Smile Sprint Stakes

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Smile Sprint Stakes
Listed race
Location Gulfstream Park
Hallandale, Florida, United States
Inaugurated1984 (at Calder Race Course as Miami Beach Handicap)
Race type Thoroughbred – Flat racing
Website Gulfstream Park
Race information
Distance6 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-years-old and older
WeightBase weights with allowances:
Older: 126 lbs
3YOs: 123 lbs
PurseUS$100,000 (since 2022)

The Smile Sprint Stakes is a Listed American Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three and older over a distance of six furlongs on the dirt run annually in early July at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida.

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History

The race has its origins in what is considered the inaugural running on 8 September 1984 as the Miami Beach Handicap. [1] However, an event with that name was held in 1973 and 1974 but was a two year old race over a distance of a 1+1⁄16 mile. [2]

The following year the event was run over a slightly longer distance of 7 furlongs. [3] In 1989 the event was run over 6 furlongs and in 1992 the event was run over a distance of a 6+1⁄2 furlongs. [3]

In 1993 the event was renamed to the Miami Beach Sprint Handicap. [3]

In 1999 the event was renamed to the Smile Sprint Handicap to honor Frances A. Genter Stable's Florida-bred colt, Smile. [2] 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.

In 2003, the event was upgraded to Grade III status by the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association and carried a $500,000 purse. [3] Two years later the event was upgraded again to Grade II. [3]

At times the event was part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series, with the winner automatically qualifying for the Breeders' Cup Sprint.

In 2014 the event was not held [2] and after negotiations between Calder Race Track and Gulfstream Park the event was moved to Gulfstream Park. [4]

The event was modified to the Smile Sprint Stakes for the 2015 running when the conditions of the event were changed from handicap to stakes allowance. [3]

In 2017 the event was downgraded back to Grade III. [2]

Since 2021 the event has been an invitational event. [3]

In 2024 the event was downgraded by the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to Listed status. [5]

Records

Speed record:

Margins:

Most wins:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

YearWinnerAgeJockeyTrainerOwnerDistanceTimePurseGradeRef
At Gulfstream Park –Smile Sprint Stakes
2024Comedy Town4 Drayden Van Dyke Saffie A. Joseph, Jr.Ten Twenty Racing & Saffie A. Joseph, Jr.6 furlongs1:10.03$110,000Listed [6]
2023Dean Delivers4Emisael JaramilloMichael YatesStonehedge6 furlongs1:09.28$125,000III [7]
2022Willie Boi4 Chantal Sutherland Jorge DelgadoLea Farms6 furlongs1:09.71$150,000III [8]
2021Miles Ahead4 Victor Espinoza Edward Pleza Jr.David Melin, Leon Ellman, Laurie Pleza6 furlongs1:09.61$200,000III [9]
2020Cool Arrow6Leonel ReyesTeresa M. PompayMy Purple Haze Stables6 furlongs1:08.82$100,000III [10]
2019Diamond Oops4 Julien R. Leparoux Patrick L. Biancone Diamond 100 Racing Club, Amy Dunne & Patrick L. Biancone 6 furlongs1:09.92$250,000III [11]
2018X Y Jet6 Emisael Jaramillo Jorge NavarroRockingham Ranch & Gelfenstein Farm6 furlongs1:09.61$272,500III [12]
2017Imperial Hint4 Javier Castellano Luis Carvajal Jr.Raymond Mamone6 furlongs1:09.23$250,000III [13]
2016Delta Bluesman6Emisael JaramilloJorge NavarroMonster Racing Stables6 furlongs1:08.94$250,000II [14]
2015Favorite Tale4Edgard J. ZayasGuadalupe PreciadoPJG Stable6 furlongs1:08.85$250,000II [15]
2014Race not held
At Calder Racetrack –Smile Sprint Handicap
2013Bahamian Squall4 Luis Saez David FawkesDonald R. Dizney6 furlongs1:10.21$350,000II [16]
2012Gantry5Richard E. EramiaRon FaucheuxBrittlyn Stable6 furlongs1:10.52$400,000II [17]
2011Giant Ryan5 Cornelio Velasquez Bisnath ParbooShivananda Parbhoo6 furlongs1:11.34$350,000II [18]
2010 Big Drama 4 Eibar Coa David FawkesHarold L. Queen6 furlongs1:10.93$350,000II [19]
2009Eaton's Gift4 Jose Lezcano Dale L. Romans Zayat Stables 6 furlongs1:11.25$350,000II [20]
2008 Benny the Bull 5 Edgar S. Prado Richard E. Dutrow Jr. IEAH Stables, Greg James & Andrew I. Cohen6 furlongs1:11.41$400,000II [21]
2007Mach Ride4 Elvis Trujillo Steven W. StandridgeRustlewood Farm6 furlongs1:09.89$500,000II [22]
2006Nightmare Affair5Jeffrey SanchezManuel J. AzpuruaTimber Side Stable6 furlongs1:10.56$500,000II [23]
2005Woke Up Dreamin5 Mike E. Smith Bob Baffert Michael E. Pegram 6 furlongs1:09.80$500,000II [24]
2004Champali4 Jerry D. Bailey Gregory D. FoleyLloyd Madison Farms, IV6 furlongs1:10.14$500,000III [25]
2003Shake You Down5 Michael J. Luzzi Scott A. Lake Robert L. Cole Jr.6 furlongs1:10.03$500,000III [26]
2002 Orientate 4 Mike E. Smith D. Wayne Lukas Bob & Beverly Lewis 6 furlongs1:09.98$400,000Listed [27]
2001Fappie's Notebook4 Jorge F. Chavez Emanuel TortoraIrving & Marjorie Cowan6 furlongs1:09.89$200,000Listed [28]
2000Forty One Carats4 Javier Castellano David FawkesNew New New Stable & Buckingham Stables6 furlongs1:08.95$300,000Listed [29]
1999Silver Season3 Eibar Coa Mohammed MoubarakBuckram Oak Farm (Mahmoud Fustok)6 furlongs1:10.03$300,000Listed [30]
Miami Beach Sprint Handicap
1998Heckofaralph5Wigberto S. RamosWilliam J. CesareElizabeth A. & Ralph C. Sessa6 furlongs1:11.48$300,000Listed [31]
1997ƒ Vivace4 Randy Romero Cam Gambolati Post Oak Farm6 furlongs1:10.65$250,000Listed [32]
1996Constant Escort4Eduardo O. NunezRalph ZiadieMaxwell Breeders7 furlongs1:21.82$100,000Listed [33]
1995Request a Star4Abdiel ToribioWilliam P. WhitePaul O'Toole7 furlongs1:23.69$100,000Listed [34]
1994Exclusive Praline3Wigberto S. RamosSteve TowneFrank Calabrese7 furlongs1:22.29$100,000Listed [35]
Miami Beach Handicap
1993Song of Ambition4Ricardo D. LopezErnest MelloHarold Queen7 furlongs1:22.52$75,000Listed [36]
1992My Luck Runs North3Ricardo D. LopezAngel M. MedinaMelvin A. Benitez6+1⁄2 furlongs1:17.57$75,000Listed [37]
1991Greg At Bat6 Jacinto Vasquez Ralph ZiadieAdlam Racing Stable7 furlongs1:24.26$75,000Listed [38]
1990Groomstick4Pedro A. RodriguezLuis OlivaresCobbleview Stable7 furlongs1:24.20$81,950 [39]
1989Glitterman4 Walter Guerra Gregory E. SandersO.H. Frisbia & Greg Sanders6 furlongs1:10.40$54,950 [40]
1988Position Leader3 Douglas Valiente Jose A. MendezSol Garazi & Michel Besso7 furlongs1:24.80$82,725 [41]
1987Princely Lad4Benjamin GreenLeon W. PatmanAce of Hearts Stable7 furlongs1:23.80$54,300 [42]
1986Jeblar4 Jose A. Velez Jr. Frank Gomez Michael H. Sherman7 furlongs1:24.80$54,650 [43]
1985Opening Lead5Julio Molina PezuaManuel J. AzpuruaBrad D. Gay7 furlongs1:24.00$54,500 [44]
1984I Really Will4 Gene St. Leon Frank Gomez Frances A. Genter 6 furlongs1:12.00$56,400 [1]

Notes:
ƒ Filly or Mare

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