Michigan Mile And One-Eighth Handicap

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Michigan Mile And One-Eighth Handicap
Discontinued stakes race
Location Detroit Race Course
Livonia, Michigan, United States
Inaugurated1950
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance1+18 miles (9 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds & up
WeightAssigned

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.

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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]

Records

Speed record:

Most wins:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Dist.
(miles)
Time
Gr.
1993Dignitas4 Larry Melancon George R. Arnold II John H. Peace1-1/8 m1:48.80G2
1992Classic Seven4Fabio A. Arguello Jr. Niall M. O'Callaghan Thomas M. Cairns & M/M John O. Berry1-1/8 m1:49.60G2
1991 Black Tie Affair 5 Pat Day Ernie T. Poulos Jeffrey Sullivan1-1/8 m1:49.80G2
1990 Beau Genius 5Ricardo D. Lopez Gerald S. Bennett Joseph Shiewitz & Dr. Brian Davidson1-1/8 m1:48.80G2
1989Present Value5Frank Olivares Jerry M. Fanning J. M. Fanning, Richard Fontana, Jay Bligh, Gary Potter1-1/8 m1:49.20G2
1988 Lost Code 4 Craig Perret L. William DonovanWendover Stable (Donald Levinson)1-1/8 m1:50.80G2
1987 Waquoit 4 Chris McCarron Guido FedericoJoseph Federico1-1/8 m1:50.00G2
1986Ends Well5 Randy Romero Robert J. Reinacher Jr. Greentree Stable 1-1/8 m1:49.40G2
1985Badwagon Harry6Ricardo D. LopezReid T. GrossKerry Nagle1-1/8 m1:49.40G2
1984Timeless Native4 Don Brumfield Grover G. Delp Hawksworth Farm1-1/8 m1:49.60G2
1983Thumbsucker4Anthony Russo Jr.John DrumwrightGat Stable1-1/8 m1:48.80G2
1982Vodika Collins4Joe JudiceForrest H. KaelinMilbert B. Collins1-1/8 m1:50.40G2
1981 Fio Rito 6 Leslie Hulet Michael S. FerraroRaymond Lecesse1-1/8 m1:50.20G2
1980 Glorious Song 4 John LeBlanc Gerry Belanger Frank Stronach 1-1/8 m1:50.00G2
1979 Sensitive Prince 4 Jacinto Vasquez H. Allen Jerkens Top the Marc Stable (Joseph Taub)1-1/8 m1:52.60G2
1978A Letter to Harry4 Eddie Delahoussaye John OxleyEstate of Raymond F. Salmen1-1/8 m1:52.60G2
1977 My Juliet 5 Anthony S. Black Eugene H. EusterGeorge Weasel Jr.1-1/8 m1:48.40G2
1976Sharp Gary5 Sam Maple James D. PriceEdward R. Scharps1-1/8 m1:50.80G2
1975Mr. Lucky Phoenix5Bryan Fann Kaye Bell Albert Levinson1-1/8 m1:47.60G2
1974Tom Tulle4 Craig Perret Jere R. Smith Sr.W. Archie Lofton1-1/8 m1:50.40G2
1973Golden Don3 Mike Manganello Oscar Dishman Jr.Archie Donaldson1-1/8 m1:49.60G2
1972-1 King's Bishop 3 Eddie Maple Thomas J. Kelly Craig F. Cullinan Jr. 1-1/8 m1:49.20
1972-2Favorecidian5 Angel Cordero Jr. Sidney Watters Jr. Hickory Tree Stable 1-1/8 m1:48.80
1971Native Royalty4Ronald J. CampbellJohn T. Davis Harbor View Farm 1-1/8 m1:48.00
1970 Fast Hilarious 4 Carlos H. Marquez Sr. Joseph M. Bollero Dorothy Comiskey Rigney 1-1/8 m1:47.40
1969Calandrito4 Carlos H. Marquez Sr. James F. PlettMelvin T. Berry1-1/8 m1:47.40
1968 Nodouble 3 Martinez Heath J. Bert Sonnier Verna Lea Stable (Gene Goff)1-1/8 m1:49.00
1967Estreno6 Carlos H. Marquez Sr. Dave SazerRobert Ballis1-1/8 m1:48.40
1966Stanislas4 Danny Gargan Mildred KerrMildred Kerr1-1/8 m1:49.00
1965 Old Hat 6Robert GallimoreCharles C. NormanStanley Conrad1-1/8 m1:49.40
1964Going Abroad

Tibaldo (DH)

4
Ray Broussard

Danny Gargan

Joseph H. Pierce Jr.

Thomas J. Kelly

Seltzer Bros. (Edward & Harry)

Esther D. du Pont

1-1/8 m1:49.00
1963 Crimson Satan 4 Herberto Hinojosa Charles KerrCrimson King Farm (Peter W. Salmen Sr.)1-1/16 m1:40.60
1962 Beau Prince 4 Steve Brooks Jimmy Jones Calumet Farm 1-1/16 m1:43.20
1961American Comet5 Earl J. Knapp Marty L. FallonC. W. Smith Ent., Inc.1-1/16 m1:43.00
1960Little Fitz5William A. PeakeRobert C. SteeleJ. C. Hauer Stable Inc. (John C. Hauer)1-1/16 m1:42.20
1959Total Traffic5 Herberto Hinojosa Charles KerrG and K Stable (Ralph Green & Charles Kerr)1-1/16 m1:41.80
1958 Nearctic 4Benny Sorenson Gordon J. McCann Windfields Farm 1 m1:36.20
1957My Night Out4 Earl J. Knapp Ray GrundyDarrell H. Wells1-1/16 m1:47.40
1956Nonnie Jo5 Lois C. Cook Vester R. Wright James L. Paddock & Perne L. Grissom 1 m1:36.40
1955Greatest5Tommy BarrowPatrick B. DevereuxThomas F. Devereux1 m1:36.80
1954Spur On6 Paul J. Bailey Elmer KalenskyBernard W. Landy1 m1:37.20
1953Second Avenue6 Carroll Bierman Alexis G. "Lex" WilsonTheodore DeLong Buhl1 m1:37.80
1952Bully Boy5Sherman Armstrong Hubert H. "Pete" Battle Mrs. E. Dale Shaffer 1 m1:40.20
1951King's Hope3 Lois C. Cook Frederick SharpeMrs. Frederick Sharpe1 m1:37.60
1950Fancy Flyer5Manuel N. Gonzalez Kenny Noe Jr. Carl Graham1 m1:38.00

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