Native Dancer Stakes

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Native Dancer Stakes
Ungraded stakes race
Location Laurel Park Racecourse,
Laurel, Maryland,
United States
Inaugurated1966
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website www.laurelpark.com
Race information
Distance1+18 mile
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-years-old & up
WeightAssigned
Purse$100,000

The Native Dancer Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland. Raced in early January, it is open to horses age three and older and is contested on dirt over a distance of 1+18 mile. Its current purse is $75,000.

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From 1966 to 2002, the race was known as the Native Dancer Handicap. It has been run at four different distances; for the first eleven years (from 1966 to 1976), the race was run at 6 furlongs, from 1977 to 1984 and in 2005 it was raced at a distance of 1+316 miles; in 1985 and from 2006 through 2010 the race was contested at its present distance of 1 mile; and from 1986 through 2003, it was run at a distance of 1+38 miles. The race was originally run at Bowie Race Track from 1966 through 1984. [1]

The race is named in honor of Alfred G. Vanderbilt's Native Dancer. Native Dancer was the huge gray son of two of thoroughbred's top racing horses of the decade in Polynesian and Geisha. He was named Horse of the Year as a two-year-old and then named a repeat winner as a four-year-old. He also won the titles of Champion 2-year-old, Champion 3-year-old and Champion older horse in three consecutive years. Native Dancer won 21 of 22 races and earned $785,240. His 18 stakes victories included the Preakness Stakes, the Belmont Stakes and the Travers Stakes. Native Dancer's only loss was in the Kentucky Derby. Following a trip in which he was bumped three times, he finished second, a head behind Dark Star.

Upon his retirement, Native Dancer entered into stud at Vanderbilt's Sagamore Farm in Glyndon, Maryland, where he remained until his death in 1967. He was buried at Sagamore and was the sire of 45 stakes winners including Raise a Native (grandsire to Mr. Prospector), Alydar, Natalma and Northern Dancer.

Records

Speed record:

Most wins by an owner:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners of the Native Dancer Stakes since 1966

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Distance
(Miles)
Time
Purse
2023Nimitz Class4Jevian ToledoBruce M. KravetsTom Coulter1+181:52.11$100,000
2022Rough Sea8Denis AraujoBruno TessoreProud Stable Inc1+181:51.76$100,000
2021No Race
2020Harpers First Ride4Angel CruzClaudio GonzalezGMP Stables LLC1+181:48.56$100,000
2019Someday Jones6 Trevor McCarthy John Servis Main Line Racing Stable1+181:49.23$100,000
2018Afleet Willy5Jomar Torres Claudio Gonzalez B. B. Horses1+1161:43.78$100,000
2017Page McKenney7Horacio Karamanos Mary E. Eppler Staple/Jalin Stable1+1161:45.01$100,000
2016Page McKenney6Horacio Karamanos Mary E. Eppler Staple/Jalin Stable1+1161:44.70$75,000
2015Elnaawi5Sheldon Russell Kiaran McLaughlin Shadwell Stable 1+1161:45.20$100,000
2014Bold Curlin4Victor R. Carrasco Michael Trombetta Harry & Tom Meyerhoff1+1161:43.62$100,000
2013Private Tale5Sheldon Russell Michael Trombetta Three Diamonds Farm1+1161:45.35$125,000
2012No Race
2011Laysh Laysh Laysh6 Erick Rodriguez Richard Dutrow Jr. Vincent S. Scuderi1-mile1:37.45$75,000
2010Greenspring5 Jeremy Rose Chris GroveOur Chelsea Stable1-mile1:38.18$70,000
2009Lord Snowdon6 Jeremy Rose Anthony W. Dutrow Kaplan Racing1-mile1:38.11$75,000
2008Throng5 Carlos H. Marquez Jr. Todd A. Pletcher Starlight Stable, LLC.1-mile1:34.80$80,000
2007Judith's Wild Rush6 Julian Pimentel Julian Calet Harvey Tenenbaum1-mile1:36.40$75,000
2006Your Bluffing6 Mario Pino Michael Trombetta R.D.M. Racing Stable1-mile1:40.20$75,000
2005Jim Thirds Bolero6 Ryan Fogelsonger Annette M. Eubanks Rev. Mark L. Andrews1+1161:40.20$75,000
2004No Race
2003P Day8 Ryan Fogelsonger Charles H. Hadry Adam Russo1+181:50.00$75,000
2002Private Ryan5 Harry Vega Timothy Tullock Jr. Edmund Gann 1+181:49.00$50,000
2001Do I Ever6 Harry Vega Bessie S. Gruwell John Morella1+181:52.20$55,000
2000Montana Dreamin'- Joe Rocco Timothy F. Ritchey Richard Reveley1+181:50.20$75,000
1999Waited- Alberto Delgado Barbara M. Kees Sherry Rudolph1+181:49.40$80,000
1998Big Rut- Larry Reynolds Hamilton A. Smith James W. Peters Jr.1+181:50.80$60,000
1997Mary's Buckaroo- Mario Verge Mary Joanne Hughes Jackson Bryer1+181:49.40$80,000
1996Gulf Reckoning5 Carlos H. Marquez Jr. Ben W. Perkins Jr. Dr. Charles Staats1+181:48.40$55,000
1995Dixie Hero- Edgar Prado Charles Peoples Bayard Sharp1+181:51.40$90,000
1994No Race
1993 Ameri Valay - Larry Reynolds King T. Leatherbury Elaine & Nick Bassford1+181:49.80$60,000
1992Valley Crossing4 Edgar Prado Richard W. Small Robert Meyerhoff 1+181:48.60$60,000
1991Jet Stream5 Edgar Prado John C. Mobberly John C. Mobberly1+181:50.80$65,000
1990Flaming Emperor- Clarence Ladner Kenny CoxHideaway Farms1+181:48.60$75,000
1989Learned Jake- Kent Desormeaux Art BenjaminDick Vermillion1+181:48.60$60,000
1988Due North- Michael Hunter Katy Voss Peter McGill1+181:49.60$60,000
1987 Little Bold John 5 Donnie Miller Jr. Jerry Robb Jack Owens1+181:51.60$80,000
1986 Little Bold John 4 Paul A. Nicol Jr. Jerry Robb Jack Owens1+181:53.20$80,000
1985Kaye's Prince6 Donnie Miller Jr. Kenneth SumidaJuiles C.1-mile1:36.60$65,000
1984Island Champ- Alberto Delgado Hank Allen James J. Devaney1+1161:46.00$65,000
1983Hail Emperor- Vincent Bracciale Jr. 1+1161:46.00$65,000
1982#Buc 'n Bronc- Mario Pino 1+1161:44.60$50,000
1982#Decent Davey- Leroy Moyers 1+1161:43.60$50,000
1981Skippers Friend-Vincent Bracciale Jr.Robert Beale1+1161:44.60$65,000
1980Pole Position- Gunnar Lindberg Goody Goodman 1+1161:45.20$65,000
1979Isella- Mark Drury 1+1161:45.60$65,000
1978#Ripon- Kelly Castaneda 1+1161:45.60$45,500
1978#Take the Pledge- Jack Kurtz 1+1161:45.40$45,500
1977Jolly Johu- Larry Moyers 1+1161:44.20$65,000
1976Christopher R.- William J. Passmore Beverly Hacker Art Rooney 6 fur.1:10.60$30,000
1975Christopher R.- William J. Passmore Beverly Hacker Art Rooney 6 fur.1:09.60$30,000
1974Tap the Tree- Vincent Bracciale Jr. 6 fur.1:09.00$30,000
1973Joys Fella- C. Jimenez 6 fur.1:10.60$31,000
1972Pro Bidder- George Cusimano 6 fur.1:10.40$31,000
1971Jaikyl- Paul Kallai 6 fur.1:10.40$30,000
1970Gaelic Dancer- Robert Nono 6 fur.1:10.20$31,000
1969Illustrious-Dennis Petrucelli6 fur.1:09.20$30,000
1968Understudy- Frank Lovato 6 fur.1:11.00$30,000
1967Sandoval- Dave Gorman 6 fur.1:10.20$30,000
1966Hoist Bar- Ismael Valenzuela 6 fur.1:10.40$30,650

A # designates that the race was run in two divisions in 1978 and 1982.

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References

  1. 2007 Maryland Jockey Club Media Guide, page 173 on March 3, 2007.