Maryland Million Turf Sprint Handicap

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Maryland Million Turf Sprint Handicap
ClassRestricted State-bred Stakes
Location Laurel Park Racecourse,
Laurel, Maryland,
United States
Inaugurated2004
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website Marylandthoroughbred.com
Race information
Distance 5.5 furlongs
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds and up
Purse$100,000

Maryland Million Turf Sprint Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in October since 2004 primarily at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland or at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. To be eligible for the Maryland Million Turf Sprint Handicap, a horse must be sired by a stallion who stands in Maryland. Due to that restriction the race is classified as a non-graded or "listed" stakes race and is not eligible for grading by the American Graded Stakes Committee.

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The race is part of Maryland Million Day, a twelve-race program held in mid October that was the creation of renowned television sports journalist Jim McKay. The "Maryland Million" is the first State-Bred showcase event ever created. Since 1986, 27 other events in twenty states have imitated the showcase and its structure. [1]

In its sixth running in 2009, the race was restricted to those horses who were sired by a stallion who stands in the State of Maryland. Both the entrant horse and their stallion must be nominated to the Maryland Million program.

Records

Most wins:

Speed record:

Most wins by an owner:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners of the Maryland Million Turf Sprint Handicap since 2004

Yr
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Dist.
Time
Purse
2020No Race-No RaceNo RaceNo Raceno race0:00.00no race
2019No Race-No RaceNo RaceNo Raceno race0:00.00no race
2018No Race-No RaceNo RaceNo Raceno race0:00.00no race
2017No Race-No RaceNo RaceNo Raceno race0:00.00no race
2016No Race-No RaceNo RaceNo Raceno race0:00.00no race
2015No Race-No RaceNo RaceNo Raceno race0:00.00no race
2014No Race-No RaceNo RaceNo Raceno race0:00.00no race
2013No Race-No RaceNo RaceNo Raceno race0:00.00no race
2012 Ben's Cat 6 Julien Pimentel King T. Leatherbury The Jim Stable5.5 fur.1:01.64$100,000
2011 Ben's Cat 5 Jeremy Rose King T. Leatherbury The Jim Stable5.5 fur.1:06.07$100,000
2010 Ben's Cat 4 Julian Pimentel King T. Leatherbury The Jim Stable5.5 fur.1:05.54$100,000
2009Natural Seven5 Ramon Dominguez Ben M. Feliciano Jr. Taking Risks Stable5.5 fur.1:01.59$100,000
2008Kosmo’s Buddy6 Eric Camacho Timothy E. Salzman Arnold K. Smolen5.5 fur.1:02.84$100,000
2007Happy Sunrise4 Horatio A. Karamanos Howard E. Wolfendale Robert L. Cole, Jr.5.5 fur.1:01.62$150,000
2006Deliver the Roses6 E. D. Rodriguez Robert Leaf, Jr. Paul G. Hartman5.5 fur.0:55.91$100,000
2005Sarah's Prospect3 Ramon A. Dominguez Martin Zaretsky Michael J. Gill 5.5 fur.0:56.63$100,000
2004Namequest8 T. G. Turner Ben M. Feliciano, Jr. Taking Risks Stable5.5 fur.0:57.22$100,000

See also

References

  1. Maryland Million 2008, October 4, Laurel Park, Official Souvenir Guide for 23rd Running, page 4 and 5.