Calder Derby


The Calder Derby presented by Woodford Reserve is an American Grade III Thoroughbred horse race run annually in October at Calder Race Course in Miami, Florida. Contested for a current purse of $250,000 over a distance of miles on turf, the race is open to three-year-old horses.
Inaugurated as the Hollywood Handicap in 1972, and open for horses age three and up until 1985, the name was changed to the Calder Derby in 1994.

Records

Time record:
  • 1:47.70 – Crowd Pleaser
Most wins:
Most wins by a jockey:
Most wins by a trainer:
Most wins by an owner:
  • 2 – Brad D. Gay

Winners of the Calder Derby

  • Heavy overnight rain forced the 2005 race to be run on dirt.
1975: DH-Dead Heat for win.

Hollywood Stakes / Handicap

Notes:
1972-1981, 1984, 1987-1993: Run as Hollywood Handicap
1972-73: For three-year-olds and upward
1982-83: Run as Hollywood Stakes, three-year-olds
1984: For three-year-olds and upward 1985-86-Run as Hollywood Stakes
  • 1993 – Medieval Mac
  • 1992 – Birdonthewire
  • 1991 – Scottish Ice
  • 1990 – Zalipour
  • 1989 – Silver Sunsets *
  • 1988 – Frosty The Snowman
  • 1987 – Schism
  • 1986 – Annapolis John
  • 1985 – Gray Haze
  • 1984 – Opening Lead
  • 1983 – Opening Lead
  • 1982 – Glorious Past
  • 1981 – Poking
  • 1980 – J Rodney G
  • 1979 – Breezy Fire
  • 1978 – Ole Wilk
  • 1977 – What A Threat
  • 1976 – Chilean Chief
  • 1975 – Rimsky
  • 1975 – Strand Of Gold
  • 1974 – Amberbee *
  • 1973 – Willmar
  • 1972 – First Bloom
  • In 1974 Snurb won the race but was disqualified and set back to seventh place.
  • In 1989 Big Stanley won the race but was disqualified and set back to sixth place.