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Native Dancer Stakes
Ungraded stakes race
Location	Laurel Park Racecourse, ; Laurel, Maryland,; United States
Inaugurated	1966
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	www.laurelpark.com
Race information
Distance	1+1⁄8 mile
Surface	Dirt
Track	left-handed
Qualification	Three-years-old & up
Weight	Assigned
Purse	$100,000

The Native Dancer Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland. Raced in early January, it is open to horses age three and older and is contested on dirt over a distance of 1+1⁄8 mile. Its current purse is $75,000.

From 1966 to 2002, the race was known as the Native Dancer Handicap. It has been run at four different distances; for the first eleven years (from 1966 to 1976), the race was run at 6 furlongs, from 1977 to 1984 and in 2005 it was raced at a distance of 1+3⁄16 miles; in 1985 and from 2006 through 2010 the race was contested at its present distance of 1 mile; and from 1986 through 2003, it was run at a distance of 1+3⁄8 miles. The race was originally run at Bowie Race Track from 1966 through 1984.^[1]

The race is named in honor of Alfred G. Vanderbilt's Native Dancer. Native Dancer was the huge gray son of two of thoroughbred's top racing horses of the decade in Polynesian and Geisha. He was named Horse of the Year as a two-year-old and then named a repeat winner as a four-year-old. He also won the titles of Champion 2-year-old, Champion 3-year-old and Champion older horse in three consecutive years. Native Dancer won 21 of 22 races and earned $785,240. His 18 stakes victories included the Preakness Stakes, the Belmont Stakes and the Travers Stakes. Native Dancer's only loss was in the Kentucky Derby. Following a trip in which he was bumped three times, he finished second, a head behind Dark Star.

Upon his retirement, Native Dancer entered into stud at Vanderbilt's Sagamore Farm in Glyndon, Maryland, where he remained until his death in 1967. He was buried at Sagamore and was the sire of 45 stakes winners including Raise a Native (grandsire to Mr. Prospector), Alydar, Natalma and Northern Dancer.

Records

Speed record:

6 furlongs - 1:09.00 - Tap The Tree (1974)
1 mile - 1:34.80 - Throng (2008)
1+1⁄16 miles - 1:40.20 - Jims Third Bolero (2005)
1+1⁄8 miles - 1:48.40 - Gulf Reckoning (1996)

Most wins by an owner:

2 - Jack Owens (1986, 1987)

Most wins by a jockey:

3 - Edgar Prado (1991, 1992, 1995)
3 - Vincent Bracciale Jr. (1974, 1981, 1983)

Most wins by a trainer:

3 - Michael Trombetta (2006, 2013 & 2014)

Winners of the Native Dancer Stakes since 1966

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Distance (Miles)	Time	Purse
2023	Nimitz Class	4	Jevian Toledo	Bruce M. Kravets	Tom Coulter	1+1⁄8	1:52.11	$100,000
2022	Rough Sea	8	Denis Araujo	Bruno Tessore	Proud Stable Inc	1+1⁄8	1:51.76	$100,000
2021	No Race
2020	Harpers First Ride	4	Angel Cruz	Claudio Gonzalez	GMP Stables LLC	1+1⁄8	1:48.56	$100,000
2019	Someday Jones	6	Trevor McCarthy	John Servis	Main Line Racing Stable	1+1⁄8	1:49.23	$100,000
2018	Afleet Willy	5	Jomar Torres	Claudio Gonzalez	B. B. Horses	1+1⁄16	1:43.78	$100,000
2017	Page McKenney	7	Horacio Karamanos	Mary E. Eppler	Staple/Jalin Stable	1+1⁄16	1:45.01	$100,000
2016	Page McKenney	6	Horacio Karamanos	Mary E. Eppler	Staple/Jalin Stable	1+1⁄16	1:44.70	$75,000
2015	Elnaawi	5	Sheldon Russell	Kiaran McLaughlin	Shadwell Stable	1+1⁄16	1:45.20	$100,000
2014	Bold Curlin	4	Victor R. Carrasco	Michael Trombetta	Harry & Tom Meyerhoff	1+1⁄16	1:43.62	$100,000
2013	Private Tale	5	Sheldon Russell	Michael Trombetta	Three Diamonds Farm	1+1⁄16	1:45.35	$125,000
2012	No Race
2011	Laysh Laysh Laysh	6	Erick Rodriguez	Richard Dutrow Jr.	Vincent S. Scuderi	1-mile	1:37.45	$75,000
2010	Greenspring	5	Jeremy Rose	Chris Grove	Our Chelsea Stable	1-mile	1:38.18	$70,000
2009	Lord Snowdon	6	Jeremy Rose	Anthony W. Dutrow	Kaplan Racing	1-mile	1:38.11	$75,000
2008	Throng	5	Carlos H. Marquez Jr.	Todd A. Pletcher	Starlight Stable, LLC.	1-mile	1:34.80	$80,000
2007	Judith's Wild Rush	6	Julian Pimentel	Julian Calet	Harvey Tenenbaum	1-mile	1:36.40	$75,000
2006	Your Bluffing	6	Mario Pino	Michael Trombetta	R.D.M. Racing Stable	1-mile	1:40.20	$75,000
2005	Jim Thirds Bolero	6	Ryan Fogelsonger	Annette M. Eubanks	Rev. Mark L. Andrews	1+1⁄16	1:40.20	$75,000
2004	No Race
2003	P Day	8	Ryan Fogelsonger	Charles H. Hadry	Adam Russo	1+1⁄8	1:50.00	$75,000
2002	Private Ryan	5	Harry Vega	Timothy Tullock Jr.	Edmund Gann	1+1⁄8	1:49.00	$50,000
2001	Do I Ever	6	Harry Vega	Bessie S. Gruwell	John Morella	1+1⁄8	1:52.20	$55,000
2000	Montana Dreamin'	-	Joe Rocco	Timothy F. Ritchey	Richard Reveley	1+1⁄8	1:50.20	$75,000
1999	Waited	-	Alberto Delgado	Barbara M. Kees	Sherry Rudolph	1+1⁄8	1:49.40	$80,000
1998	Big Rut	-	Larry Reynolds	Hamilton A. Smith	James W. Peters Jr.	1+1⁄8	1:50.80	$60,000
1997	Mary's Buckaroo	-	Mario Verge	Mary Joanne Hughes	Jackson Bryer	1+1⁄8	1:49.40	$80,000
1996	Gulf Reckoning	5	Carlos H. Marquez Jr.	Ben W. Perkins Jr.	Dr. Charles Staats	1+1⁄8	1:48.40	$55,000
1995	Dixie Hero	-	Edgar Prado	Charles Peoples	Bayard Sharp	1+1⁄8	1:51.40	$90,000
1994	No Race
1993	Ameri Valay	-	Larry Reynolds	King T. Leatherbury	Elaine & Nick Bassford	1+1⁄8	1:49.80	$60,000
1992	Valley Crossing	4	Edgar Prado	Richard W. Small	Robert Meyerhoff	1+1⁄8	1:48.60	$60,000
1991	Jet Stream	5	Edgar Prado	John C. Mobberly	John C. Mobberly	1+1⁄8	1:50.80	$65,000
1990	Flaming Emperor	-	Clarence Ladner	Kenny Cox	Hideaway Farms	1+1⁄8	1:48.60	$75,000
1989	Learned Jake	-	Kent Desormeaux	Art Benjamin	Dick Vermillion	1+1⁄8	1:48.60	$60,000
1988	Due North	-	Michael Hunter	Katy Voss	Peter McGill	1+1⁄8	1:49.60	$60,000
1987	Little Bold John	5	Donnie Miller Jr.	Jerry Robb	Jack Owens	1+1⁄8	1:51.60	$80,000
1986	Little Bold John	4	Paul A. Nicol Jr.	Jerry Robb	Jack Owens	1+1⁄8	1:53.20	$80,000
1985	Kaye's Prince	6	Donnie Miller Jr.	Kenneth Sumida	Juiles C.	1-mile	1:36.60	$65,000
1984	Island Champ	-	Alberto Delgado	Hank Allen	James J. Devaney	1+1⁄16	1:46.00	$65,000
1983	Hail Emperor	-	Vincent Bracciale Jr.			1+1⁄16	1:46.00	$65,000
1982#	Buc 'n Bronc	-	Mario Pino			1+1⁄16	1:44.60	$50,000
1982#	Decent Davey	-	Leroy Moyers			1+1⁄16	1:43.60	$50,000
1981	Skippers Friend	-	Vincent Bracciale Jr.	Robert Beale		1+1⁄16	1:44.60	$65,000
1980	Pole Position	-	Gunnar Lindberg	Goody Goodman		1+1⁄16	1:45.20	$65,000
1979	Isella	-	Mark Drury			1+1⁄16	1:45.60	$65,000
1978#	Ripon	-	Kelly Castaneda			1+1⁄16	1:45.60	$45,500
1978#	Take the Pledge	-	Jack Kurtz			1+1⁄16	1:45.40	$45,500
1977	Jolly Johu	-	Larry Moyers			1+1⁄16	1:44.20	$65,000
1976	Christopher R.	-	William J. Passmore	Beverly Hacker	Art Rooney	6 fur.	1:10.60	$30,000
1975	Christopher R.	-	William J. Passmore	Beverly Hacker	Art Rooney	6 fur.	1:09.60	$30,000
1974	Tap the Tree	-	Vincent Bracciale Jr.			6 fur.	1:09.00	$30,000
1973	Joys Fella	-	C. Jimenez			6 fur.	1:10.60	$31,000
1972	Pro Bidder	-	George Cusimano			6 fur.	1:10.40	$31,000
1971	Jaikyl	-	Paul Kallai			6 fur.	1:10.40	$30,000
1970	Gaelic Dancer	-	Robert Nono			6 fur.	1:10.20	$31,000
1969	Illustrious	-	Dennis Petrucelli			6 fur.	1:09.20	$30,000
1968	Understudy	-	Frank Lovato			6 fur.	1:11.00	$30,000
1967	Sandoval	-	Dave Gorman			6 fur.	1:10.20	$30,000
1966	Hoist Bar	-	Ismael Valenzuela			6 fur.	1:10.40	$30,650