Pimlico Nursery Stakes

Pimlico Nursery Stakes
Discontinued stakes race
LocationPimlico Race Course
Baltimore, Maryland
Inaugurated1910-1947
Race typeThoroughbred, Flat racing
Race information
Distance5 furlongs
TrackDirt, left-handed
QualificationTwo-year-olds

The Pimlico Nursery Stakes was a race for Thoroughbred horses run at Pimlico Race Course from 1909 through 1947.[1] Open to two-year-old horses of either sex, it was run on a dirt track.[2][3]

Distances:

  • 1909-1937, 1943, 1945: 4½ furlongs
  • 1938-1942, 1944, 1946-1947: 5 furlongs

Records

Speed record:

  • Lady Gunner - 0:53.00 for 4½ furlongs in 1945
  • Dockstader - 1:00.20 for 5 furlongs in 1944

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Dist.
(Furlongs) 		Time
 Win$
1947 Equibit 2 Nick Jemas Frederick W. Case Ella K. Bryson 5 F 1:01.40 $8,095
1946 Jet Pilot 2 Douglas Dodson Tom Smith Maine Chance Farm 5 F 1:02.20 $4,250
1945 Lady Gunner 2 John Breen James McGee Morris Wexler 4.5 F 0:53.00 $3,870
1944 Dockstader 2 Eddie Arcaro John M. Gaver Sr. Greentree Stable 5 F 1:00.20 $6,190
1943 Galactic 2 George Woolf James E. Ryan Esther D. du Pont Weir 4.5 F 0:54.80 $3,010
1942 Teentee 2 Albert Schmidl Michael M. Harrison J. L. Collins 5 F 1:00.80 $5,720
1941 Joe Ray 2 Conn McCreary Joseph Serio Jr. Ella K. Bryson 5 F 1:02.00 $5,150
1940 Nannykins 2 Albert Shelhamer Joseph Serio Jr. Ella K. Bryson 5 F 1:01.00 $5,530
1939 Cockerel 2 Hilton Dabson Hugh Dufford Alvin Untermyer 5 F 1:01.00 $4,820
1938 Charlotte Girl 2 Johnny Longden Phil Reuter Elwood Sachsenmaier 5 F 1:00.40 $4,810
1937 Rehearsal 2 Joe Wagner John A. Boniface Mrs. Robert H. Heighe 4.5 F 0:54.40 $2,500
1936 Golden Era 2 Harry Richards Preston M. Burch Sarah F. Jeffords 4.5 F 0:55.00 $2,830
1935 Grand Slam 2 Raymond Workman R. Emmett Potts BoMar Stable (Charles B. Bohn & Peter A. Markey) 4.5 F 0:56.60 $2,780
1934 Surveyor 2 Raymond Workman Thomas J. Healey C. V. Whitney 4.5 F 0:54.60 $3,770
1933 Wise Daughter 2 Buddy Hanford Sherrill W. Ward Everglade Stable 4.5 F 0:55.80 $3,770
1932 Garden Message 2 J. Smith Preston M. Burch Thomas H. Somerville 4.5 F 0:55.20 $6,340
1931 Election Day 2 Edward Watters Thomas D. Rodrock Katherine E. Hitt 4.5 F 0:54.40 $6,150
1930 Happy Scot 2 Jason Eaby Matthew Smart Samuel Ross 4.5 F 0:53.80 $5,920
1929 Good As Gold 2 Eddie Ambrose Scott P. Harlan Sarah F. Jeffords 4.5 F 0:55.40 $5,440
1928 Chicleight 2 Raymond Peternell Preston M. Burch Nevada Stock Farm (George Wingfield) 4.5 F 0:54.20 $5,950
1927 Rose Eternal 2 Pete Walls George L. Arvin H. Teller Archibald 4.5 F 0:55.00 $6,020
1926 Triton 2 Albert Johnson Scott P. Harlan Sarah F. Jeffords 4.5 F 0:54.40 $5,860
1925 Rock Man 2 Albert Johnson Joseph H. Stotler Sagamore Stable 4.5 F 0:54.00 $6,070
1924 Single Foot 2 Edward Scobie Harry Rites J. Edwin Griffith 4.5 F 0:54.00 $3,850
1923 Yankee Princess 2 Clarence Kummer William M. Garth Joshua S. Cosden 4.5 F 0:54.80 $1,950
1922 Frank G. 2 Clyde Ponce James E. Fitzsimmons Quincy Stable (James Francis Johnson) 4.5 F 0:53.80 $2,150
1921 Lord Baltimore 2 Ted Rice William M. Garth Joshua S. Cosden 4.5 F 0:56.00 $2,050
1920 Careful 2 Willie Kelsay Eugene Wayland Walter J. Salmon Sr. 4.5 F 0:56.00 $2,100
1919 Kinnoul 2 Eddie Ambrose Michael J. Daly Walter M. Jeffords Sr. 4.5 F 0:55.00 $1,225
1918 Blue Laddie 2 Frank Robinson Albert Simons Harry P. Whitney 4.5 F 0:54.80 $1,200
1917 Virginia Yell 2 Eddie Ambrose Lewis W. Garth John Porter Jones 4.5 F 0:57.00 $1,655
1916 Crank 2 Merritt Buxton William H. Brooks Samuel Ross 4.5 F 0:55.00 $1,440
1915 Tina-A-Ling 2 Eddie Ambrose Edward Phelan Quincy Stable (James Francis Johnson) 4.5 F 0:55.60 $1,210
1914 The Masquerader 2 James Butwell Lewis W. Garth Ral Parr 4.5 F 0:54.40 $1,600
1913 Executor 2 Clarence Turner William M. Garth Ral Parr 4.5 F 0:56.00 $1,685
1912 Rock View 2 John McTaggart Louis Feustel August Belmont Jr. 4.5 F 0:54.60 $1,610
1911 Overman 2 Eddie Dugan John Whelan August Belmont Jr. 4.5 F 0:55.40 $1,880
1910 Stinger 2 Charles Grand Theodore F. Coles C. C. Smithson 4.5 F 0:56.80 $2,070
1909 Tom Melton 2 Richard Scoville Matthew Smart Samuel Ross 4.5 F 0:56.20 $1,675

References

  1. ^ Daily Racing Form May 7, 1943, "History of Pimlico Nursery Stakes" Retrieved July 25, 2018
  2. ^ Daily Racing Form "Tom Melton's Stake Race: Wins The Nursery Stakes At Pimlico" Retrieved July 24, 2018
  3. ^ Daily Racing Form "Equibit Finishes Fast on Outside To Annex Pimlico Nursery Stakes" Retrieved July 24, 2018