Tags: Horse Race, Race.
The Tropical Park Derby is an American Thoroughbred horse race run at Calder Race Course in Miami Gardens Florida on New Year’s Day which makes it the first “derby” of the year. The one and one eighth mile Ungraded stakes race run on turf for 3-year-olds offers a purse of $100000 added. Prior to 1994 the race was run on dirt. The race was downgraded from a Grade III race in 2011 by the American Graded Stakes Committee.