Stage Door Betty Handicap
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 1 1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs).
| Discontinued Grade III stakes race | |
| Location | Calder Race Course Miami Gardens, Florida, United States |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 2001 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | www.calderracecourse.com |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1 1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs) |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Fillies & Mares, Three-years-old & up |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | $100,000 |
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]
Records
Speed record:
- 1:44.08 - Stormy Frolic (2002)
Most wins:
- No horse has won this race more than once.
Most wins by a jockey:
- 3 - Eibar Coa (2001, 2003, 2006)
Most wins by a trainer:
- No trainer has won this race more than once.
Most wins by an owner:
- No owner has won this race more than once.
Winners
| 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 | Martin D. Wolfson | 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 |
References
- The Stage Door Betty Handicap at Pedigree Query
- The 2007 Stage Door Betty Handicap at ''Thoroughbred Times
Discontinued horse races