- Maryland Million Turf
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Restricted State-bred Stakes race
Maryland Million TurfLocation Laurel Park Racecourse,
Laurel, Maryland, United States
OR
Pimlico Race Course,
Baltimore, Maryland, United StatesInaugurated 1986 Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing Website Marylandthoroughbred.com Race information Distance 1 1/8 miles (9 furlongs) Track Turf, left-handed Qualification Three-year-olds and up Purse $200,000 Maryland Million Turf is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in October since 1986 primarily at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland or at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. To be eligible for the Maryland Million Turf, a horse must be sired by a stallion who stands in Maryland. Due to that restriction the race is classified as a non-graded or "listed" stakes race and is not eligible for grading by the American Graded Stakes Committee.
The race is part of Maryland Million Day, a 12-race program held in mid October that was the creation of renowned television sports journalist Jim McKay. The "Maryland Million" is the first State-Bred showcase event ever created. Since 1986, 27 other events in 20 states have imitated the showcase and its structure.[1]From its inception in 1986 through 1995, the race was run restricted to only three year-olds. The distance of the race from 1986 through 1992 was 1-1/16 miles. Since 1993 it has been a 1-1/8 mile competition and currently offers a purse of $200,000. Because of inclement weather the race was moved to the main track on dirt in 1992 and in 1995.
In its 24th running in 2009, the race is restricted to those horses who were sired by a stallion who stands in the state of Maryland. Both the entrant horse and their stallion must be nominated to the Maryland Million program.
Contents
Records
Most wins: - Three horses have won the Maryland Million Classic twice:
- La Reine's Terms (2002, 2005)
- Winsox (1997, 1998)
Speed record:
- 1 1/8 mile : 1:46.03 - Forty Crowns (2007)
- 1 1/16 miles : 1:42.40 - Wave Wise (1989)
Most wins by an owner:
- 2 - Sondra Bender - La Reine's Terms (2002, 2005)
- 2 - Richard C. Granville - Winsox (1997, 1998)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 3 - Horacio Karamanos
Most wins by a trainer:
- 3 - John Fisher
Winners of the Maryland Million Turf
Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Distance
(Miles)Time Purse 2011 Pocket Patch 5 Forest Boyce Flint Stites Charles McGill 1-1/8 1:56.67 $100,000 2010 Pocket Patch 4 Jonathan Joyce Flint Stites Charles McGill 1-1/8 1:52.30 $100,000 2009 Target Sighted 3 Jeremy Rose Francis P. Campitelli The Maltese Cross II 1-1/8 1:49.03 $200,000 2008 Broadway Producer 5 Horacio Karamanos John P. Terranova, II Sovereign Stable 1-1/8 1:49.99 $200,000 2007 Forty Crowns 4 Luis Garcia Edmond Gaudet Morris Bailey 1-1/8 1:46.03 $200,000 2006 Private Scandal 6 Horacio Karamanos Peter Bazeos Ioannis T. Korologos 1-1/8 1:47.56 $150,000 2005 La Reine's Terms 10 Jeremy Rose Lawrence Murray Sondra Bender 1-1/8 1:51.60 $150,000 2004 Dr. Detroit 5 Mario Pino Ann Merryman Richard Blue, Jr. 1-1/8 1:50.96 $100,000 2003 Move Those Chains 4 Ramon Dominguez Kevin Boniface Patricia Runyon 1-1/8 1:47.28 $100,000 2002 La Reine's Terms 7 Horacio Karamanos Lawrence Murray Sondra Bender 1-1/8 1:49.28 $100,000 2001 Elberton 4 Albeto Delgado Luigi Gino C. Frank Hopkins 1-1/8 1:48.52 $100,000 2000 Cynics Beware 6 Ramon Dominguez Mary Welby McGill Two Rivers Farm 1-1/8 1:46.95 $100,000 1999 Private Slip 5 R. L. Frazier Dale Capuano Crown Valley Stable 1-1/8 1:54.20 $100,000 1998 Winsox 7 Edgar S. Prado J. William Boniface Richard C. Granville 1-1/8 1:51.40 $100,000 1997 Winsox 6 Edgar S. Prado J. William Boniface Richard C. Granville 1-1/8 1:58.20 $100,000 1996 Trump Mahal 6 S. B. Martinez Robin Graham Frank P. Wright 1-1/8 1:59.40 $100,000 1995 Short Stay 3 Jose A. Santos John Fisher Fitz Eugene Dixon, Jr. 1-1/8 1:52.00 $100,000 1994 Warning Glance 3 Mike Smith Charles Hadry Stuart S. Janney, III 1-1/8 1:52.60 $100,000 1993 Awad 3 John Velasquez David Donk Ryehill Farm 1-1/8 1:49.30 $100,000 1992 Wood Fox 3 Mario Pino Katherine M. Voss John Merryman 1-1/16 1:44.60 $100,000 1991 Scottsville 3 Rick Wilson John Fisher Joseph Walker, Jr. 1-1/16 1:43.00 $100,000 1990 Hear the Bells 3 Rick Wilson John Fisher Due Process Stable 1-1/16 1:43.20 $100,000 1989 Wave Wise 3 G. W. Hutton James E. Day Sam-Son Farm 1-1/16 1:42.40 $100,000 1988 Master Speaker 3 Lafit Pincay, Jr. Virgil W. Raines Anderson Fowler 1-1/16 1:43.20 $100,000 1987 Ringling 3 Lafit Pincay, Jr. Ronald Alfanso Glenn Stable 1-1/16 1:49.20 $100,000 1986 Glow 3 Jerry D. Bailey Woody Stephens Sonia Rogers 1-1/16 1:44.40 $100,000 See also
References
- ^ Maryland Million 2008, October 4, Laurel Park, Official Souvenir Guide for 23rd Running, page 4 and 5.
Categories:- Horse races in Maryland
- Recurring events established in 1986
- Laurel Park Racecourse
- Recurring sporting events established in 1986
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