Miracle Wood Stakes

Miracle Wood Stakes
Ungraded Stakes race
LocationLaurel Park Racecourse,
Laurel, Maryland,
United States
Inaugurated1995
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
Websitewww.laurelpark.com
Race information
Distance7 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-years-old, open
WeightAssigned
PurseUS$100,000

The Miracle Wood Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held in February at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland. The Miracle Wood is open to three-year-olds and is run at seven furlongs on the dirt.

An ungraded stakes, it currently offers a purse of $100,000.[1] The Miracle Wood 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 ventured to New York and Kentucky for their next races.[2]

The race was named in honor of Miracle Wood, a champion Maryland bred colt that won many races and accolades. In 2008,the race was shortened from one mile to the current distance of seven furlongs. During the first eleven years of the race (1993–2003), it was run at a distance of 1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs).

In 2006, Sweetnorthernsaint set a record winning margin of ten lengths. He went on to win the Illinois Derby that year and was the post time favorite in the 132nd Kentucky Derby. A local horse based at Laurel Park Racecourse, Sweetnorthernsaint became a millionaire and placed second in the state's biggest race, the Preakness Stakes.

Records

Speed record:

  • 7 furlongs – 1:23.22 – The Lumber Guy (2012)
  • 1 mile – 1:36.75 – Extrasexyhippzster (2014)
  • 1+1⁄16 miles – 1:43.00 – Gimmeawink (2003)

Most wins by an owner:

  • no owner has the Miracle Wood Stakes more than once

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners of the Miracle Wood Stakes since 1995

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Distance Time Purse
2021 Maythehorsebwithu 3 Sheldon Russell Brittany Russell Michael Dubb and Bethlehem Stables LLC 1 mile 1:37.02 $100,000
2020 Lebda 3 Alex Cintron Claudio Gonzalez Euro Stable 1 mile 1:38.38 $100,000
2019 Alwaysmining 3 Daniel Centeno Kelly Rubley Runnymede Racing LLC 1 mile 1:35.27 $100,000
2018 Still Having Fun 3 Feargal Lynch Timothy Keefe Gary Barber 1 mile 1:37.51 $100,000
2017 O Dionysus 3 Jevion Toledo Gary Capuano Marathon Farms, Inc. 1 mile 1:37.06 $100,000
2016 Marengo Road 3 Julian Pimentel Michael Trombetta Harry Meyerhoff 1 mile 1:40.00 $75,000
2015 Savvy Street 3 Forest Boyce Donald H. Barr Barbara J. Houck 1 mile 1:40.36 $100,000
2014 Extrasexyhippzster 3 Julian Pimentel Michael Trombetta Kirwan Equine Group 1 mile 1:36.75 $100,000
2013 Dynamic Strike 3 Forrest Boyce Richard Small Fitzhugh LLC 7 fur. 1:40.58 $125,000
2012 The Lumber Guy 3 Julian Pimentel Michael Hushion Barry K. Schwartz 7 fur. 1:23.22 $100,000
2011 J J's Lucky Train 3 José C. Ferrer William D. Anderson Fresh Start Stable 7 fur. 1:23.60 $75,000
2010 Don't Blame the Cat 3 Erick Rodriguez Richard Dutrow Jr. Mary Raymond 7 fur. 1:23.62 $70,000
2009 Rock On Justin 3 Tony Maragh Gary Capuano Non Stop Stable's 7 fur. 1:24.58 $75,000
2008 Gattopardo 3 Julian Pimentel Timothy Tullock Jr. Germania Farm 7 fur. 1:24.16 $90,000
2007 Crafty Bear 3 Mario Pino Michael Trombetta Harry Meyerhoff 1 mile 1:38.55 $75,000
2006 Sweetnorthernsaint 3 Mario Pino Michael Trombetta Joe Balsamo/Ted Theos 1 mile 1:38.69 $75,000
2005 Malibu Moonshine 3 Steve Hamilton King T. Leatherbury Woodrow Marriott 1 mile 1:40.25 $75,000
2004 Water Cannon 3 Ramon Domínguez Linda Albert Nonsequitur Stable 1-1/16 1:38.99 $65,000
2003 Gimmeawink 3 Jeremy Rose Timothy F. Ritchey Walter Weinkowitz 1-1/16 1:43.07 $60,000
2002 Saratoga Blues 3 Mario Pino Anthony W. Dutrow Alvin Akman 1-1/16 1:45.80 $60,000
2001 Talk is Money 3 Edgar Prado John Scanlon Daniel Borislow 1-1/16 1:45.96 $67,000
2000 Connect 3 Ryan Fogelsonger Leslie Saunders John R. Rastetter 1-1/16 1:51.40 $45,000
1999 Ewer All Wet 3 Edgar Prado Rodney Jenkins Kathryn Clark 1-1/16 1:44.80 $45,000
1998 Mister Business 3 Joe Rocco Richard E. Dutrow Swan and Cygnet Farm 1-1/16 1:45.20 $45,000
1997 South West Hostage 3 Mario Pino Ferris Allen Wombat Racing Stable 5.5 fur. 1:05.60 $30,000
1996 Game Quoit 3 Mark Johnston Donald H. Barr Donald H. Barr 5.5 fur. 1:03.20 $30,000
1995 South Bend 3 Alberto Delgado Barbara M. Kees Barbara M. Kees 7 fur 1:25.20 $30,000

See also

References

  1. ^ Purse amount listed on Laurel Park website Archived 2011-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ 2007 Maryland Jockey Club Media Guide, page 88 on March 3, 2007.