Laurel Futurity Stakes
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| Location |
Laurel Park Racecourse, Laurel, Maryland,  United States  |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1921 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | www.laurelpark.com |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 5.5 furlongs |
| Track | Grass, left-handed |
| Qualification | Two-years-old |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | US$150,000 |
The Laurel Futurity is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in late November at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland. Run over a distance of 1 1/16 miles on turf, at one time it was a Grade I stakes race on dirt, and one of the richest and most important races for two-year-old American thoroughbreds. When the race was moved from the dirt to the turf in 2005, it lost its graded status and was subsequently ineligible for grading in 2006. The race was finally cancelled in 2008 for economic reasons. It was announced by Laurel Park that the famed race would be restored in 2011 and run on October 8 at 6 furlongs.
Originally known as the Pimlico Futurity (the race began at Pimlico Race Course in 1921, only moving to Laurel in 1969 where it was briefly known as the Pimlico-Laurel Futurity), past winners include Triple Crown champions, Count Fleet, Citation, Secretariat and Affirmed who defeated arch rival, Alydar.
Records
Speed record:
- 1-1/16 miles - 1:40.17 - Barbaro (2005)
- 1-1/8 miles - 1:49.35 - Scottish Halo (1999)
- 1 mile - 1:39.00 - High Strung (1928)
- 7½ furlongs - 1:30.70 - Appealing Skier (1995)
Most wins by an owner:
- 4 - Greentree Stable (1927, 1948, 1950 & 1982)
- 3 - Maine Chance Farm (1945, 1946 & 1957)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 3 - Edgar Prado (1994, 1998 & 2007)
- 3 - Bill Shoemaker (1957, 1958 & 1961)
- 3 - Douglas Dodson (1944, 1947 & 1954)
- 3 - John Gilbert (1932, 1940 & 1946)
- 3 - Albert Johnson (1921, 1922 & 1923)
Most wins by a trainer: 12 different trainers have won the Laurel Futurity two times, the last three to accomplish this are below:
- 3 - George M. Odom (1924, 1928 & 1955)
- 2 - Bud Delp (1978 & 1994); Lucien Laurin (1971 & 1972); Edward A. Neloy (1967 & 1968)
Winners of the Laurel Futurity since 1921
| Yr |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Dist. |
Time |
Purse |
Gr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Yes I'm Lucky | Chris DeCarlo | Eddie Plesa | Trilogy Stable | 6.5 fur. | 1:01.30 | $100,000 | |
| 2012 | Tate's Landing | Alex Cintrón | Mike Pino | Copper Penny Stable | 5.5 fur. | 1:02.08 | $150,000 | |
| 2011 | Lemon Juice | Travis Dunkelberger | Dane Kobiski | PTK, LLC | 6 fur. | 1:11.38 | $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 | Cowboy Cal | Edgar Prado | Todd A. Pletcher | Stonerside Stable | 1-1/16 | 1:42.80 | $100,000 | |
| 2006 | Strike A Deal | Ramon Dominguez | Alan E. Goldberg | Jayeff B Stables | 1-1/16 | 1:45.94 | $100,000 | |
| 2005‡ | Barbaro | Jose C. Caraballo | Michael R. Matz | Lael Stables | 1-1/16 | 1:40.17 | $125,000 | III |
| 2004 | Defer | Jerry D. Bailey | C. R. McGaughey III | Ogden Mills Phipps | 1-1/16 | 1:45.48 | $100,000 | III |
| 2003 | Tapit | Ramon Dominguez | Michael W. Dickinson | Ron Winchell | 1-1/16 | 1:43.81 | $100,000 | III |
| 2002 | Toccet | Jorge Chavez | John F. Scanlan | Daniel M. Borislow | 1-1/16 | 1:46.10 | $100,000 | III |
| 2001 | No Race | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | 0:00.00 | no race | III |
| 2000 | Buckle Down Ben | Mike McCarthy | Steve Klesaris | Steve Klesaris | 1-1/8 | 1:51.93 | $100,000 | III |
| 1999 | Scottish Halo | Tommy Turner | Paul Rizzo | John C. Oxley | 1-1/8 | 1:49.35 | $100,000 | III |
| 1998 | Millions | Edgar Prado | Leon Blusiewicz | Clayton J. Peters | 1-1/8 | 1:51.52 | $100,000 | III |
| 1997 | Fight for M'Lady | Carlos Marquez, Jr. | Ben Perkins, Jr. | Gene Cox | 1-1/8 | 1:53.63 | $100,000 | III |
| 1996 | Captain Bodgit | Frank Douglas | Gary Capuano | Team Valor | 1-1/8 | 1:49.53 | $100,000 | III |
| 1995 | Appealing Skier | Rick Wilson | Ben Perkins, Sr. | Everett Novak | 7½ f | 1:30.70 | $100,000 | III |
| 1994 | Western Echo | Edgar Prado | Bud Delp | Tea Party Stable | 7½ f | 1:30.82 | $135,000 | III |
| 1993 | Dove Hunt | Robbie Davis | Neil J. Howard | William S. Farish III | 1-1/16 | 1:49.03 | $135,000 | III |
| 1992 | Lord of the Bay | Rick Wilson | J. Edwin Salzman, Jr. | Sidney L. Port | 1-1/16 | 1:45.54 | $200,000 | III |
| 1991 | Smiling and Dancin | Richard Migliore | Stephen L. DiMauro | Robert J. Sullivan | 1-1/16 | 1:48.77 | $300,000 | III |
| 1990 | River Traffic | Cash Asmussen | John E. Hammond | Henri Chalhoub | 1-1/16 | 1:44.80 | $300,000 | II |
| 1989 | Go and Go | Craig Perret | Dermot K. Weld | Moyglare Stud Farm | 1-1/16 | 1:44.00 | $300,000 | I |
| 1988 | Luge II | Jose Santos | Thomas J. Skiffington | Dogwood Stable | 1-1/16 | 1:45.20 | $300,000 | I |
| 1987 | Antiqua | Cash Asmussen | Jonathan Pease | Nelson Bunker Hunt | 1-1/16 | 1:46.00 | $250,000 | I |
| 1986 | Bet Twice | Craig Perret | Warren A. Croll, Jr. | B. Levy & Cisley Stable | 1-1/16 | 1:45.00 | $250,000 | I |
| 1985 | Southern Appeal | Jesse Davidson | Marvin Moncrief | Howard M. Bender | 1-1/16 | 1:44.20 | $215,000 | I |
| 1984 | Mighty Appealing | Gregg P. Smith | Dean Gaudet | Israel Cohen | 1-1/16 | 1:43.00 | $215,000 | I |
| 1983 | Devil's Bag | Eddie Maple | Woody Stephens | Hickory Tree Stable | 1-1/16 | 1:42.20 | $230,000 | I |
| 1982 | Cast Party | Jorge Velasquez | Robert Reinacher | Greentree Stables | 1-1/16 | 1:45.00 | $242,000 | I |
| 1981 | Deputy Minister | Don MacBeth | Bill Marko | Centurion / Kinghaven | 1-1/16 | 1:44.60 | $200,000 | I |
| 1980 | Cure the Blues | Rudy L. Turcotte | LeRoy Jolley | Bertram R. Firestone | 1-1/16 | 1:44.40 | $152,000 | I |
| 1979 | Plugged Nickle | Buck Thornburg | Thomas J. Kelly | John M. Schiff | 1-1/16 | 1:43.80 | $180,000 | I |
| 1978 | Spectacular Bid | Ronnie Franklin | Bud Delp | Hawksworth Farm | 1-1/16 | 1:41.60 | $140,000 | I |
| 1977 | Affirmed | Steve Cauthen | Laz Barrera | Harbor View Farm | 1-1/16 | 1:44.20 | $140,000 | I |
| 1976 | Royal Ski | Jack Kurtz | John Lenzini, Jr. | Gerald Cheevers | 1-1/16 | 1:44.00 | $140,000 | I |
| 1975 | Honest Pleasure | Braulio Baeza | LeRoy Jolley | Bertram R. Firestone | 1-1/16 | 1:42.80 | $150,000 | I |
| 1974 | L'Enjoleur | Sandy Hawley | Yonnie Starr | Jean-Louis Levesque | 1-1/16 | 1:42.60 | $125,000 | I |
| 1973 | Protagonist | Angel Santiago | John P. Campo | Elmendorf Farm | 1-1/16 | 1:43.20 | $133,000 | I |
| 1972 | Secretariat | Ron Turcotte | Lucien Laurin | Meadow Stable | 1-1/16 | 1:42.80 | $133,000 | |
| 1971 | Riva Ridge | Ron Turcotte | Lucien Laurin | Meadow Stud | 1-1/16 | 1:43.40 | $150,000 | |
| 1970 | Limit to Reason | Jean Cruguet | Thomas J. Kelly | Brookmeade Stable | 1-1/16 | 1:44.80 | $205,000 | |
| 1969 | High Echelon | Manuel Ycaza | Hirsch Jacobs | Ethel D. Jacobs | 1-1/16 | 1:44.20 | $190,000 | |
| 1968 | King Emperor | Eddie Belmonte | Edward A. Neloy | Wheatley Stable | 1-1/16 | 1:44.00 | $190,000 | |
| 1967 | Vitriolic | Braulio Baeza | Edward A. Neloy | Ogden Phipps | 1-1/16 | 1:45.20 | $190,000 | |
| 1966 | In Reality | John L. Rotz | Melvin Calvert | Frances Genter | 1-1/16 | 1:45.80 | $202,000 | |
| 1965† | Spring Double | Herbert Hinojosa | J. Bowes Bond | Mrs. Milton Erlanger | 1-1/16 | 1:44.80 | $225,000 | |
| 1964 | Sadair | Manuel Ycaza | Les Lear | Mary B. Hecht | 1-1/16 | 1:43.80 | $190,000 | |
| 1963 | Quadrangle | Bill Hartack | J. Elliott Burch | Rokeby Stables | 1-1/16 | 1:47.20 | $190,000 | |
| 1962 | Right Proud | Jack Leonard | Clyde Troutt | Ada L. Rice | 1-1/16 | 1:47.00 | $125,000 | |
| 1961 | Crimson Satan | Bill Shoemaker | Gordon R. Potter | Crimson King Farm | 1-1/16 | 1:46.40 | $125,000 | |
| 1960 | Garwol | Ismael Valenzuela | Burley Parke | Harbor View Farm | 1-1/16 | 1:45.80 | $112,000 | |
| 1959 | Progressing | Hedley Woodhouse | William C. Winfrey | Wheatley Stable | 1-1/16 | 1:45.40 | $120,000 | |
| 1958 | Intentionally | Bill Shoemaker | Edward I. Kelly, Sr. | Brookfield Farm | 1-1/16 | 1:46.00 | $200,000 | |
| 1957 | Jewel's Reward | Bill Shoemaker | Ivan H. Parke | Maine Chance Farm | 1-1/16 | 1:44.20 | $190,000 | |
| 1956 | Missile | Pete Anderson | Woody Stephens | John A. Morris | 1-1/16 | 1:45.00 | $120,000 | |
| 1955 | Nail | Hedley Woodhouse | George M. Odom | Josephine Bigelow | 1-1/16 | 1:47.00 | $112,000 | |
| 1954 | Thinking Cap | Douglas Dodson | Henry S. Clark | Christiana Stable | 1-1/16 | 1:46.80 | $88,000 | |
| 1953 | Errard King | Sam Boulmetis | Thomas J. Barry | Joseph Gavegnano | 1-1/16 | 1:45.20 | $102,500 | |
| 1952 | Isasmoothie | Bobby Mitchell | Edward I. Kelly, Sr. | Brookfield Farm | 1-1/16 | 1:46.60 | $100,000 | |
| 1951 | Cajun | Nick Shuk | not found | Hal Price Headley | 1-1/16 | 1:47.60 | $77,500 | |
| 1950 | Big Stretch | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1-1/16 | 1:45.40 | $75,000 | |
| 1949 | Oil Capitol | Earl Knapp | Harry Trotsek | Hasty House Farm | 1-1/16 | 1:44.20 | $75,000 | |
| 1948 | Capot | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1-1/16 | 1:45.80 | $75,000 | |
| 1947 | Citation | Douglas Dodson | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1-1/16 | 1:48.80 | $60,000 | |
| 1946 | Jet Pilot | John Gilbert | R. Thomas Smith | Maine Chance Farm | 1-1/16 | 1:46.00 | $60,000 | |
| 1945 | Star Pilot | Arnold Kirkland | R. Thomas Smith | Maine Chance Farm | 1-1/16 | 1:47.80 | $60,000 | |
| 1944 | Pot O'Luck | Douglas Dodson | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1-1/16 | 1:46.40 | $60,000 | |
| 1943 | Platter | Conn McCreary | Bert Mulholland | George D. Widener, Jr. | 1-1/16 | 1:47.60 | $60,000 | |
| 1942 | Count Fleet | Johnny Longden | Don Cameron | Fannie Hertz | 1-1/16 | 1:43.40 | $50,000 | |
| 1941 | Contradiction | Ken McCombs | Ross Higdon | Woolford Farm | 1-1/16 | 1:47.40 | $55,000 | |
| 1940 | Bold Irishman | John Gilbert | Jim Fitzsimmons | Gladys Mills Phipps | 1-1/16 | 1:49.80 | $55,000 | |
| 1939 | Bimelech | Fred A. Smith | William A. Hurley | Idle Hour Stock Farm | 1-1/16 | 1:45.20 | $55,000 | |
| 1938 | Challedon | George Seabo | Louis J. Schaefer | Branncastle Farm | 1-1/16 | 1:45.80 | $48,000 | |
| 1937 | Nedayr | Wayne Wright | William A. Crawford | Willis Sharpe Kilmer | 1-1/16 | 1:45.20 | $48,000 | |
| 1936† | Matey | Harry Richards | Preston M. Burch | Walter M. Jeffords, Sr. | 1-1/16 | 1:46.80 | $42,000 | |
| 1935 | Hollyrood | Silvio Coucci | Duval A. Headley | Hal Price Headley | 1-1/16 | 1:46.60 | $75,000 | |
| 1934 | No Race | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | 0:00.00 | no race | |
| 1935 | No Race | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | 0:00.00 | no race | |
| 1932 | Swivel | John Gilbert | Jack R. Pryce | Adolphe Pons | 1-1/16 | 1:46.80 | $104,000 | |
| 1931 | Top Flight | Raymond Workman | Thomas J. Healey | C. V. Whitney | 1-1/16 | 1:44.80 | $93,000 | |
| 1930 | Equipoise | Raymond Workman | Thomas J. Healey | C. V. Whitney | 1-1/16 | 1:48.60 | $84,000 | |
| 1929 | Flying Heels | Willie Kelsay | Henry McDaniel | Gifford A. Cochran | 1-1/16 | 1:47.00 | $93,000 | |
| 1928 | High Strung | Linus McAtee | George M. Odom | Robert L. Gerry, Sr. | 1 mile | 1:39.00 | $85,000 | |
| 1927 | Glade | Lewis Morris | Thomas W. Murphy | Greentree Stable | 1 mile | 1:41.80 | $90,000 | |
| 1926 | Fair Star | Ovila Bourassa | R. C. Utz | Foxcatcher Farms | 1 mile | 1:40.60 | $100,000 | |
| 1925 | Canter | Clarence Turner | Harry Rites | J. Edwin Griffith | 1 mile | 1:40.80 | $90,000 | |
| 1924 | Stimulus | Harold Thurber | George M. Odom | Marshall Field III | 1 mile | 1:39.80 | $82,000 | |
| 1923 | Beau Butler | George Carroll | Henry J. Thompson | Edward R. Bradley | 1 mile | 1:39.80 | $90,000 | |
| 1922 # | Blossom Time | Albert Johnson | Henry J. Thompson | Edward R. Bradley | 1 mile | 1:39.20 | $68,5000 | |
| 1922 # | Sally's Alley | Albert Johnson | Eugene Wayland | Willis Sharpe Kilmer | 1 mile | 1:39.80 | $68,500 | |
| 1921 | Morvich | Albert Johnson | Fred Burlew | Benjamin Block | 1 miles | 1:42.00 | $72,000 | |
- ‡ In 2005, the race was switched to the turf.
- † Fathers Image finished 1st in 1965 but was disqualified.
- † Privileged won in 1936 but was disqualified for interference and set back to last.
- # the race was run in two divisions in 1922.
See also
External links
- Barbaro's win in the 2005 Laurel Futurity
- Video at YouTube of Affirmed and Alydar in the 1977 Laurel Futurity
- Morvich and the first Pimlico (Laurel) Futurity
- Morvich: Autobiography of a Horse in the Internet Archive
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