# 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).
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 | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | 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.