Geisha Stakes

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Geisha Stakes
Restricted State-bred Stakes race
LocationPimlico Race Course,
Baltimore, Maryland,
United States
OR
Laurel Park Racecourse,
Laurel, Maryland,
United States
Inaugurated1973
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
Websitewww.marylandthoroughbred.com/newsindex.php?articleid=953
Race information
Distance1 mile (8 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds & up; fillies and mares
Purse$125,000

Geisha Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in April since 1973 primarily at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore or at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel. To be eligible for the Geisha Handicap, a horse must be bred in Maryland. Due to that restriction the race is classified as a non-graded or "listed" stakes race and is not eligible for grading by the American Graded Stakes Committee.[1]

In 2012 the Geisha Stakes is run at one mile. The race was run at 1+1⁄16 miles for its first 30 years in existence from 1973–2003. The race was run on the turf one year in 1988.

In its 39th running in 2010, the race was named in honor of Alfred G. Vanderbilt's , a Maryland-bred daughter of Discovery and bred by John P. Grier. She was foaled at the famed Sagamore Farm in Glyndon, Maryland in 1943. She was bred to Preakness Stakes winner Polynesian and produced Native Dancer in 1950, one of the greatest race horses and sires of the 20th century.

Records[]

Speed record:

  • 1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs) : 1:42.20 – Any Spray (1984)
  • 1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs) : 1:51.40 – Prominade Girl (2004)

Most wins by an owner:

  • 4 – Stephen Quick (2004, 2007, 2008 & 2009)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

  • 4 – (2004, 2007, 2008 & 2009)

Winners of the Geisha Stakes[]

Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner
 Dist.
(Miles) 		Time Purse$
2022 Kiss the Girl 5 Victor Carrasco Michael Trombetta Three Diamonds Farm 1-1/16 1:40.69 $100,000
2021 Gale 4 Sheldon Russell Jonathan Thomas Robert V. LaPenta 1-1/16 1:39.24 $100,000
2020 Artful Splatter 4 Alex Cintron Kieron Magee James C. Wolf 1-1/16 1:39.46 $100,000
2019 Race not held
2018 Victory Rally 4 Jose Vargas Michael R. Matz Richard L. Golden 1-1/16 1:38.08 $75,000
2017 My Magician 5 Jomar Torres Euro Stable 1-1/16 1:37.20 $75,000
2016 Rockin Jojo 4 Michael Cox 1-1/16 1:39.42 $100,000
2015 Brenda's Way 5 Big Bertha Stable 1-1/16 1:46.78 $100,000
2014 Celtic Kate 5 Lewis Family Racing 1-1/16 1:46.67 $100,000
2013 Access To Charlie 5 Howard M. Bender 1 mile 1:39.56 $125,000
2012 Bold Affair 4 Abel Castellano Jr. Charles Reed & M.Zanella 1 mile 1:38.31 $125,000
2011 Baltimore Belle 4 Michael Trombetta R. Larry Johnson 1 mile 1:37.72 $75,000
2010 Fascinatin' Rhythm 5 Richard W. Small Buckingham Farm 1 mile 1:37.14 $75,000
2009 Princess Nyla 4 Stephen Quick 1-1/16 1:45.43 $75,000
2008 6 Jeremy Rose Stephen Quick 1-1/16 1:43.76 $75,000
2007 5 Stephen Quick 1-1/8 1:53.40 $75,000
2006 Sassy Love 5 Luis Garcia Michael J. Harrison 1-1/8 1:54.00 $75,000
2005 Promenade Girl 3 Erick Rodriguez Sondra D. Bender 1-1/8 1:51.40 $75,000
2004 Silmaril 3 Abel Castellano Jr. Stephen E. Quick 1-1/8 1:53.80 $100,000
2003 Cruise Along 5 Abel Castellano Jr. Sondra D. Bender 1-1/16 1:42.80 $100,000
2002 Shiny Sheet 4 Jeremy Rose Henry T. Rathburn 1-1/16 1:44.40 $100,000
2001 4 Jean-Luc Samyn H. Allen Jerkens Bohemia Stable 1-1/16 1:43.60 $100,000
2000 Unbridled Lady 4 Mario Pino Alan S. Kline 1-1/16 1:44.80 $100,000
1999 Truth and Nobility 4 Briter Stable 1-1/16 1:43.60 $100,000
1998 Weather Vane 4 Mario Pino Par Four Racing Stable 1-1/16 1:43.80 $100,000
1997 Churchbell Chimes 6 Edgar S. Prado Susan Y. Granville 1-1/16 1:42.80 $100,000
1996 Urbane 4 Jose Valdivia Jr. 1-1/16 1:44.00 $100,000
1995 Calipha 4 Kent Desormeaux Grover G. Delp Nancy Bayard 1-1/16 1:50.00 $100,000
1994 Stars Knockout 5 Richard Migliore Liberation Farm 1-1/16 1:43.60 $100,000
1993 Green Darlin 4 Joe Bravo Howard & Sondra Bender 1-1/16 1:43.80 $100,000
1992 Brilliant Brass 5 Edgar Prado Elaine L. Bassford 1-1/16 1:43.00 $100,000
1991 Capp the Power 4 Mike Luzzi C. Oliver Goldsmith 1-1/16 1:43.60 $100,000
1990 5 Donnie A. Miller Jr. King T. Leatherbury Janet Wayson 1-1/16 1:42.60 $100,000
1989 4 Kent Desormeaux King T. Leatherbury Janet Wayson 1-1/16 1:42.40 $100,000
1988 3 Donnie A. Miller Jr. King T. Leatherbury Janet Wayson 1-1/16 1:43.20 $80,000
1987 Alden's Ambition 6 Hal C. B. Clagett 1-1/16 1:44.00 $60,000
1986 Owned by All 6 Richard W. Small Baird C. Brittingham 1-1/16 1:44.80 $60,000
1985 Owned by All 5 Danny Wright Richard W. Small Baird C. Brittingham 1-1/16 1:42.40 $60,000
1984 Any Spray 4 Beverly P. Hacker John A. Manfuso 1-1/16 1:42.20 $60,000
1983 4 Donnie A. Miller Jr. Joseph A. Devereux Stephen E. Quick 1-1/16 1:45.40 $60,000
1982 Zvetlana 4 Filemon Veriay Mrs. Augustus Riggs IV 1-1/16 1:45.00 $60,000
1981 Weber City Miss 4 Ángel Cordero Jr. Howard M. Tesher H. Joseph Allen 1-1/16 1:44.00 $60,000
1980 Jameela 4 William J. Passmore Hyman M. Ravich Richard W. Worthington 1-1/16 1:44.40 $60,000
1979 Pearl Necklace 5 Ruben Hernandez Roger Laurin Reginald N. Webster 1-1/16 1:43.20 $60,000
1978 Luck Penny 5 Ronald Ardoin Thomas J. Barry 1-1/16 1:47.00 $35,000
1977 5 Mrs. Gertude Leviton 1-1/16 1:42.60 $27,500
1976 # 4 Mrs. Gertude Leviton 1-1/16 1:51.00 $100,000
1976 # Crackerfax 5 William J. Passmore Thomas C. Patterson Fourbros Stable 1-1/16 1:44.00 $25,000
1975 6 William J. Passmore Mrs. John M. Franklin 1-1/16 1:44.60 $35,000
1974 5 William J. Passmore Mrs. John M. Franklin 1-1/16 1:45.00 $35,000
1973 Alma North 5 Ron Turcotte Frank J. Zitto 1-1/16 1:42.80 $28,000

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Maryland Million 2008, October 4, Laurel Park, Official Souvenir Guide for 23rd Running, page 4 and 5.
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