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).

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

References

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