Horatius Stakes

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Horatius Stakes
ClassDiscontinued stakes
Location Laurel Park Racecourse,
Laurel, Maryland,
United States
Inaugurated1994
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website www.laurelpark.com
Race information
Distance6 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds
WeightAssigned
Purse $60,000

The Horatius Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race held in March at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland. Open to three-year-old horses, it was contested over a distance of six furlongs on dirt.

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An ungraded stakes, it offered a purse of $60,000. The race itself was named in honor of the horse that was given his name by his breeder after the legendary Roman hero Horatius. The colt was a huge son out of Proudest Roman and True Charm that proved to be worthy on his moniker. Horatius was a solid stakes winner but his true claim to fame came as one of Maryland's greatest sires of all time. Bred by Colonel W. Randolph Taylor, Horatius was born in Florida in 1975 and was sold for $20,000 as a two-year-old to Dr. Philip J. Torsey, who campaigned his stable's star for five years. During his racing career, Horatius made 54 starts winning 19 and placing second in 17 others. His six stakes wins were spread out among many conditions including; on the dirt, on the turf, sprinting and going long. His wins included the Grade 3 Riggs Handicap and a course setting performance in the Red Bank Handicap. He retired with career earnings of $403,899.

Horatius was retired to stud at Thornmar Farm in Chestertown, Maryland in 1980 as the property of a large syndicate. He achieved his greatest glory with his daughter, Eclipse award-winning sprinter Safely Kept, winner of the 1990 Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Sprint. One of his other graded stakes winners was Oliver's Twist, the runner-up in the 1995 Grade 1 Preakness Stakes. Horatius was retired from stud and pensioned in 2001; he died in his sleep five years later at age 31 in his paddock at Thornmar in February 2006. [1]

Race Records

Speed record:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners

YearWinnerAgeJockeyTrainerOwner
Dist.
(Furlongs)
TimePurse$ Gr.
2008Vanderkaay3 Rosie Napravnik A. Ferris Allen Bowman Thoroughbreds6 fur.1:10.60$60,000
2007Call Me Cash3 Jeremy Rose Scott A. Lake Gerard Artz6 fur.1:10.40$70,000
2006Ah Day3 Ryan Fogelsonger King T. Leatherbury Jim Stable6 fur.1:11.20$50,000
2005Diamond Wildcat3 Mario Pino Ben W. Perkins Jr. New Farm6 fur.1:11.80$50,000
2004Basketball Court3 Ramon Dominguez Henry Walters Ginny Stack6 fur.1:10.80$40,000
2003Deadline3 Rick Wilson John Salzman Timothy Whitehead6 fur.1:09.00$50,000
2002Outstander3 Mark T. Johnston Rodney Jenkins 7 fur.1:24.00$40,000
2001My Golden Son3 Harry Vega Michael Wright Jr. Shahina Ahmad6 fur.1:11.00$55,000
2000Chief J Strongbow3 Mario Verge Lynda Knee 7 fur.1:24.40$55,000
1999Perfect Score3 Mark T. Johnston Grover G. Delp Jason & Shannon Inkster7 fur.1:22.60$55,000
1998Running Copelan3Carlos Cruz John Servis Harry T. Mangurian Jr. 7 fur.1:24.60$55,000
1997Saintly3 Carlos H. Marquez Jr. Grover G. Delp Allaire du Pont 7 fur.1:24.00$25,000
1996Count On Numbers3C. Omar Klinger Carlos A. Garcia Not Found7.5 fur.1:30.60$50,000
1995Dakota's Trick3 Rick Wilson Edward T. Allard Not Found7.5 fur.1:31.60$30,000
1994Run Alden3 Allen T. Stacy John J. Robb Hal C. B. Clagett6 fur.1:10.60$35,000

See also

References

  1. 2007 Maryland Jockey Club Media Guide, page 211 on March 3, 2007.