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Mambo Meister Rolls in Memorial Day Handicap

Mambo Meister Rolls in Memorial Day Handicap

Switching back to the main track was no problem for versatile Mambo Meister, as the 5-year-old romped to a 7 3/4-length victory as the odds-on favorite in the $100,000 Memorial Day Handicap (gr. III) May 31 at Calder.

 Monday, May 31, 2010
Mambo Meister Tries to Master Calder Stakes

Mambo Meister Tries to Master Calder Stakes

Mambo Meister, fresh off a graded stakes win at Calder Casino and Race Course, heads a field of six in the May 31 Memorial Day Handicap (gr. III) at Calder for 3-year-olds and up.

 Friday, May 28, 2010
Finallymadeit Cruises to Memorial Day Win

Finallymadeit Cruises to Memorial Day Win

Rolbea Thoroughbred Racing's 5-year-old homebred Finallymadeit returned to form to win the $100,000 Memorial Day Handicap (gr. III) May 25 at Calder Race Course, scoring the event for the second year in a row.

 Monday, May 25, 2009
Memorial Day 'Cap Looks Mighty Familiar

Memorial Day 'Cap Looks Mighty Familiar

Six horses coming out of the April 25 Sumter Stakes will make up the field for the $100,000 Memorial Day Handicap (gr. III), a 1 1/16-mile route on the dirt May 25 at Calder Race Course.

 Friday, May 22, 2009
Finallymadeit Wins Memorial Day Stakes

Finallymadeit Wins Memorial Day Stakes

Rolbea Thoroughbred Racing's 4-year-old homebred colt Finallymadeit won his ninth race at Calder and tenth overall when taking the $36,000 Memorial Day overnight stakes in gate-to-wire fashion May 26 under jockey Eduardo Nunez.

 Monday, May 26, 2008
Memorial Day Stakes Attracts Nine

Memorial Day Stakes Attracts Nine

Rolbea Thoroughbreds' 4-year-old homebred Finallymadeit was the 'Iron Horse' of South Florida last year. He made 19 starts with eight victories and four seconds, earned $362,000, and all but one of those starts came in sprint races for trainer Javier Negrete.

 Saturday, May 24, 2008

Dry Martini Mixes Up Holiday Stakes Win

Carol and George Nyren's 4-year-old gelding Dry Martini won his first stakes race when he finished first in the $100,000 Memorial Day Handicap (gr. III) on Monday's holiday card at Calder Race Course.

 Monday, May 28, 2007

Pace Key for Rehoboth's Memorial Day Chances

J. Robert Harris Jr.'s 4-year-old Rehoboth is the most accomplished of eight older horses entered in Monday's $100,000 Memorial Day Handicap (gr. III) at Calder Race Course, but the confirmed stretch-runner usually needs plenty of pace in front him to produce his best rally.

 Saturday, May 26, 2007

Siphon City Stops Congrats in Memorial Day 'Cap

Pacesetting Siphon City and jockey Elvis Trujillo turned back the challenge of Congrats in the stretch and edged away to a 1 1/2-length win in the $100,000 Memorial Day Handicap (gr. III) at Calder Race Course

 Monday, May 29, 2006

Congrats Finds Tough Spot for Calder Debut

Cloverleaf Farm's grade II winner Congrats makes his Calder debut in his first start for trainer Kathleen O'Connell facing nine rivals in Monday's $100,000 Memorial Day Handicap (gr. III).

 Saturday, May 27, 2006

Congrats Back in Training With O'Connell

Congrats, recently sold as a stud prospect to John Sykes' Cloverleaf Farm, is instead back in training at the Calder Race Course stable of Kathleen O'Connell.

 Friday, May 12, 2006

Twilight Road Repeats in Memorial Day Handicap

Donamire Farm's Twilight Road won Calder's $100,000 Memorial Day Handicap (gr. III) for the second consecutive year, defeating Whos Crying Now by three-quarters of a length. It was 2 1/2 lengths back to Hear No Evil in third.

 Monday, May 30, 2005

Twilight Road Seeks Memorial Day Repeat

Donamire Farm's 8-year-old gelding Twilight Road, impressive in winning Calder's Memorial Day Handicap (gr. III) by 5 ΒΌ lengths last year, is once more the horse to beat in Monday's renewal of the $100,000 stakes race.

 Saturday, May 28, 2005

Twilight Road Wakes Up in Memorial Day 'Cap

Twilight Road beat Hear No Evil by 5 1/4 lengths and won the $100,000 Memorial Day Handicap (gr. III) at Calder Race Course on Monday.

 Monday, May 31, 2004

Dancing Guy, Improving With Age, Wins Memorial Day Handicap

Making his fifth appearance in the Memorial Day Handicap at Calder, Dancing Guy showed that at age 8 he still has what it takes to win.

 Monday, May 26, 2003

High Ideal May be Best in Memorial Day

Judith Brodkin's 5-year-old High Ideal made a furious deep-stretch bid to catch favored Best Of The Rest in last year's $100,000 Memorial Day Handicap (gr. III) at Calder, but his rally fell a half-length short.

 Saturday, May 24, 2003

Best of the Rest Wins Third Stake in a Row

Bea Oxenberg's Best of the Rest notched his third consecutive stakes victory in Monday's $100,000 Memorial Day Handicap (gr. III) at Calder Racecourse.

 Monday, May 27, 2002

Hal's Hope Wins as Forty One Carats is Injured

Hal's Hope, a top 3-year-old of 2000 before finishing a disappointing 16th in the Kentucky Derby, returned to the winner's circle Monday when he won the $75,000 Memorial Day Handicap at Calder Race Course.

 Tuesday, May 29, 2001