# Carry Back Stakes

The Carry Back Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race once run annually at Calder Race Course in Miami Gardens, Florida, but now run at Gulfstream Park after negotiations between the two tracks.
Contested during the first part of July, the race is open to three-year-old horses willing to race seven furlongs on the dirt. A Listed event, it currently offers a purse of $150,000.
This race is named in honor of the Florida-bred 1961 American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse, Carry Back whose wins included the 1961 Flamingo Stakes and Florida Derby, as well as that year's Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. Carry Back was inducted in the United States Racing Hall of Fame in 1975.
Inaugurated in 1975 as a race for two-year-old horses, in 1979 it was changed to a race for horses aged three and older. Since 1980 it has been restricted to three-year-olds and from 1981 to 1993 was run as the Carry Back Handicap. Since inception it has been contested at a variety of distances:
* 5+1⁄2 furlongs : 1975–1978
* 6 furlongs : 1980–1982, 1997 to 2013
* 6+1⁄2 furlongs : 1991
* 7 furlongs : 1979, 1992–1996, 2015 to present

## Records

Speed record:
* at 6 furlongs – 1:09.30 – Lost in the Fog (2005)
* at 7 furlongs – 1:22.09 – Rated R. Superstar (2016)
Most wins by a jockey:
* 3 – Eibar Coa (1997, 1998, 1999)
Most wins by a trainer:
* 3 – Frank Gomez (1979, 1985, 1988)
* 3 – Manuel Azpurua (1983, 1996, 2004)
Most wins by an owner:
* 2 – Harry T. Mangurian Jr. (1981, 1982)

## Winners of the Carry Back Stakes since 1975

| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Distance | Time | Grade |
| 2017 | Three Rules | Cornelio H. Velasquez | Jose Pinchin | Shade Tree Thoroughbreds, Inc. | 7 fur. | 1:22.63 | III |
| 2016 | Rated R. Superstar | Cornelio H. Velasquez | Kenneth G. McPeek | Radar Racing | 7 fur. | 1:22.09 | III |
| 2015 | Grand Bili | Javier Castellano | Gustavo Delgado | Groupo 7C Racing Stable | 7 fur. | 1:22.11 | III |
| 2014 | no race | no race | no race | no race | no race | no race | no race |
| 2013 | Mico Margarita | Ricardo Santana Jr. | Steve Asmussen | J. Kirk & Judy Robison | 6 fur. | 1:10.97 | III |
| 2011 | Indiano | Gabriel Saez | Martin D. Wolfson | Diamond A Racing | 6 fur. | 1:10.60 | II |
| 2010 | Coffee Boy | Jermaine V. Bridgmohan | Martin D. Wolfson | Gary Barber | 6 fur. | 1:11.55 | II |
| 2009 | Not for Silver | Jose Lezcano | Michael Trombetta | Ted Julio | 6 fur. | 1:11.91 | II |
| 2008 | Golden Spikes | Elvis Trujillo | Martin D. Wolfson | M375 Thoroughbreds et al. | 6 fur. | 1:11.20 | II |
| 2007 | Black Seventeen | Clinton Potts | Brian Koriner | Wind River Stables et al. | 6 fur. | 1:09.84 | II |
| 2006 | Too Much Bling | Edgar Prado | Bob Baffert | Stonerside/Blazing Meadows | 6 fur. | 1:10.48 | II |
| 2005 | Lost in the Fog | Russell Baze | Greg Gilchrist | Harry J. Aleo | 6 fur. | 1:09.30 | II |
| 2004 | Weigelia | Aurelio Toribio Jr. | Manuel Azpurua | Joseph J. Balsamo | 6 fur. | 1:10.50 | III |
| 2003 | Valid Video | Joe Bravo | Dennis Manning | Paul Tinkle | 6 fur. | 1:10.15 | III |
| 2002 | Royal Lad | Jerry Bailey | Kirk Ziadie | Ron & Cindy Stengel | 6 fur. | 1:10.73 | |
| 2001 | Illusioned | Jorge Chavez | William I. Mott | Kinsman Stable | 6 fur. | 1:11.08 | |
| 2000 | Caller One | Corey Nakatani | James Chapman | Carolyn Chapman | 6 fur. | 1:10.35 | |
| 1999 | Silver Season | Eibar Coa | Mohammed Moubarak | Buckram Oak Farm | 6 fur. | 1:11.32 | |
| 1998 | Mint | Eibar Coa | Mohammed Moubarak | Diamond Studs | 6 fur. | 1:11.20 | |
| 1997 | Renteria | Eibar Coa | Jerry Dutton | J. Dutton / L. Harrington | 6 fur. | 1:11.20 | |
| 1996 | Fortunate Review | Aurelio Toribio Jr. | Manuel Azpurua | S G Stable | 7 fur. | 1:23.20 | |
| 1995 | Sonic Signal | René Douglas | James E. Bracken | Kathy Jo Stable | 7 fur. | 1:24.60 | |
| 1994 | Score A Birdie | Heberto Castillo Jr. | Edward Plesa Jr. | John C. Sessa | 7 fur. | 1:24.00 | |
| 1993 | Humbugaboo | Mary Russ | George Gianos | Edie & George Gianos | 7 fur. | 1:22.60 | |
| 1992 | Always Silver | Michael A. Lee | Emanuel Tortora | James Lewis Jr. | 7 fur. | 1:25.00 | |
| 1991 | Ocala Flame | Robert Lester | Emanuel Tortora | Toni Tortora | 6.5 fur. | 1:19.00 | |
| 1990 | Country Isle | Heberto Castillo Jr. | J. Provost | Valiant Stable | 7 fur. | 1:24.80 | |
| 1989 | Big Stanley | Douglas Valiente | George Gianos | Lusararian, Inc. | 7 fur. | 1:23.60 | |
| 1988 | In The Slammer | Mike Gonzalez | Frank Gomez | Mary & Wayne Vaught | 7 fur. | 1:23.80 | |
| 1987 | You're No Bargain | Omar Londono | James E. Bracken | Roy Bowen/A. B. Hancock III | 7 fur. | 1:25.60 | |
| 1986 | Kid Colin | Gene St. Leon | Frank A. Alexander | B. K. Schwartz | 7 fur. | 1:25.80 | |
| 1985 | Smile | Jacinto Vásquez | Frank Gomez | Frances A. Genter | 7 fur. | 1:23.80 | |
| 1984 | Bowmans Express | Omar Londono | R. Felix | Devonshire Farms | 7 fur. | 1:25.40 | |
| 1983 | Opening Lead | B. Gonzalez | Manuel Azpurua | Brad D. Gay | 7 fur. | 1:25.80 | |
| 1982 | Rex's Profile | Ernest Cardone | Richard Root | Harry T. Mangurian Jr. | 6 fur. | 1:11.40 | |
| 1981 | Face the Moment | Ernest Cardone | Richard Root | Harry T. Mangurian Jr. | 6 fur. | 1:11.00 | |
| 1980 | Diplomatic Note | Jerry Bailey | Ben Perkins Jr. | Daddario & King | 6 fur. | 1:12.00 | |
| 1979 | Breezy Fire | Miguel A. Rivera | Frank Gomez | Ivanhoe Stable | 7 fur. | 1:24.60 | |
| 1978 | Admiral Rix | Tommy Barrow | A. Perez | M. E. Decola | 5.5 fur. | 1:07.40 | |
| 1977 | Chwesboken | D. Hidalgo | G. Julian | Quality Hill Stable | 5.5 fur. | 1:05.40 | |
| 1976 | Winner's Hit | Ray Broussard | Merritt A. Buxton | L. D. Plate | 5.5 fur. | 1:07.00 | |
| 1975 | Precipitory | Jorge Salinas | Ronald J. Sarazin | Ralph Sessa | 5.5 fur. | 1:06.80 | |