Laurel Dash Stakes

The Laurel Dash Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Laurel Park Racecourse at Laurel, Maryland. An ungraded stakes open to horses age three and older, it is raced on turf over a distance of five and one-half furlongs.

Laurel Dash Stakes [1]
Ungraded stakes race
LocationLaurel Park, Laurel, Maryland,
United States
Inaugurated1988
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance5 1/2 furlongs
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree years old & up
PurseUS$100,000

Historical notes

The inaugural running took place on October 23, 1988 and was won by Daniel Wildenstein's outstanding runner, Steinlen.[2] Once described as "probably the richest and most powerful art dealer on earth",[3] Wildenstein named the horse for the French Art Nouveau painter Théophile Steinlen.

Inclement weather caused track officials to be concerned about the safety of the turf course in 1997 and 2011 resulting in those races being switched to the dirt track.[4] Ben's Cat won that 2011 event and did it again in 2013. He is the only horse to have won the Laurel Dash twice and it is a noteworthy success in that one was on dirt and the other on grass.[5]

Records

Speed record:

  • 1:01.71 @ current distance of 5 1/2 furlongs: Dubini (2019)
  • 1:07.29 @ 6 furlongs: Jazzy Idea (2012)

Most wins:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

  • 2 - The Jim Stable (2011, 2013)

Winners
Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner
 Dist.
(Furlongs)		 Time Win $ Gr.
2020 Completed Pass 6 Angel Cruz Claudio A. Gonzalez Robert D. Bone 5.5 f 1:04.41 $60,000
2019 Dubini 6 Daniel Centeno Kathleen A. Demasi Pewter Stable (Greg Demasi, partnership manager) 5.5 f 1:01.71 $60,000
2018 Class and Cash 6 Feargal Lynch Jane Cibelli Edward J. Short 6 f 1:14.04 $60,000
2017 Snowday 7 Daniel Centeno J. Willard Thompson Quiet Winter Farm 6 f 1:09.02 $60,000
2016 Mosler 5 Edgar Prado William I. Mott Adele Dilschneider 6 f 1:08.26 $60,000
2015 Spring to the Sky 6 Mike Luzzi Bruce R. Brown Anthony P. McCarthy 6 f 1:13.57 $60,000
2014 Dreamsgonewild 5 Trevor McCarthy Bruce F. Alexander Paul M. Steckel 6 f 1:07.99 $60,000
2013 Ben's Cat 7 Julian Pimentel King T. Leatherbury The Jim Stable 6 f 1:07.40 $60,000
2012 Jazzy Idea 3 Elvis Trujillo Edwin W. Merryman Edwin W. Merryman 6 f 1:07.29 $90,000
2011 Ben's Cat 5 Jeremy Rose King T. Leatherbury The Jim Stable 6 f (d) 1:11.11 $45,000
2001 - 2010 Race not held
2000 Texas Glitter 4 Aaron Gryder Todd Pletcher Dennis B. Swartz & Michael J. Ryan 6 f 1:08.00 $60,000 G3
1999 Grapeshot 5 Mark T. Johnston Ann W. Merryman Silhoutte Stable 6 f 1:12.80 $60,000 G3
1998 Howbaddouwantit 3 Dale Beckner Benjamin W. Perkins Jr. Larry F. Hall 6 f 1:08.63 $60,000 G3
1997 Wise Dusty 6 Oscar G. Mancilla Wayne M. Bailey Adrian L. "Les" Merton 6 f (d) 1:11.40 $60,000 G3
1996 Mayoumbe 3 Edgar Prado John R. S. Fisher Erdenheim Farm 6 f 1:16.00 $60,000 G3
1995 Race not held
1994 Soviet Problem 4 Chris McCarron Gregory G. Gilchrist John Harris & Don Valpredo 6 f 1:09.00 $120,000 G3
1993 Home of the Free 5 Jean Cruguet MacKenzie Miller Rokeby Stables 6 f 1:11.20 $120,000 G3
1992 Glen Kate 4 Laffit Pincay Jr. Bill Shoemaker Bruce McNall & Wayne Gretsky 6 f 1:10.40 $150,000 G3
1991 Forest Glow 4 Angel Cordero Jr. Brad MacDonald John A. Bell III 6 f 1:11.40 $150,000 G3
1990 Roman Prose 5 Lanfranco Dettori Jonathan Pease Henry C. Seymour 6 f 1:09.80 $150,000 G3
1989 Cricket Ball 6 Gérald Mossé John Fellows Robin Scully 6 f 1:14.00 $150,000
1988 Steinlen 5 Laffit Pincay Jr. D. Wayne Lukas Wildenstein Stable 6 f 1:10.40 $120,000

References
  1. "Laurel Dash Stakes". Equibase Co. LLC. 2021-02-10. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
  2. "Photo Finishes Add Flash of Excitement To Turf Festival". Washington Post. 1988-10-24. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  3. Andrews, Suzanna. "Bitter Spoils", Vanity Fair, March 1998. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  4. "Yesterday's Results: Laurel Dash-GIII". Thoroughbred Daily News, page 3. 1997-11-05. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
  5. "Ben's Cat Grabs Off-the-Turf Laurel Dash". The Blood-Horse. 2011-10-29. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
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