Florida Derby

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The Florida Derby is an American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses held annually at Gulfstream Park on the Saturday closest to the end of March or the first of April. Added to the racing schedule in 1952, the Grade 1 race is run at 1⅛ miles on the dirt for a purse currently set at $1 Million

Winners of the Florida Derby usually go on to compete in the Kentucky Derby.

[edit] Winners of the Florida Derby

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer
2007	Scat Daddy	Edgar Prado	Todd Pletcher
2006	Barbaro	Edgar Prado	Michael Matz
2005	High Fly	Jerry Bailey	Nick Zito
2004	Friends Lake	Richard Migliore	John Kimmel
2003	Empire Maker	Jerry Bailey	Robert J. Frankel
2002	Harlan's Holiday	Edgar Prado	Ken McPeek
2001	Monarchos	Jorge Chavez	John T. Ward
2000	Hal's Hope	Roger Velez	Harold Rose
1999	Vicar	Shane Sellers	Carl Nafzger
1998	Cape Town	Shane Sellers	D. Wayne Lukas
1997	Captain Bodgit	Alex Solis	Gary Capuano
1996	Unbridled's Song	Mike E. Smith	Jim Ryerson
1995	Thunder Gulch	Mike E. Smith	D. Wayne Lukas
1994	Holy Bull	Mike E. Smith	Warren A. Croll, Jr.
1993	Bull in the Heather	Wigberto Ramos	Howard Tesher
1992	Technology	Jerry Bailey	Hubert Hine
1991	Fly So Free	José Santos	Scotty Schulhofer
1990	Unbridled	Pat Day	Carl Nafzger
1989	Mercedes Won	Earlie Fires	Arnold Fink
1988	Brian's Time	Randy Romero	John M. Veitch
1987	Cryptoclearance	José Santos	Scotty Schulhofer
1986	Snow Chief	Alex Solis	Melvin Stute
1985	Proud Truth	Jorge Velasquez	John M. Veitch
1984	Swale	Laffit Pincay, Jr.	Woody Stephens
1983	Croeso	Frank Olivares	Jerry Fanning
1982	Timely Writer	Jeff Fell	Dominic Imprescia
1981	Lord Avie	Chris McCarron	Dan Perlsweig
1980	Plugged Nickle	Buck Thornburg	Thomas Joseph Kelly
1979	Spectacular Bid	Ronnie Franklin	Bud Delp
1978	Alydar	Jorge Velasquez	John M. Veitch
1977	Ruthie's Native	Craig Perret	Gene Jacobs
1977	Coined Silver	Buck Thornburg	George T. Poole III
1976	Honest Pleasure	Braulio Baeza	LeRoy Jolley
1975	Prince Thou Art	Braulio Baeza	T. L. Rondinello
1974	Judger	Laffit Pincay, Jr.	Woody Stephens
1973	Royal and Regal	Walter Blum	Warren A. Croll, Jr.
1972	Upper Case	Ron Turcotte	Lucien Laurin
1971	Eastern Fleet	Eddie Maple	Reggie Cornell
1970	My Dad George	Ray Broussard	Frank J. McManus
1969	Top Knight	Manuel Ycaza	Ray Metcalf
1968	Forward Pass	Don Brumfield	Henry Forrest
1967	In Reality	Earlie Fires	Melvin Calvert
1966	Williamston Kid	Robert Stevenson	James Bartlett
1965	Native Charger	John L. Rotz	Ray Metcalf
1964	Northern Dancer	Willie Shoemaker	Horatio Luro
1963	Candy Spots	Willie Shoemaker	Mesh Tenney
1962	Ridan	Manuel Ycaza	LeRoy Jolley
1961	Carry Back	Johnny Sellers	Jack A. Price
1960	Bally Ache	Bobby Ussery	Homer Pitt
1959	Easy Spur	Bill Hartack	Paul L. Kelley
1958	Tim Tam	Bill Hartack	Horace A. Jones
1957	Gen. Duke	Bill Hartack	Horace A. Jones
1956	Needles	David Erb	Hugh Fontaine
1955	Nashua	Eddie Arcaro	Jim Fitzsimmons
1954	Correlation	Willie Shoemaker	Noble Threewitt
1953	Money Broker	Alfred Popara	Vester Richard Wright
1952	Sky Ship	R. Nash	Not known