Selima Stakes
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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
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, who was imported to Maryland in 1750 and became a foundation mare
by Benjamin Tasker, Jr.
at the Belair Stud Farm
in Prince George County. Selima was the daughter of the Godolphin Arabian
, she was considered "queen of the turf," she also gained fame as one of the country's greatest broodmares in American history. Referring to the 1959 Selima Stakes, in his book Legacies of the Turf, author Edward L. Bowen
says that it was "then one of the most important autumn races for juvenile fillies."
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Thoroughbred horse race
Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport: Flat racing and National Hunt racing...
held annually at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland
Laurel, Maryland
Laurel is a city in northern Prince George's County, Anne Arundel County, and Howard County, Maryland, United States, located midway between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore. Incorporated in 1870, the city maintains a historic district including its Main Street...
. Raced in late November, it is open to two-year-old fillies
Filly
A filly is a young female horse too young to be called a mare. There are several specific definitions in use.*In most cases filly is a female horse under the age of four years old....
and is raced on turf
Grass
Grasses, or more technically graminoids, are monocotyledonous, usually herbaceous plants with narrow leaves growing from the base. They include the "true grasses", of the Poaceae family, as well as the sedges and the rushes . The true grasses include cereals, bamboo and the grasses of lawns ...
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History
Inaugurated in 1926, it is named for SelimaSelima (horse)
Selima was one of the most important Thoroughbred horses of the 18th century and became one of the foundation mares of the American Thoroughbred...
, who was imported to Maryland in 1750 and became a foundation mare
Mare (horse)
A mare is an adult female horse or other equine.In most cases, a mare is a female horse over the age of three, and a filly is a female horse age three and younger. However, in Thoroughbred horse racing, a mare is defined as a female horse more than four years old; in harness racing a mare is a...
by Benjamin Tasker, Jr.
Benjamin Tasker, Jr.
Colonel Benjamin Tasker, Jr. was the son of Ann Bladen and Benjamin Tasker, Sr., the Provincial Governor of Maryland from 1752 to 1753....
at the Belair Stud Farm
Belair Stud
Belair Stud was an American thoroughbred horse racing stable and breeding farm founded by Provincial Governor of Maryland, Samuel Ogle in 1747 in Collington, Prince Georges County, Maryland in Colonial America.-Colonial Period:...
in Prince George County. Selima was the daughter of the Godolphin Arabian
Godolphin Arabian
The Godolphin Arabian , also known as the Godolphin Barb, was an Arabian horse who was one of three stallions that were the founders of the modern Thoroughbred horse racing bloodstock...
, she was considered "queen of the turf," she also gained fame as one of the country's greatest broodmares in American history. Referring to the 1959 Selima Stakes, in his book Legacies of the Turf, author Edward L. Bowen
Edward L. Bowen
Edward L. Bowen is an American Thoroughbred horse racing historian and author and the president of the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation, an institution involved in funding equine research....
says that it was "then one of the most important autumn races for juvenile fillies."
Modern times
The race was run as a grade one race from 1973 through 1988. It was a grade two race in 1989 and a grade three race from 1990 through 1999. Since 2002 it has been contested over a distance of 1 1/16 miles (8.5 furlongs). The race was cancelled in 2008 for economic reasons. http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/racing-news/2008/august/19/laurel-park-to-hold-23-stakes-races-during-fall-meeting.aspx It was announced by Laurel Park that the famed race would be restored in 2011 and run on October 15th at 6 furlongs.Records
Most wins by a trainerHorse trainer
In horse racing, a trainer prepares a horse for races, with responsibility for exercising it, getting it race-ready and determining which races it should enter...
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- 6 - Woody StephensWoody StephensWoody Stephens was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame trainer.Born Woodford Cefis Stephens in Stanton, Kentucky, his younger brother William Ward Stephens also became a successful trainer. Woody Stephens first started in racing as a jockey at age 16 but within a few years switched...
(1973, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983)
Winners of the Selima Stakes since 1938
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Distance (Miles) |
Time |
Purse |
Grade |
2011 | Softly Lit | 2 | Sarah Rook | Dane Kobiskie | PTK, LLC | 6 fur. | 1:14.83 | $75,000 | |
2010 | No Race | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | 0:00.00 | no race | |
2009 | No Race | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | 0:00.00 | no race | |
2008 | No Race | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | 0:00.00 | no race | |
2007 | Bsharpsonata | 2 | Eric Camacho | Timothy Salzman | Cloverleaf Farm II | 1-1/16 | 1:43.66 | $100,000 | |
2006 | Street Sounds | 2 | Ramon Dominguez Ramon A. Dominguez Ramon A. Dominguez is an Eclipse Award-winning champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.... |
Michael Matz Michael Matz Michael Ray Matz is an American Olympic equestrian rider and horse trainer. He is perhaps most well known for having trained the ill-fated Barbaro to win the 132nd Kentucky Derby in 2006. The previously undefeated colt suffered a career and life ending injury after the start of the Preakness Stakes... |
Hidden Creek Farm | 1-1/16 | 1:46.35 | $100,000 | |
2005 | J'ray | 2 | Jerry Bailey | Todd Pletcher | Lawrence Goichman | 1-1/16 | 1:41.87 | $125,000 | |
2004 | Hear Us Roar | 2 | Stewart Elliott Stewart Elliott Stewart Elliott is an American thoroughbred jockey.Elliott grew up in horse racing; his father was a jockey for many years, his mother rode show horses and was a riding instructor, and his uncle owns a racing stable in Canada... |
Fran Campitelli | John Davison | 1-1/16 | 1:46.24 | $125,000 | |
2003 | Richetta | 2 | Rick Wilson | Robin Graham | Higgins & Bowman Stable | 1-1/16 | 1:44.76 | $100,000 | |
2002 | Makin Heat | 2 | Mark Johnston | Jerry Robb | Michael Gill | 1-1/16 | 1:47.60 | $100,000 | |
2001 | No Race | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | 0:00.00 | no race | |
2000 | Haitian Vacation | 2 | Rick Wilson | Eddie Kenneally | Everest Stables | 1-1/8 | 1:53.81 | $100,000 | |
1999 | Jostle Jostle (horse) Jostle is an American Thoroughbred filly racehorse. The daughter of Brocco will best be remembered for posting a 3-length score in the mile and an eighth Grade II $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on May 19, 2000.- Early career :In the spring of 1997 Jostle was born near... |
2 | Stewart Elliott Stewart Elliott Stewart Elliott is an American thoroughbred jockey.Elliott grew up in horse racing; his father was a jockey for many years, his mother rode show horses and was a riding instructor, and his uncle owns a racing stable in Canada... |
John 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... |
Fox Hill Farms | 1-1/8 | 1:52.16 | $100,000 | III |
1998 | Magic Broad | 2 | Edgar Prado | Richard W. Small | Robert E. Meyerhoff | 1-1/8 | 1:52.60 | $100,000 | III |
1997 | Clark Street | 2 | Edgar Prado | William Badgett, Jr. | Shortleaf Stable | 1-1/8 | 1:56.00 | $100,000 | III |
1996 | Reach the Top | 2 | Edgar Prado | Mary E. Eppler | Samuel Rogers | 1-1/8 | 1:52.40 | $100,000 | III |
1995 | River of Rum | 2 | William McCauley William McCauley William Lloyd "Jerry" McCauley was the third head coach of the University of Michigan football team. McCauley was born in approximately 1871 and listed his home town as Stanley, New York. He attended preparatory school at Geneva Prep... |
Richard Schosberg | R. C. Halvorson | 7.5 fur. | 1:32.40 | $100,000 | III |
1994 | Stormy Blues | 2 | Jose A. Santos | Flint S. Schulhofer Flint S. Schulhofer Flint S. "Scotty" Schulhofer was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Schulhofer was born into a racing family in Aiken, South Carolina, where his father owned a racing stable as well as a riding academy... |
Harriet Finkelstein | 7.5 fur. | 1:30.20 | $100,000 | III |
1993 | Irish Forever | 2 | Edgar Prado | J. William Boniface | Roger Schipke | 1-1/16 | 1:48.40 | $145,400 | III |
1992 | Booly | 2 | 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... |
Vincent L. Blengs | Sy Cohen | 1-1/16 | 1:45.20 | $200,000 | III |
1991 | Ken de Saron | 2 | Edgar Prado | Maurice Zilber Maurice Zilber Maurice Zilber was a thoroughbred horse trainer born and raised in Cairo, Egypt to a Turkish mother and a French-Hungarian father... |
E.M. Fares | 1-1/16 | 1:49.80 | $200,000 | III |
1990 | Tycoon's Drama | 2 | Cash Asmussen Cash Asmussen Cash Asmussen is an American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. Born Brian Keith Asmussen, in 1977 he legally changed his name to "Cash". From a Texas horse racing family, his parents, Keith and Marilyn "Sis" Asmussen, operate a ranch in Laredo, Texas... |
Robert Collet Robert Collet Robert Collet is a French thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Robert Collet was one of the first European trainers to win a Breeders' Cup race when he won the 1986 edition of the Breeders' Cup Mile at Hollywood Park Racetrack with Last Tycoon... |
R. Strauss/R. Aubert | 1-1/16 | 1:44.60 | $300,000 | III |
1989 | Sweet Roberta | 2 | 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:... |
William I. Mott | Diana M. Firestone | 1-1/16 | 1:46.00 | $300,000 | II |
1988 | Capades Capades Capades is a retired American Thoroughbred filly racehorse whom the July 24, 1989 edition of the New York Times called "one of the country's most accomplished 3-year-old grass fillies."... |
2 | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Richard O'Connell Richard O'Connell (racehorse trainer) Richard O'Connell was an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer who was voted Trainer of the Year three times by New York Thoroughbred Breeders, Inc... |
Poma Stable | 1-1/16 | 1:44.80 | $300,000 | I |
1987 | Minstrel's Lassie | 2 | Freddy Head Freddy Head Freddy Head is a retired champion jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing and currently a horse trainer. Known also as "Freddie", his grandfather was a jockey as was his father Alec Head who also became a successful trainer and owner of Haras du Quesnay near Deauville... |
Francois Boutin François Boutin François Boutin was a French Thoroughbred horse trainer. The son of a farmer, he was born in the village of Beaunay in the northerly Seine Maritime département. He began riding horses at a young age and competed in show jumping and cross-country equestrianism... |
Allen E. Paulson Allen E. Paulson Allen Eugene Paulson was an American aviation entrepreneur, philanthropist, thoroughbred racehorse breeder and owner, and a self-made multi-millionaire.-Business career in aviation:Born in Clinton, Iowa, Allen E... |
1-1/16 | 1:45.60 | $250,000 | I |
1986 | Collins | 2 | George Martens George Martens (jockey) George Martens is a retired Champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing best known for winning the 1981 Belmont Stakes, the third leg of the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing.... |
Flint S. Schulhofer Flint S. Schulhofer Flint S. "Scotty" Schulhofer was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Schulhofer was born into a racing family in Aiken, South Carolina, where his father owned a racing stable as well as a riding academy... |
Frances A. Genter Frances A. Genter Frances A. Genter was a major figure in American Thoroughbred horse racing. She is best known as the owner of Unbridled, the 1990 American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse and winner of the 1990 Kentucky Derby and Breeders' Cup Classic... |
1-1/16 | 1:43.80 | $260,000 | I |
1985 | I'm Splendid | 2 | Vincent Bracciale, Jr. | James J. Toner James J. Toner James J. "Jimmy" Toner is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.At age nineteen in April 1960 he got his first win as a trainer, making him the youngest to ever win a Thoroughbred horse race in State of New York. He won the 1999 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf with Soaring Softly.-References:*... |
Caesar P. Kimmel | 1-1/16 | 1:43.00 | $235,000 | I |
1984 | Mom's Command Mom's Command Mom's Command was a multiple Grade I-winning American Thoroughbred race horse. Her breeder and owner was Peter Fuller of Runnymede Farms in in North Hampton, New Hampshire, son of a former governor of Massachusetts... |
2 | Gregg McCarron | Edward T. Allard | Peter Fuller Peter Fuller Peter Michael Fuller was a British art critic and magazine editor who was educated at Epsom College and Peterhouse, Cambridge.... |
1-1/16 | 1:43.60 | $253,000 | I |
1983 | Miss Oceana Miss Oceana Miss Oceana was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won six Grade 1 stakes during her racing career and was sold for a World Record price as a broodmare.... |
2 | Eddie Maple Eddie Maple Edward Retz "Eddie" Maple is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. One of eight brothers and sisters, he was an older brother to jockey Sam Maple who won more than 2,500 races. He began riding horses at age 12 and won his first race as a professional at 17... |
Woody Stephens Woody Stephens Woody Stephens was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame trainer.Born Woodford Cefis Stephens in Stanton, Kentucky, his younger brother William Ward Stephens also became a successful trainer. Woody Stephens first started in racing as a jockey at age 16 but within a few years switched... |
Newstead Farm | 1-1/16 | 1:44.00 | $215,000 | I |
1982 | Bemissed | 2 | Frank Lovato, Jr. Frank Lovato, Jr. Frank Lovato, Jr. is a retired American Thoroughbred jockey.- Career :During a career that spanned 25 years Lovato rode a total of 15,603 mounts, winning on 1,686 of them and finishing in the money on another 3,506. The horses he rode earned a total of $41,795,267... |
Woody Stephens Woody Stephens Woody Stephens was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame trainer.Born Woodford Cefis Stephens in Stanton, Kentucky, his younger brother William Ward Stephens also became a successful trainer. Woody Stephens first started in racing as a jockey at age 16 but within a few years switched... |
Ryehill Farm | 1-1/16 | 1:44.00 | $227,000 | I |
1981 | Snow Plow | 2 | Jack Kaenel | Leon Blusiewicz | Joanne Blusiewicz | 1-1/16 | 1:46.20 | $210,000 | I |
1980 | Heavenly Cause Heavenly Cause Heavenly Cause was an American Thoroughbred Champion filly racehorse. Bred by Adele W. Paxson, she was sired by Grey Dawn, the 1964 French Champion Two-Year-Old Colt and 1990 Leading broodmare sire in North America... |
2 | Laffit Pincay, Jr. Laffit Pincay, Jr. Laffit Alejandro Pincay, Jr. is a flat racing's all-time winningest jockey. He competed primarily in the United States.-Career:... |
Woody Stephens Woody Stephens Woody Stephens was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame trainer.Born Woodford Cefis Stephens in Stanton, Kentucky, his younger brother William Ward Stephens also became a successful trainer. Woody Stephens first started in racing as a jockey at age 16 but within a few years switched... |
Ryehill Farm | 1-1/16 | 1:43.40 | $160,000 | I |
1979 | Smart Angle | 2 | Sam Maple Sam Maple Samuel A. Maple was an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.Born in Carrollton, Ohio, Sam Maple was one of eight brothers and sisters. His older brother, Eddie, was also a jockey... |
Woody Stephens Woody Stephens Woody Stephens was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame trainer.Born Woodford Cefis Stephens in Stanton, Kentucky, his younger brother William Ward Stephens also became a successful trainer. Woody Stephens first started in racing as a jockey at age 16 but within a few years switched... |
Ryehill Farm | 1-1/16 | 1:45.20 | $170,000 | I |
1978 | Candy Éclair Candy Éclair Candy Éclair was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred and raced by prominent Pennsylvanian horsewoman Adele Paxson, she was a granddaughter of the most important sire of the 20th century, Northern Dancer... |
2 | Anthony Black | S. Allen King | Adele W. Paxson Adele W. Paxson Adele Warden Paxson was an American socialite, philanthropist, conservationist, and a Champion breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses.... |
1-1/16 | 1:45.60 | $140,000 | I |
1977 | Lakeville Miss Lakeville Miss Lakeville Miss was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse bred and raced by Great Neck, New York businessman Randolph Weinsier who in 1979 received the P.A.B... |
2 | Ruben Hernandez | Jose A. Martin Jose A. Martin Jose A. Martin was an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer who trained three Champions as well as multiple Grade I winner, Noble Nashua.Jose Martin was the son of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer Frank "Pancho" Martin... |
Randolph Weinsier | 1-1/16 | 1:45.40 | $125,000 | I |
1976 | Sensational Sensational (horse) Sensational was an American Champion Thoroughbred Filly racehorse bred and raced by Mill House Stable which was owned by Nicholas F. Brady and his siblings. She was trained by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Woody Stephens.... |
2 | Jorge Velasquez Jorge Velasquez Jorge Velásquez is a thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey.Jorge Velasquez career in thoroughbred racing began in his native Panama but as a teenager moved to the United States... |
Woody Stephens Woody Stephens Woody Stephens was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame trainer.Born Woodford Cefis Stephens in Stanton, Kentucky, his younger brother William Ward Stephens also became a successful trainer. Woody Stephens first started in racing as a jockey at age 16 but within a few years switched... |
Mill House Stable | 1-1/16 | 1:43.80 | $130,000 | I |
1975 | Optimistic Gal | 2 | Darrel McHargue Darrel McHargue Darrel G. McHargue is a retired American Champion jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. One of five children from a family not connected to horse racing, he was first introduced to riding as a teeneage boy when he rode a neighbor's Quarter Horse... |
LeRoy Jolley LeRoy Jolley LeRoy Jolley is an United States Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse trainer. The son of horse trainer Moody Jolley, LeRoy Jolley has been around horses all his life at age nineteen received a New York State trainer's license.... |
Diana M. Firestone | 1-1/16 | 1:42.80 | $140,000 | I |
1974 | Aunt Jin | 2 | Carlos Marquez | Sonny Hightower | Paul Cresci | 1-1/16 | 1:44.00 | $135,000 | I |
1973 | Dancealot | 2 | Laffit Pincay, Jr. Laffit Pincay, Jr. Laffit Alejandro Pincay, Jr. is a flat racing's all-time winningest jockey. He competed primarily in the United States.-Career:... |
Woody Stephens Woody Stephens Woody Stephens was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame trainer.Born Woodford Cefis Stephens in Stanton, Kentucky, his younger brother William Ward Stephens also became a successful trainer. Woody Stephens first started in racing as a jockey at age 16 but within a few years switched... |
Mill House Stable | 1-1/16 | 1:42.80 | $125,000 | I |
1972 | La Prevoyante La Prevoyante La Prevoyante was a Canadian-bred Thoroughbred race horse elected to the Racing Halls of Fame in the United States and Canada. A filly, she was bred and owned by Jean-Louis Lévesque... |
2 | John LeBlanc | Yonnie Starr Yonnie Starr Joseph "Yonnie" Starr was a Canadian Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer about whom the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame says has a "record unmatched in Canadian racing history."... |
Jean-Louis Lévesque Jean-Louis Lévesque Jean-Louis Lévesque, was a Canadian entrepreneur, thoroughbred racehorse owner, and philanthropist.... |
1-1/16 | 1:46.40 | $125,000 | I |
1971 | Numbered Account Numbered Account (horse) Numbered Account was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was voted the American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly of 1971. She was bred and raced by Ogden Phipps and trained by Roger Laurin.... |
2 | Braulio Baeza Braulio Baeza Braulio Baeza is an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He began racing in 1955 and in 1960, at the urging of agent Camilo Marin, moved to compete in the United States where at the Keeneland Race Course he won the very first he competed in.Braulio Baeza's success in America was... |
Roger Laurin Roger Laurin Roger Laurin is a trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses in the United States and Canada. He has trained Champions Numbered Account, the 1971 American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly, and Chief's Crown, the 1984 American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt and Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner.-A family business:Roger... |
Ogden Phipps Ogden Phipps Ogden Phipps was an American stockbroker, court tennis champion and Hall of Fame member, thoroughbred horse racing executive and owner/breeder, and an art collector and philanthropist... |
1-1/16 | 1:44.40 | $130,000 | |
1970 | Patelin | 2 | Laffit Pincay, Jr. Laffit Pincay, Jr. Laffit Alejandro Pincay, Jr. is a flat racing's all-time winningest jockey. He competed primarily in the United States.-Career:... |
Sylvester Veitch Sylvester Veitch Sylvester E. Veitch was a Hall of Fame thoroughbred horse trainer.Veitch began his career in racing as a jockey and trainer in Steeplechase racing. In 1939 he moved to flat racing when he began employment as a trainer with Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney in Kentucky... |
George D. Widener, Jr. George D. Widener, Jr. George Dunton Widener, Jr. was an American businessman and thoroughbred racehorse owner; one of only five people ever designated "Exemplars of Racing" by the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.-Biography:... |
1-1/16 | 1:45.40 | $125,000 | |
1969 | Predictable | 2 | Robert Ussery | Edward A. Neloy Edward A. Neloy Edward Albert "Eddie" Neloy was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. At age fourteen, he began working at a racetrack then joined the United States Army during World War II... |
Wheatley Stable Wheatley Stable Wheatley Stable was the nom de course for the thoroughbred horse racing partnership formed by Gladys Mills Phipps and her brother, Ogden L. Mills. The horses were raised at Claiborne Farm near Paris, Kentucky.-History:... |
1-1/16 | 1:43.20 | $125,000 | |
1968 | Shuvee Shuvee Shuvee was an American Thoroughbred Champion Hall of Fame racehorse who was the second filly to ever win the U.S. Filly Triple Crown... |
2 | Ron Turcotte Ron Turcotte Ron Joseph Morel Turcotte, CM is a Hall of Fame thoroughbred race horse jockey best known as the rider of Secretariat, winner of the U.S. Triple Crown in 1973.... |
Willard C. Freeman | Anne Minor Stone | 1-1/16 | 1:44.80 | $112,500 | |
1967 | Syrian Sea | 2 | Eddie Belmonte Eddie Belmonte Eddie Belmonte is a retired jockey who competed at the highest levels in Thoroughbred horse racing in his native Puerto Rico and in the United States.... |
Casey Hayes | Christopher Chenery Christopher Chenery Christopher Tompkins Chenery was an American engineer, businessman, and owner/breeder of Thoroughbred horse racing's U.S. Triple Crown champion Secretariat.... |
1-1/16 | 1:44.40 | $112,500 | |
1966 | Regal Gleam | 2 | Manuel Ycaza Manuel Ycaza Manuel Ycaza is a retired United States Racing Hall of Fame jockey who led the way for Latin American jockeys in the United States.... |
Hirsch Jacobs Hirsch Jacobs Hirsch Jacobs was an American thoroughbred horse trainer and owner.Jacobs was the leading race-winning trainer in the United States 1933-39, 1941–44, the U.S. leading money-winning trainer, 1946, 1960, 1965, and the U.S. leading money-winning breeder, 1964-67... |
Patrice Jacobs | 1-1/16 | 1:44.80 | $130,500 | |
1965 | Moccasin Moccasin (horse) Moccasin was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse and the only two-year-old filly to be voted United States Horse of the Year.... |
2 | Larry Adams Larry Adams Larry Adams is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives.Larry Adams served two terms as a State Representative, representing the 86th District. Prior, he was a commissioner for Marion County. Currently, he is a representative for the USDA.... |
Harry Trotsek | Claiborne Farm Claiborne Farm Claiborne Farm is a thoroughbred Horse breeding operation in near Paris, Kentucky. It was established in 1910, by Arthur B. Hancock, owner of Ellerslie Farm in Albemarle County, Virginia, and has been operated by members of his family ever since.-Owners:... |
1-1/16 | 1:45.80 | $100,500 | |
1964 | 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... |
2 | Wayne Chambers | Norman R. McLeod | Mrs. W. Gilroy | 1-1/16 | 1:44.20 | $100,000 | |
1963 | My Card | 2 | Buck Thornburg | Oscar White Oscar White Oscar White was an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer who twice won the third leg of the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing... |
Sarah F. Jeffords | 1-1/16 | 1:48.20 | $100,000 | |
1962 | Fool's Play | 2 | Johnny Sellers Johnny Sellers Johnny Sellers was an American jockey. Born in Los Angeles, but raised in Oklahoma, he began his professional career in 1955 and between 1959 and 1968 rode in six Kentucky Derbys. He won the prestigious race aboard Carry Back in 1961 then riding the colt to victory in the Preakness Stakes... |
James E. Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable Wheatley Stable Wheatley Stable was the nom de course for the thoroughbred horse racing partnership formed by Gladys Mills Phipps and her brother, Ogden L. Mills. The horses were raised at Claiborne Farm near Paris, Kentucky.-History:... |
1-1/16 | 1:46.80 | $60,000 | |
1961 | Tamarona | 2 | Johnny Sellers Johnny Sellers Johnny Sellers was an American jockey. Born in Los Angeles, but raised in Oklahoma, he began his professional career in 1955 and between 1959 and 1968 rode in six Kentucky Derbys. He won the prestigious race aboard Carry Back in 1961 then riding the colt to victory in the Preakness Stakes... |
Max Hirsch Max Hirsch Maximilian J. "Max" Hirsch was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Born in Fredericksburg, Texas, Hirsch became one of the most successful trainers in Thoroughbred horse racing history. He spent part of his formative years working as a groom and jockey at Morris Ranch in... |
King Ranch King Ranch King Ranch, located in south Texas between Corpus Christi and Brownsville, is one of the world's largest ranches. The ranch, founded in 1853 by Captain Richard King and Gideon K. Lewis, includes portions of six Texas counties, including most of Kleberg County and much of Kenedy County, with... |
1-1/16 | 1:45.60 | $60,000 | |
1960 | Good Move | 2 | Eric Guerin Eric Guerin Oliver Eric Guerin is an American Hall of Fame jockey.Eric Guerin was born in Maringouin, Louisiana, in Cajun backwater country, twenty-four miles west of Baton Rouge... |
William C. Winfrey William C. Winfrey William C. "Bill" Winfrey was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. Bill Winfrey was born Colin Dickard but after the passing of his father was adopted by Hall of Fame trainer, G. Carey Winfrey... |
Alfred G. Vanderbilt II Alfred G. Vanderbilt II Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt II was a member of the prominent Vanderbilt family, a son of the first Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt who died a hero in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania. His mother, Margaret Emerson, was one of America's wealthiest women and most sought-after hostesses, operating at least... |
1-1/16 | 1:44.60 | $62,000 | |
1959 | La Fuerza | 2 | Sammy Boulmetis Sam Boulmetis, Sr. Samuel A. Boulmetis, Sr. is a retired American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who was inducted in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1973... |
Max Hirsch Max Hirsch Maximilian J. "Max" Hirsch was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Born in Fredericksburg, Texas, Hirsch became one of the most successful trainers in Thoroughbred horse racing history. He spent part of his formative years working as a groom and jockey at Morris Ranch in... |
King Ranch King Ranch King Ranch, located in south Texas between Corpus Christi and Brownsville, is one of the world's largest ranches. The ranch, founded in 1853 by Captain Richard King and Gideon K. Lewis, includes portions of six Texas counties, including most of Kleberg County and much of Kenedy County, with... |
1-1/16 | 1:47.80 | $65,000 | |
1958 | Rich Tradition | 2 | William Boland William Boland William N. "Bill" Boland is a retired American Hall of Fame jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.... |
Casey Hayes | Christopher Chenery Christopher Chenery Christopher Tompkins Chenery was an American engineer, businessman, and owner/breeder of Thoroughbred horse racing's U.S. Triple Crown champion Secretariat.... |
1-1/16 | 1:47.00 | $65,000 | |
1957 | Guide Line | 2 | William Boland William Boland William N. "Bill" Boland is a retired American Hall of Fame jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.... |
Charlie Whittingham | Llangollen Farm | 1-1/16 | 1:45.60 | $75,000 | |
1956 | Lebkuchen | 2 | Johnny Longden Johnny Longden John Eric Longden was an American Hall of Fame jockey. He was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England but his father wanted to build a better life for his family so in 1909 emigrated to Canada, settling in Taber, Alberta. By 1912 Longden Sr. had saved enough money to send for his wife and young son... |
Dr. Eslie Asbury | 1-1/16 | 1:44.40 | $80,000 | ||
1955 | Levee Levee (horse) Levee was a Kentucky bred thoroughbred mare born in 1953. She was an accomplished stakes winner and the dam of two time Jockey Club Gold Cup winner and U.S. Filly Triple Tiara Winner Shuvee.... |
2 | Ray Broussard Ray Broussard Raywood J. Broussard was an American jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing."Ray" Broussard was born in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, home to a large number of persons of Acadian ancestry and an area that would produce a number of other Cajun jockeys including Eddie Delahoussaye, Randy... |
Norman R. McLeod | Vernon G. Cardy | 1-1/16 | 1:44.60 | $85,000 | |
1954 | High Voltage High Voltage (horse) High Voltage was a Thoroughbred racehorse who was the American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly of 1954. Bred and raced by Gladys Mills Phipps' Wheatley Stable, High Voltage was conditioned for racing by legendary U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons... |
2 | Ray Broussard Ray Broussard Raywood J. Broussard was an American jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing."Ray" Broussard was born in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, home to a large number of persons of Acadian ancestry and an area that would produce a number of other Cajun jockeys including Eddie Delahoussaye, Randy... |
James E. Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable Wheatley Stable Wheatley Stable was the nom de course for the thoroughbred horse racing partnership formed by Gladys Mills Phipps and her brother, Ogden L. Mills. The horses were raised at Claiborne Farm near Paris, Kentucky.-History:... |
1-1/16 | 1:45.00 | $90,000 | |
1953 | Small Favor | 2 | Pete McLean | Sylvester Veitch Sylvester Veitch Sylvester E. Veitch was a Hall of Fame thoroughbred horse trainer.Veitch began his career in racing as a jockey and trainer in Steeplechase racing. In 1939 he moved to flat racing when he began employment as a trainer with Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney in Kentucky... |
C. V. Whitney | 1-1/16 | 1:46.40 | $75,000 | |
1952 | Tritium | 2 | Ronnie Nash | Preston M. Burch Preston M. Burch Preston Morris Burch was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer, breeder, and owner. -Biography:... |
Brookmeade Stable Brookmeade Stable Brookmeade Stable was a successful thoroughbred horse racing stable owned by heiress and socialite Isabel Dodge Sloane. Sloane first won using the name Brookmeade Stable at the Manly Memorial Steeplechase at Pimlico in 1924.... |
1-1/16 | 1:46.80 | $75,000 | |
1951 | Rose Jet | 2 | Eric Guerin Eric Guerin Oliver Eric Guerin is an American Hall of Fame jockey.Eric Guerin was born in Maringouin, Louisiana, in Cajun backwater country, twenty-four miles west of Baton Rouge... |
William Booth | Maine Chance Farm Maine Chance Farm Maine Chance Farm was an American Thoroughbred horse racing stable in Lexington, Kentucky owned by cosmetics tycoon, Elizabeth Arden.Elizabeth Arden raced under the nom de course "Mr. Nightingale" until 1943 when she adopted the name Maine Chance Farm from her health spa in Mount Vernon, Maine... |
1-1/16 | 1:47.00 | $64,000 | |
1950 | Aunt Jinny | 2 | Nick Wall Nick Wall Nicholas J. "Nick" Wall was a Canadian jockey who competed successfully in Canada and was the 1938 Champion rider in the United States.... |
Duval A. Headley | Duval A. Headley | 1-1/16 | 1:46.40 | $62,000 | |
1949 | Bed O' Roses | 2 | Eric Guerin Eric Guerin Oliver Eric Guerin is an American Hall of Fame jockey.Eric Guerin was born in Maringouin, Louisiana, in Cajun backwater country, twenty-four miles west of Baton Rouge... |
William C. Winfrey William C. Winfrey William C. "Bill" Winfrey was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. Bill Winfrey was born Colin Dickard but after the passing of his father was adopted by Hall of Fame trainer, G. Carey Winfrey... |
Sagamore Farm Sagamore Farm Sagamore Farm is an American Thoroughbred horse breeding farm on Belmont Avenue in Reisterstown, Baltimore County, Maryland. Established in 1925, it was owned by Margaret Emerson Vanderbilt who gave it to her son Alfred G. Vanderbilt II for his twenty-first birthday... |
1-1/16 | 1:45.80 | $70,000 | |
1948 | Gaffery | 2 | Carson Kirk | Richard E. Handlen Richard E. Handlen Richard E. "Dick" Handlen was an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer whom the March 15, 1937 edition of the Los Angeles Times called "one of the best trainers in America"... |
William duPont, Jr. William duPont, Jr. William duPont, Jr. was an American businessman and banker and a prominent figure in the sport of thoroughbred horse racing. A member of the Delaware Du Pont family, he was the son of William du Pont and Annie Rogers , and brother to horsewoman, Marion.In 1919, he married Jean Liseter Austin... |
1-1/16 | 1:46.00 | $70,000 | |
1947 | Whirl Some | 2 | Douglas Dodson Douglas Dodson Douglas Allan Dodson was a Champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.Douglas Dodson was born in Pickardville, Alberta, Canada, the son of James Floyd and Emma Dodson. His family moved to a ranch in Elk River, Idaho when he was still a child and as a small boy he learned to ride horses... |
Horace A. Jones Horace A. Jones Horace A. "Jimmy" Jones was an American thoroughbred horse trainer.The son of Hall of Fame horse trainer Ben A. Jones, Jimmy Jones was born in Parnell, Missouri... |
Calumet Farm Calumet Farm Calumet Farm is a Thoroughbred breeding and training farm established in 1924 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States by William Monroe Wright, founding owner of the Calumet Baking Powder Company. Calumet is located in the heart of Lexington's blue grass country, the finest horse breeding region in... |
1-1/16 | 1:46.40 | $70,000 | |
1946 | Bee Ann Mac | 2 | Abelardo DeLara | Max Hirsch Max Hirsch Maximilian J. "Max" Hirsch was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Born in Fredericksburg, Texas, Hirsch became one of the most successful trainers in Thoroughbred horse racing history. He spent part of his formative years working as a groom and jockey at Morris Ranch in... |
King Ranch King Ranch King Ranch, located in south Texas between Corpus Christi and Brownsville, is one of the world's largest ranches. The ranch, founded in 1853 by Captain Richard King and Gideon K. Lewis, includes portions of six Texas counties, including most of Kleberg County and much of Kenedy County, with... |
1-1/16 | 1:50.00 | $70,000 | |
1945 | Athene | 2 | Warren Mehrtens Warren Mehrtens Warren Mehrtens was an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey best known for winning the U.S. Triple Crown in 1946.... |
William J. Hirsch | Edward Lasker | 1-1/16 | 1:47.40 | $56,500 | |
1944 | Busher Busher (horse) Busher was a thoroughbred racing filly. She was sired by War Admiral, the winner of the Triple Crown in 1937, and the great son of a great legend, Man o' War. She was out of Baby League by Bubbling Over, the colt who won the 1926 Kentucky Derby... |
2 | Eddie Arcaro Eddie Arcaro George Edward Arcaro , known professionally as Eddie Arcaro, was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who won more American classic races than any other jockey in history and is the only rider to have won the U.S. Triple Crown twice... |
James W. Smith James W. Smith James W. "Jimmy" Smith was an American Thoroughbred horse trainer. He was the son of Tom Smith, trainer of Seabiscuit.James Smith trained for automotive industrialist Charles T. Fisher and won the 1940 Arlington Classic with Fisher's colt, Sirocco. A few years later he trained for the renowned... |
Edward R. Bradley Edward R. Bradley Colonel Edward Riley Bradley was an American steel mill laborer, gold miner, businessman and philanthropist. As well as a race track proprietor, he was the preeminent owner and breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses in the Southern United States during the first three decades of the 20th Century... |
1-1/16 | 1:49.60 | $45,000 | |
1943 | Miss Keeneland | 2 | Fred A. Smith Fred A. Smith Fred A. Smith was a Cuban American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing best remembered for narrowly missing victory in the 1940 U.S. Triple Crown.... |
Ben A. Jones Ben A. Jones Benjamin Allyn Jones was a thoroughbred horse trainer.Born in Parnell, Missouri, Ben Jones went into the business of breeding and training of thoroughbreds during the first decade of the 20th century, racing his horses on small circuits in the American West and in Mexico... |
Calumet Farm Calumet Farm Calumet Farm is a Thoroughbred breeding and training farm established in 1924 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States by William Monroe Wright, founding owner of the Calumet Baking Powder Company. Calumet is located in the heart of Lexington's blue grass country, the finest horse breeding region in... |
1-1/16 | 1:48.40 | $35,000 | |
1942 | Askmenow | 2 | Carroll Bierman | Kenneth Osborne | Hal Price Headley | 1-1/16 | 1:46.80 | $36,500 | |
1941 | Ficklebush | 2 | Kenneth McCombs | Richard E. Handlen Richard E. Handlen Richard E. "Dick" Handlen was an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer whom the March 15, 1937 edition of the Los Angeles Times called "one of the best trainers in America"... |
William duPont, Jr. William duPont, Jr. William duPont, Jr. was an American businessman and banker and a prominent figure in the sport of thoroughbred horse racing. A member of the Delaware Du Pont family, he was the son of William du Pont and Annie Rogers , and brother to horsewoman, Marion.In 1919, he married Jean Liseter Austin... |
1-1/16 | 1:47.20 | $42,000 | |
1940 | Valdina Myth | 2 | Harry Richards Harry C. Richards Harry Clayton Richards was an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey and the first president of the Jockeys' Guild. Hall of Fame jockey Eddie Arcaro said Richards: "was strong in character and who maintained a steady belief in our organization [Jockeys' Guild]... |
John J. Flanigan | Emerson F. Woodward | 1 mile | 1:41.40 | $40,000 | |
1939 | War Beauty | 2 | Alfred Robertson | John Oliver Keene | John Oliver Keene | 1 mile | 1:41.80 | $44,000 | |
1938 | Big Hurry | 2 | Fred A. Smith Fred A. Smith Fred A. Smith was a Cuban American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing best remembered for narrowly missing victory in the 1940 U.S. Triple Crown.... |
William J. Hurley | Edward R. Bradley Edward R. Bradley Colonel Edward Riley Bradley was an American steel mill laborer, gold miner, businessman and philanthropist. As well as a race track proprietor, he was the preeminent owner and breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses in the Southern United States during the first three decades of the 20th Century... |
1 mile | 1:41.00 | $43,000 | |
1937 | Jacola Jacola Jacola was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred by Arthur B. Hancock, she was sired by the British import Jacopo, a son of the 1924 Epsom Derby winner, Sansovino. Jacola was out of the mare La France, a daughter of Sir Gallahad, who was the leading sire in North America in 1930, 1933,... |
2 | Wayne Wright Wayne D. Wright Wayne Danforth Wright was a Champion American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who won all three of the Triple Crown races in different years.... |
Selby L. Burch | Nancy Carr Friendly | 1 mile | 1:41.80 | $40,700 | |
1936 | Talma Dee | 2 | Alfred Robertson | Robert McGarvey | Milky Way Farms | 1 mile | 1:39.40 | $37,500 | |
1935 | Split Second | 2 | Eddie Arcaro Eddie Arcaro George Edward Arcaro , known professionally as Eddie Arcaro, was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who won more American classic races than any other jockey in history and is the only rider to have won the U.S. Triple Crown twice... |
Max Hirsch Max Hirsch Maximilian J. "Max" Hirsch was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Born in Fredericksburg, Texas, Hirsch became one of the most successful trainers in Thoroughbred horse racing history. He spent part of his formative years working as a groom and jockey at Morris Ranch in... |
King Ranch King Ranch King Ranch, located in south Texas between Corpus Christi and Brownsville, is one of the world's largest ranches. The ranch, founded in 1853 by Captain Richard King and Gideon K. Lewis, includes portions of six Texas counties, including most of Kleberg County and much of Kenedy County, with... |
1 mile | 1:39.60 | $34,500 | |
1934 | Nellie Flag Nellie Flag Nellie Flag was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was voted the American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly of 1934. She was the first horse bred by Warren Wright's Calumet Farm to win a stakes race.... |
2 | Eddie Arcaro Eddie Arcaro George Edward Arcaro , known professionally as Eddie Arcaro, was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who won more American classic races than any other jockey in history and is the only rider to have won the U.S. Triple Crown twice... |
Bert B. Williams | Calumet Farm Calumet Farm Calumet Farm is a Thoroughbred breeding and training farm established in 1924 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States by William Monroe Wright, founding owner of the Calumet Baking Powder Company. Calumet is located in the heart of Lexington's blue grass country, the finest horse breeding region in... |
1 mile | 1:38.00 | $37,250 | |
1933 | Jabot | 2 | Charles Kurtsinger Charles Kurtsinger Charles E. Kurtsinger was an American Hall of Fame jockey who won the Triple Crown in 1937.Known as "Charley" but in racing received the nickname "The Flying Dutchman", Kurtsinger was born in Shepherdsville, Kentucky and learned race riding from his jockey father and from veteran rider Mack Garner... |
Thomas J. Healey T. J. Healey Thomas J. Healey was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame trainer.Regularly referred to as "T. J." by both his associates and the media, Healey was born near the site of Fordham University in Fordham, New York. Growing up he worked on his father's dairy farm but rather than cows, his... |
C. V. Whitney | 1 mile | 1:40.00 | $37,250 | |
1932 | Notebook | 2 | Hank Mills | James E. Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable Wheatley Stable Wheatley Stable was the nom de course for the thoroughbred horse racing partnership formed by Gladys Mills Phipps and her brother, Ogden L. Mills. The horses were raised at Claiborne Farm near Paris, Kentucky.-History:... |
1 mile | 1:40.60 | $39,750 | |
1931 | Laughing Queen | 2 | J. Bejshak | Bud Stotler | William R. Coe | 1 mile | 1:41.00 | $39,000 | |
1930 | Tambour | 2 | Louis Schaeffer | Preston M. Burch Preston M. Burch Preston Morris Burch was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer, breeder, and owner. -Biography:... |
Preston M. Burch Preston M. Burch Preston Morris Burch was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer, breeder, and owner. -Biography:... |
1 mile | 1:39.80 | $43,500 | |
1929 | Khara | 2 | L. Fator | John Lowe | Rancocas Stable Rancocas Stable Rancocas Farm was an American thoroughbred horse racing stud farm and racing stable located on Monmouth Road in Springfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, Jobstown, New Jersey.... |
1 mile | 1:39.40 | $41,250 | |
1928 | Current | 2 | F. Pool | Jack Baker | Robert S. Clark Robert Sterling Clark Robert Sterling Clark , heir to the Singer Sewing Machine fortune, was an American art collector, horse breeder, and philanthropist.-Biography:... |
1 mile | 1:40.60 | $37,250 | |
1927 | Bateau Bateau (horse) Bateau was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse and a daughter of Man o' War and out of the French mare Escuina.In the Schuylerville Purse run at Saratoga Springs in late July 1927, the filly placed second to Pennant Queen. She ran in a juvenile special at Saratoga Race Course inAugust 1927... |
2 | E. Ambrose | Scott P. Harlan | Walter M. Jeffords, Sr. | 1 mile | 1:39.20 | $40,000 | |
1926 | Fair Star | 2 | Oscar Bourassa | Carl Utz | William duPont, Jr. William duPont, Jr. William duPont, Jr. was an American businessman and banker and a prominent figure in the sport of thoroughbred horse racing. A member of the Delaware Du Pont family, he was the son of William du Pont and Annie Rogers , and brother to horsewoman, Marion.In 1919, he married Jean Liseter Austin... |
1 mile | 1:40.00 | $39,000 | |