The Marshua Stakes is an American

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 Thoroughbred

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 horse race held annually in February at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland

Laurel, Maryland

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. The Marshua Stakes, is open to fillies that are three-years-old in age and up willing to race six furlongs on the dirt. It was the 24th running of the stakes race in 2010.

An ungraded stakes

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 race, it offers a purse of $75,000. The race was named in honor of the great race mare Marshua

Marshua

Marshua was an American Thoroughbred racehorse sired by her famous father Nashua out of Emardee, by Heliopolis. Marshua was ranked second in her class of two year-olds. She made 16 starts in 1964 and was in the money 15 times an incredible 94% of the time. The highlight of that season was her...

 in 1987. Marshua was foaled in 1962 and was an American

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 Thoroughbred

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 racehorse

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 sired by her famous father Nashua

Nashua (horse)

Nashua was an American-born thoroughbred racehorse, perhaps best remembered for a 1955 match race against the horse that had defeated him in the Kentucky Derby.Nashua's sire was the good, but temperamental, European champion Nasrullah...

 out of Emardee, by Heliopolis. Marshua was ranked second in her class of two year-olds. She made 16 starts in 1964 and was in the money 15 times an incredible 94% of the time. The highlight of that season was her victory in the prestigious Selima Stakes

Selima Stakes

The Selima Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland. Raced in late November, it is open to two-year-old fillies and is raced on turf.- History :...

 at Laurel Park Racecorse in Maryland

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. Having led all the way around the 1-1/16 mile event, she battled Queen Empress through the stretch to win by a fading neck. Queen Empress was later named champion two year-old filly. In addition to the Selima, Marshua won the Schuylerville Stakes

Schuylerville Stakes

The Schuylerville Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. Open to two-year-old fillies, it is contested at a distance of six furlongs on dirt. A Grade III event, it offers a purse of $100,000. In 2006, the race was...

, the Gardenia Stakes

Gardenia Stakes

The Gardenia Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the second week of November. Created in 1955 at Garden State Park Racetrack in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, the 11/16 mile event was the world's richest race for two-year-old fillies, offering a total purse of US$130,300 in...

 and the Marguerite Stakes in her freshman year.

Marshua was bred and owned by Mrs. W. Gilroy. At age three she placed second in the Acorn Stakes

Acorn Stakes

The Acorn Stakes is an American Grade I race at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York for three-year-old Thoroughbred fillies. It is raced on dirt over a distance of one mile with a current purse of $250,000. It is the first leg of the US Triple Tiara and is followed by the Coaching Club American Oaks...

 and won the filly classic Coaching Club American Oaks

Coaching Club American Oaks

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. She retired with a record of nine wins, six seconds and four thirds in 21 starts with career earnings of $317,599.

Records

Speed record:

• 6 furlongs - 1:09.36 - Gator Prowl (2010)
• 7 furlongs - 1:24.60 - Mary's Silver Pen (2000)

Most wins by an horse:

• No horse has ever won the Marshua Stakes more than once.

Most wins by an owner:

• No owner has ever won the Marshua Stakes more than once.

Most wins by a jockey

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• 3 - Jeremy Rose
  Jeremy Rose
  Jeremy Rose is an American Thoroughbred racehorse jockey. He began his career as a professional rider at Delaware Park in Wilmington, Delaware and in 2001 was his breakout year and he was voted the United States' Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey.In 2005, Rose guided Afleet Alex, to...
  
    (2007, 2008 & 2009)
• 3 - Mario Pino  (1994, 2000 & 2004)

Most wins by a trainer

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• 2 - Dale Capuano  (2005 & 2006)
• 2 - Edmund D. Gaudet  (1990 & 2007)

Winners of the Marshua Stakes since 1987

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Distance	Time	Purse	Grade
2011	Red's Round Table	3	Sheldon Russell	Timothy L. Keefe	Arnold A. Heft	6 fur.	1:13.40	$75,000
2010	Gator Prowl	3	Harry Vega Harry Vega Harry Vega is an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.Vega began his riding career in Michigan in 1983 then in the late 1980s moved to compete at tracks on the Northeast coast of the United States...	John E. Salzman, Jr.	Danny Divver	6 fur.	1:09.36	$60,000
2009	Strut the Canary	3	Jeremy Rose Jeremy Rose Jeremy Rose is an American Thoroughbred racehorse jockey. He began his career as a professional rider at Delaware Park in Wilmington, Delaware and in 2001 was his breakout year and he was voted the United States' Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey.In 2005, Rose guided Afleet Alex, to...	Timothy Tullock, Jr.	Everest Stables, Inc.	6 fur.	1:10.72	$70,000
2008	Throbbin' Heart	3	Jeremy Rose Jeremy Rose Jeremy Rose is an American Thoroughbred racehorse jockey. He began his career as a professional rider at Delaware Park in Wilmington, Delaware and in 2001 was his breakout year and he was voted the United States' Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey.In 2005, Rose guided Afleet Alex, to...	Steven M. Asmussen Steve Asmussen Steven Mark Asmussen is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. Born into a horse racing family, his parents, Keith and Marilyn "Sis" Asmussen, are both trainers who operate El Primero Training Center off the Mines Road in Laredo, the seat of Webb County in south Texas...	Zayat Stables, LLC	6 fur.	1:11.00	$50,000
2007	Laila's Punch	3	Jeremy Rose Jeremy Rose Jeremy Rose is an American Thoroughbred racehorse jockey. He began his career as a professional rider at Delaware Park in Wilmington, Delaware and in 2001 was his breakout year and he was voted the United States' Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey.In 2005, Rose guided Afleet Alex, to...	Edmund D. Gaudet	Morris Bailey	5.5 fur.	1:06.00	$90,000
2006	Celestial Legend	3	Erick Rodriguez	Dale Capuano	Richard Shultz & David Menard	5.5 fur.	1:04.00	$75,000
2005	Rush to Glory	3	Mike Hole	Dale Capuano	L. T. Smith Enterprises	6 fur.	1:12.40	$50,000
2004	Among My Souvenirs	3	Mario Pino	Anthony W. Dutrow Anthony W. Dutrow Anthony W. "Tony" Dutrow is an American horse trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing.The eldest of three brothers involved in Thoroughbred racing, he is the son of the late well-known Maryland trainer Richard E. Dutrow, Sr...	Peter G. Angelos	6 fur.	1:11.20	$40,000
2003	Ladyecho	3	Oscar Castillo	John C. Servis John Servis John C. Servis is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer who was a relative unknown until May 2004 when his horse Smarty Jones won the Kentucky Derby. The colt then went on to win the Preakness Stakes further increasing Servis' reputation...	Charlotte C. Polin	6 fur.	1:10.20	$50,000
2002	Two Times a Lady	3	Omar Klinger	Francis P. Campitelli	James McCaul	6 fur.	1:11.60	$40,000
2001	No Race	-	No Race	No Race	No Race	no race	0:00.00	no race
2000	Mary's Silver Pen	3	Mario Pino	Guadalupe Preciado		7 fur.	1:24.60	$55,000
1999	Potomac Bend	3	Mark T. Johnston	Vincent L. Blengs	Wayne Harrison	6 fur.	1:11.40	$55,000
1998	Chasseresse	3	Edgar Prado	Glenda J. Gilday	Leverett S. Miller	6 fur.	1:11.60	$55,000
1997	Meteor Cap	3	Victor H. Molina	Eugene E. Weymouth		6 fur.	1:12.00	$55,000
1996	Secret Prospect	3	Carlos Marquez, Jr.	John J. Tammaro III	Alan Kline Revoc.Trust	7 fur.	1:25.20	$55,000
1995	White Cliffs	3	Rick Wilson	Carlos A. Garcia	Carol Ann Kaye	6 fur.	1:11.60	$55,000
1994	Pleasant Dilema	3	Mario Pino	Edward T. Allard		6 fur.	1:11.40	$55,000
1993	Carnirainbow	3	Greg Hutton	John J. Robb	Hal C. B. Clagett	6 fur.	1:13.60	$45,000
1992	Luramore	3	Rick Wilson	Ben W. Perkins, Jr.	Wright/Legum/Keelty	6 fur.	1:12.80	$45,000
1991	Picnic Island	3	Joe Rocco	Charles Peoples Charles Peoples Charles Peoples was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.In the latter part of the 1950s, he started conditioning horses for the operations of Bayard Sharp, a director of Delaware Park Racetrack and a president of The Blood-Horse Inc...	Bayard Sharp	6 fur.	1:13.40	$45,000
1990	Leery Baba	3	Mike Luzzi Mike Luzzi Michael Jude Luzzi is an American jockey. He grew up near Delaware Park Racetrack where his grandfather, trainer Buddy Raines, had a major role in raising him and his brother John who also became a jockey...	Edmund D. Gaudet	Brian Hurst	6 fur.	1:12.00	$45,000
1989	All About Style	3	Kent Desormeaux Kent Desormeaux Kent Jason Desormeaux is an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who holds the U.S. record for most races won in a single year, 1989.-Brief biography:...	Bernie Bond	Arnold Heft	7 fur.	1:24.80	$55,000
1988	Willa On the Move	3	James Edwards James Edwards James Edwards may refer to:* James B. Edwards, US politician* James Edwards , US film actor* James Edwards , former NBA basketballer*James Edwards * James Bevan Edwards, UK politician and army general...	Leon Blusiewicz	Lorraine Quinichett	6.5 fur.	1:18.40	$50,000
1987	Cagey Exuberance	3	Jake Nied	H. Graham Motion H. Graham Motion H. Graham Motion is an American horse trainer, notable for his work with 2011 Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom and Better Talk Now. Motion started out training and winning with his own Thoroughbred horses at age 29, his first win was with Bounding Daisy in March 1993 at Laurel Park...	Lindsey Burbank	6 fur.	1:14.60	$50,000