Chick Lang Stakes

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Chick Lang Stakes
Grade III race
LocationPimlico Race Course,
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Inaugurated1975 (as Hirsch Jacobs Stakes)
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
Race information
Distance6 furlong sprint
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds
Weight124 lbs with allowances
PurseUS$200,000 (2020)

The Chick Lang Stakes is an Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses run over a distance of six furlongs during the third week of May at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland.

History[]

The race is named in honor of the former Pimlico General Manager who was known to Marylanders as "Mr. Preakness." Charles John (Chick) Lang died March 18, 2010, of natural causes at the age of 83. The Maryland Jockey Club made the name change shortly after his death.[1]

The race was formerly named in honor of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer Hirsch Jacobs (1904–1970). Jacobs was a leading trainer, owner and breeder at many eastern tracks from the 1930s through the 1960s. One of horse racing's premier trainers, Jacobs saddled 3,569 winners in his lifetime, more than anyone else in the history of thoroughbred racing at the time of his retirement. Horses that he trained earned more than $12,000,000 in purses. Jacobs led the United States in total number of yearly winners 11 times from 1933 to 1944, except 1940, when he finished second.[2]

The Hirsch Jacobs Stakes was inaugurated in 1975. It became an American graded stakes race in 2005. The fastest time for the race is held by Songster, who won in 2006 in a time of 1:09.72.[2]

Records[]

Speed record:

  • 6 furlongs – 1:09.10 – Lantana Mob (2008)

Most wins by a horse:

  • No horse has won this race more than once.

Most wins by an owner:

  • 2 – Hal C.B. Clagett (1991, 1994)
  • 2 – Israel Cohen (1992, 1993)
  • 2 – Zayat Stables (2013, 2016)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners of the Chick Lang Stakes since 1975[]

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Dist.
 Time
 Purse
 Grade
2021 Mighty Mischief 3 Ricardo Santana Steve Asmussen William & Corinne Heiligbrodt 6 fur. 1:09.74 $200,000 III
2020 Yaupon 3 John R. Velazquez Steve Asmussen William & Corinne Heiligbrodt 6 fur. 1:09.10 $200,000 III
2019 Lexitonian 3 José Ortiz Jack Sisteron Calumet Farm 6 fur. 1:09.74 $200,000 III
2018 Mitole 3 Ricardo Santana Jr. Steve Asmussen 6 fur. 1:09.29 $200,000 III
2017 Recruiting Ready 3 Sagamore Farm 6 fur. 1:10.35 $200,000 III
2016 Justin Squared 3 Martin A. Pedroza Bob Baffert Zayat Stables 6 fur. 1:11.41 $200,000
2015 Holy Boss 3 Ricardo Santana Steve Asmussen Jerry Durant 6 fur. 1:09.61 $100,000
2014 Meadowood 3 Javier Castellano Stonestreet Stables 6 fur. 1:10.11 $100,000
2013 Zee Bros 3 Martin Garcia Bob Baffert Zayat Stables 6 fur. 1:10.72 $100,000
2012 Il Villano 3 Jose Flores Chuck Russo 6 fur. 1:10.40 $100,000
2011 Vengeful Wildcat 3 Ben W. Perkins New Farm (Everett Novak) 6 fur. 1:10.54 $100,000 III
2010 Comedero 3 Robby Albarado Peter Redekop B. C. 6 fur. 1:10.16 $100,000 III
2009 Everyday Heroes 3 Timothy F. Ritchey Cash Counter Stables 6 fur. 1:09.51 $100,000 III
2008 Lantana Mob 3 Robby Albarado Steve Asmussen Vinery Stables/T.Ludt 6 fur. 1:09.10 $100,000 III
2007 Street Magician 3 Rafael Bejarano Michael Trombetta R. Larry Johnson 6 fur. 1:10.97 $100,000 III
2006 Songster 3 Edgar Prado Thomas Albertrani Darley Racing 6 fur. 1:09.72 $100,000 III
2005 Race not held III
2004 Abbondanza 3 Ramon Domínguez Germania Farms 6 fur. 1:10.72 $100,000
2003 Mt Carson 3 Ramon Domínguez Rodney Jenkins David P. Reynolds 6 fur. 1:10.85 $100,000
2002 True Direction 3 Ramon Domínguez Morton & Marisol Binn 6 fur. 1:10.90 $75,000
2001 3 Jorge Chavez Linda L. Rice Charles R. Thompson 6 fur. 1:10.20 $75,000
2000 Max's Pal 3 Rick Wilson Ben W. Perkins Lambholm South, LLC 6 fur. 1:10.20 $75,000
1999 Earlton 3 Rick Wilson Ben W. Perkins New Farm (Everett Novak) 6 fur. 1:10.60 $75,000
1998 Klabin's Gold 3 Rick Wilson Acclaimed Racing 6 fur. 1:11.40 $55,000
1997 Original Gray 3 John J. Tammaro Thornmar Farm 6 fur. 1:10.80 $55,000
1996 Viv 3 Mark Johnston Grover G. Delp Rebecca Anglin 6 fur. 1:12.00 $55,000
1995 Ft. Stockton 3 Jerry Bailey Ben W. Perkins New Farm 6 fur. 1:10.20 $55,000
1994 Foxie G. 3 Edgar Prado Hal C.B. Clagett 6 fur. 1:11.40 $55,000
1993 Montbrook 3 Mike Luzzi Israel Cohen 6 fur. 1:12.00 $55,000
1992 Speakerphone 3 Israel Cohen 6 fur. 1:10.40 $43,500
1991 Ameri Run 3 Hal C.B. Clagett 6 fur. 1:10.80 $43,500
1990 Collegian 3 Harry Vega Michael Jackson 6 fur. 1:10.20 $43,500
1989 Pulverizing 3 Arnold & Sylvia Heft 6 fur. 1:11.20 $55,000
1988 Finder's Choice 3 José A. Santos 6 fur. 1:12.20 $46,500
1987 Green Book 3 H. Joseph Allen 6 fur. 1:11.80 $47,000
1986 Super Delight 3 Tartan Farms 6 fur. 1:11.80 $35,000
1985 Beat Me Daddy 3 Robert E. Wheeler Napton Hill Farm 6 fur. 1:11.80 $35,000
1984 Mickey Mall 3 Rick Wilson Stanley Joselson 6 fur. 1:10.80 $35,000
1983 Imperial Age 3 Bonita Farm 6 fur. 1:10.80 $35,000
1982 Mortgage Man 3 Anthony S. Black Richard Dutrow Dr. Rifat Hussain 6 fur. 1:10.60 $35,000
1981 Century Prince 3 Ronald A. Alfano Dick Woolley 6 fur. 1:10.60 $32,350
1980 Amber Pass 3 Don MacBeth Sonny Hine Entremont Stable 6 fur. 1:10.80 $35,000
1979 Breezing On 3 William Passmore Laz Barrera Harbor View Farm 6 fur. 1:11.80 $35,000
1978 Shelter Half 3 Four Brothers Stable 6 fur. 1:11.00 $36,075
1977 Iron Derby 3 H. Steward Mitchell Mario Stable 6 fur. 1:11.20 $29,800
1976 Zen 3 David A. Whiteley Pen Y Bryn Farm 6 fur. 1:11.40 $29,200
1975 Bombay Duck 3 Menotti Aristone Shelly Meredith 6 fur. 1:11.20 $31,000

See also[]

  • Chick Lang Stakes "top three finishers" and starters

References[]

  1. ^ "New Name for Hirsch Jacobs Stakes". Archived from the original on 2011-07-09. Retrieved 2011-06-04.
  2. ^ a b 2007 Maryland Jockey Club Media Guide, page 32 on March 3, 2007.
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