Nellie Morse Stakes

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Nellie Morse Stakes
ClassUngraded Stakes
Location Laurel Park Racecourse,
Laurel, Maryland,
United States
Inaugurated1941
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website www.laurelpark.com
Race information
Distance1 mile (8 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationFillies & Mares; Four-year-olds & up
WeightAssigned
Purse $100,000

The Nellie Morse Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in January at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland. The race is open to fillies and mares age four years old and up and is run at one mile (eight furlongs) on the dirt.

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An ungraded Black type race, it currently offers a purse of $100,000. The race was previously called the Queen Isabella Stakes from 1941 through 1993.

The race was named in honor of Nellie Morse, the last filly to win the Preakness Stakes (prior to Rachel Alexandra in 2009) in 1924. Nellie Morse was a daughter of Luke McLuke and to date is the only horse ever to win both the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes and the Preakness Stakes. She won those races three days apart and ended the year with $60,250, which was the most earned by any thoroughbred that year. [1]

As a broodmare, Nellie Morse left a legacy. Her daughter Nellie Flag was named two-year-old champion in 1934 and was the morning line and post time favorite in the 1935 Kentucky Derby (she finished fourth). Nellie Flag also raced in the Preakness Stakes but finished seventh. Nellie Morse's descendants, through Nellie Flag, include horse of the Year Forego, Kentucky Derby winner and champion three-year-old Bold Forbes, and champion handicap mare Mar-Kell.

Records

Speed record:

Most wins by a horse:

Most wins by an owner:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners

YearWinnerAgeJockeyTrainerOwner
Dist.
(Miles)
TimePurse$
2021Lucky Stride5Julian Pimentel Michael Trombetta Sonata Stable1+1161:43.38$100,000
2020Arrifana4Julian PimentelKelly RubleyGunpowder Farms1 mile1:35.95$100,000
2019Timeless Curls4Weston HamiltonDale CapuanoSookdeen Pasram1+1161:43.66$100,000
2018In the Navy Now4Julian PimentelMichael TrombettaLarry R. Johnson1+1161:45.61$100,000
2017Winter4 Trevor McCarthy Cal LynchMatthew Schera1+1161:45.32$100,000
2016Love Came to Town4Mychel SanchezKevin SleeterGerald Sleeter1+1161:45.50$75,000
2015Star Pearl5Sheldon Russell H. Graham Motion Pearl Bloodstock1+1161:46.33$100,000
2014Firenze Feeling4Victor CarrascoRudy RodriguezMichael Dubb & Bethlehem Stables1+1161:48.69$100,000
2013Moon Philly4 Jeremy Rose Michael TrombettaCountry Life Farm1+1161:44.67$125,000
2012Race not held
2011Potosina3Sheldon RussellMark ShumanJose Cerrillo1 mile1:40.86$75,000
2010Northern Station5Clinton PottsTodd BeattieTommy Town T-breds1 mile1:36.20$70,000
2009All Smiles6Dale BecknerFran CampitelliCynthia McGinnes1 mile1:37.83$60,000
2008Wild Hoots4 Mario Pino Kiaran McLaughlin Dell Ridge Farm1 mile1:38.40$60,000
2007 Lexi Star 5 Ryan Fogelsonger Christopher GroveStephen E. Quick1 mile1:38.30$100,000
2006Promenade Girl4Erick D. RodriguezLawrence E. MurraySondra D. Bender1 mile1:38.40$70,000
2005 Silmaril 4 Ryan Fogelsonger Christopher GroveStephen E. Quick1 mile1:39.20$85,000
2004City Fire4 Abe Castellano, Jr. Mark ShumanMichael Gill1+1161:43.60$75,000
2003Martha's Music4 Stewart Elliott John Servis John C. Mabee1+1161:45.40$50,000
2002Case of the Blues5 Mario Pino Anthony W. Dutrow Acorn Hill Farm, Inc1+1161:43.80$75,000
2001Too too Divine6 Harry Vega John J. FeeCharles C. Lenz Jr.1+1161:46.60$58,000
2012Race not held
1999Pocho's Dream Girl5 Mario Pino Alan E. Goldberg Farnsworth Farms 1+181:51.00$55,000
1998Merengue3 Rick Wilson Donald H. BarrGerald C. Dickens1+181:50.80$55,000
1997See Your Point5 Mario Pino William M. SireWilliam M. Sire1+181:49.20$55,000
1996Churchbell Chimes5 Edgar Prado J. William Boniface Susan Y. Granville1+181:50.00$55,000
1995Valiant Jewel5 Alberto Delgado Roger Attfield Huntington Stud Farm, Inc.1+181:51.20$55,000
1994Open Toe4 Larry Reynolds James W. Murphy John Pomerosa Farms1+181:50.40$50,000
1993Starlight Surprise5 Alberto Delgado Roberta N. RiffleB and D Stable1+181:51.80$55,000
1992Stem the Tide4Charles C. Fenwick III James W. Murphy Christiana Stables 1+181:49.00$50,000
1991Dixie Accent4Santos Chavez Charles Peoples Bayard Sharp 1+181:50.60$50,000
1950- 1990Race not held
1949Mother5 Clarence Picou Sylvester E. Veitch C. V. Whitney 1+181:51.80$9,000
1948 Honeymoon 5 Porter Roberts Graceton Philpot Louis B. Mayer 1+181:52.00$12,000
1947Earshot5 Ovie Scurlock Willie Booth William G. Helis Sr. 1+181:52.80$13,000
1946Monsoon4 Bobby Watson Lydell T. Ruff C. V. Whitney 1+181:53.80$12,500
1945Good Blood3 Douglas Dodson Ben A. Jones Calumet Farm 1+181:53.80$40,500
1944 Twilight Tear 3 Douglas Dodson Ben A. Jones Calumet Farm 1+181:53.20$12,000
1943Silvestra5 Nick Jemas Ross Higdon Woolford Farm 1+181:55.80$10,000
1942 Vagrancy 3 James Stout Jim Fitzsimmons Belair Stud Farm 1+181:51.00$7,500
1941Shine o' Night4 Sterling Young William F. TuckerWilliam C. Hobson1+181:52.40$7,500

See also

References

  1. 2007 Maryland Jockey Club Media Guide, page 324 on March 3, 2007.

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