The Michigan Mile And One-Eighth Handicap was an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport: Flat racing and National Hunt racing...

 run annually at the now defunct Detroit Race Course

Detroit Race Course

The Detroit Race Course was a horse racing facility in the Detroit, Michigan suburb of Livonia in the United States. Opened in 1950, it hosted Thoroughbred flat racing and harness racing for Standardbreds....

 in Livonia, Michigan

Livonia, Michigan

Livonia is a city in the northwest part of Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Livonia is a very large suburb with an array of traditional neighborhoods connected to the metropolitan area by freeways. The population was 96,942 at the 2010 census, making it Michigan's 9th largest...

. A one time Grade II

Graded stakes race

A graded stakes race is a term applied since 1973 by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to thoroughbred horse races in the United States and Canada to describe races that derive their name from the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay...

 event raced on dirt, it was open to horses age three and older.

In 1975, trainer

Horse trainer

In horse racing, a trainer prepares a horse for races, with responsibility for exercising it, getting it race-ready and determining which races it should enter...

 S. Kaye Bell became the first female in the United States to condition the winner of a $100,000 stakes race.

Upsets include Stanislas defeating Tom Rolfe

Tom Rolfe

The racehorse Tom Rolfe was one of the best American sons of the great racehorse and sire Ribot. His dam was Pocahontas, from whom he takes his name...

 in 1966 and Nodouble

Nodouble

Nodouble was a two-time Champion American Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred by oilman Gene Goff’s Verna Lea Farms in Fayetteville, Arkansas, he was out of the mare, Abla-Jay. Damsire Double Jay was the 1946 American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt and a four-time Leading broodmare sire in North America...

 in 1968 beating the reigning American Horse of the Year, Damascus

Damascus (horse)

Damascus was a thoroughbred race horse sired by Sword Dancer out of Kerala foaled at the Jonabell Farm in Lexington, Kentucky...

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Past winners (partial)

• 1993 - Dignitas
• 1992 - Classic Seven
• 1991 - Black Tie Affair
  Black Tie Affair
  Black Tie Affair was a thoroughbred racehorse. Bred by American businessman Stephen D. Peskoff, he was out of the mare Hat Tab Girl and sired by Miswaki, who also sired Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Urban Sea and who was a two-time Leading broodmare sire in Great Britain & Ireland.Black Tie...
  
  
• 1990 - Beau Genius
  Beau Genius
  Beau Genius is a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse.-Background:Bred at Sovereign Farm by owners Joseph Shiewitz and Dr. Brian Davidson, he was sired by Bold Ruckus, one of the leading sires in Canada who was a grandson of the extremely important North American Champion sire, Bold Ruler...
  
  
• 1989 - Present Value
• 1988 - Lost Code
• 1987 - Waquoit
  Waquoit
  Waquoit was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won races at short and long distances en route to career earnings of more than $2.2 million. Standing close to seventeen hands, Waquoit was sired by Relaunch, a multiple stakes winner who sired several top runners including two Breeders' Cup winners...
  
  
• 1986 - Ends Well
• 1985 - Badwagon Harry
• 1984 - Timeless Native
• 1983 - Thumbsucker
• 1982 - Vodika Collins
• 1981 - Fio Roto
• 1980 - Glorious Song
  Glorious Song
  Glorious Song was a Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse who was a Champion in Canada and the United States and became an important broodmare. Bred by the prominent horseman E. P. Taylor at his Windfields Farm in Oshawa, Ontario, she was sired by Halo and out of the mare Ballade, who also produced...
  
  
• 1979 - Sensitive Prince
  Sensitive Prince
  Sensitive Prince was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Out of the mare Sensitive Lady, he was sired by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Majestic Prince....
  
  
• 1978 - A Letter To Harry
• 1977 - My Juliet
  My Juliet
  My Juliet was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse who defeated both male and female competitors. Bred in Kentucky, she was out of the mare, My Bupers. Her sire was Gallant Romeo, the multiple stakes winning son of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Gallant Man...
  
  
• 1976 - Sharp Gary
• 1975 - Mr. Lucky Phoenix
• 1974 - Tom Tulle
• 1973 - Golden Don
• 1972 - King's Bishop
  King's Bishop
  King's Bishop was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred in Kentucky by Warner L. Jones, Jr., he was sired by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Round Table. He was out of the mare Spearfish, a descendant of the very important sire Nearco....
  
  
• 1971 - Native Royalty
• 1970 - Fast Hilarious
• 1969 - Calandrito
• 1968 - Nodouble
  Nodouble
  Nodouble was a two-time Champion American Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred by oilman Gene Goff’s Verna Lea Farms in Fayetteville, Arkansas, he was out of the mare, Abla-Jay. Damsire Double Jay was the 1946 American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt and a four-time Leading broodmare sire in North America...
  
  
• 1967 - Estreno
• 1966 - Stanislas
• 1965 - Old Hat
  Old Hat (horse)
  Old Hat , was an American Thoroughbred racing mare by Boston Doge out of the hard-knocking Fine Feathers , whose sire was Double Jay. On his topline, Double Jay's grandsire was Black Toney. On his bottomline, it was Whisk Broom. Her sire, Boston Doge, was a multiple stakes winner...
  
  
• 1964 - Going Abroad
• 1963 - Crimson Satan
  Crimson Satan
  Crimson Satan was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse bred and raced by Peter W. Salmen Sr.'s Crimson King Farm at Lexington, Kentucky. His dam was Salmen's Argentine-bred mare Papila, and his sire was Charles Fisher's good runner Spy Song...
  
  
• 1962 - Beau Prince
• 1958 - Nearctic
  Nearctic (horse)
  Nearctic was an Canadian-bred Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred by E. P. Taylor, he was out of the Irish mare Lady Angela, a daughter of the British Champion sire Hyperion...