Spend a Buck Handicap

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 1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs).

Spend A Buck Handicap

Discontinued Grade 3 stakes race
Location	Calder Race Course Miami Gardens, Florida, United States
Inaugurated	1991
Race type	Thoroughbred – Flat racing
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	Dist. (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	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

• † In 1992 the race was run as the Spend a Buck Overnight Handicap for three-year-olds.