Spectacular Bid Stakes
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The Spectacular Bid Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race
run annually at the beginning of January at Gulfstream Park
race track in Hallandale Beach, Florida
. An ungraded
stakes race for three-year-old horses, it is contested at a distance of six furlongs on dirt and offers a purse of $100,000.
With the demise of Calder Race Course's
Grade III Tropical Park Derby
, the Spectacular Bid, named for the great Spectacular Bid
, is the first stakes race of the three-year-old Florida
campaign for many Kentucky Derby
hopefuls, and is run on Gulfstream Park's winter season opening day.
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 beginning of January at Gulfstream Park
Gulfstream Park
Gulfstream Park Racing & Casino is a racetrack and county-approved racino in Hallandale Beach, Florida, in the United States. During its annual meet, which spans December through April, it is one of the most important venues for horse racing in America....
race track in Hallandale Beach, Florida
Hallandale Beach, Florida
Hallandale Beach is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. The city is named after Luther Halland, a worker for Henry Flagler's Florida East Coast Railroad. As of the 2010 census, the population was 37,113...
. An ungraded
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...
stakes race for three-year-old horses, it is contested at a distance of six furlongs on dirt and offers a purse of $100,000.
With the demise of Calder Race Course's
Calder Race Course
Calder Casino & Race Course is a casino and horse racetrack in Miami Gardens, Florida in the United States.-History:In the mid-1960s, real estate developer Stephen A. Calder envisioned summertime racing in Florida; in 1965, on the advice of Mr. Calder, the Florida Legislature approved a bill...
Grade III Tropical Park Derby
Tropical Park Derby
The Tropical Park Derby is an American Thoroughbred horse race run at Calder Race Course in Miami Gardens, Florida on New Year’s Day which makes it the first “derby” of the year. The one and one eighth mile Ungraded stakes race run on turf for 3-year-olds offers a purse of $100,000 added. Prior...
, the Spectacular Bid, named for the great Spectacular Bid
Spectacular Bid
Spectacular Bid was an American Thoroughbred race horse. "The Bid" as he was known was one of the most dominant gallopers of his time...
, is the first stakes race of the three-year-old Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
campaign for many Kentucky Derby
Kentucky Derby
The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is one and a quarter mile at Churchill Downs. Colts and geldings carry...
hopefuls, and is run on Gulfstream Park's winter season opening day.
Past winners
- 2011 - Determinato (1:11.13) (Eibar CoaEibar CoaEibar Coa Monteverde is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. A five-time judo champion in his teens, he attended jockey school from 1989 to 1991 then began his professional riding career in 1992...
) - 2010 - A Little Warm (1:10.25) (Jeremy RoseJeremy RoseJeremy Rose is an American Thoroughbred racehorse jockey. He began his career as a professional rider at Delaware Park in Wilmington, Delaware and in 2001 was his breakout year and he was voted the United States' Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey.In 2005, Rose guided Afleet Alex, to...
) - 2009 – Notonthesamepage (1:08.48) (Elvis TrujilloElvis TrujilloElvis Raúl Trujillo is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing best known for riding Maryfield to victory in the 2007 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint which that year was his big break. He is one of two jockeys in American racing whose mother was an Elvis Presley fan and who named their...
) (an 8 length win, missing the track record for six furlongs by .02 of a second.) - 2008 - NOT RUN
- 2007 - Buffalo Man (1:09.60) (Eddie CastroEddie CastroEddie Castro is a Panamanian-born jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He grew up on a produce farm in Panama where he learned to ride saddle horses. Influenced by the accomplishments of other local jockeys, Castro attended the Panamanian jockey school and began riding in races in...
) - 2006 - Exclusive Quality (1:15.88) (Beat In Summation, twice winner of the El Conejo Stakes.)
- 2004 - Wynn Dot Comma (1:10.6) (Joe BravoJoe Bravo (jockey)Joe Bravo is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. The son and grandson of jockeys, he began his professional career in Thoroughbred flat racing at Calder Race Course in Miami Gardens, Florida during the latter end of 1988.According to his NTRA profile, Joe Bravo has dominated the New...
) (Saratoga County, a 2005 Eclipse AwardEclipse AwardThe Eclipse Award is an American thoroughbred horse racing award named after the 18th century British racehorse and sire, Eclipse. The Eclipse Awards, honoring the champions of the sport, are sponsored by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association , Daily Racing Form and the National Turf Writers...
finalist in sprint, placed.) - 2003 - First Blush (1:10.97) (Jorge F. ChavezJorge F. ChavezJorge F. Chavez is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.Chavez began his career in horse racing in 1982 in his native Peru and by 1987 was his country's leading rider. In April 1988 he emigrated to the United States where he raced with a great deal of success at Florida race tracks...
) - 2002 - Maybry's Boy (1:12.19) (John Velazquez)
- 2001 - Icanseetherain (1:11.04) (Jose SantosJosé SantosJose Abon Santos is a retired Chilean thoroughbred jockey who has been honored by the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in the United States.-Career:...
) - 2000 - B LS Appeal (1:10.68) (Mike E. Smith)
- 1999 - Texas Glitter (1:09.40) (wire to wire in the slop.)
- 1998 - Time Limit (1:10.56) (Jerry BaileyJerry BaileyJerry D. Bailey is a retired American Hall of Fame jockey. He began his racing career in November 1974. His first mount was on a horse named Pegged Rate, who ran off the board. He notched his first career win the next day on his second career mount, Fetch, at New Mexico's Sunland Park, and has...
) - 1997 - Confide (1:09.87)
- 1996 - Seacliff (1:11.92) (Gomtuu, 1995 CanadianCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
Champion Two-Year-Old, came in third.) - 1995 - Mr. Greeley (1:10.76) (2nd in Breeders' Cup SprintBreeders' Cup SprintThe Breeders' Cup Sprint is an American Weight for Age Grade I Thoroughbred horse race for three year olds & up. Run on dirt over a distance of 6 Furlongs , the race has been held annually since 1984 at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup World...
) - 1994 - Halo's Image (1:10.39)
- 1993 - Great Navigator (1:09.53)
- 1992 - Return To Quarters (1:10.10)
- 1991 - To Freedom (Angel Cordero Jr.Angel Cordero Jr.Angel Tomas Cordero, Jr. , is one of the leading thoroughbred horse racing jockeys of all time and the only Puerto Rican to date to be inducted into the United States' Racing Hall of Fame.-Early years:...
) (Running undefeated.) - 1990 - HousebusterHousebusterHousebuster was an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by graded stakes race winner Mt. Livermore out of the Great Above mare, Big Dreams....
(1:11) (Craig PerretCraig PerretCraig Perret is an American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began riding horses at age five and by seven was riding quarter horses in match races...
) (1990, 1991 American Champion Sprint Horse.) - 1989 - Halrose (1:12) (Douglas Valiente)
- 1988 - Cook's Brown Rice (1:11) (Alfredo Smith, Jr.)
- 1987 - Spectacularphantom
- 1986 - GroovyGroovy (horse)Groovy was an American Thoroughbred Champion sprint racehorse known for his love of jelly donuts. As at 2011, he is the last horse to break the 130 Beyer Speed Figure having accomplished that milestone in his first two starts of 1987. In the Roseben Handicap at Aqueduct Racetrack he earned a 131...
(1:11.4) (Craig PerretCraig PerretCraig Perret is an American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began riding horses at age five and by seven was riding quarter horses in match races...
) (American Champion Sprint Horse, 1987, last horse to break Beyer Speed FigureBeyer Speed FigureThe Beyer Speed Figure is a system for rating the performance of Thoroughbred racehorses in North America designed in the early 1970s by Andrew Beyer, the syndicated horse racing columnist for The Washington Post...
of 130, earning 133 & 132 in back-to-back 6-furlong races in 1987.)