John B. Campbell Handicap

Ungraded stakes race
John B. Campbell Handicap
Location Laurel Park Racecourse,
Laurel, Maryland, United States
Inaugurated 1954
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website www.laurelpark.com
Race information
Distance 1⅛ miles (9 furlongs)
Track Dirt, left-handed
Qualification Three-years-old & up
Weight Assigned
Purse $75,000

The John B. Campbell Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland. Raced in mid February, it is open to horses age three and older and is contested on dirt over a distance of 1⅛ miles (9 furlongs).

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Honoree and Inaugural

The race was named for John Blanks Campbell, an internationally noted racing secretary and the handicapper who set the annual Experimental Free Handicap weights who died at age 77 on July 7, 1954.[1] [2] The inaugural edition of the John race was run on December 4, 1954 as the John B. Campbell Memorial Handicap at Bowie Race Track.[3] After the inaugural running, the race was then set for the Spring of each year beginning in 1955.[4] From 1986 until 2001, the race was held at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore and was raced at a distance of 1³/16 miles.

In his book Legacies of the Turf, prominent racing historian Edward L. Bowen says that at one time the John B. Campbell Handicap was a race of national importance. During the mid 1950s and 1960 the race was won by outstanding horses such as Sailor, Dedicate, Mongo, and the great U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Kelso.

Winners of the John B. Campbell Handicap since 1971

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Distance
(Miles)
 Time
 Purse
 Grade
2011 Alma d'Oro 5 Cornelio Velasquez Todd Pletcher Bourque Goldstein Th.,LLC 1-1/8 1:53.18 $75,000
2010 Redding Colliery 4 Anna Napravnik Kiaran McLaughlin Mrs. Fitriani Hay 1-1/8 1:47.39 $70,000
2009 Richard's Kid 4 Jenna Joubert Richard Small Fitzhugh LLC 1-1/8 1:50.01 $75,000
2008 Nite Light 4 Mike Luzzi Todd Pletcher Edward P. Evans 1-1/8 1:50.33 $75,000
2007 Future Fantasy 6 Winston Thompson Leona McKanas Andrew Perkins 1-1/8 1:53.74 $75,000
2006 Your Bluffing 6 Mario Pino Michael Trombetta R.D.M. Racing Stable 1-1/8 1:51.30 $75,000
2005 Coast Line 4 John Velazquez Todd Pletcher Overbrook Farm 1-1/8 1:50.09 $125,000
2004 Ole Faunty 5 Mike Luzzi W. Elliott Walden T. Van Meter/D. Hend 1-1/8 1:49.05 $150,000
2003 Tempest Fugit 6 Jose Caraballo John Servis Dennis A. Drazin 1-1/8 1:49.90 $75,000
2002 Lyracist 6 Jeremy Rose Michael P. Petro Timothy Cunningham 1-1/8 1:50.10 $75,000
2001 Do I Ever † 6 Harry Vega Bessie S. Gruwell John Morella 1-3/16 1:55.37 $100,000
2000 Salty Note 5 Mario Pino Alec Fehr Bruno Schickedanz 1-3/16 1:56.45 $75,000 III
1999 Crosspatch 5 Rick Wilson Berkley Kern Frank A. Bonsal, Jr. 1-3/16 1:56.67 $100,000 III
1998 Hot Brush 4 Rick Wilson Richard W. Small Robert Meyerhoff 1-3/16 1:56.00 $100,000 III
1997 Traffic Circle 5 Heberto Castillo, Jr. John C. Kimmel Kimmel, Moelis & Solonez 1-3/16 1:55.00 $100,000 III
1996 Sunny Sunrise 5 Jeff D. Carle Grover G. Delp Harry Meyerhoff 1-3/16 1:55.00 $100,000 III
1995 Ameri Valay 6 Mark T. Johnston King T. Leatherbury Elaine & Nick Bassford 1-3/16 1:54.60 $100,000 III
1994 Ameri Valay 5 Albert Delgado King T. Leatherbury Elaine & Nick Bassford 1-3/16 1:56.20 $100,000 III
1993 Sunny Sunrise 5 Rick Wilson Grover G. Delp Harry Meyerhoff 1-1/8 1:49.80 $100,000 III
1992 Sunny Sunrise 4 Mike Smith Grover G. Delp Harry Meyerhoff 1-1/8 1:49.20 $100,000 III
1991 J.R.'s Horizon 5 Calixto Juarez W. Meredith Bailes Marvin Champion 1-1/8 1:50.20 $125,000 III
1990 Jet Stream 4 Donnie A. Miller, Jr. W. Meredith Bailes John Mobberley 1-1/8 1:50.80 $150,000 III
1989 Little Bold John 5 Donnie A. Miller, Jr. Jerry Robb Jack Owens 1-1/8 1:49.20 $150,000 III
1988 Manzotti 5 Eddie Maple Michael Stidham Stuart Janney 1-1/4 2:01.80 $80,000 III
1987 Broad Brush 5 Vincent Bracciale, Jr. Richard W. Small Robert E. Meyerhoff 1-1/4 2:05.60 $170,000 III
1986 Skip Trial 4 Jean-Luc Samyn Sonny Hine Ben Cohen 1-1/4 2:03.20 $175,000 III
1985 Imp Society 4 Pat Day D. Wayne Lukas Heslop Stable 1-1/4 2:03.00 $190,000 III
1984 Island Champ 4 Albert Delgado Hank Allen James J. Devaney 1-1/4 2:04.40 $182,500 II
1983 Recusant 5 Jorge Velasquez Mike Ball Fred W. Hooper 1-1/4 2:05.60 $155,000 II
1982 Majesty's World 7 Anthony Black John Tammaro, Jr. John D. Marsh 1-1/4 2:03.40 $152,750 II
1981 Relaxing 5 Angel Cordero, Jr. Angel Penna Carl Lizza 1-1/4 2:04.60 $152,500 II
1980 Pole Position 4 Gunnar Lindberg Goody Goodman Edward J. DeBartolo, Jr. 1-1/4 2:05.40 $121,000 II
1979 Mister Brea 5 Ruben Hernandez Floreano Fernandez Cayetana Diaz 1-1/4 2:04.60 $100,000 II
1978 Ripon 5 Kelly Casteneda Jonathan Sheppard Augustin Stable 1-1/4 2:05.00 $122,000 II
1977 No Race - No Race No Race No Race no race 0:00.00 no race II
1976 Festive Mood 7 Herberto Hinojosa Richard W. Small Sally M. Gibson 1-1/4 2:05.40 $125,000 II
1975 Jolly Johu 7 Ben Feliciano Robert L. Adams Thomas N. Nichols 1-1/4 2:05.20 $125,000 II
1974 True Knight 5 Angel Cordero, Jr. Lou Rondinello Darby Dan Farm 1-1/4 2:05.40 $125,000 II
1973* Delay 5 Javier Canessa Morris H. Dixon Mrs. William Coxe Wright 1-1/16 1:43.60 $100,000 III
1973* Vertee 4 John Ruane H. Allen Jerkens Hobeau Farm 1-1/16 1:42.80 $100,000 III
1972* Favorecidian 5 William J. Passmore J. Woods Garth Hickory Tree Stable 1-1/16 1:46.80 $100,000
1972* Boone the Great 4 Anthony Agnello John P. Campo Al-Jo Stable 1-1/16 1:48.00 $100,000
1971 Bushido 5 Eldon Nelson Heather Buchanan Susan B. Fisher 1-1/16 1:44.60 $125,000

* † In 2001, Top Official won but was disqualified to third.

A * designates that the race was run in two divisions in 1972 and 1973.

Earlier winners


See also

References

  1. ^ New York Times - December 3, 1954
  2. ^ http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50817FD3C58157A93C7A91789D95F408585F9 New York Times - December 5, 1954 article titled "Race Named for Handicapper"]
  3. ^ Baltimore Sun - December 5, 1954
  4. ^ New York Times of Apr 10, 1955