What A Summer Stakes
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The What A Summer Stakes is an American
Thoroughbred
horse race held annually in January at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland
. The What A Summer Stakes, is open to fillies and mares age four-years-old and up willing to race six furlongs on the dirt. It was the 26th running of the stakes race in 2010.
An ungraded stakes
race, it offers a purse of $90,000. The race was previously restricted to Maryland-breds between 1978 and 1992. The race was run for fillies and mares from age three and up from 1978 through 1985 and was run under handicap conditions during that same time. The race was restricted to two year-olds from 1985 to 1992.
The race was named in honor of What A Summer
, a gray mare by What Luck. She was an Eclipse Award winner and was named American Champion Sprint Horse in 1977. She was bred in Maryland by Milton Polinger. What A Summer was a foal in 1973 and won 18 of 31 starts in her career. Her most memorable race was perhaps her dominating performance in the defacto second leg of the filly Triple Crown, the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
. She also won the Fall Highweight Handicap
twice (carrying 134 pounds each time), the Silver Spoon Handicap twice, the Maskette Handicap and four other stakes. In addition to her 18 wins she also placed nine times with earnings of $479,161. That record of 27 first or second finishes in 31 starts at 87% is among the best in history.
What A Summer was trained by Bud Delp
while racing for Polinger. She was bought by Mrs. Bertram Firestone following Polinger's death in 1976. Mrs. Firestone turned the mare over to trainer Leroy Jolley
. She was named Maryland-bred horse of the year in 1977 and twice was named champion older mare. What A Summer was retired in 1878 and as a broodmare she produced several graded stakes winners.
Most wins by an horse:
Most wins by an owner:
Most wins by a jockey
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Most wins by a trainer
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Thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...
horse race held annually in January 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...
. The What A Summer Stakes, is open to fillies and mares age four-years-old and up willing to race six furlongs on the dirt. It was the 26th running of the stakes race in 2010.
An ungraded stakes
Graded stakes race
A graded stakes race is a term applied since 1973 by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to thoroughbred horse races in the United States and Canada to describe races that derive their name from the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay...
race, it offers a purse of $90,000. The race was previously restricted to Maryland-breds between 1978 and 1992. The race was run for fillies and mares from age three and up from 1978 through 1985 and was run under handicap conditions during that same time. The race was restricted to two year-olds from 1985 to 1992.
The race was named in honor of What A Summer
What A Summer
What A Summer was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse who defeated both male and female competitors. She was bred in Maryland by Milton Polinger. She was a stunning gray color out of the mare, Summer Tan. Her sire was What Luck, the multiple stakes winning son of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame...
, a gray mare by What Luck. She was an Eclipse Award winner and was named American Champion Sprint Horse in 1977. She was bred in Maryland by Milton Polinger. What A Summer was a foal in 1973 and won 18 of 31 starts in her career. Her most memorable race was perhaps her dominating performance in the defacto second leg of the filly Triple Crown, the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
The Black-Eyed Susan Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. The race is open to three-year-old fillies willing to race one and one-eighth miles on the dirt and currently offers a purse of $250,000...
. She also won the Fall Highweight Handicap
Fall Highweight Handicap
The Fall Highweight Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually near the end of November at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York. Currently run at a distance of 6 furlongs , it is open to horses three years of age and older. The race is a real test for speed and strength in that...
twice (carrying 134 pounds each time), the Silver Spoon Handicap twice, the Maskette Handicap and four other stakes. In addition to her 18 wins she also placed nine times with earnings of $479,161. That record of 27 first or second finishes in 31 starts at 87% is among the best in history.
What A Summer was trained by Bud Delp
Bud Delp
Grover Greer "Bud" Delp was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer best remembered for his conditioning of Hall of Fame colt, Spectacular Bid....
while racing for Polinger. She was bought by Mrs. Bertram Firestone following Polinger's death in 1976. Mrs. Firestone turned the mare over to trainer 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....
. She was named Maryland-bred horse of the year in 1977 and twice was named champion older mare. What A Summer was retired in 1878 and as a broodmare she produced several graded stakes winners.
Records
Speed record:- 6 furlongs - 1:09.20 - Xtra HeatXtra HeatXtra Heat is a retired American Thoroughbred Champion filly racehorse. She was owned by Kenneth Taylor, Harry Deitchman, and her trainer, John Salzman, Sr....
(2003) - 7 furlongs - 1:23.60 - Sea Siren (1983)
Most wins by an horse:
- 2 - SilmarilSilmaril (horse)Silmaril Silmaril Silmaril (foaled March 31, 2001 in Maryland is an American thoroughbred mare racehorse. She is sired by stakes winner, Diamond, who in turn was sired by leading North American sire, Mr. Prospector. She was out of the mare, Kattebuck, whose sire was the 1985 United States Horse of...
(2006 & 2007)
Most wins by an owner:
- 3 - Stephen E. Quick (1982, 2007 & 2008)
Most wins by a jockey
Jockey
A jockey is an athlete who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing.-Etymology:...
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- 2 - five different jockeys share this record with 2 wins each
Most wins by a trainer
Horse 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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- 3 - Christopher W. Grove (2007, 2008 & 2010)
Winners of the What A Summer Stakes since 1978
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Distance | Time | Purse |
| 2011 | Aspenglow | 5 | Travis L. Dunkelberger | Gary Capuano | Nancy L. Terhune | 6 fur. | 1:10.21 | $75,000 |
| 2010 | Sweet Goodbye | 5 | J.D. Acosta | Christopher W. Grove | William R. Harris | 6 fur. | 1:11.02 | $70,000 |
| 2009 | Access Fee | 5 | Jose Caraballo José Caraballo Jose Caraballo moved to New York with his parents at the age of 14. In 1947 Jose studied graphics and sculpture in a Greenwich Village workshop. That same year he had the good fortune to meet the great Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo at the Rufino Tamayo Studio at the Brooklyn Museum of Art where... |
Larry Murray Larry Murray Vice Admiral Larry E. Murray, CMM, CD is a Canadian retired civil servant, retired Vice Admiral and former acting Chief of the Defence Staff.-Military career:... |
Sondra Bender | 6 fur. | 1:10.31 | $60,000 |
| 2008 | Silmaril Silmaril (horse) Silmaril Silmaril Silmaril (foaled March 31, 2001 in Maryland is an American thoroughbred mare racehorse. She is sired by stakes winner, Diamond, who in turn was sired by leading North American sire, Mr. Prospector. She was out of the mare, Kattebuck, whose sire was the 1985 United States Horse of... |
7 | 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... |
Christopher W. Grove | Stephen E. Quick | 6 fur. | 1:10.20 | $90,000 |
| 2007 | Silmaril Silmaril (horse) Silmaril Silmaril Silmaril (foaled March 31, 2001 in Maryland is an American thoroughbred mare racehorse. She is sired by stakes winner, Diamond, who in turn was sired by leading North American sire, Mr. Prospector. She was out of the mare, Kattebuck, whose sire was the 1985 United States Horse of... |
6 | Ryan Fogelsonger Ryan Fogelsonger Ryan Fogelsonger is an American Champion jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing.Based in Maryland, Fogelsonger began riding in 2002 but was late getting started, earning his first win on May 1 at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland... |
Christopher W. Grove | Stephen E. Quick | 6 fur. | 1:11.00 | $100,000 |
| 2006 | Flame of Love | 6 | Jozbin Santana | Scott A. Lake | McCarty Racing | 6 fur. | 1:10.36 | $60,000 |
| 2005 | Sensibly Chic | 5 | Steve Hamilton | Timothy Tullock, Jr. | Lois S. Nervitt | 6 fur. | 1:09.80 | $50,000 |
| 2004 | Bronze Abe | 5 | Erick Rodriguez | Grover G. Delp | Samuel Bayard | 6 fur. | 1:10.40 | $75,000 |
| 2003 | Xtra Heat Xtra Heat Xtra Heat is a retired American Thoroughbred Champion filly racehorse. She was owned by Kenneth Taylor, Harry Deitchman, and her trainer, John Salzman, Sr.... |
5 | Rick Wilson | John Salzman | Kenneth Taylor | 6 fur. | 1:09.20 | $60,000 |
| 2002 | Outstanding Info | 4 | Jose Caraballo José Caraballo Jose Caraballo moved to New York with his parents at the age of 14. In 1947 Jose studied graphics and sculpture in a Greenwich Village workshop. That same year he had the good fortune to meet the great Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo at the Rufino Tamayo Studio at the Brooklyn Museum of Art where... |
Frank Generazio, Jr. | Patricia Generazio | 6 fur. | 1:10.20 | $50,000 |
| 2001 | Doc Calls Her Kate | 4 | Roberto Alvarado, Jr. | Anthony Correnti | Rhodyo Stable, Inc. | 6 fur. | 1:11.40 | $60,000 |
| 1993 | - 2000 No Races | - | No Races | No Races | No Races | no races | 0:00.00 | no races |
| 1992 | Carnirainbow | 2 | Greg Hutton | John J. Robb | Hal C. B. Clagett | 7 fur. | 1:26.80 | $60,000 |
| 1991 | Set to Fly | 2 | Rick Wilson | Ben W. Perkins, Jr. | Richard L. Golden | 7 fur. | 1:25.40 | $75,000 |
| 1990 | Gala Goldilocks | 2 | Greg McCarron | Bernie Bond | Skip Leviton | 7 fur. | 1:23.80 | $75,000 |
| 1989 | Valay Maid | 2 | Jorge Duarte | Carlos Garcia Carlos Garcia Carlos Garcia may refer to:*Carlos García , Venezuelan former major league baseball player*Carlos García-Bedoya , Peruvian diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1979*Carlos P... |
Ginny Wright | 7 fur. | 1:25.80 | $75,000 |
| 1988 | Hard Headed Woman | 2 | Mario Pino | Robert Summers | 7 fur. | 1:25.00 | $75,000 | |
| 1987 | Sham Say | 2 | Ben Feliciano | Eugene Ford Sr. | 7 fur. | 1:24.60 | $65,000 | |
| 1986 | Wainee Church | 2 | Donnie A. Miller, Jr. | 7 fur. | 1:26.20 | $36,500 | ||
| 1985 | Gala de Oro | 2 | Ben Feliciano | 7 fur. | 1:24.40 | $40,500 | ||
| 1984 | Artful Girl | 5 | Paul Nicol, Jr. | 6 fur. | 1:11.80 | $16,500 | ||
| 1983 | Sea Siren | 5 | Vincent Bracciale, Jr. | 7 fur. | 1:23.60 | $30,000 | ||
| 1982 | Kattegat's Pride | 3 | Donnie A. Miller, Jr. | Stephen E. Quick | 7 fur. | 1:24.20 | $30,000 | |
| 1981 | Privacy | 3 | Carlos Barrera | C. Oliver Goldsmith | 6 fur. | 1:12.00 | $30,000 | |
| 1980 | Denim Gal | 3 | Joe Imparato | Chiquita Farm | 6 fur. | 1:12.00 | $30,000 | |
| 1979 | Silver Ice | 3 | Vincent Bracciale, Jr. | 6 fur. | 1:11.00 | $30,000 | ||
| 1978 | Debby's Turn | 4 | Greg McCarron | 6 fur. | 1:10.80 | $28,100 | ||