Henry S. Clark Stakes

The Henry S. Clark Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. Open to horses three-years-old & up, it is contested over a distance of one mile on turf.[1]

Henry S. Clark Stakes
Ungraded Stakes race
LocationPimlico Race Course,
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Inaugurated2001
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Websitewww.pimlico.com
Race information
Distance1 mile (8 furlongs)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds & up
WeightAssigned
Purse$100,000

The race was named in honor of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Henry S. Clark, the "dean of Maryland trainers," who spent 80 of his 95 years on the backstretch of Maryland's race tracks and remained active until his death in February 1999. He was the grandson of another famous Maryland trainer, William Jennings, Sr. In 1982, Henry Clark was honored with induction into the Racing Hall of Fame.

Early in his career, Clark was selected by Liz Whitney to train her stable of runners and he sent out his first stakes winner, Blue Cyprus for Whitney at Garden State in 1944. In the late 1940s, Clark began his relationship with Harry & Jane Lunger, training the talented Christiana Stables' horses. Among those under his care were two-time Delaware Handicap winner Obeah (dam of champion Go For Wand), Endine, champion Tempted, Travers Stakes winner Thinking Cap, Belmont Futurity winner and top sire Cyane and Blue Grass Stakes winner Linkage, who finished second in the 1982 Preakness Stakes.

Records

Speed record:

  • 1 mile - 1:33.80 - Private Slip (2001)

Most wins by a jockey:

  • 2 - Horactio A. Karamanos (2003, 2006)

Most wins by a trainer:

  • 2 - Michael Zwiesler (2007, 2008)

Most wins by an owner:

  • 2 - William S. Farish III (2007, 2008)

Winners of the Henry S. Clark Stakes
Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Distance
(Miles)
Time
 Purse
 Grade
2019 Irish Strait 7 Jorge Vargas H Graham Motion Isabelle de Tomaso 1 mile 1:33.93 $100,000
2018 Caribou Club 4 Paco Lopez Thomas Proctor Glen Hill Farm 1 mile 1:34.40 $100,000
2017 Ascend 5 Feargal Lynch H. Graham Motion Stone Farm 1 mile 1:36.30 $100,000
2016 Rose Brier 7 Trevor McCarthy Jane Sibilli Panic Stable 1 mile 1:33.11 $100,000
2015 Talk Show Man 5 Xavier Perez Hamilton Smith Michael Harrison 1 mile 1:36.09 $100,000
2014 Hamp 4 Javier Santiago Ignacio Correas Sagamore Farm 1 mile 1:39.66 $100,000
2013 Eighttofasttocatch 7 Forrest Boyce Tim Keefe Sylvia E. Heft 1 mile 1:43.91 $91,750
2012 Hudson Steele 5 Javier Castellano Todd A. Pletcher Roger Weiss 1 mile 1:40.00 $75,000
2011 Pocket Patch 6 Jonathan Joyce Flint W. Stites Charles McGill 1 mile 1:40.04 $75,000
2010 Baltimore Bob 5 Vladimir Diaz John B. Secor R. Gerczak & Kaygar Stable 1 mile 1:35.39 $70,000
2009 Brickell 8 Harry Vega Ted Maher Harry Kassap LLC 1 mile 1:38.80 $75,000
2008 Stay Close 6 Rosie Napravnik Michael Zwiesler William S. Farish 1 mile 1:35.82 $75,000
2007 Stay Close 5 Oliver Castillo Michael Zwiesler William S. Farish 1 mile 1:37.20 $75,000
2006 Saint Stephen 6 Horacio A. Karamanos Christopher Clement Susan & Charles Harris 1 mile 1:35.40 $60,000
2005 Gunning For 4 Jose C. Ferrer Timothy Walsh Wimborne Farm Inc. 1 mile 1:34.20 $50,000
2004 Mr. O'Brien 5 Rick Wilson Robin L. Graham Skeedattle Stable 1 mile 1:35.80 $60,000
2003 Tam's Terms 5 Horacio A. Karamanos Lawrence E. Murray Sondra D. Bender 1 mile 1:36.40 $75,000
2002 Mus-If 6 Mario Pino Michael V. Pino Hamdan Al Maktoum 1 mile 1:36.20 $50,000
2001 Private Slip 7 Joe Rocco Dale Capuano Crown Valley Stable 1 mile 1:33.40 $75,000
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See also

References
  1. 2007 Maryland Jockey Club Media Guide, page 63 on March 3, 2007.
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