John B. Campbell Handicap

The John B. Campbell Handicap is an American thoroughbred horse race run annually at Laurel Park Racecourse, in Laurel, Maryland, United States. Run in mid-February, it is open to horses age three and older and is contested on dirt over a distance of 1 18 miles (9 furlongs). The purse is $100,000.

John B. Campbell Handicap
Ungraded stakes race
LocationLaurel Park Racecourse,
Laurel, Maryland,
United States
Inaugurated1954
Race typeThoroughbredFlat racing
Websitewww.laurelpark.com
Race information
Distance1 18 miles (9 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-years-old & up
WeightAssigned
Purse$100,000

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 B. Campbell 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 set for the spring of each year beginning in 1955.[4] From 1986 until 2001, it was held at Pimlico Race Course, in Baltimore, and was raced at a distance of 1 316 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 1960s the race was won by outstanding horses such as Sailor, Dedicate, Mongo, and the great U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Kelso.

Records

Speed record:

  • 1 14 miles – 2:05.60 – Broad Brush (1987)
  • 1 116 miles – 1:40.00 – In Reality (1968)
  • 1 18 miles – 1:47.35 – Redding Colliery (2010)

Most wins by an horse:

  • 3 – Sunny Sunrise (1992, 1993 & 1996)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners of the John B. Campbell Handicap since 1962

Yr
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Dist.
(Miles)
Time
Purse
Gr
2020 Alwaysmining 4 Julian Pimentel Kelly Rubley Runnymoore Racing 1 116 1:42.46 $100,000
2019 Bonus Points 5 Feargal Lynch Todd A. Pletcher Three Diamonds Farm 1 18 1:48.93 $100,000
2018 Afleet Willy 5 Jomar Torres Claudio Gonzalez B. B. Horses 1 18 1:50.58 $100,000
2017 Bodhisattva 5 Carlos Quinones Jose Corrales Jose Corrales 1 18 1:50.78 $100,000
2016 Kid Cruz 5 José L. Ortiz Linda Rice Vina Del Mar T-breds 1 18 1:52.40 $75,000
2015 Page McKenney 5 Horacio Karamanos Mary Eppler Adam Staple,Jalin Stable 1 18 1:51.88 $100,000
2014 Behemoth 5 Victor Santiago Claudio Gonzalez Michelle&Claudio Stable 1 18 1:51.59 $100,000
2013 Concealed Identity 5 Trevor McCarthy Linda Gaudet L.Gaudet & M.Bailey 1 18 1:52.29 $125,000
2012 Jimanator 6 Jumior Alvarado Michael Trombetta 3 Diamonds Farm 1 18 1:49.95 $100,000
2011 Alma d'Oro 5 Cornelio Velásquez Todd Pletcher Bourque Goldstein 1 18 1:53.18 $75,000
2010 Redding Colliery 4 Anna Napravnik Kiaran McLaughlin Mrs. Fitriani Hay 1 18 1:47.39 $70,000
2009 Richard's Kid 4 Jenna Joubert Richard W. Small Fitzhugh LLC 1 18 1:50.01 $75,000
2008 Nite Light 4 Mike Luzzi Todd Pletcher Edward P. Evans 1 18 1:50.33 $75,000
2007 Future Fantasy 6 Winston Thompson Leona McKanas Andrew Perkins 1 18 1:53.74 $75,000
2006 Your Bluffing 6 Mario Pino Michael Trombetta R.D.M. Racing Stable 1 18 1:51.30 $75,000
2005 Coast Line 4 John Velazquez Todd Pletcher Overbrook Farm 1 18 1:50.09 $125,000
2004 Ole Faunty 5 Mike Luzzi W. Elliott Walden T. Van Meter/D. Hend 1 18 1:49.05 $150,000
2003 Tempest Fugit 6 Jose Caraballo John Servis Dennis A. Drazin 1 18 1:49.90 $75,000
2002 Lyracist 6 Jeremy Rose Michael P. Petro Timothy Cunningham 1 18 1:50.10 $75,000
2001 Do I Ever † 6 Harry Vega Bessie S. Gruwell John Morella 1 316 1:55.37 $100,000
2000 Salty Note 5 Mario Pino Alec Fehr Bruno Schickedanz 1 316 1:56.45 $75,000 III
1999 Crosspatch 5 Rick Wilson Berkley Kern Frank A. Bonsal Jr. 1 316 1:56.67 $100,000 III
1998 Hot Brush 4 Rick Wilson Richard W. Small Robert Meyerhoff 1 316 1:56.00 $100,000 III
1997 Traffic Circle 5 Heberto Castillo John C. Kimmel Kimmel/Moelis 1 316 1:55.00 $100,000 III
1996 Sunny Sunrise 5 Jeff D. Carle Grover G. Delp Harry Meyerhoff 1 316 1:55.00 $100,000 III
1995 Ameri Valay 6 Mark T. Johnston King T. Leatherbury Elaine & Nick Bassford 1 316 1:54.60 $100,000 III
1994 Ameri Valay 5 Albert Delgado King T. Leatherbury Elaine & Nick Bassford 1 316 1:56.20 $100,000 III
1993 Sunny Sunrise 5 Rick Wilson Grover G. Delp Harry Meyerhoff 1 18 1:49.80 $100,000 III
1992 Sunny Sunrise 4 Mike Smith Grover G. Delp Harry Meyerhoff 1 18 1:49.20 $100,000 III
1991 J.R.'s Horizon 5 Calixto Juarez W. Meredith Bailes Marvin Champion 1 18 1:50.20 $125,000 III
1990 Jet Stream 4 Donnie A. Miller W. Meredith Bailes John Mobberley 1 18 1:50.80 $150,000 III
1989 Little Bold John 5 Donnie A. Miller Jerry Robb Jack Owens 1 18 1:49.20 $150,000 III
1988 Manzotti 5 Eddie Maple Michael Stidham Stuart Janney 1 14 2:01.80 $80,000 III
1987 Broad Brush 5 Vincent Bracciale Richard W. Small Robert E. Meyerhoff 1 14 2:05.60 $170,000 III
1986 Skip Trial 4 Jean-Luc Samyn Sonny Hine Ben Cohen 1 14 2:03.20 $175,000 III
1985 Imp Society 4 Pat Day D. Wayne Lukas Heslop Stable 1 14 2:03.00 $190,000 III
1984 Island Champ 4 Albert Delgado Hank Allen James J. Devaney 1 14 2:04.40 $182,500 II
1983 Recusant 5 Jorge Velásquez Mike Ball Fred W. Hooper 1 14 2:05.60 $155,000 II
1982 Majesty's World 7 Anthony Black John Tammaro Jr. John D. Marsh 1 14 2:03.40 $152,750 II
1981 Relaxing 5 Ángel Cordero Jr. Angel Penna Carl Lizza 1 14 2:04.60 $152,500 II
1980 Pole Position 4 Gunnar Lindberg Goody Goodman Edward DeBartolo 1 14 2:05.40 $121,000 II
1979 Mister Brea 5 Ruben Hernandez Floreano Fernandez Cayetana Diaz 1 14 2:04.60 $100,000 II
1978 Ripon 5 Kelly Casteneda Jonathan Sheppard Augustin Stable 1 14 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 14 2:05.40 $125,000 II
1975 Jolly Johu 7 Ben Feliciano Robert L. Adams Thomas N. Nichols 1 14 2:05.20 $125,000 II
1974 True Knight 5 Ángel Cordero Jr. Lou Rondinello Darby Dan Farm 1 14 2:05.40 $125,000 II
1973 * Delay 5 Javier Canessa Morris H. Dixon William C. Wright 1 116 1:43.60 $100,000 III
1973 * Vertee 4 John Ruane H. Allen Jerkens Hobeau Farm 1 116 1:42.80 $100,000 III
1972 * Favorecidian 5 William Passmore J. Woods Garth Hickory Tree Stable 1 116 1:46.80 $100,000
1972 * Boone the Great 4 Anthony Agnello John P. Campo Al-Jo Stable 1 116 1:48.00 $100,000
1971 Bushido 5 Eldon Nelson Heather Buchanan Susan B. Fisher 1 116 1:44.60 $125,000
1970 * Best Turn 5 Chuck Baltazar Frank A. Bonsal Calumet Farm 1 116 1:43.60 $66,500
1970 * Mitey Prince 5 Paul Kallai William H. Dixon Baird C. Brittingham 1 116 1:43.00 $66,500
1969 Juvenile John 4 John Giovanni Donald C. Bradley John A. Hersberger 1 116 1:43.00 $125,000
1968 In Reality 4 Chuck Baltazar Melvin C. Calvert Frances A. Genter 1 116 1:42.00 $125,000
1967 Quinta 4 Steve Brooks Bernard P. Bond R. D. Bokum & D. W. Scott 1 116 1:43.60 $125,000
1966 Tosmah 5 Sam Boulmetis Sr. Joseph W. Mergler Briardale Farms 1 116 1:44.40 $125,000
1965 Lt. Stevens 4 Tommy Barrow Charles P. Sanborn Ernest Woods 1 116 1:46.20 $125,000
1964 Mongo 5 John L. Rotz Frank A. Bonsal Marion duPont Scott 1 116 1:44.80 $120,000
1964 Kelso 7 Ismael Valenzuela Carl Hanford Bohemia Stable 1 116 1:43.00 $120,000
* † 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

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