Anne Arundel Stakes

The Anne Arundel County Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race that was revived in 2019 and is held annually in September at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland. It is open to fillies age two years old and is run at five and one half furlongs on the turf.

Anne Arundel County Stakes
Ungraded Stakes race
LocationLaurel Park Racecourse,
Laurel, Maryland,
United States
Inaugurated1974
Race typeThoroughbredFlat racing
Websitewww.laurelpark.com
Race information
Distance5.5 furlongs
SurfaceTurf
Trackleft-handed
QualificationFillies; Two-years-old
WeightAssigned
PurseUS$100,000

An ungraded stakes race, it offers a purse of $100,000. The race was named in honor of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, the county in which Laurel is located. The county itself was named for Lady Anne Arundel, wife of Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore and founder of the colony of Maryland. The state capital of Annapolis is located in Anne Arundel County. The race was run as the Anne Arundel Handicap from 1975–1993 and was a grade III stakes race from 1984 through 1989. The race was formerly run at one mile (eight furlongs) on the dirt and was open to fillies ages three and up. The race was not run and was on hiatus from 2009 to 2018.

Records

Speed record:

  • 1 mile – 1:35.60 – Caught in Amber (1980)
  • 1 18 miles – 1:49.20 – Essence (2004)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

  • 2 – Donald H. Barr (1997, 1998)
  • 2 – Robin L. Graham (1995, 2000)

Winners

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Dist.
(Miles)
Time
Purse $
Gr.
2020
2007 - 2019 Race not held
2006 Leah's Secret 3 Mark Guidry Helen Pitts First Klass Stables 1 mile 1:36.60 $125,000
2005 Trickle of Gold 3 Jeremy Rose Michael Gorham John Murphy 1 mile 1:37.00 $100,000 III
2004 Essence 3 John R. Velazquez Todd Pletcher Padua Stables 1-1/8 1:49.20 $100,000 III
2003 Smooth Maneuvers 3 Mario Pino Michael Pino Nick Sanna Stables 1-1/8 1:51.40 $100,000 III
2002 Martha's Music 3 Stewart Elliott John Servis D.J.'s Stables 1-1/8 1:50.80 $100,000 III
2001 no race no race no race no race no race 0:00.00 no race III
2000 Gin Talking 3 Ramon A. Dominguez Robin L. Graham 1-1/8 1:50.20 $100,000 III
1999 Undermine 3 Larry Melancon William G. Huffman 1-1/8 1:49.20 $100,000 III
1998 Merengue 3 Mark Johnston Donald H. Barr Gerald C. Dickens 1-1/8 1:51.80 $100,000 III
1997 G. O'Keefe 3 Mark Johnston Donald H. Barr 1-1/8 1:51.20 $100,000 III
1996 Hey Let's Dance 3 Seth Martinez Jessica Campitelli 1-1/8 1:50.80 $75,000 III
1995 Blue Sky Princess 3 Mario Pino Robin L. Graham 1-1/8 1:51.40 $75,000 III
1994 Miss Slewpy 3 Larry Reynolds Ronald Cartwright 1-1/8 1:51.00 $75,000
1993 By Your Leave 3 Mario Pino Henrietta Alexander 1-1/8 1:52.40 $55,000
1992 Avian Assembly 3 Larry Reynolds James W. Murphy 1-1/8 1:50.60 $50,000
1991 Devilish Touch 3 Marco Castaneda Carlos Garcia 7 fur. 1:24.20 $50,000
1990 McKilts 3 Joe Rocco 1-1/8 1:50.40 $55,000
1989 Misty Ivor 3 Michael Hunter W. Meredith Bailes William Harris 1-1/8 1:49.60 $75,000 III
1988 Empress Tigere 3 Gregg McCarron 1-1/8 1:49.80 $95,000 III
1987 Doubles Partner 3 Ángel Cordero Jr. 1 mile 1:37.20 $80,000 III
1986-1 Burt's Dream 3 Rick Watson 1 mile 1:36.00 $12,000 III
1986-2 Toes Knows 3 Danny Ray Wright 1 mile 1:36.40 $80,000 III
1985 Classy Cut 3 Donnie A. Miller Jr. 1 mile 1:36.80 $62,000 III
1984 Dowery 3 Anthony Black 1 mile 1:37.00 $60,000 III
1983 Quixotic Lady 3 Gregg McCarron Woody Stephens Eleanor K. Ryan 1 mile 1:36.80 $60,000
1982 Kattegat's Pride 3 Donnie A. Miller Jr. 1 mile 1:37.40 $60,000
1981 Up the Flagpole 3 Mario Pino 1 mile 1:36.20 $60,000
1980 Caught in Amber 3 Danny Ray Wright O'Brien Brothers 1 mile 1:35.60 $55,000
1979 Jameela 3 William J. Passmore 1 mile 1:38.00 $55,000
1978 The Very One 3 Charley Cooke Stephen A. DiMauro Helen Polinger 1 mile 1:40.00 $45,000
1977 Worrisome Thing 3 Heriberto Hinojosa 1 mile 1:37.40 45,000
1976 What A Summer 3 Chris McCarron LeRoy Jolley Diana M. Firestone 1 mile 1:38.20 $27,500
1975 My Juliet 3 Darrel McHargue Eugene Euster George Weasel Jr. 1 mile 1:36.80 $30,000
1974 Pinch Pie 3 Chuck Baltazar Christiana Stable 1 mile 1:37.40 $27,000

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