Michigan Mile And One-Eighth Handicap

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.

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

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:

  • 1:36.20 @ 1 mile: Nearctic (1958)
  • 1:40.60 @ 1-1/6 miles: Crimson Satan (1963)
  • 1:47.40 @ 1-1/8 miles: My Night Out (1957), Calandrito (1969), Fast Hilarious (1970)

Most wins:

  • No horse won this race more than once

Most wins by a jockey:

  • 3 - Earl J. Knapp (1957, 1961, 1966)
  • 3 - Carlos H. Marquez Sr. (1967, 1969, 1970)

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

  • No owner won this race more than once

Winners

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Dist.
(miles)
Time
Gr.
1993 Dignitas 4 Larry Melancon George R. Arnold II John H. Peace 1-1/8 m 1:48.80 G2
1992 Classic Seven 4 Fabio A. Arguello Jr. Niall M. O'Callaghan Thomas M. Cairns & M/M John O. Berry 1-1/8 m 1:49.60 G2
1991 Black Tie Affair 5 Pat Day Ernie T. Poulos Jeffrey Sullivan 1-1/8 m 1:49.80 G2
1990 Beau Genius 5 Ricardo D. Lopez Gerald S. Bennett Joseph Shiewitz & Dr. Brian Davidson 1-1/8 m 1:48.80 G2
1989 Present Value 5 Frank Olivares Jerry M. Fanning J. M. Fanning, Richard Fontana, Jay Bligh, Gary Potter 1-1/8 m 1:49.20 G2
1988 Lost Code 4 Craig Perret L. William Donovan Wendover Stable (Donald Levinson) 1-1/8 m 1:50.80 G2
1987 Waquoit 4 Chris McCarron Guido Federico Joseph Federico 1-1/8 m 1:50.00 G2
1986 Ends Well 5 Randy Romero Robert J. Reinacher Jr. Greentree Stable 1-1/8 m 1:49.40 G2
1985 Badwagon Harry 6 Ricardo D. Lopez Reid T. Gross Kerry Nagle 1-1/8 m 1:49.40 G2
1984 Timeless Native 4 Don Brumfield Grover G. Delp Hawksworth Farm 1-1/8 m 1:49.60 G2
1983 Thumbsucker 4 Anthony Russo Jr. John Drumwright Gat Stable 1-1/8 m 1:48.80 G2
1982 Vodika Collins 4 Joe Judice Forrest H. Kaelin Milbert B. Collins 1-1/8 m 1:50.40 G2
1981 Fio Rito 6 Leslie Hulet Michael S. Ferraro Raymond Lecesse 1-1/8 m 1:50.20 G2
1980 Glorious Song 4 John LeBlanc Gerry Belanger Frank Stronach 1-1/8 m 1:50.00 G2
1979 Sensitive Prince 4 Jacinto Vasquez H. Allen Jerkens Top the Marc Stable (Joseph Taub) 1-1/8 m 1:52.60 G2
1978 A Letter to Harry 4 Eddie Delahoussaye John Oxley Estate of Raymond F. Salmen 1-1/8 m 1:52.60 G2
1977 My Juliet 5 Anthony S. Black Eugene H. Euster George Weasel Jr. 1-1/8 m 1:48.40 G2
1976 Sharp Gary 5 Sam Maple James D. Price Edward R. Scharps 1-1/8 m 1:50.80 G2
1975 Mr. Lucky Phoenix 5 Bryan Fann Kaye Bell Albert Levinson 1-1/8 m 1:47.60 G2
1974 Tom Tulle 4 Craig Perret Jere R. Smith Sr. W. Archie Lofton 1-1/8 m 1:50.40 G2
1973 Golden Don 3 Mike Manganello Oscar Dishman Jr. Archie Donaldson 1-1/8 m 1:49.60 G2
1972-1 King's Bishop 3 Eddie Maple H. Allen Jerkens Craig F. Cullinan Jr. 1-1/8 m 1:49.20
1972-2 Favorecidian 5 Angel Cordero Jr. Sidney Watters Jr. Hickory Tree Stable 1-1/8 m 1:48.80
1971 Native Royalty 4 Ronald J. Campbell John T. Davis Harbor View Farm 1-1/8 m 1:48.00
1970 Fast Hilarious 4 Carlos H. Marquez Sr. Joseph M. Bollero Dorothy Comiskey Rigney 1-1/8 m 1:47.40
1969 Calandrito 4 Carlos H. Marquez Sr. James F. Plett Melvin T. Berry 1-1/8 m 1:47.40
1968 Nodouble 3 Martinez Heath J. Bert Sonnier Verna Lea Stable (Gene Goff) 1-1/8 m 1:49.00
1967 Estreno 6 Carlos H. Marquez Sr. Dave Sazer Robert Ballis 1-1/8 m 1:48.40
1966 Stanislas 4 Earl J. Knapp Mildred Kerr Mildred Kerr 1-1/8 m 1:49.00
1965 Old Hat 6 Robert Gallimore Charles C. Norman Stanley Conrad 1-1/8 m 1:49.40
1964 Going 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 m 1:49.00
1963 Crimson Satan 4 Herberto Hinojosa Charles Kerr Crimson King Farm (Peter W. Salmen Sr.) 1-1/16 m 1:40.60
1962 Beau Prince 4 Steve Brooks Jimmy Jones Calumet Farm 1-1/16 m 1:43.20
1961 American Comet 5 Earl J. Knapp Marty L. Fallon C. W. Smith Ent., Inc. 1-1/16 m 1:43.00
1960 Little Fitz 5 William A. Peake Robert C. Steele J. C. Hauer Stable Inc. (John C. Hauer) 1-1/16 m 1:42.20
1959 Total Traffic 5 Herberto Hinojosa Charles Kerr G and K Stable (Ralph Green & Charles Kerr) 1-1/16 m 1:41.80
1958 Nearctic 4 Benny Sorenson Gordon J. McCann Windfields Farm 1 m 1:36.20
1957 My Night Out 4 Earl J. Knapp Ray Grundy Darrell H. Wells 1-1/16 m 1:47.40
1956 Nonnie Jo 5 Lois C. Cook Vester R. Wright James L. Paddock & Perne L. Grissom 1 m 1:36.40
1955 Greatest 5 Tommy Barrow Patrick B. Devereux Thomas F. Devereux 1 m 1:36.80
1954 Spur On 6 Paul J. Bailey Elmer Kalensky Bernard W. Landy 1 m 1:37.20
1953 Second Avenue 6 Carroll Bierman Alexis G. "Lex" Wilson Theodore DeLong Buhl 1 m 1:37.80
1952 Bully Boy 5 Sherman Armstrong Hubert H. "Pete" Battle Mrs. E. Dale Shaffer 1 m 1:40.20
1951 King's Hope 3 Lois C. Cook Frederick Sharpe Mrs. Frederick Sharpe 1 m 1:37.60
1950 Fancy Flyer 5 Manuel N. Gonzalez Kenny Noe Jr. Carl Graham 1 m 1:38.00

References

  1. "Michigan Mile Popular". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1959-05-11. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  2. "Nearctic Captures Rich Michigan Mile". New York Times, Section Sports, page 5. 1958-07-20. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  3. "This Day In History". NTRA. 1975-06-21. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  4. http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1081612/index.htm
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