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Dahlia Stakes (United States)

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Dahlia Stakes
Ungraded stakes race
LocationLaurel Park Racecourse,
Laurel, Maryland,
United States
Inaugurated1985
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Websitewww.laurelpark.com
Race information
Distance1 mile (8 furlongs)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds & Up; fillies and Mares
WeightAssigned
Purse$70,000

The Dahlia Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in April at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland. It is open to fillies and mares three-year-olds and up and is raced on turf. It is contested over a distance of 1 mile (8 furlongs).

The race was named in honor of international race queen Dahlia. She was one of the preeminent turf runners in the world during the mid-1970s and retired in 1976 after her six-year-old season as the world's leading money winning distaffer (female). In 48 starts made in France, Ireland, England, Canada, Italy and the U.S., Dahlia won 15 times, was second three times and third seven more times. That elevated her career earnings up to $1,543,139. She was voted England's racehorse of the year twice and was named champion grass horse in the U.S. (a category that included the males at that time) in 1974.

During her three-year-old campaign, Dahlia was shipped from her base in France to race in the world's most prestigious turf race at that time, the Washington, D.C. International Stakes a grade one at Laurel Park Racecourse. In that race, she galloped away to a three and a quarter length victory over Big Spruce.[1]

Records

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Speed record:

  • 1 mile - 1:34.00 - Sweet Talker (2006)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners

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Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Distance
(Miles)
Time
Purse
Grade
2018 - 1 mile 0:00.00 $100,000
2017 Danilovna 4 Trevor McCarthy H. Graham Motion Bjorn Nielson 1 mile 1:36.80 $75,000
2016 Seeking Treasure 6 Alex Cintron Doug Matthews Steven E. Frum 1 mile 1:33.99 $75,000
2015 Nellie Cashman 4 Forest Boyce Francis Abbott Sycamore Racing 1 mile 1:35.95 $100,000
2014 Embarr 5 Forest Boyce Susan Cooney Susan Cooney 1-1/16 1:45.45 $100,000
2013 Embarr 4 Forest Boyce Susan Cooney Susan Cooney 1-1/16 1:37.35 $100,000
2012 Idle Talk 6 Horacio Karamanos Mary Epler Patrick Kelley 1-1/16 1:37.25 $75,000
2011 Baltimore Belle 4 Julian Pimentel Michael J. Trombetta R. Larry Johnson 1-1/16 1:46.69 $75,000
2010 My Main Starr 5 Horacio Karamanos Gary Capuano Gary Capuano & P.Fowler 1 mile 1:42.12 $70,000
2009 All Smiles 6 Jeremy Rose Frannie Campitelli Cynthia McGinnes 1 mile 1:39.12 $50,000
2008 Lady Digby 4 Jeremy Rose H. Graham Motion Earle I. Mack 1 mile 1:38.92 $80,000
2007 High Moment 4 Erick D. Rodriguez Rodney Jenkins Mr. & Mrs. D. R. Brown 1 mile 1:36.00 $60,000
2006 Sweet Talker 4 Ramon Dominguez H. Graham Motion Courtlandt Farm 1 mile 1:34.00 $60,000
1988 - 2005 - No Races No Races No Races no races 0:00.00 no races
1987 Kerygma 3 Allen Stacy Barclay Tagg D. Earl Pardue 1 mile 1:37.60 $30,000
1986 I Mean It 4 George Martens Flint S. Schulhofer Ichikawa Bokujo 1 mile 1:35.80 $30,000
1985 Nothing Sweeter 4 Chris McCarron Barclay Tagg Walter D. Pinkard 1 mile 1:36.40 $30,000

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Maryland Jockey Club, Media Guide, 2008, page 48