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for two-year-olds held annually at

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. It is currently an ungraded stakes race run over a distance of 8.5

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s on dirt. The race has traditionally been held during the Tropical at Calder meet, from late October through early January. This meet normally has some of the strongest stakes programs of Calder's eight-month season. Due to permit disputes with

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, the race was pushed back in 1987 and 1991 into the following year. Both of those races were subsequently run for three-year-olds and were won by Zie World (1988) and Sir Pinder (1992).http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1990-04-03/news/9002010872_1_brunetti-bertram-firestone-hialeah The race has served as a springboard for

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winner

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as well as such graded-stakes winners as Suave Prospect, Alydeed, Primal, Creme Fraiche, Certain and Morning Bob.

Winners since 1991

Earlier winners

*1990 - Gizmo's Fortune *1989 -

*1988 - Reaffirming *1986 - Schism *1986 - Baldski's Star *1985 - Master Cho *1984 - Creme Fraiche *1983 - Morning Bob The race was run in two divisions in 1986.

References

{{reflist Horse races in Florida Calder Race Course Flat horse races for two-year-olds Previously graded stakes races in the United States Ungraded stakes races in the United States