Dahlia Stakes (United States)

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Dahlia Stakes
Ungraded stakes race
Location Laurel Park Racecourse,
Laurel, Maryland,
United States
Inaugurated1985
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website www.laurelpark.com
Race information
Distance1 mile (8 furlongs)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds & Up; fillies and Mares
WeightAssigned
Purse$70,000

The Dahlia Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in April at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland. It is open to fillies and mares three-year-olds and up and is raced on turf. It is contested over a distance of 1 mile (8 furlongs).

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The race was named in honor of international race queen Dahlia. She was one of the preeminent turf runners in the world during the mid-1970s and retired in 1976 after her six-year-old season as the world's leading money winning distaffer (female). In 48 starts made in France, Ireland, England, Canada, Italy and the U.S., Dahlia won 15 times, was second three times and third seven more times. That elevated her career earnings up to $1,543,139. She was voted England's racehorse of the year twice and was named champion grass horse in the U.S. (a category that included the males at that time) in 1974.

During her three-year-old campaign, Dahlia was shipped from her base in France to race in the world's most prestigious turf race at that time, the Washington, D.C. International Stakes a grade one at Laurel Park Racecourse. In that race, she galloped away to a three and a quarter length victory over Big Spruce. [1]

Records

Speed record:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Distance
(Miles)
Time
Purse
Grade
2018-1 mile0:00.00$100,000
2017Danilovna4 Trevor McCarthy H. Graham Motion Bjorn Nielson1 mile1:36.80$75,000
2016Seeking Treasure6 Alex Cintron Doug Matthews Steven E. Frum1 mile1:33.99$75,000
2015Nellie Cashman4 Forest Boyce Francis Abbott Sycamore Racing1 mile1:35.95$100,000
2014Embarr5 Forest Boyce Susan Cooney Susan Cooney1-1/161:45.45$100,000
2013Embarr4 Forest Boyce Susan Cooney Susan Cooney1-1/161:37.35$100,000
2012Idle Talk6 Horacio Karamanos Mary Epler Patrick Kelley1-1/161:37.25$75,000
2011Baltimore Belle4 Julian Pimentel Michael J. Trombetta R. Larry Johnson1-1/161:46.69$75,000
2010My Main Starr5 Horacio Karamanos Gary Capuano Gary Capuano & P.Fowler1 mile1:42.12$70,000
2009All Smiles6 Jeremy Rose Frannie Campitelli Cynthia McGinnes1 mile1:39.12$50,000
2008Lady Digby4 Jeremy Rose H. Graham Motion Earle I. Mack 1 mile1:38.92$80,000
2007High Moment4 Erick D. Rodriguez Rodney Jenkins Mr. & Mrs. D. R. Brown1 mile1:36.00$60,000
2006Sweet Talker4 Ramon Dominguez H. Graham Motion Courtlandt Farm1 mile1:34.00$60,000
1988- 2005-No RacesNo RacesNo Racesno races0:00.00no races
1987Kerygma3 Allen Stacy Barclay Tagg D. Earl Pardue1 mile1:37.60$30,000
1986I Mean It4 George Martens Flint S. Schulhofer Ichikawa Bokujo1 mile1:35.80$30,000
1985Nothing Sweeter4 Chris McCarron Barclay Tagg Walter D. Pinkard1 mile1:36.40$30,000

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References

  1. Maryland Jockey Club, Media Guide, 2008, page 48