| Class: | Discontinued Grade III stakes |
| Horse Race: | Stage Door Betty Handicap |
| Location: | Calder Race Course Miami Gardens, Florida, United States |
| Inaugurated: | 2001 |
| Race Type: | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
| Website: | www.calderracecourse.com |
| Distance: | miles (8.5 furlongs) |
| Surface: | Dirt |
| Track: | Left-handed |
| Qualification: | Fillies & Mares, Three-years-old & up |
| Weight: | Assigned |
| Purse: | $100,000 |
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."[1]
Speed record:
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Most wins by an owner:
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Angelica Zapata | 4 | Luis Saez | Ronald Pellegrini | Herman Van Den Broeck | 1:44.86 | |
| 2011 | Toocleverforwords | 5 | Luis Saez | Martin D. Wolfson | Farnsworth Stables LLC | 1:47.01 | |
| 2010 | no race | ||||||
| 2009 | Sweet Repent | 3 | Manoel Cruz | David Braddy | Buongiorno A Tutti | 1:46.91 | |
| 2008 | no race | ||||||
| 2007 | Bayou's Lassie | 4 | Elvis Trujillo | Christophe Clement | Jacks Or Better Farm | 1:46.16 | |
| 2006 | Take D' Tour | 5 | Eibar Coa | David Fawkes | Alice Muller | 1:45.38 | |
| 2005 | Mocita | 3 | Eddie Castro | David W. Hutson | 1:48.56 | ||
| 2004 | Personal Legend | 4 | Jerry Bailey | Robert J. Frankel | Edmund A. Gann | 1:45.12 | |
| 2003 | Redoubled Miss | 4 | Eibar Coa | Ron Spatz | Centaur Farms | 1:46.78 | |
| 2002 | Stormy Frolic | 3 | José A. Santos | Milton W. Wolfson | Stride Rite Racing | 1:44.08 | |
| 2001 | Extend | 3 | Eibar Coa | Roger Attfield | Cam Allard | 1:46.74 | |
Discontinued horse races