Discontinued stakes race | |
Location | Detroit Race Course Livonia, Michigan, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1950 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Race information | |
Distance | 1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs) |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-olds & up |
Weight | Assigned |
The Michigan Mile And One-Eighth Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at the now defunct Detroit Race Course in Livonia, Michigan. A one time Grade II event raced on dirt, it was open to horses age three and older.
First run in 1950, its popularity saw the 1958 edition of the Michigan Mile And One-Eighth Handicap draw the largest crowd in the racetrack's history. [1] That 1958 race was won by E. P. Taylor's Nearctic, a future Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee and sire of the supersire Northern Dancer. [2]
In 1975, trainer S Kaye Bell became the first female in the United States to condition the winner of a $100,000 stakes race. [3]
Upsets include Stanislas defeating Tom Rolfe in 1966 and Nodouble in 1968 beating the reigning American Horse of the Year, Damascus. [4]
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Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Dist. (miles) | Time | Gr. |
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1993 | Dignitas | 4 | Larry Melancon | George R. Arnold II | John H. Peace | 1-1/8 m | 1:48.80 | G2 |
1992 | Classic Seven | 4 | Fabio A. Arguello Jr. | Niall M. O'Callaghan | Thomas M. Cairns & M/M John O. Berry | 1-1/8 m | 1:49.60 | G2 |
1991 | Black Tie Affair | 5 | Pat Day | Ernie T. Poulos | Jeffrey Sullivan | 1-1/8 m | 1:49.80 | G2 |
1990 | Beau Genius | 5 | Ricardo D. Lopez | Gerald S. Bennett | Joseph Shiewitz & Dr. Brian Davidson | 1-1/8 m | 1:48.80 | G2 |
1989 | Present Value | 5 | Frank Olivares | Jerry M. Fanning | J. M. Fanning, Richard Fontana, Jay Bligh, Gary Potter | 1-1/8 m | 1:49.20 | G2 |
1988 | Lost Code | 4 | Craig Perret | L. William Donovan | Wendover Stable (Donald Levinson) | 1-1/8 m | 1:50.80 | G2 |
1987 | Waquoit | 4 | Chris McCarron | Guido Federico | Joseph Federico | 1-1/8 m | 1:50.00 | G2 |
1986 | Ends Well | 5 | Randy Romero | Robert J. Reinacher Jr. | Greentree Stable | 1-1/8 m | 1:49.40 | G2 |
1985 | Badwagon Harry | 6 | Ricardo D. Lopez | Reid T. Gross | Kerry Nagle | 1-1/8 m | 1:49.40 | G2 |
1984 | Timeless Native | 4 | Don Brumfield | Grover G. Delp | Hawksworth Farm | 1-1/8 m | 1:49.60 | G2 |
1983 | Thumbsucker | 4 | Anthony Russo Jr. | John Drumwright | Gat Stable | 1-1/8 m | 1:48.80 | G2 |
1982 | Vodika Collins | 4 | Joe Judice | Forrest H. Kaelin | Milbert B. Collins | 1-1/8 m | 1:50.40 | G2 |
1981 | Fio Rito | 6 | Leslie Hulet | Michael S. Ferraro | Raymond Lecesse | 1-1/8 m | 1:50.20 | G2 |
1980 | Glorious Song | 4 | John LeBlanc | Gerry Belanger | Frank Stronach | 1-1/8 m | 1:50.00 | G2 |
1979 | Sensitive Prince | 4 | Jacinto Vasquez | H. Allen Jerkens | Top the Marc Stable (Joseph Taub) | 1-1/8 m | 1:52.60 | G2 |
1978 | A Letter to Harry | 4 | Eddie Delahoussaye | John Oxley | Estate of Raymond F. Salmen | 1-1/8 m | 1:52.60 | G2 |
1977 | My Juliet | 5 | Anthony S. Black | Eugene H. Euster | George Weasel Jr. | 1-1/8 m | 1:48.40 | G2 |
1976 | Sharp Gary | 5 | Sam Maple | James D. Price | Edward R. Scharps | 1-1/8 m | 1:50.80 | G2 |
1975 | Mr. Lucky Phoenix | 5 | Bryan Fann | Kaye Bell | Albert Levinson | 1-1/8 m | 1:47.60 | G2 |
1974 | Tom Tulle | 4 | Craig Perret | Jere R. Smith Sr. | W. Archie Lofton | 1-1/8 m | 1:50.40 | G2 |
1973 | Golden Don | 3 | Mike Manganello | Oscar Dishman Jr. | Archie Donaldson | 1-1/8 m | 1:49.60 | G2 |
1972-1 | King's Bishop | 3 | Eddie Maple | Thomas J. Kelly | Craig F. Cullinan Jr. | 1-1/8 m | 1:49.20 | |
1972-2 | Favorecidian | 5 | Angel Cordero Jr. | Sidney Watters Jr. | Hickory Tree Stable | 1-1/8 m | 1:48.80 | |
1971 | Native Royalty | 4 | Ronald J. Campbell | John T. Davis | Harbor View Farm | 1-1/8 m | 1:48.00 | |
1970 | Fast Hilarious | 4 | Carlos H. Marquez Sr. | Joseph M. Bollero | Dorothy Comiskey Rigney | 1-1/8 m | 1:47.40 | |
1969 | Calandrito | 4 | Carlos H. Marquez Sr. | James F. Plett | Melvin T. Berry | 1-1/8 m | 1:47.40 | |
1968 | Nodouble | 3 | Martinez Heath | J. Bert Sonnier | Verna Lea Stable (Gene Goff) | 1-1/8 m | 1:49.00 | |
1967 | Estreno | 6 | Carlos H. Marquez Sr. | Dave Sazer | Robert Ballis | 1-1/8 m | 1:48.40 | |
1966 | Stanislas | 4 | Danny Gargan | Mildred Kerr | Mildred Kerr | 1-1/8 m | 1:49.00 | |
1965 | Old Hat | 6 | Robert Gallimore | Charles C. Norman | Stanley Conrad | 1-1/8 m | 1:49.40 | |
1964 | Going Abroad Tibaldo (DH) | 4 | Ray Broussard Danny Gargan | Joseph H. Pierce Jr. | Seltzer Bros. (Edward & Harry) | 1-1/8 m | 1:49.00 | |
1963 | Crimson Satan | 4 | Herberto Hinojosa | Charles Kerr | Crimson King Farm (Peter W. Salmen Sr.) | 1-1/16 m | 1:40.60 | |
1962 | Beau Prince | 4 | Steve Brooks | Jimmy Jones | Calumet Farm | 1-1/16 m | 1:43.20 | |
1961 | American Comet | 5 | Earl J. Knapp | Marty L. Fallon | C. W. Smith Ent., Inc. | 1-1/16 m | 1:43.00 | |
1960 | Little Fitz | 5 | William A. Peake | Robert C. Steele | J. C. Hauer Stable Inc. (John C. Hauer) | 1-1/16 m | 1:42.20 | |
1959 | Total Traffic | 5 | Herberto Hinojosa | Charles Kerr | G and K Stable (Ralph Green & Charles Kerr) | 1-1/16 m | 1:41.80 | |
1958 | Nearctic | 4 | Benny Sorenson | Gordon J. McCann | Windfields Farm | 1 m | 1:36.20 | |
1957 | My Night Out | 4 | Earl J. Knapp | Ray Grundy | Darrell H. Wells | 1-1/16 m | 1:47.40 | |
1956 | Nonnie Jo | 5 | Lois C. Cook | Vester R. Wright | James L. Paddock & Perne L. Grissom | 1 m | 1:36.40 | |
1955 | Greatest | 5 | Tommy Barrow | Patrick B. Devereux | Thomas F. Devereux | 1 m | 1:36.80 | |
1954 | Spur On | 6 | Paul J. Bailey | Elmer Kalensky | Bernard W. Landy | 1 m | 1:37.20 | |
1953 | Second Avenue | 6 | Carroll Bierman | Alexis G. "Lex" Wilson | Theodore DeLong Buhl | 1 m | 1:37.80 | |
1952 | Bully Boy | 5 | Sherman Armstrong | Hubert H. "Pete" Battle | Mrs. E. Dale Shaffer | 1 m | 1:40.20 | |
1951 | King's Hope | 3 | Lois C. Cook | Frederick Sharpe | Mrs. Frederick Sharpe | 1 m | 1:37.60 | |
1950 | Fancy Flyer | 5 | Manuel N. Gonzalez | Kenny Noe Jr. | Carl Graham | 1 m | 1:38.00 | |
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