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Miami Mile Handicap

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Inaugurated
  
1987

Surface
  
Turf

Distance
  
1,609 m

Website
  
www.gulfstreampark.com

Track
  
Left-handed

Purse
  
100,000 USD

Location
  
Gulfstream Park Hallandale Beach, Florida, United States

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

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The Miami Mile Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race once run annually during the last week of April at Calder Race Course in Miami Gardens, Florida. Open to horses age three and older, it is contested on turf over a distance of 1 mile (8 furlongs). It now runs at Gulfstream Park.

Contents

Inaugurated as the Miami Breeders' Cup Handicap in 1987, it has been raced at various distances:

  • About  1 1⁄8 miles: 1987-1989, 1992-1993
  •  1 1⁄8 miles : 1990-1991, 1994-1996
  • 1 mile : 1997–present

    • The race was run on dirt in 1990 and 1991. In 2003, the race also had to be shifted from the turf to the dirt due to weather considerations but maintained its Grade III status.

    In 2015, this race began to run at Gulfstream Park.

    Records

    Speed record: (at current distance of 1 mile)

  • 1:33.01 - Smokem Kittne (2016)

    • Most wins:

  • 2 - Simply Majestic (1988, 1989)
  • 2 - Band Is Passing (2000, 2002)

    • Most wins by an owner:

  • 2 - Ted Sabarese (1988, 1989)
  • 2 - Stanley M. Ersoff (2000, 2002)

    • Most wins by a jockey:

  • 3 - Manoel Cruz (2005, 2008, 2010)
  • 2 - Jerry Bailey (1988, 1992)
  • 2 - José Ferrer (1996, 1997)
  • 2 - Eduardo Nunez (1998, 2007)
  • 2 - Javier Castellano (1999, 2009)

    • Most wins by a trainer:

  • 3 - Martin D. Wolfson (1992, 1994, 1999)

    • References

    Miami Mile Handicap Wikipedia
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