Deputed Testamony Stakes
The Deputed Testamony Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held in February at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland. It is open to Maryland-bred three-year-olds and is run at one mile (8 furlongs) on the dirt. The race was run for the 28th time in 2012.
| Ungraded Stakes race | |
| Location | Laurel Park Racecourse, Laurel, Maryland,  United States  Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1986 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | www |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1 1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs) |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-years-old, Registered Maryland-breds |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | $100,000 |
An ungraded stakes, it offers a purse of $100,000.[1] The Deputed Testamony Stakes is also one of Maryland's Triple Crown prep races. The winner of the race typically moves on to compete in the Private Terms Stakes held in March at Laurel Park Racecourse as well, but winners have also gone to New York and Kentucky for their next races.[2]
The race was named in honor of Deputed Testamony, the 1983 Preakness Stakes winner and the last Maryland-bred champion three-year-old colt. Deputed Testamony was the son of Traffic Cop out of the mare Proof Requested. Traffic Cop was standing at Bonita Farm, so Deputed Testamony was bred, born, raced, retired, stood and pensioned at the same farm. He was bred and owned by his trainer, J. William (Bill) Boniface.
On Preakness Day 1984, Deputed Testamony won the City of Baltimore Handicap and set a new track record for 1 1⁄16 miles in 1:40.40. That race was the colt's final start. He was then retired to stud duty at Bonita Farm. He made twenty trips to the post in his career and won eleven times with four seconds and earnings of $674,324. Deputed Testamony became one of Maryland's top sires. He was pensioned from stud duty after the 2004 breeding season and died at Bonita Farm on September 18, 2012 at 32 years of age.
Records
Speed record:
- 1 1⁄16 miles - 1:44.80 - Magic Weisner (2002)
- 1 1⁄8 miles - 1:49.20 - Acres (2000)
Most wins by an owner:
- no owner has won the Deputed Testamony Stakes more than once
Most wins by a jockey:
- 2 - Edgar Prado (1994 & 1997)
Most wins by a trainer:
- no trainer has the Deputed Testamony Stakes more than once
Winners of the Deputed Testamony Stakes since 1986
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Distance | Time | Purse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | No Race | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | 0:00.00 | no race |
| 2017 | No Race | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | 0:00.00 | no race |
| 2016 | No Race | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | 0:00.00 | no race |
| 2015 | Fish Whistler | 5 | Trevor McCarthy | Kieron Magee | Mark Sitlinger | 1 1⁄16 | 1:45.14 | $35,000 |
| 2014 | No Race | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | 0:00.00 | no race |
| 2013 | Hello Lover | 7 | John Bisono | Robert Reid | Linda Newton | 1 1⁄16 | 1:46.74 | $40,000 |
| 2012 | Bailey's Beach | 5 | Javier Santiago | Hugh McMahon | Joey P. Stables | 1 1⁄16 | 1:46.15 | $25,000 |
| 2011 | No Brakes | 6 | Xavier Perez | Katherine Sancuk | Katherine Sancuk | 1 1⁄16 | 1:45.88 | $25,000 |
| 2010 | Northpoint Costas | 4 | Javier Castellano | Dale Capuano | Rob Ry Farm | 1 1⁄16 | 1:46.44 | $25,000 |
| 2009 | No Race | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | 0:00.00 | no race |
| 2008 | No Race | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | 0:00.00 | no race |
| 2007 | Digger | 3 | Herachio Karamanos | Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. | Repole Stable | 1 mile | 1:35.10 | $50,000 |
| 2006 | Ah Day | 3 | Jonathan Joyce | King T. Leatherbury | Jim Stable | 1 mile | 1:39.00 | $75,000 |
| 2005 | Legal Control | 3 | Luis Garcia | Richard W. Small | Robert E. Meyerhoff | 1 1⁄16 | 1:45.80 | $75,000 |
| 2004 | Jane's Luck | 3 | J. Z. Santana | James L. Lawrence | Dresden Farm | 1 1⁄16 | 1:46.60 | $75,000 |
| 2003 | Cherokee's Boy | 3 | Ryan Fogelsonger | Gary Capuano | ZWP Stable | 1 1⁄16 | 1:46.20 | $75,000 |
| 2002 | Magic Weisner | 3 | Phil Teator | Nancy H. Alberts | Nancy H. Alberts | 1 1⁄16 | 1:44.80 | $75,000 |
| 2001 | Ronnie's Hot Rod | 3 | Carlos Marquez | Rodney Jerkins | Team 26 | 1 1⁄8 | 1:54.60 | $75,000 |
| 2000 | Acres | 3 | Tommy Turner | Ben W. Perkins, Jr. | New Farm | 1 1⁄8 | 1:49.20 | $75,000 |
| 1999 | Smart Guy | 3 | David Appleby | Tim Ritchey | Good Fellas Stables Inc. | 1 1⁄8 | 1:50.60 | $75,000 |
| 1998 | Raghib | 3 | Frank Lovato | Kiaran McLaughlin | 1 1⁄8 | 1:50.60 | $75,000 | |
| 1997 | Two Smart | 3 | Edgar Prado | H. Graham Motion | R. Larry Johnson | 1 1⁄8 | 1:50.80 | $75,000 |
| 1996 | Foolish Pole | 3 | William McCauley | Virgil Raines | Anderson Fowler | 1 1⁄8 | 1:49.80 | $75,000 |
| 1995 | Sam's Quest | 3 | Steve Hamilton | Francis Campitelli | 1 1⁄8 | 1:50.20 | $75,000 | |
| 1994 | Dixie Power | 3 | Edgar Prado | Lawrence E. Murray | Sondra & Howard Bender | 1 1⁄8 | 1:52.40 | $75,000 |
| 1993 | Chip's Dancer | 3 | Clarence Ladner | Jerald Ferris | 1 1⁄8 | 1:50.40 | $75,000 | |
| 1992 | John the Bold | 3 | Larry Reynolds | J. William Boniface | Margaret & Jim McKay | 1 1⁄8 | 1:50.80 | $75,000 |
| 1991 | Gala Spinaway | 3 | Greg McCarron | Bernard Bond | Gertrude & Skip Leviton | 1 1⁄8 | 1:50.00 | $75,000 |
| 1990 | Baron de Vaux | 3 | Joe Rocco | Dormello Stud | 1 1⁄8 | 1:50.60 | $75,000 | |
| 1989 | Northern Wolf | 3 | Clarence Ladner | Deep Silver Stable | 1 1⁄8 | 1:48.80 | $75,000 | |
| 1988 | Bullhorn | 3 | Donnie Miller | 1 1⁄8 | 1:50.60 | $65,000 | ||
| 1987 | Landaura | 3 | Kent Desormeaux | 1 1⁄16 | 1:46.60 | $60,000 | ||
| 1986 | Pilgram Prince | 3 | Thomas Kupfer | 1 1⁄16 | 1:46.20 | $60,000 | ||
See also
- Deputed Testamony Stakes "top three finishers"
- Laurel Park Racecourse
References
- Purse amount listed on Laurel Park website "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2012-02-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- 2007 Maryland Jockey Club Media Guide, page 88 on March 3, 2007.