The Deputy Minister Handicap was a Grade III American

Thoroughbred horse race Thoroughbred racing is a sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport – flat racing and jump racing, the latter known as National Hunt racing in ...

run annually in early February at

Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park, owned by The Stronach Group, is a Thoroughbred race track, casino and outdoor entertainment and shopping destination in Hallandale Beach, Florida. Thoroughbred horse racing occurs year-round, defined by three distinct race meets ...

Hallandale Beach, Florida Hallandale Beach (formerly known simply as Hallandale) is a city in southern Broward County, Florida, United States. The city is named after Luther Halland, the son of a Swedish worker for Henry Flagler's Florida East Coast Railroad. As of the 20 ...

. The race was open to horses age four and older and contested on dirt over a distance of six and one-half furlongs. The race was named in honor of Deputy Minister who raced in Florida and won Gulfstream Park's

Donn Handicap The Donn Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually from 1959 through 2016 at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. A race for horses age four and older, it was contested on turf from inception through 1964 at a distance ...

. Deputy Minister was the 1981

American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt The American Champion Two-Year-Old Male Horse is an American Thoroughbred horse racing honor awarded annually in Thoroughbred flat racing. It became part of the Eclipse Awards program in 1971. The award originated in 1936 when the ''Daily Racing F ...

and the Canadian Two-Year Old Champion and

Canadian Horse of the Year The Canadian Horse of the Year is a thoroughbred horse racing honour given annually since 1951 by the Jockey Club of Canada. It is the most prestigious honour in Canadian thoroughbred horse racing. Part of the Sovereign Awards program since 1975, ...

and was the

Leading sire in North America The list below shows the leading sire of Thoroughbred racehorses in North America for each year since 1830. This is determined by the amount of prize money won by the sire's progeny during the year. It is restricted to stallions which are based in N ...

in 1997 and 1998 and the

Leading broodmare sire in North America The list below shows the leading Thoroughbred sire of broodmares in North America for each year since 1924. This is determined by the amount of prize money won during the year by racehorses which were foaled by a daughter of the sire. The most freq ...

in 2007. Since inception, the event has been contested at different distances: * 6 furlongs: 1994–1998 * 6.5 furlongs : 2000 to present * 7 furlongs : 1990–1993, 1998–1999 The race is not on the 2008 list of stakes races at Gulfstream Park.

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 6.5 furlongs) * 1:15.17 – Native Heir (2003)

Winners since 2000

Earlier winners

*1999 – Good And Tough *1998 – Irish Conquest *1997 – Templado *1996 – Jess C's Whirl *1995 – Chimes Band *1994 – I Can't Believe *1993 – Loach *1992 – Take Me Out *1991 –

Unbridled Unbridled (March 5, 1987 – October 18, 2001) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1990 Kentucky Derby and Breeders' Cup Classic. He retired with a career record of eight wins, six places, and six shows in 24 starts, ...

*1990 –

Beau Genius {{Infobox racehorse , horsename = Beau Genius , image = , caption = , sire = Bold Ruckus , grandsire = Boldnesian , dam = Royal Colleen , damsire = Viceregal , sex = Stallion , foaled = 1985 , country = Canada , colour = Chestnut ...

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