Wide Country Stakes

The Wide Country Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in March at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland. The race is open to fillies age three and up over seven furlongs on the dirt. It was run for the 23rd time in 2015.

Wide Country Stakes
Ungraded Stakes race
LocationLaurel Park Racecourse,
Laurel, Maryland,
United States
Inaugurated1994
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Websitewww.laurelpark.com
Race information
Distance7 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationFillies; Three-years-old
WeightAssigned
Purse$100,000

An ungraded stakes race, it currently offers a purse of $100,000. The race was named in honor of the 1991 Maryland-bred "Horse of the Year, Wide Country. Tom Tanner's home bred, Wide Country compiled a nine-race win streak (all stakes races at either Pimlico Race Course or Laurel Park Racecourse). The streak began in the final months of 1990 when the chestnut filly won the Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes over a muddy race track after losing a shoe. She also won the Grade 3 Pimlico Oaks by eight and a half lengths. Wide Country shipped to Belmont Park and Meadowlands during that campaign and placed second in graded stakes company in both cases. Trained by Robert W. Camac, she captured three straight Maryland stakes races on her way to state-bred championship honors. She retired with a record of 20 wins or placings in 26 starts for career earnings of $881,221.

Records

Speed record:

  • 7 furlongs - 1:22.78 - Saarlight (2008)
  • 7.5 furlongs - 1:30.80 - Norstep (1995)
  • 1 mile - 1:40.00 - Bare Dancer (2007)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners of the Wide Country Stakes since 1994

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Distance Time Purse
2018 3 7 fur. 0:00.00 $100,000
2017 Enchanted Ghost 3 Angel Cruz Hamilton Smith Mens Grille Racing 7 fur. 1:25.49 $100,000
2017 China Grove 3 Kendrick Karamanos Ben Colebrook Katherine G. Ball 7 fur. 1:23.86 $100,000
2016 Great Soul 3 Trevor McCarthy Timothy L. Keefe Steve Long 7 fur. 1:27.73 $75,000
2015 Gypsy Judy 3 Horacio Karamanos Robin L. Graham James Hibbert 7 fur. 1:25.75 $100,000
2014 Taris 3 Clinton L. Potts Todd M. Beattie Commonwealth New Era R. 7 fur. 1:24.71 $100,000
2013 Walkwithapurpose 3 Jeremy Rose Ignacio Correas Sagamore Farm 7 fur. 1:27.04 $125,000
2012 Millionreasonswhy 3 Horacio Karamanos Ignacio Correas Sagamore Farm 7 fur. 1:24.08 $100,000
2011 Red's Round Table 3 Sheldon Russell Tim Keefe Arnold Heft 7 fur. 1:25.99 $55,000
2010 Jim's Prospect 3 Vladimir Diaz John B. Secor Estate of James Glenn 7 fur. 1:24.67 $70,000
2009 Saarlight 3 Ray Fuentes Kiaran McLaughlin Cam Allard 7 fur. 1:22.78 $60,000
2008 Armonk 3 Julian Pimentel Kiaran McLaughlin Jeff Singer 7 fur. 1:26.63 $50,000
2007 Bare Dancer 3 Dyn Panell Gary Contessa Darlene Bilinski 1 mile 1:40.00 $90,000
2006 Celestial Legend 3 Erick D. Rodriguez Dale Capuano R. Shultz & D. Menard 1 mile 1:41.40 $75,000
2005 Amazing Buy 3 Norberto Arroyo Jennifer Pederson Paraneck Stable 1 mile 1:40.60 $50,000
2004 He Loves Me 3 Jozbin Santana Richard W. Small Buckingham Farm 1-1/16 1:47.20 $35,000
2003 Powers Prospect 3 Roberto Alvarado Cathal A. Lynch D'Arrigo Racing Stable 1-1/16 1:44.80 $50,000
2002 Shop Till You Drop 3 Harry Vega John Fee Dewey White 1-1/16 1:46.80 $36,000
2001 Strike It Up 3 Mario Pino Anthony W. Dutrow 1-1/8 1:50.80 $55,000
2000 Case of the Blues 3 Mark T. Johnston Hamilton A. Smith 1-1/8 1:52.40 $80,000
1999 Synchronized 3 Jose Espinoza Martin Wansborough John A. Franks 1-1/8 1:52.20 $55,000
1998 Cigar Charlie 3 Edgar Prado Michael Dickinson 1-1/8 1:53.60 $55,000
1997 Salt It 3 Carlos Marquez Deborah S. Bonder Deborah S. Bonder 1-1/8 1:51.20 $30,000
1996 Hey Let's Dance 3 Mark T. Johnston Jessica J. Campitelli 7.5 fur. 1:31.00 $30,000
1995 # Quite Proper 3 Mario Verge Leslie G. Glazier 7.5 fur. 1:32.20 $30,000
1995 # Norstep 3 Mark T. Johnston W. Robert Bailes 7.5 fur. 1:30.80 $30,000
1994 Brilliant Prospect 3 Allen Stacy Carlos A. Garcia Helmore Racing Partners 7.5 fur. 1:32.40 $30,000

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References

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