luis Olivares	DDRD Racing	1:52.71
2012	Good Morning Diva			George J. Kerr	1:46.96
2011	RACE NOT RUN
2010	Tannersville			Four Horsemen Racing Stable	1:49.32
2009	Sal the Barber	Eddie Castro	Christophe Clement	Lewis Schaffel	1:49.41
2008	Sporting Art	Javier Castellano	Christophe Clement	John & Sarah Kelly	1:47.93
2007	Soldier's Dancer	Cornelio Velásquez	David A. Vivian	Herman Heinlein	1:52.21
2006	Can't Beat It	René Douglas	Martin D. Wolfson	Live Oak Plantation	1:48.79
2005	Dazzling Dr Cevin *	Julio Garcia	Luis Olivares	Rey Wan Racing	1:52.44
2004	Eddington	Eibar Coa	Mark Hennig	Willmott Stables	1:51.25
2003	Stroll	Jerry D. Bailey	William I. Mott	Claiborne Farm	1:48.39
2002	Union Place	Eibar Coa	Randy Schulhofer	William Sorokolit	1:47.76
2001	Western Pride	Dana Whitley	Richard Estvanko	Theresa McCarthur/C. Chapman	1:51.12
2000	Whata Brainstorm	Rosemary Homeister Jr.	James E. Picou	John Eaton	1:47.80
1999	Isaypete	José Ferrer	James K. Chapman	Theresa McArthur	1:50.01
1998	Crowd Pleaser	Jean-Luc Samyn	Jonathan Sheppard	Augustin Stable	1:47.70

*Heavy overnight rain forced the 2005 race to be run on dirt.

Earlier winners

• 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.

References

• The Calder Derby at Pedigree Query