Dancing Count Stakes
Ungraded Stakes race | |
Location | Laurel Park Racecourse, Laurel, Maryland, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1985 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | www |
Race information | |
Distance | 6 furlongs |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Three-years-old, open |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $100,000 |
The Dancing Count Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held in January at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland. It is open to three-year-olds and is run at six furlongs on dirt.
An ungraded stakes, it offers a purse of $100,000. The Dancing Count is also one of Maryland's Triple Crown prep races. The winner of this 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 off to New York and Kentucky for their next races.[1]
The race was named in honor of one of Maryland's top stallions, Northern Dancer's son , who sired more than 20 graded stakes winners. His progeny include three-time Maryland Million Ladies winner Countus In. Another daughter Count On Bonnie, was the dam of Wclipse champion Hansel, who won the 1991 Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes. Dancing Count stood his final years at Shamrock Farm and died in April 1994 at age 26.
Records[]
Speed record:
- 6 furlongs - 1:09.79 - Russell Road (2009)
- 7 furlongs - 1:23.20 - Can't Be Denied (1994)
Most wins by an owner:
- no owner has the Dancing Count Stakes more than once
Most wins by a jockey:
- 4 - Edgar Prado (1991, 1993, 1998 & 1999)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 2 - (2006 & 2011)
- 2 - (1998 & 2002)
- 2 - (1993 & 1994)
Winners of the Dancing Count Stakes since 1985[]
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Distance | Time | Purse |
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2015 | No Race | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | no race | no race |
2014 | No Race | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | no race | no race |
2013 | No Race | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | no race | no race |
2012 | Beggarthyneighbor | 3 | Chad C. Brown | Klaravich Stables, Inc. | 6 fur. | 1:09.80 | $100,000 | |
2011 | Wicked Thunder | 3 | G. Capuano & Paul Fowler | 6 fur. | 1:11.76 | $75,000 | ||
2010 | No Race * | - | No Race * | No Race * | No Race * | no race | no race | no race |
2009 | Russell Road | 3 | Mark Russell | 6 fur. | 1:09.79 | $75,000 | ||
2008 | Vanderkaay | 3 | Rosie Napravnik | Bowman Thoroughbreds | 6 fur. | 1:10.60 | $60,000 | |
2007 | Heart Throbbin' | 3 | Ryan Fogelsonger | King T. Leatherbury | One and Won Stable | 5.5 fur. | 1:06.20 | $75,000 |
2006 | Great Seneca | 3 | Carey K. Miller | 5.5 fur. | 1:05.20 | $75,000 | ||
2005 | More Smoke | 3 | Mario Pino | Tom McClay & Harry Nye | 6 fur. | 1:11.80 | $50,000 | |
2004 | Kiowa Prince | 3 | Abe Castellano, Jr. | Edward M. Warner | 6 fur. | 1:11.40 | $50,000 | |
2003 | Philadelphia Jim | 3 | Ramon Dominguez | Anastasia Yarov | 6 fur. | 1:10.40 | $50,000 | |
2002 | President Butler | 3 | President Butler | 6 fur. | 1:12.20 | $55,000 | ||
2001 | Sea of Green | 3 | Ramon Dominguez | Janice Gerace | 6 fur. | 1:11.60 | $55,000 | |
2000 | Gangsta Rap | 3 | Jim Knee | 6 fur. | 1:10.80 | $55,000 | ||
1999 | Mr. Katowice | 3 | Edgar Prado | Robert W. Camac | Russell Racing Stables | 6 fur. | 1:10.80 | $55,000 |
1998 | Just Call Me Carl | 3 | Edgar Prado | Charles W. McNeely | 6 fur. | 1:10.40 | $55,000 | |
1997 | Balanced Budget | 3 | Mario Pino | Edmond D. Gaudet | 6 fur. | 1:11.40 | $55,000 | |
1996 | In Contention | 3 | Anthony Black | Harry and Tom Meyerhof | 7 fur. | 1:24.00 | $30,000 | |
1995 | Onto Luck | 3 | Rick Wilson | Not Found | 7 fur. | 1:24.20 | $55,000 | |
1994 | Can't Be Denied | 3 | Rick Wilson | Dale Lucas | 7 fur. | 1:23.20 | $55,000 | |
1993 | Wolf Prince | 3 | Edgar Prado | Jack and Art Preston | 7 fur. | 1:24.60 | $40,000 | |
1992 | Noholmes Barred | 3 | Richard E. Dutrow | Eugene Ford | 6 fur. | 1:11.00 | $40,000 | |
1991 | Colonel Hill | 3 | Edgar Prado | Vic DiVivo | 6 fur. | 1:10.60 | $40,000 | |
1990 | Wooden Injun | 3 | Marco Castaneda | David Hayden | 6 fur. | 1:11.00 | $40,000 | |
1989 | Diamond Donnie | 3 | 6 fur. | 1:10.40 | $55,000 | |||
1988 | Finder's Choice | 3 | Kent Desormeaux | 6 fur. | 1:11.00 | $50,000 | ||
1987 | Baldski's Choice | 3 | Sam Pistorio | 6 fur. | 1:13.20 | $50,000 | ||
1986 | Mike Cantwell | 3 | 6 fur. | 1:11.80 | $50,000 | |||
1985 | Along Came Jones | 3 | 1 mile | 1:38.00 | $30,000 |
* On January 30, 2010 Racing Secretary Georganne Hale reported that the entire Saturday card at Laurel Park would be canceled due to 6.5" of snow and ice. Later that afternoon she reported that the running of the Dancing Count Stakes had been cancelled for this year and would not be carded anytime in 2010.
See also[]
- Dancing Count Stakes top three finishers
- Laurel Park Racecourse
References[]
- ^ 2007 Maryland Jockey Club Media Guide, page 88 on March 3, 2007.
External links[]
- 1985 establishments in Maryland
- Triple Crown Prep Races
- Laurel Park Racecourse
- Horse races in Maryland
- Recurring sporting events established in 1985