Laurel Turf Cup Stakes

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Laurel Dash Stakes
Ungraded Stakes race
Location Laurel Park Racecourse,
Laurel, Maryland, Flag of Maryland.svg
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Inaugurated1952
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website www.laurelpark.com
Race information
Distance1 12 miles (12 furlongs)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-years-old & up
WeightAssigned
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.

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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.

Records

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Most wins by a trainer:

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Winners of the Laurel Turf Cup Stakes

Yr
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Dist.
Time
Purse
Gr
20201-1/20:00.00$100,000
2019O DionysusJevian ToledoGary A. CapuanoMarathon Farms1-1/22:28.42$100,000
2018Race not held
2017SnowdayDaniel Centeno J. Willard Thompson Quiet Winter Farm6 fur.1:09.02$100,000
2016Mosler Edgar S. Prado William I. Mott Adele B. Dilschneider6 fur.1:08.26$100,000
2015Spring to the Sky Michael Luzzi Bruce R. BrownAnthony P. McCarthy6 fur.1:13.57$100,000
2014Dreamsgonewild Trevor McCarthy Bruce F. AlexanderPaul M. Steckel6 fur.1:07.99$100,000
2013 Ben's Cat Julian Pimentel King T. Leatherbury The Jim Stable6 fur.1:07.40$100,000
2012DannhauserSheldon RussellKathleen O'ConnellPrince Farm LLC1-1/22:27.17$100,000
2011Jazzy Idea Elvis Trujillo Edwin W. MerrymanEdwin W. Merryman6 fur.1:07.29$100,000
2007- 2010Race not held
2005Dreadnaught Jerry D. Bailey Thomas H. Voss Trillium Stable1-1/81:47.40$75,000
2001- 2004Race not held
2000Dynamic Trick Mark Johnston King T. Leatherbury Charles N. Bassford1-1/22:29.00$100,000III
1999 John's Call Steve Hamilton Thomas H. Voss Trillium Stable1-1/22:33.40$100,000III
1998A Little Luck Edgar Prado Barclay Tagg Kathleen Crompton1-1/22:30.20$100,000III
1997Algar Edgar Prado Barbara C. GrahamBarbara C. Graham1-1/42:05.00$100,000III
1996Rugged Bugger Mario Pino Katherine M. VossSture G. Olsson1-1/42:01.80$100,000III
1995Hasten to Add Eddie Martin Jr. Jim Day Gary Norris1-1/22:40.80$100,000III
1994Asserche Mark Johnston John V. AlecciJohn V. Alecci1-1/22:29.60$100,000III
1993Square Cut Edgar Prado Joseph A. DevereuxArthur Benjamin Racing1-1/22:32.40$200,000III
1992Master Dreamer Mike Luzzi Annie Weeden-Smart Due Process Stable 1-1/22:43.80$200,000III
1991Learned Jake Mike Luzzi King T. Leatherbury Silver Hawk Stable1-1/22:30.00$100,000III
1990Chas' Whim Anthony Stacy Rodger M. GillHarriet Heubeck1-1/42:03.00$100,000III
1989 Ten Keys Kent Desormeaux Michael V. PinoCharles Linhoss1-1/22:34.80$100,000III
1988Grey Classic Robin Platts Jim Day Sam-Son Farm 1-1/22:37.20$100,000III
1987 Yankee Affair Matthew Vigliotti Henry L. Carroll Ju Ju Gen Stable1-1/42:00.40$125,000III
1986Storm on the LooseGary Stahlbaum1-1/41:59.20$125,000III
1985Crazy MoonKelly CastanedaWilliam D. Curtis, Jr. Dogwood Stable 1-1/42:04.00$215,000III
1984Domynski Vincent Bracciale Jr. 1-1/22:30.00$120,000III
1983Chem Donnie A. Miller Jr. John Gosden 1-1/22:31.40$70,000
1982Royal Roberto Jeffrey Fell 1-1/22:27.80$70,000
1981Change the Patch Don MacBeth Robert D. DeBonis1-1/22:29.20$70,000
1980Yvonand Vincent Bracciale Jr. 1-1/22:28.80$70,000
1979Race not held
1978Native Courier Eddie Maple Sidney Watters Jr. 1-1/22:25.00$70,000
1977Grey Beret Leroy Moyers 1-1/22:32.00$45,000
1976Take the Pledge Greg McCarron 1-1/42:04.00$35,000
1975Continuous CountJack Kurtz1-1/42:03.60$35,000
1974Clyde William Herb Hinojosa 1-1/22:29.40$30,000
1973Anono Mike Venezia 1-1/22:27.00$30,000
1972Amber HawkBarry Alberts1-1/22:29.40$32,500
1971Crack RulerCarlos Jimenez1-1/42:04.80$31,500
1970Barking SteepleCarlos Barrera1-1/22:38.40$32,500
1969One for All Chuck Baltazar 1-1/22:28.60$25,000
1968Sea CastleHector PilarFrank C. Tortora1-1/22:34.40$26,750
1967Jean-Pierre Braulio Baeza 1-1/22:35.00$36,000
1966Knightly MannerTommy Lee1-3/82:20.40$35,000
1965Chieftain Ismael Valenzuela Frank Whiteley Jr. Powhatan Stable 1-1/81:47.80$25,000
1964Turbo Jet II Howard Grant 1-1/81:50.60$30,750
1963Parka Walter Blum 1-1/81:51.00$25,000
1962Bronze Babu Herb Hinojosa 1-1/81:55.40$25,000
1961Race not held
1960Quiz Star Howard Grant Burley Parke Harbor View Farm 1-1/81:51.60$25,000
1959Li'l FellaWilliam Camer J. Bowes Bond Jaclyn Stable 1-1/81:52.60$25,000
1958Tudor Era Willie Harmatz Arnold N. Winick Mrs. Herbert Herff1-1/81:47.80$25,000
1957 Mahan Sam Boulmetis Sr. Harry Trotsek Hasty House Farm 1-1/81:53.40$27,500
1956Traffic Judge Jack Westrope 1-1/81:54.20$26,500
1955 Aeschylus Fred A. Smith Douglas R. Small1-1/81:47.20$30,000
1954Stan Eldon Nelson 1-1/81:51.00$30,000
1953Sunglow Dave Gorman 1-1/81:51.20$25,000
1952Brush BurnRocco SistoStanley C. MikellStanley C. Mikell1-1/81:48.40$20,000

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