Deputed Testamony Stakes
| Ungraded Stakes race | |
| Location | Laurel Park Racecourse, Laurel, Maryland, United States or Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1986 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | www |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs) |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-years-old, Registered Maryland-breds |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | $100,000 |
The Deputed Testamony Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held in February at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland. It is open to Maryland-bred three-year-olds and is run at one mile (8 furlongs) on the dirt. The race was run for the 28th time in 2012.
An ungraded stakes, it offers a purse of $100,000.[1] The Deputed Testamony Stakes 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 gone to New York and Kentucky for their next races.[2]
The race was named in honor of Deputed Testamony, the 1983 Preakness Stakes winner and the last Maryland-bred champion three-year-old colt. Deputed Testamony was the son of Traffic Cop out of the mare Proof Requested. Traffic Cop was standing at Bonita Farm, so Deputed Testamony was bred, born, raced, retired, stood and pensioned at the same farm. He was bred and owned by his trainer, J. William (Bill) Boniface.
On Preakness Day 1984, Deputed Testamony won the City of Baltimore Handicap and set a new track record for 1+1⁄16 miles in 1:40.40. That race was the colt's final start. He was then retired to stud duty at Bonita Farm. He made twenty trips to the post in his career and won eleven times with four seconds and earnings of $674,324. Deputed Testamony became one of Maryland's top sires. He was pensioned from stud duty after the 2004 breeding season and died at Bonita Farm on September 18, 2012 at 32 years of age.
Records[]
Speed record:
- 1+1⁄16 miles - 1:44.80 - Magic Weisner (2002)
- 1+1⁄8 miles - 1:49.20 - Acres (2000)
Most wins by an owner:
- no owner has won the Deputed Testamony Stakes more than once
Most wins by a jockey:
- 2 - Edgar Prado (1994 & 1997)
Most wins by a trainer:
- no trainer has the Deputed Testamony Stakes more than once
Winners of the Deputed Testamony Stakes since 1986[]
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Distance | Time | Purse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Harper's First Ride | 5 | Angel Cruz | Claudio Gonzalez | GMP Stables, Arnold Bennewith and Cypress Creek Equine | 1+1⁄8 | 1:49.52 | $100,000 |
| 2020 | No Race | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | 0:00.00 | no race |
| 2019 | No Race | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | 0:00.00 | no race |
| 2018 | No Race | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | 0:00.00 | no race |
| 2017 | No Race | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | 0:00.00 | no race |
| 2016 | No Race | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | 0:00.00 | no race |
| 2015 | Fish Whistler | 5 | Trevor McCarthy | Mark Sitlinger | 1+1⁄16 | 1:45.14 | $35,000 | |
| 2014 | No Race | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | 0:00.00 | no race |
| 2013 | Hello Lover | 7 | Linda Newton | 1+1⁄16 | 1:46.74 | $40,000 | ||
| 2012 | Bailey's Beach | 5 | Hugh McMahon | Joey P. Stables | 1+1⁄16 | 1:46.15 | $25,000 | |
| 2011 | No Brakes | 6 | Xavier Perez | Katherine Sancuk | 1+1⁄16 | 1:45.88 | $25,000 | |
| 2010 | Northpoint Costas | 4 | Javier Castellano | Rob Ry Farm | 1+1⁄16 | 1:46.44 | $25,000 | |
| 2009 | No Race | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | 0:00.00 | no race |
| 2008 | No Race | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | 0:00.00 | no race |
| 2007 | Digger | 3 | Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. | Repole Stable | 1 mile | 1:35.10 | $50,000 | |
| 2006 | Ah Day | 3 | King T. Leatherbury | Jim Stable | 1 mile | 1:39.00 | $75,000 | |
| 2005 | Legal Control | 3 | Richard W. Small | 1+1⁄16 | 1:45.80 | $75,000 | ||
| 2004 | Jane's Luck | 3 | Dresden Farm | 1+1⁄16 | 1:46.60 | $75,000 | ||
| 2003 | Cherokee's Boy | 3 | Ryan Fogelsonger | ZWP Stable | 1+1⁄16 | 1:46.20 | $75,000 | |
| 2002 | Magic Weisner | 3 | Nancy H. Alberts | 1+1⁄16 | 1:44.80 | $75,000 | ||
| 2001 | Ronnie's Hot Rod | 3 | Rodney Jerkins | Team 26 | 1+1⁄8 | 1:54.60 | $75,000 | |
| 2000 | Acres | 3 | Tommy Turner | Ben W. Perkins, Jr. | New Farm | 1+1⁄8 | 1:49.20 | $75,000 |
| 1999 | Smart Guy | 3 | Tim Ritchey | Good Fellas Stables Inc. | 1+1⁄8 | 1:50.60 | $75,000 | |
| 1998 | Raghib | 3 | Kiaran McLaughlin | 1+1⁄8 | 1:50.60 | $75,000 | ||
| 1997 | Two Smart | 3 | Edgar Prado | H. Graham Motion | R. Larry Johnson | 1+1⁄8 | 1:50.80 | $75,000 |
| 1996 | Foolish Pole | 3 | Virgil Raines | Anderson Fowler | 1+1⁄8 | 1:49.80 | $75,000 | |
| 1995 | Sam's Quest | 3 | 1+1⁄8 | 1:50.20 | $75,000 | |||
| 1994 | Dixie Power | 3 | Edgar Prado | Sondra & Howard Bender | 1+1⁄8 | 1:52.40 | $75,000 | |
| 1993 | Chip's Dancer | 3 | 1+1⁄8 | 1:50.40 | $75,000 | |||
| 1992 | John the Bold | 3 | Margaret & Jim McKay | 1+1⁄8 | 1:50.80 | $75,000 | ||
| 1991 | Gala Spinaway | 3 | Gertrude & Skip Leviton | 1+1⁄8 | 1:50.00 | $75,000 | ||
| 1990 | Baron de Vaux | 3 | Dormello Stud | 1+1⁄8 | 1:50.60 | $75,000 | ||
| 1989 | Northern Wolf | 3 | Deep Silver Stable | 1+1⁄8 | 1:48.80 | $75,000 | ||
| 1988 | Bullhorn | 3 | 1+1⁄8 | 1:50.60 | $65,000 | |||
| 1987 | Landaura | 3 | Kent Desormeaux | 1+1⁄16 | 1:46.60 | $60,000 | ||
| 1986 | Pilgram Prince | 3 | 1+1⁄16 | 1:46.20 | $60,000 |
See also[]
- Deputed Testamony Stakes "top three finishers"
- Laurel Park Racecourse
References[]
- ^ Purse amount listed on Laurel Park website "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2012-02-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ 2007 Maryland Jockey Club Media Guide, page 88 on March 3, 2007.
External links[]
- 1986 establishments in Maryland
- Triple Crown Prep Races
- Laurel Park Racecourse
- Horse races in Maryland
- Recurring sporting events established in 1986