Smile Sprint Stakes

The Smile Sprint Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race once held annually since 1984 at Calder Race Course in Miami Gardens, Florida but now run at Gulfstream Park after negotiations between the two tracks.[1] The Grade III sprint is open to horses, age three and up, willing to race six furlongs on the dirt.

Smile Sprint Stakes
Grade III race
LocationGulfstream Park
Hallandale, Florida, United States
(Moved in 2015 from Calder Race Course to Gulfstream.)
Inaugurated1984
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
Websitewww.gulfstreampark.com
Race information
Distance6 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-years-old & up
WeightAssigned
PurseUS$250,000 (2018)

Part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series, the winner of the 2009 Smile Sprint Handicap automatically qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Sprint.[2]

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 renamed the Smile Sprint Handicap to honor Frances A. Genter Stable's 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 series at Calder Race Course. He went on to win the 1986 Breeders' Cup Sprint and was voted that year's American Champion Sprint Horse. It was renamed the Smile Sprint Stakes beginning with the 2015 running.[3]

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 6 furlongs)

  • 1:08.85 – Favorite Tale (2015)

Most wins:

  • No horse has won this race more than once.

Most wins by a jockey:

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

Most wins by a trainer:

  • 3 – David Fawkes (2000, 2010, 2013)

Most wins by an owner:

  • No owner has won this race more than once.

Winners of the Smile Sprint Stakes since 1984
Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Distance
 Time Grade
2020 Cool Arrow 6 Leonel Reyes Teresa Pompay My Purple Haze Stables 6 fur. 1:08.82 III
2019 Diamond Oops 4 Julien Leparoux Patrick Biancone Diamond 100 Racing Club Llc, Amy Dunne & Patrick L Biancone 6 fur. 1:09.92 III
2018 X Y Jet 6 Esimael Jaramillo Jorge Navarro Rockingham Ranch and Gelfenstein Farm 6 fur. 1:09.61 III
2017 Imperial Hint 4 Javier Castellano Luis Carvajal Jr. Raymond Mamone 6 fur. 1:09.23 III
2016 Delta Bluesman 6 Emisael Jaramillo Jorge Navarro Monster Racing Stables 6 fur. 1:08.94 II
2015 Favorite Tale 4 Edgard J. Zayas Guadalupe Preciado PJG Stable 6 fur. 1:08.85 II
2014 no race
2013 Bahamian Squall 4 Luis Saez David Fawkes Donald R. Dizney 6 fur. 1:10.21 II
2012 Gantry 5 Richard E. Eramia Ron Faucheux Brittlyn Stable 6 fur. 1:10.52 II
2011 Giant Ryan 5 Cornelio Velásquez Bisnath Parboo Shivananda Parbhoo 6 fur. 1:11.34 II
2010 Big Drama 4 Eibar Coa David Fawkes Harold L. Queen 6 fur. 1:10.93 II
2009 Eaton's Gift 4 Jose Lezcano Dale Romans Zayat Stables 6 fur. 1:11.25 II
2008 Benny the Bull 5 Edgar Prado Richard E. Dutrow Jr. IEAH Stables et al. 6 fur. 1:11.41 II
2007 Mach Ride 4 Elvis Trujillo Steve Standridge Rustlewood Farm, Inc. 6 fur. 1:09.89 II
2006 Nightmare Affair 5 Jeffrey Sanchez Manuel Azpurua Timber Side Stable 6 fur. 1:10.56 II
2005 Woke Up Dreamin 5 Mike Smith Bob Baffert 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 Scott A. Lake Robert L. Cole Jr. 6 fur. 1:10.03 III
2002 Orientate 4 Mike Smith D. Wayne Lukas Bob & Beverly Lewis 6 fur. 1:09.98
2001 Fappie's Notebook 4 Jorge Chavez Emanuel Tortora Irving & Marjorie Cowan 6 fur. 1:09.89
2000 Forty One Carats 4 Javier Castellano David Fawkes New, New, New/Buckingham Stables 6 fur. 1:08.95
1999 Silver Season 3 Eibar Coa 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 Cam 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 Vásquez 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 José Méndez 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 José Vélez Jr. Frank Gomez 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 Frank Gomez Frances A. Genter 6 fur. 1:12.00

Notes
  1. Race changes track
  2. http://www.breederscup.com/content.aspx?id=26559
  3. "Smile Sprint Stakes profile". Equibase. July 1, 2017. Retrieved July 2, 2017.

References
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