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Horatius Stakes

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Horatius Stakes
Discontinued stakes race
LocationLaurel Park Racecourse,
Laurel, Maryland,
United States
Inaugurated1994
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Websitewww.laurelpark.com
Race information
Distance6 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds
WeightAssigned
Purse$60,000

The Horatius Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race held in March at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland. Open to three-year-old horses, it was contested over a distance of six furlongs on dirt.

An ungraded stakes, it offered a purse of $60,000. The race itself was named in honor of the horse that was given his name by his breeder after the legendary Roman hero Horatius. The colt was a huge son out of Proudest Roman and True Charm that proved to be worthy on his moniker. Horatius was a solid stakes winner but his true claim to fame came as one of Maryland's greatest sires of all time. Bred by Colonel W. Randolph Taylor, Horatius was born in Florida in 1975 and was sold for $20,000 as a two-year-old to Dr. Philip J. Torsey, who campaigned his stable's star for five years. During his racing career, Horatius made 54 starts winning 19 and placing second in 17 others. His six stakes wins were spread out among many conditions including; on the dirt, on the turf, sprinting and going long. His wins included the Grade 3 Riggs Handicap and a course setting performance in the Red Bank Handicap. He retired with career earnings of $403,899.

Horatius was retired to stud at Thornmar Farm in Chestertown, Maryland in 1980 as the property of a large syndicate. He achieved his greatest glory with his daughter, Eclipse award-winning sprinter Safely Kept, winner of the 1990 Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Sprint. One of his other graded stakes winners was Oliver's Twist, the runner-up in the 1995 Grade 1 Preakness Stakes. Horatius was retired from stud and pensioned in 2001; he died in his sleep five years later at age 31 in his paddock at Thornmar in February 2006.[1]

Race Records

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Speed record:

  • 1:09.00 @ 6 furlongs: Deadline (2003)
  • 1:22.60 @7 furlongs: Perfect Score (1999)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners

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Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner
Dist.
(Furlongs)
Time Purse$ Gr.
2008 Vanderkaay 3 Rosie Napravnik A. Ferris Allen Bowman Thoroughbreds 6 fur. 1:10.60 $60,000
2007 Call Me Cash 3 Jeremy Rose Scott A. Lake Gerard Artz 6 fur. 1:10.40 $70,000
2006 Ah Day 3 Ryan Fogelsonger King T. Leatherbury Jim Stable 6 fur. 1:11.20 $50,000
2005 Diamond Wildcat 3 Mario Pino Ben W. Perkins, Jr. New Farm 6 fur. 1:11.80 $50,000
2004 Basketball Court 3 Ramon Dominguez Henry Walters Ginny Stack 6 fur. 1:10.80 $40,000
2003 Deadline 3 Rick Wilson John Salzman Timothy Whitehead 6 fur. 1:09.00 $50,000
2002 Outstander 3 Mark T. Johnston Rodney Jenkins 7 fur. 1:24.00 $40,000
2001 My Golden Son 3 Harry Vega Michael Wright, Jr. Shahina Ahmad 6 fur. 1:11.00 $55,000
2000 Chief J Strongbow 3 Mario Verge Lynda Knee 7 fur. 1:24.40 $55,000
1999 Perfect Score 3 Mark T. Johnston Grover G. Delp Jason & Shannon Inkster 7 fur. 1:22.60 $55,000
1998 Running Copelan 3 Carlos Cruz John Servis Harry T. Mangurian Jr. 7 fur. 1:24.60 $55,000
1997 Saintly 3 Carlos H. Marquez Jr. Grover G. Delp Allaire du Pont 7 fur. 1:24.00 $25,000
1996 Count On Numbers 3 C. Omar Klinger Carlos A. Garcia Not Found 7.5 fur. 1:30.60 $50,000
1995 Dakota's Trick 3 Rick Wilson Edward T. Allard Not Found 7.5 fur. 1:31.60 $30,000
1994 Run Alden 3 Allen T. Stacy John J. Robb Hal C. B. Clagett 6 fur. 1:10.60 $35,000

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 2007 Maryland Jockey Club Media Guide, page 211 on March 3, 2007.
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