The Smile Sprint Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse race

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 held annually since 1999 at Calder Race Course

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...

 in Miami Gardens, Florida

Miami Gardens, Florida

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. The Grade II

Graded stakes race

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 sprint

Sprint (race)

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 is open to horses, age three and up, willing to race six furlong

Furlong

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s on the dirt.

Part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series, the winner of the 2009 Smile Sprint Handicap automatically qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Sprint

Breeders' Cup Sprint

The 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...

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Since inception, the race has been contested at various distances:

• 6 F : 1984, 1997–present
• 6.5 F : 1989, 1992
• 7 F : 1985-1988, 1990–1991, 1993–1996

The race was inaugurated in 1984 as the Miami Beach Handicap and was run under that name until 1993 when it was relabeled as the Miami Beach Sprint Handicap. In 1999 it was given its current name to honor Frances A. Genter Stable's

Frances A. Genter

Frances A. Genter was a major figure in American Thoroughbred horse racing. She is best known as the owner of Unbridled, the 1990 American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse and winner of the 1990 Kentucky Derby and Breeders' Cup Classic...

 Florida-bred colt, Smile. As a two-year-old in 1984, Smile became the first horse to win all three races in the Florida Stallion Stakes

Florida Stallion Stakes

The Florida Stallion Stakes is an American series of Thoroughbred horse races run annually at Calder Race Course in Miami Gardens, Florida. Created in 1982 to benefit the Florida Thoroughbred breeding industry, it is open to two-year-olds sired by a nominated Florida stallion and raced over three...

 series at Calder Race Course. He went on to win the 1986 Breeders' Cup Sprint

Breeders' Cup Sprint

The 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...

 and was voted that year's American Champion Sprint Horse.

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 6 furlongs)

• 1:08.95 - Forty One Carats (2000)

Most wins:

• No horse has won this race more than once.

Most wins by a jockey

Jockey

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:

• 2 - Ricardo Lopez (1992, 1993)
• 2 - Wigberto Ramos (1994, 1998)
• 2 - Mike Smith (2002, 2005)

Most wins by a trainer

Horse trainer

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:

• 2 - Frank Gomez
  Frank Gomez
  Frank Gomez is an American mixed martial artist. He currently fights in WEC's bantamweight division. Gomez is from Albuquerque, New Mexico where trains full time with Jackson's Submission Fighting...
  
   (1984, 1986)
• 2 - Ralph Ziadie (1991, 1996)
• 2 - Manuel Azpurua (1985, 2006)

Most wins by an owner:

• No owner has won this race more than once.

Winners of the Smile Sprint Handicap since 1984

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Distance	Time	Grade
2011	Giant Ryan	5	Cornelio Velasquez Cornelio Velásquez Cornelio H. Velásquez is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He was introduced to horse racing at age fifteen by trainer Carlos Salazar Guardia in his native Panama and enrolled in the national jockey school...	Bisnath Parboo	Shivananda Parbhoo	6 fur.	1:11.34	II
2010	Big Drama Big Drama Big Drama is a dark bay thoroughbred racing colt out of leading sire Montbrook and dam Riveting Drama. He is trained by David Fawkes. Bred and owned by Mr. Harold Queen, Big Drama has earned $2,639,560 to date...	4	Eibar Coa Eibar Coa Eibar 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...	David Fawkes	Harold L. Queen	6 fur.	1:10.93	II
2009	Eaton's Gift	4	Jose Lezcano Jose Lezcano Jose Lezcano is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He rides in New York in the spring, summer and fall and spends the winter in Florida. His big break came in 2008 when he won a Breeders' Cup race....	Dale Romans	Zayat Stables	6 fur.	1:11.25	II
2008	Benny the Bull	5	Edgar Prado	Richard E. Dutrow, Jr.	IEAH Stables IEAH Stables IEAH Stables operates a thoroughbred horse racing stable in the United States. It is based in Garden City, New York.IEAH was formed in 2003 by Michael Iavarone, Michael Sherack and Richard Schiavo. Current IEAH employees include Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens as a bloodstock agent and Mike...  et al	6 fur.	1:11.41	II
2007	Mach Ride	4	Elvis Trujillo Elvis Trujillo Elvis 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...	Steve Standridge	Rustlewood Farm, Inc.	6 fur.	1:09.89	II
2006	Nightmare Affair	5	Jeffrey Sanchez Jeffrey Sanchez Jeffrey Sánchez has been a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives since 2003. Sánchez represents the Fifteenth Suffolk/Norfolk district, which is made up of the Boston communities Mission Hill, Jamaica Plain and Roslindale as well as the Precinct 5 of the Town of...	Manuel Azpurua	Timber Side Stable	6 fur.	1:10.56	II
2005	Woke Up Dreamin	5	Mike Smith	Bob Baffert Bob Baffert Robert A. "Bob" Baffert is an American horse owner and trainer, whose horses have won three Kentucky Derbies, five Preakness Stakes, one Belmont Stakes and two Kentucky Oaks. He graduated from the University of Arizona's with a Bachelor of Science degree. -Early career:Bob Baffert began his...	Michael E. Pegram	6 fur.	1:09.80	II
2004	Champali	4	Jerry Bailey	Gregory Foley	Lloyd Madison Farms, IV LLC	6 fur.	1:10.14	III
2003	Shake You Down	5	Mike Luzzi Mike Luzzi Michael Jude Luzzi is an American jockey. He grew up near Delaware Park Racetrack where his grandfather, trainer Buddy Raines, had a major role in raising him and his brother John who also became a jockey...	Scott A. Lake	Robert L. Cole, Jr.	6 fur.	1:10.03	III
2002	Orientate Orientate Orientate is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2002 Breeder's Cup Sprint and was voted the U.S. Champion Sprint Horse of 2002....	4	Mike Smith	D. Wayne Lukas D. Wayne Lukas Darrell Wayne Lukas is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse racing history and a U.S...	Bob & Beverly Lewis	6 fur.	1:09.98
2001	Fappie's Notebook	4	Jorge Chavez Jorge F. Chavez Jorge 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...	Emanuel Tortora	Irving & Marjorie Cowan	6 fur.	1:09.89
2000	Forty One Carats	4	Javier Castellano Javier Castellano Javier Castellano is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.Castellano began his riding career in his native Venezuela in 1996 and in June 1997 moved to the United States where rode at race tracks in southern Florida until 2001 when he moved to race on the New York State racing circuit.In...	David Fawkes	New, New, New/Buckingham Stables	6 fur.	1:08.95
1999	Silver Season	3	Eibar Coa Eibar Coa Eibar 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...	Mohammed Moubarak	Buckram Oak Farm	6 fur.	1:10.03
1998	Heckofaralph	5	Wigberto Ramos	William Cesare	Betty & Ralph Sessa	6 fur.	1:11.48
1997	Vivace	4	Randy Romero Randy Romero Randy Paul Romero is a Hall of Fame jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing, Born into a family involved with horses, his father Lloyd J...	Cam M. Gambolati	Post Oak Farm	6 fur.	1:10.65
1996	Constant Escort	4	Eduardo Nunez	Ralph Ziadie	Maxwell Breeders	7 fur.	1:21.82
1995	Request A Star	4	Abdiel Toribio	William White	P. O'Toole	7 fur.	1:23.69
1994	Exclusive Praline	3	Wigberto Ramos	Steve Towne	Frank Calabrese	7 fur.	1:22.20
1993	Song of Ambition	4	Ricardo Lopez	Ernest Mello	Harold Queen	7 fur.	1:22.40
1992	My Luck Runs North	3	Ricardo Lopez	Angel M. Medina	M. A. Benitez	6.5 fur.	1:17.40
1991	Greg At Bat	6	Jacinto Vasquez Jacinto Vásquez Jacinto Vásquez is a retired Hall of Fame thoroughbred jockey. He rode two Kentucky Derby winners, Foolish Pleasure in 1975 and Genuine Risk in 1980, but may be best known as the regular jockey for the great filly Ruffian.-Biography:...	Ralph Ziadie	Adlam Racing Stable, Inc.	7 fur.	1:24.20
1990	Groomstick	4	Pedro Rodriguez	Luis Olivares	Cobbleview Stable	7 fur.	1:24.20
1989	Glitterman	4	Walter Guerra	Greg Sanders	O.H. Frisbia & Greg Sanders	6 fur.	1:10.40
1988	Position Leader	3	Douglas Valiente	Jose Mendez	Sol Garazi & Michel Besso	7 fur.	1:24.80
1987	Princely Lad	4	Benjamin Green	Leon Patman	Ace of Hearts Stable, Inc.	7 fur.	1:23.80
1986	Jeblar	4	Jose Velez, Jr. Jose A. Velez, Jr. Jose Antonio Velez, Jr. is a jockey who competes in American Thoroughbred horse races.The son of jockey Jose Velez, Sr., he began his riding career at Atlantic City Race Course in 1980 and won his first race later that year at the Meadowlands...	Frank Gomez Frank Gomez Frank Gomez is an American mixed martial artist. He currently fights in WEC's bantamweight division. Gomez is from Albuquerque, New Mexico where trains full time with Jackson's Submission Fighting...	M. H. Sherman	7 fur.	1:24.80
1985	Opening Lead	5	Julio Pezua	Manuel Azpurua	Brad D. Gay	7 fur.	1:24.00
1984	I Really Will	4	Gene St. Leon Gene St. Leon Gene St. Leon is a retired Champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.In 1971 he was among the recipients of the newly created Eclipse Award program when he was voted that year's Outstanding Apprentice Jockey. He was inducted in Calder Race Course Hall of Fame in 1995...	Frank Gomez Frank Gomez Frank Gomez is an American mixed martial artist. He currently fights in WEC's bantamweight division. Gomez is from Albuquerque, New Mexico where trains full time with Jackson's Submission Fighting...	Frances A. Genter Frances A. Genter Frances A. Genter was a major figure in American Thoroughbred horse racing. She is best known as the owner of Unbridled, the 1990 American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse and winner of the 1990 Kentucky Derby and Breeders' Cup Classic...	6 fur.	1:12.00