| Location | Laurel Park Racecourse, Laurel, Maryland, United States |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1978 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | www.laurelpark.com |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1-1/8 miles (9 furlongs) |
| Track | Grass, left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-years-old & up |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | $60,000 |
The Find Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Maryland's Laurel Park Racecourse. It is open to horses age three and older, it is contested on turf over a distance of one and one eighth miles.
The race is named in honor of Find who ranked as Maryland's all-time money winner from 1950 when he ran through 1982, when he was surpassed by Jameela. Find was a very durable gelding owned by Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt I that earned career earnings of $803,615 over eight years racing. He started a total of 110 races winning 22 times with 27 seconds and 27 third place finishes. He won or placed in an amazing 51 stakes races.[1]
Find was born and raised at venerable Sagamore Farm in Glyndon, Maryland. He was born in the same remarkable foal crop of 1950 at Sagamore the same one that produced Vanderbilt-bred stakes winners Native Dancer and Social Outcast. Find was retired from racing and pensioned at the same Sagamore Farm where the gelding lived out his days as a companion for the farm's barren and maiden mares up until his death in 1979 at the age of 29.
The race was inaugurated and run for the seven times at Maryland State Fair from 1978 through 1984 at only 6-1/2 furlongs on the main dirt track. The race was also taken off the turf in 1993, 1994, 2000 and 2004 due to the condition of the turf as a result of inclement weather.
Contents |
Speed record:
Most wins by a jockey:
Most wins by a trainer:
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Distance |
Time |
Purse |
Grade |
| 2011 | Concealed Identity | Sheldon Russell | Edmond Gaudet | Linda S. Gaudet and Morris Bailey | 1-1/8 | 1:53.51 | $60,000 | |
| 2010 | Ben's Cat | Julian Pimentel | King T. Leatherbury | The Jim Stable | 1-1/8 | 1:52.20 | $50,000 | |
| 2009 | Sarto | Joe Rocco Jr. | Edwin Merryman | Mathew Moran | 1-1/8 | 1:51.04 | $50,000 | |
| 2008 | Headsandtales | Erick Rodriguez | Dale Capuano | Skeedattle Associates | 1-1/8 | 1:48.06 | $50,000 | |
| 2007 | Headsandtales | J. Joyce | Dale Capuano | Skeedattle Associates | 1-1/8 | 1:49.80 | $50,000 | |
| 2006 | Private Scandal | Haratio A. Karamanos | Peter Bazeos | Ioannis T. Korologos | 1-1/8 | 1:49.40 | $75,000 | |
| 2005 | Private Scandal | Mario Pino | Gary Sciacca | Ioannis T. Korologos | 1-1/8 | 1:49.00 | $75,000 | |
| 2004 | Foufa's Warrior | Steve Hamilton | Lawrence E. Murray | Sondra & Howard Bender | 1-1/8 | 1:50.00 | $75,000 | |
| 2003 | Certantee | Haratio A. Karamanos | Lawrence E. Murray | 1-1/8 | 1:52.00 | $75,000 | ||
| 2002 | La Reine's Terms | Haratio A. Karamanos | Lawrence E. Murray | Sondra & Howard Bender | 1-1/8 | 1:46.00 | $75,000 | |
| 2001 | La Reine's Terms | Larry Reynolds | Lawrence E. Murray | Sondra & Howard Bender | 1-1/8 | 1:50.00 | $75,000 | |
| 2000 | Crosspatch | Nick Goodwin | Berkley W. Kern, Jr. | 1-1/8 | 1:50.20 | $75,000 | ||
| 1999 | Cynics Beware | Mario Pino | Mary Welby McGill | 1-1/8 | 1:48.40 | $75,000 | ||
| 1998 | Winsox | R. Colton | J. William Boniface | 1-1/8 | 1:50.00 | $75,000 | ||
| 1997 | Warning Glance | Mark Johnston | Charles H. Hadry | 1-1/8 | 1:48.80 | $75,000 | ||
| 1996 | Ops Smile | Edgar Prado | J. William Boniface | Bonita Farm & Lynn Brown | 1-1/8 | 1:49.20 | $75,000 | |
| 1995 | Warning Glance | Mark Johnston | Charles H. Hadry | 1-1/8 | 1:49.20 | $75,000 | ||
| 1994 | Jest Punching | C. Clinger | Gary Capuano | 1-1/8 | 1:51.20 | $75,000 | ||
| 1993 | Maryland Moon | Larry Reynolds | Lawrence E. Murray | 1-1/8 | 1:49.80 | $75,000 | ||
| 1992 | Gala Spinaway | Greg McCarron | Bernard B. Bond | 1-1/8 | 1:52.40 | $75,000 | ||
| 1991 | Rebuff | C. Juarez | Frances A. Merryman | 1-1/8 | 1:47.20 | $75,000 | ||
| 1990 | Rum and Gold | Albert Delgado | 1-1/8 | 1:54.80 | $75,000 | |||
| 1989 | Ten Keys | Kent Desormeaux | Charles Linhoss | 1-1/8 | 1:51.00 | $75,000 | ||
| 1988 | Ten Keys | Mario Pino | Charles Linhoss | 1-1/8 | 1:53.00 | $75,000 | ||
| 1987 | Kitchener's Reward | C. Barrea | 1-1/8 | 1:49.00 | $60,000 | |||
| 1986 | Due North | Albert Delgado | 1-1/8 | 1:49.80 | $60,000 | |||
| 1985 | Rolling Road | Donnie A. Miller, Jr. | 1-1/8 | 1:50.60 | $60,000 | |||
| 1984 | Happy Chef | F. Manco | 6.5 fur. | 1:17.00 | $25,000 | |||
| 1983 | Me Darlin Anna B. | William Passmore | 6.5 fur. | 1:17.20 | $25,000 | |||
| 1982 | Love to Laugh | A. Agnello | 6.5 fur. | 1:18.40 | $25,000 | |||
| 1981 | Double Door Prize | H. Hinojosa | 6.5 fur. | 1:18.60 | $30,000 | |||
| 1980 | Janet's Liebe | A. Berreira | 6.5 fur. | 1:18.60 | $30,000 | |||
| 1979 | Ashanti Gold | G. Longa | 1-1/8 | 1:19.40 | $15,000 | |||
| 1978 | Rock'n Rollick | R. Fitzgerald | 1-1/8 | 1:17.80 | $15,000 |