Miracle Wood Stakes

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Miracle Wood Stakes
ClassUngraded Stakes
Location Laurel Park Racecourse,
Laurel, Maryland,
United States
Inaugurated1995
Race type ThoroughbredFlat racing
Website www.laurelpark.com
Race information
Distance7 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-years-old, open
WeightAssigned
PurseUS$100,000

The Miracle Wood Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held in February at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland. The Miracle Wood is open to three-year-olds and is run at seven furlongs on the dirt.

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An ungraded stakes, it currently offers a purse of $100,000. [1] The Miracle Wood is also one of Maryland's triple crown prep races. The winner of the race typically moves on to compete in the Private Terms Stakes held in March at Laurel Park Racecourse as well, but winners have also ventured to New York and Kentucky for their next races. [2]

The race was named in honor of Miracle Wood, a champion Maryland bred colt that won many races and accolades. In 2008,the race was shortened from one mile to the current distance of seven furlongs. During the first eleven years of the race (1993–2003), it was run at a distance of 1+116 miles (8.5 furlongs).

In 2006, Sweetnorthernsaint set a record winning margin of ten lengths. He went on to win the Illinois Derby that year and was the post time favorite in the 132nd Kentucky Derby. A local horse based at Laurel Park Racecourse, Sweetnorthernsaint became a millionaire and placed second in the state's biggest race, the Preakness Stakes.

Records

Speed record:

Most wins by an owner:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners of the Miracle Wood Stakes since 1995

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
DistanceTimePurse
2021Maythehorsebwithu3Sheldon RussellBrittany RussellMichael Dubb and Bethlehem Stables LLC1 mile1:37.02$100,000
2020Lebda3Alex CintronClaudio GonzalezEuro Stable1 mile1:38.38$100,000
2019Alwaysmining3Daniel CentenoKelly RubleyRunnymede Racing LLC1 mile1:35.27$100,000
2018Still Having Fun3 Feargal Lynch Timothy Keefe Gary Barber1 mile1:37.51$100,000
2017O Dionysus3 Jevion Toledo Gary Capuano Marathon Farms, Inc.1 mile1:37.06$100,000
2016Marengo Road3 Julian Pimentel Michael Trombetta Harry Meyerhoff1 mile1:40.00$75,000
2015Savvy Street3 Forest Boyce Donald H. Barr Barbara J. Houck1 mile1:40.36$100,000
2014Extrasexyhippzster3 Julian Pimentel Michael Trombetta Kirwan Equine Group1 mile1:36.75$100,000
2013Dynamic Strike3 Forrest Boyce Richard Small Fitzhugh LLC7 fur.1:40.58$125,000
2012The Lumber Guy3 Julian Pimentel Michael Hushion Barry K. Schwartz7 fur.1:23.22$100,000
2011J J's Lucky Train3 José C. Ferrer William D. Anderson Fresh Start Stable7 fur.1:23.60$75,000
2010Don't Blame the Cat3 Erick Rodriguez Richard Dutrow Jr. Mary Raymond7 fur.1:23.62$70,000
2009Rock On Justin3 Tony Maragh Gary Capuano Non Stop Stable's7 fur.1:24.58$75,000
2008Gattopardo3 Julian Pimentel Timothy Tullock Jr. Germania Farm7 fur.1:24.16$90,000
2007Crafty Bear3 Mario Pino Michael Trombetta Harry Meyerhoff 1 mile1:38.55$75,000
2006 Sweetnorthernsaint 3 Mario Pino Michael Trombetta Joe Balsamo/Ted Theos1 mile1:38.69$75,000
2005Malibu Moonshine3 Steve Hamilton King T. Leatherbury Woodrow Marriott1 mile1:40.25$75,000
2004Water Cannon3 Ramon Domínguez Linda Albert Nonsequitur Stable1-1/161:38.99$65,000
2003Gimmeawink3 Jeremy Rose Timothy F. Ritchey Walter Weinkowitz1-1/161:43.07$60,000
2002Saratoga Blues3 Mario Pino Anthony W. Dutrow Alvin Akman1-1/161:45.80$60,000
2001Talk is Money3 Edgar Prado John Scanlon Daniel Borislow1-1/161:45.96$67,000
2000Connect3 Ryan Fogelsonger Leslie Saunders John R. Rastetter1-1/161:51.40$45,000
1999Ewer All Wet3 Edgar Prado Rodney Jenkins Kathryn Clark1-1/161:44.80$45,000
1998Mister Business3 Joe Rocco Richard E. Dutrow Swan and Cygnet Farm1-1/161:45.20$45,000
1997South West Hostage3 Mario Pino Ferris Allen Wombat Racing Stable5.5 fur.1:05.60$30,000
1996Game Quoit3 Mark Johnston Donald H. Barr Donald H. Barr5.5 fur.1:03.20$30,000
1995South Bend3 Alberto Delgado Barbara M. KeesBarbara M. Kees7 fur1:25.20$30,000

See also

References

  1. Purse amount listed on Laurel Park website Archived 2011-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
  2. 2007 Maryland Jockey Club Media Guide, page 88 on March 3, 2007.