| Ungraded Stakes race | |
| Location | Laurel Park Racecourse, Laurel, Maryland, United States |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1952 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | www.laurelpark.com |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1 1⁄2 miles (12 furlongs) |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-years-old & up |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | $150,000 |
The Laurel Dash Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run, held annually at Maryland's Laurel Park Racecourse. Open to horses age three and older and run at 6 furlongs. The race was formerly called the Laurel Turf Cup and it was contested on turf over a distance of one and one eighth miles to a mile and a half.
From 1952 through 1955 the race was also known as the Turf Cup Handicap and then from 1955 to 1960 the race was called the Turf Cup Stakes. The race has been run at four different distances; from 1952 through 1965 the race was run at one mile and one eighth. In 1966 the race was contested at 1-3/8 miles. From 1967 through the year 2000 the race was run either at 1-1/2 miles or 1-1/4 miles.
The race was a grade three race from 1985 through 2000. The Turf Cup was taken off the grass and run on the dirt of the main track on the following years; 1971, 72, 75, 76, 85, 86, 90, 96 and 1997. The race was not run between 2007-2010. It was announced by Laurel Park that the famed race would be restored in 2012 and run on October 27 at 12 furlongs and named the Laurel Turf Cup Stakes. In 2014 the race was cut back to 6 furlongs and renamed the Laurel Dash Stakes.
The Laurel Dash Stakes is the final and championship leg of the Mid Atlantic Thoroughbred Championships Sprint Turf Division or MATCh Races. MATCh is a series of five races in five separate thoroughbred divisions run throughout four Mid-Atlantic States including; Pimlico Race Course and Laurel Park Racecourse in Maryland; Delaware Park Racetrack in Delaware; Parx, Philadelphia Park and Presque Isle Downs in Pennsylvania and Monmouth Park in New Jersey.
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| Yr | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Dist. | Time | Purse | Gr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1-1/2 | 0:00.00 | $100,000 | ||||||
| 2019 | O Dionysus | Jevian Toledo | Gary A. Capuano | Marathon Farms | 1-1/2 | 2:28.42 | $100,000 | ||
| 2018 | Race not held | ||||||||
| 2017 | Snowday | Daniel Centeno | J. Willard Thompson | Quiet Winter Farm | 6 fur. | 1:09.02 | $100,000 | ||
| 2016 | Mosler | Edgar S. Prado | William I. Mott | Adele B. Dilschneider | 6 fur. | 1:08.26 | $100,000 | ||
| 2015 | Spring to the Sky | Michael Luzzi | Bruce R. Brown | Anthony P. McCarthy | 6 fur. | 1:13.57 | $100,000 | ||
| 2014 | Dreamsgonewild | Trevor McCarthy | Bruce F. Alexander | Paul M. Steckel | 6 fur. | 1:07.99 | $100,000 | ||
| 2013 | Ben's Cat | Julian Pimentel | King T. Leatherbury | The Jim Stable | 6 fur. | 1:07.40 | $100,000 | ||
| 2012 | Dannhauser | Sheldon Russell | Kathleen O'Connell | Prince Farm LLC | 1-1/2 | 2:27.17 | $100,000 | ||
| 2011 | Jazzy Idea | Elvis Trujillo | Edwin W. Merryman | Edwin W. Merryman | 6 fur. | 1:07.29 | $100,000 | ||
| 2007 | - 2010 | Race not held | |||||||
| 2005 | Dreadnaught | Jerry D. Bailey | Thomas H. Voss | Trillium Stable | 1-1/8 | 1:47.40 | $75,000 | ||
| 2001 | - 2004 | Race not held | |||||||
| 2000 | Dynamic Trick | Mark Johnston | King T. Leatherbury | Charles N. Bassford | 1-1/2 | 2:29.00 | $100,000 | III | |
| 1999 | John's Call | Steve Hamilton | Thomas H. Voss | Trillium Stable | 1-1/2 | 2:33.40 | $100,000 | III | |
| 1998 | A Little Luck | Edgar Prado | Barclay Tagg | Kathleen Crompton | 1-1/2 | 2:30.20 | $100,000 | III | |
| 1997 | Algar | Edgar Prado | Barbara C. Graham | Barbara C. Graham | 1-1/4 | 2:05.00 | $100,000 | III | |
| 1996 | Rugged Bugger | Mario Pino | Katherine M. Voss | Sture G. Olsson | 1-1/4 | 2:01.80 | $100,000 | III | |
| 1995 | Hasten to Add | Eddie Martin Jr. | Jim Day | Gary Norris | 1-1/2 | 2:40.80 | $100,000 | III | |
| 1994 | Asserche | Mark Johnston | John V. Alecci | John V. Alecci | 1-1/2 | 2:29.60 | $100,000 | III | |
| 1993 | Square Cut | Edgar Prado | Joseph A. Devereux | Arthur Benjamin Racing | 1-1/2 | 2:32.40 | $200,000 | III | |
| 1992 | Master Dreamer | Mike Luzzi | Annie Weeden-Smart | Due Process Stable | 1-1/2 | 2:43.80 | $200,000 | III | |
| 1991 | Learned Jake | Mike Luzzi | King T. Leatherbury | Silver Hawk Stable | 1-1/2 | 2:30.00 | $100,000 | III | |
| 1990 | Chas' Whim | Anthony Stacy | Rodger M. Gill | Harriet Heubeck | 1-1/4 | 2:03.00 | $100,000 | III | |
| 1989 | Ten Keys | Kent Desormeaux | Michael V. Pino | Charles Linhoss | 1-1/2 | 2:34.80 | $100,000 | III | |
| 1988 | Grey Classic | Robin Platts | Jim Day | Sam-Son Farm | 1-1/2 | 2:37.20 | $100,000 | III | |
| 1987 | Yankee Affair | Matthew Vigliotti | Henry L. Carroll | Ju Ju Gen Stable | 1-1/4 | 2:00.40 | $125,000 | III | |
| 1986 | Storm on the Loose | Gary Stahlbaum | 1-1/4 | 1:59.20 | $125,000 | III | |||
| 1985 | Crazy Moon | Kelly Castaneda | William D. Curtis, Jr. | Dogwood Stable | 1-1/4 | 2:04.00 | $215,000 | III | |
| 1984 | Domynski | Vincent Bracciale Jr. | 1-1/2 | 2:30.00 | $120,000 | III | |||
| 1983 | Chem | Donnie A. Miller Jr. | John Gosden | 1-1/2 | 2:31.40 | $70,000 | |||
| 1982 | Royal Roberto | Jeffrey Fell | 1-1/2 | 2:27.80 | $70,000 | ||||
| 1981 | Change the Patch | Don MacBeth | Robert D. DeBonis | 1-1/2 | 2:29.20 | $70,000 | |||
| 1980 | Yvonand | Vincent Bracciale Jr. | 1-1/2 | 2:28.80 | $70,000 | ||||
| 1979 | Race not held | ||||||||
| 1978 | Native Courier | Eddie Maple | Sidney Watters Jr. | 1-1/2 | 2:25.00 | $70,000 | |||
| 1977 | Grey Beret | Leroy Moyers | 1-1/2 | 2:32.00 | $45,000 | ||||
| 1976 | Take the Pledge | Greg McCarron | 1-1/4 | 2:04.00 | $35,000 | ||||
| 1975 | Continuous Count | Jack Kurtz | 1-1/4 | 2:03.60 | $35,000 | ||||
| 1974 | Clyde William | Herb Hinojosa | 1-1/2 | 2:29.40 | $30,000 | ||||
| 1973 | Anono | Mike Venezia | 1-1/2 | 2:27.00 | $30,000 | ||||
| 1972 | Amber Hawk | Barry Alberts | 1-1/2 | 2:29.40 | $32,500 | ||||
| 1971 | Crack Ruler | Carlos Jimenez | 1-1/4 | 2:04.80 | $31,500 | ||||
| 1970 | Barking Steeple | Carlos Barrera | 1-1/2 | 2:38.40 | $32,500 | ||||
| 1969 | One for All | Chuck Baltazar | 1-1/2 | 2:28.60 | $25,000 | ||||
| 1968 | Sea Castle | Hector Pilar | Frank C. Tortora | 1-1/2 | 2:34.40 | $26,750 | |||
| 1967 | Jean-Pierre | Braulio Baeza | 1-1/2 | 2:35.00 | $36,000 | ||||
| 1966 | Knightly Manner | Tommy Lee | 1-3/8 | 2:20.40 | $35,000 | ||||
| 1965 | Chieftain | Ismael Valenzuela | Frank Whiteley Jr. | Powhatan Stable | 1-1/8 | 1:47.80 | $25,000 | ||
| 1964 | Turbo Jet II | Howard Grant | 1-1/8 | 1:50.60 | $30,750 | ||||
| 1963 | Parka | Walter Blum | 1-1/8 | 1:51.00 | $25,000 | ||||
| 1962 | Bronze Babu | Herb Hinojosa | 1-1/8 | 1:55.40 | $25,000 | ||||
| 1961 | Race not held | ||||||||
| 1960 | Quiz Star | Howard Grant | Burley Parke | Harbor View Farm | 1-1/8 | 1:51.60 | $25,000 | ||
| 1959 | Li'l Fella | William Camer | J. Bowes Bond | Jaclyn Stable | 1-1/8 | 1:52.60 | $25,000 | ||
| 1958 | Tudor Era | Willie Harmatz | Arnold N. Winick | Mrs. Herbert Herff | 1-1/8 | 1:47.80 | $25,000 | ||
| 1957 | Mahan | Sam Boulmetis Sr. | Harry Trotsek | Hasty House Farm | 1-1/8 | 1:53.40 | $27,500 | ||
| 1956 | Traffic Judge | Jack Westrope | 1-1/8 | 1:54.20 | $26,500 | ||||
| 1955 | Aeschylus | Fred A. Smith | Douglas R. Small | 1-1/8 | 1:47.20 | $30,000 | |||
| 1954 | Stan | Eldon Nelson | 1-1/8 | 1:51.00 | $30,000 | ||||
| 1953 | Sunglow | Dave Gorman | 1-1/8 | 1:51.20 | $25,000 | ||||
| 1952 | Brush Burn | Rocco Sisto | Stanley C. Mikell | Stanley C. Mikell | 1-1/8 | 1:48.40 | $20,000 | ||
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