The Florida Derby is a race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses. Added to the racing schedule in 1952, the race is held in March or April each year at Gulfstream Park. The race is a Grade I prep to the Kentucky Derby. The race is run at one and one-eighth miles on the dirt for a purse of $750,000. The Thoroughbred is a horse breed developed in 18th century England when English mares were bred with imported Arabian stallions to create a distance racer. ... Gulfstream Park is a racetrack in Hallandale Beach, Florida, in the United States. ... Churchill Downs ractrack, 2004 The Kentucky Derby is a stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses, staged yearly in Louisville, Kentucky on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. ...

Past winners

Winners and placers of the Florida Derby in the past seven years are:

• 2006-Barbaro,second Sharp Humor
• 2005-High Fly, second Noble Causeway
• 2004-Friends Lake, second Value Plus
• 2003-Empire Maker, second Trust N Luck
• 2002-Harlan's Holiday, second Blue Burner
• 2001-Monarchos, Outofthebox
• 2000-Hal's Hope, second High Yield

External links

• Complete List of Florida Derby Winners