Laurel Dash Stakes

Last updated
Laurel Dash Stakes [1]
ClassUngraded stakes
Location Laurel Park, Laurel, Maryland,
United States
Inaugurated1988
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance5 1/2 furlongs
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree years old & up
Purse US$100,000

The Laurel Dash Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Laurel Park Racecourse at Laurel, Maryland. An ungraded stakes open to horses age three and older, it is raced on turf over a distance of five and one-half furlongs.

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Historical notes

The inaugural running took place on October 23, 1988 and was won by Daniel Wildenstein's outstanding runner, Steinlen. [2] Once described as "probably the richest and most powerful art dealer on earth", [3] Wildenstein named the horse for the French Art Nouveau painter Théophile Steinlen.

Inclement weather caused track officials to be concerned about the safety of the turf course in 1997 and 2011 resulting in those races being switched to the dirt track. [4] Ben's Cat won that 2011 event and did it again in 2013. He is the only horse to have won the Laurel Dash twice and it is a noteworthy success in that one was on dirt and the other on grass. [5]

Records

Speed record:

Most wins:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

YearWinnerAgeJockeyTrainerOwner
Dist.
(Furlongs)
TimeWin $ Gr.
2020Completed Pass6Angel CruzClaudio A. GonzalezRobert D. Bone5.5 f1:04.41$60,000
2019Dubini6 Daniel Centeno Kathleen A. DemasiPewter Stable (Greg Demasi, partnership manager)5.5 f1:01.71$60,000
2018Class and Cash6Feargal LynchJane CibelliEdward J. Short6 f1:14.04$60,000
2017Snowday7 Daniel Centeno J. Willard Thompson Quiet Winter Farm6 f1:09.02$60,000
2016Mosler5 Edgar Prado William I. Mott Adele Dilschneider6 f1:08.26$60,000
2015Spring to the Sky6 Mike Luzzi Bruce R. BrownAnthony P. McCarthy6 f1:13.57$60,000
2014Dreamsgonewild5Trevor McCarthyBruce F. AlexanderPaul M. Steckel6 f1:07.99$60,000
2013 Ben's Cat 7Julian Pimentel King T. Leatherbury The Jim Stable6 f1:07.40$60,000
2012Jazzy Idea3 Elvis Trujillo Edwin W. MerrymanEdwin W. Merryman6 f1:07.29$90,000
2011 Ben's Cat 5 Jeremy Rose King T. Leatherbury The Jim Stable6 f (d)1:11.11$45,000
2001- 2010Race not held
2000Texas Glitter4 Aaron Gryder Todd Pletcher Dennis B. Swartz & Michael J. Ryan6 f1:08.00$60,000G3
1999Grapeshot5 Mark T. Johnston Ann W. MerrymanSilhoutte Stable6 f1:12.80$60,000G3
1998Howbaddouwantit3 Dale Beckner Benjamin W. Perkins Jr. Larry F. Hall6 f1:08.63$60,000G3
1997Wise Dusty6Oscar G. MancillaWayne M. BaileyAdrian L. "Les" Merton6 f (d)1:11.40$60,000G3
1996Mayoumbe3 Edgar Prado John R. S. Fisher Erdenheim Farm 6 f1:16.00$60,000G3
1995Race not held
1994Soviet Problem4 Chris McCarron Gregory G. GilchristJohn Harris & Don Valpredo6 f1:09.00$120,000G3
1993Home of the Free5 Jean Cruguet MacKenzie Miller Rokeby Stables 6 f1:11.20$120,000G3
1992Glen Kate4 Laffit Pincay Jr. Bill Shoemaker Bruce McNall & Wayne Gretsky 6 f1:10.40$150,000G3
1991Forest Glow4 Angel Cordero Jr. Brad MacDonald John A. Bell III 6 f1:11.40$150,000G3
1990Roman Prose5 Lanfranco Dettori Jonathan Pease Henry C. Seymour6 f1:09.80$150,000G3
1989Cricket Ball6 Gérald Mossé John Fellows Robin Scully6 f1:14.00$150,000
1988 Steinlen 5 Laffit Pincay Jr. D. Wayne Lukas Wildenstein Stable 6 f1:10.40$120,000

References

  1. "Laurel Dash Stakes". Equibase Co. LLC. 2021-02-10. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
  2. "Photo Finishes Add Flash of Excitement To Turf Festival". Washington Post . 1988-10-24. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  3. Andrews, Suzanna. "Bitter Spoils" Archived 2014-10-15 at the Wayback Machine , Vanity Fair , March 1998. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  4. "Yesterday's Results: Laurel Dash-GIII". Thoroughbred Daily News, page 3. 1997-11-05. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
  5. "Ben's Cat Grabs Off-the-Turf Laurel Dash". The Blood-Horse. 2011-10-29. Retrieved 2021-02-11.