Jim McKay Turf Sprint

The Jim McKay Turf Sprint is a Listed American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds and up over a distance of five furlongs on the turf held as part of the undercard for the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes annually during the third week of May at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. The race offers a purse of $100,000.[1]

Jim McKay Turf Sprint
Listed Stakes race
LocationPimlico Race Course,
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Inaugurated2006
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Websitewww.pimlico.com
Race information
Distance5 furlongs
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-years-old & up
WeightAssigned
Purse$100,000

The Jim McKay Turf Sprint is the lead off leg of the Mid Atlantic Thoroughbred Championships Sprint Turf Division or MATCh Races. MATCh is a series of five races in five separate thoroughbred divisions run throughout four Mid-Atlantic States including; Pimlico Race Course and Laurel Park Racecourse in Maryland; Delaware Park Racetrack in Delaware; Parx, Philadelphia Park and Presque Isle Downs in Pennsylvania and Monmouth Park in New Jersey.

Race name

The race was named in honor of James Kenneth McManus (1921-2008), better known by his professional name of Jim McKay, was an American television sports journalist. McKay is best known for hosting ABC's Wide World of Sports (1961–1998). McKay covered a wide variety of special events, including horse races such as the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, golf events such as the British Open, and the Indianapolis 500.[2]

History

The Jim McKay Turf Sprint was first run in 2006 as the Baltimore Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint. In 2007, it ran as the Baltimore City Turf Sprint and in 2008 the race was known as the Old Mutual Turf Sprint. The stakes record is held by Heros Reward, who won the race in 2007 in a time of :55.90 over five furlongs.[3]

Records
Ben's Cat wins the 2016 Jim McKay Turf Sprint

Speed record:

  • 5 furlongs - 55 4/5 - Hero's Reward (2007)

Most wins by a horse:

  • 5 - Ben's Cat (2011, 2013, 2014, 2015 & 2016)

Most wins by a jockey:

  • 3 - Julian Pimentel (2013, 2014 & 2015)

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

  • 5 - The Jim Stable (2011, 2013, 2014, 2015 & 2016)

Winners of the Jim McKay Turf Sprint since 2006
Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Distance
 Time
 Purse
 Grade
2020 Hollis 5 Gabriel Saez John Alexander Ortiz WSS Racing, LLC 5 fur. 59.61 $100,000
2019 Completed Pass 5 Victor Carrasco Claudio Gonzalez Robert D. Bone 5 fur. 57.35 $100,000
2018 Imprimis 4 Irad Ortiz Joseph Orseno Breeze Easy, LLC 5 fur. 1:03.81 $100,000
2017 Richard's Boy 5 Paco Lopez Peter Miller Rockingham Ranch 5 fur. 56.20 $100,000
2016 Ben's Cat 10 Trevor McCarthy King T. Leatherbury The Jim Stable 5 fur. 56.10 $100,000
2015 Ben's Cat 9 Julian Pimentel King T. Leatherbury The Jim Stable 5 fur. 56.04 $100,000
2014 Ben's Cat 8 Julian Pimentel King T. Leatherbury The Jim Stable 5 fur. 57.75 $100,000
2013 Ben's Cat 7 Julian Pimentel King T. Leatherbury The Jim Stable 5 fur. 56.18 $100,000
2012 Fidlers Patriot 6 John Velazquez George Weaver J. Olson & Hill Stable 5 fur. 56.12 $100,000
2011 Ben's Cat 5 Jeremy Rose King T. Leatherbury The Jim Stable 5 fur. 59.71 $75,000
2010 Central City 4 Julien Leparoux Ronnie W. Werner Preston Stable LLC 5 fur. 56.18 $70,000
2009 Mr. Nightlinger 5 Jamie Theriot William B. Calhoun Martin Racing Stable 5 fur. 56.29 $100,000
2008 Heros Reward 6 Javier Castellano Dale Capuano Rob Ry Farm 5 fur. 59.19 $100,000
2007 Heros Reward 5 Edgar Prado Dale Capuano Rob Ry Farm 5 fur. 55.90 $100,000
2006 My Lord 7 Rosie Napravnik Ann W. Merryman David A. Ross 5 fur. 57.40 $100,000

See also

References
  1. 2007 Maryland Jockey Club Media Guide, page 55 on March 3, 2007.
  2. "Jim McKay, ABC Sportscaster, Dies at 86". The New York Times. June 8 2008. https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/sports/08mckay.html?hp. Retrieved on 2008-06-07.
  3. Breeders Cup Web site, Turf Sprint Division page, http://www.breederscup.com/content.aspx?id=39415.
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