| Class: | Discontinued Grade 3 stakes |
| Horse Race: | Spend A Buck Handicap |
| Location: | Calder Race Course Miami Gardens, Florida, United States |
| Inaugurated: | 1991 |
| Race Type: | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
| Distance: | miles (8.5 furlongs) |
| Surface: | Dirt |
| Track: | left-handed |
| Qualification: | Three-years-old & up |
| Weight: | Assigned |
| Purse: | $100,000 |
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.[1] [2] Since inception the race has been contested at various distances and under different conditions:
Speed record: (at current distance of miles)
Most wins:
Most wins by a jockey:
Most wins by a trainer:
Most wins by an owner:
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | (Miles) | Time | Win $ | Gr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Cash Rules | 5 | Luis Saez | David Fawkes | Larry Fugate | 1-1/16 m | 1:46.99 | $61,380 | G3 |
| 2011 | Mad Flatter | 6 | Jon Court | Jeffrey Thornbury | Bonnie Heath Farm (Kim Heath) | 1-1/16 m | 1:46.07 | $60,760 | G3 |
| 2010 | Mad Flatter | 5 | Jon Court | Jeffrey Thornbury | Bonnie Heath Farm, Holiday Stable, Bright Brook Farm, Hinkle Farms | 1-1/16 m | 1:46.37 | $59,520 | G3 |
| 2009 | Mambo Meister | 4 | Manoel Cruz | Philip A. Gleaves | Quantum Racing Team | 1-1/16 m | 1:46.85 | $61,814 | G3 |
| 2008 | It's a Bird | 5 | Jermaine Bridgmohan | Martin D. Wolfson | Edmund A. Gann | 1-1/16 m | 1:46.40 | $59,520 | G3 |
| 2007 | Yes He's the Man | 4 | Julio A. Garcia | J. David Braddy | J. David Braddy & Joel Sainer | 1-1/16 m | 1:45.14 | $58,280 | G3 |
| 2006 | Nkosi Reigns | 5 | Jeffrey Sanchez | Ronald B. Spatz | Carson Springs Farm (Christine K. Janks) | 1-1/16 m | 1:45.40 | $60,000 | G3 |
| 2005 | Supervisor | 5 | Aurelio Toribio Jr. | Emanuel Tortora | Rodney G. Lundock | 1-1/16 m | 1:46.94 | $60,000 | G3 |
| 2004 | Built Up | 6 | Eibar Coa | Enrique Alonso | Raymond Susi | 1-1/16 m | 1:45.86 | $60,000 | G3 |
| 2003 | Tour Of The Cat | 5 | Abad Cabassa Jr. | Myra Mora | Double G Stables LLC (Olivia Golden) | 1-1/16 m | 1:46.30 | $60,000 | G3 |
| 2002 | Pay The Preacher | 4 | Cornelio Velásquez | Robert A. Hale | Rosamond Davis | 1-1/16 m | 1:44.91 | $60,000 | |
| 2001 | Best of the Rest | 6 | Eibar Coa | Edward Plesa Jr. | Bea Oxenberg | 1-1/16 m | 1:42.59 | $60,000 | |
| 2000 | Groomstick Stock's | 4 | Rosemary Homeister | Paul Brettler | Julian DeMora | 1-1/16 m | 1:44.82 | $60,000 | |
| 1999 | Best of the Rest | 4 | Eibar Coa | Edward Plesa Jr. | Bea Oxenberg | 1-1/16 m | 1:44.67 | $60,000 | |
| 1998 | Unruled | 5 | Gary Boulanger | Martin D. Wolfson | L. William Heiligbrodt & Jack T. Hammer | 1-1/16 m | 1:45.60 | $60,000 | |
| 1997 | Derivative | 6 | José C. Ferrer | James E. Bracken | Tartan Stable | 1-1/16 m | 1:45.60 | $30,000 | |
| 1996 | King Rex | 4 | Ricardo Lopez | Laura Posada | Peter A. Tamburo | 1-1/8 m | 1:52.80 | $48,945 | |
| 1995 | Pride of Burkaan | 5 | René Douglas | Ralph Ziadie | Robert Johnson & Glenn Murchison | 1-1/8 m | 1:51.80 | $60,000 | |
| 1994 | Daniel's Boy | 6 | Pedro Rodriguez | Jose Abdale | Alvin Deloach | 1-1/8 m | 1:52.60 | $60,000 | |
| 1993 | align=center colspan=8 | Race not held | |||||||
| 1992 † | Poulain D'Or | 3 | Pedro Rodriguez | Daniel Hurtak | Frances W. Ballou | 1m, 70 yds. | 1:42.20 | $14,000 | |
| 1991 | Higgler | 3 | Danny Nied | Frank Gomez | Leverett S. Miller | 1-1/16 m | 1:48.20 | $50,505 | |