Harrison E. Johnson Memorial Handicap
Ungraded Stakes race | |
Location | Laurel Park Racecourse, Laurel, Maryland, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1986 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | www |
Race information | |
Distance | 1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs) |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-olds & up |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $100,000 |
The Harrison E. Johnson Memorial Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in March at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland. It is open to three-year-olds and up and is run at 1+1⁄8 miles (nine furlongs) on the dirt. An ungraded stakes race, it offers a purse of $100,000. The stake will run this year on Saturday, March 17, 2018.
The race was named in honor of African-American trainer , a Maryland-based trainer who died in 1985 at age 45 in a plane crash along with George F. Griffith while flying from Saratoga Race Course in upstate New York to Virginia. Johnson was piloting the plane. The native of Adelphi, Maryland, had been a trainer since the spring of 1969. His best race horse was Gutsy O'Shay, winner of the 1973 Hopeful Stakes at Saratoga. That gelding was named Maryland-bred two-year-old champion in 1973.[1]
Records[]
Speed record:
- 1+1⁄8 miles - 1:48.60 - Ibex (1993)
- 1+3⁄16 miles - 1:55.80 - Big Rut (1998) & Super Memory (1995)
Most wins by an horse:
- 2 - (1990 & 1991)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 4 - Edgar Prado (1990, 1993, 1996 & 1997)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 2 - H. Graham Motion (2008 & 2009)
- 2 - (1990 & 1991)
Winners[]
Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
Dist. (Miles) |
Time | Purse$ |
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2021 | Cordmaker | 6 | Victor R. Carrasco | Rodney Jenkins | Hillwood Stable LLC | 1+1⁄8 | 1:49.37 | $100,000 |
2020 | Senior Investment | 6 | Emmanuel Esquivel | Scott A. Lake | Richard Malouf | 1+1⁄8 | 1:50.96 | $100,000 |
2019 | Cordmaker | 4 | Victor R. Carrasco | Rodney Jenkins | Hillwood Stables | 1+1⁄8 | 1:50.29 | $100,000 |
2018 | Something Awesome | 7 | Edgar Prado | Jose Corrales | Stronach Stables | 1+1⁄8 | 1:50.86 | $100,000 |
2017 | Matt King Coal | 4 | Victor Carrasco | Linda L. Rice | Lady Shelia Stable | 1+1⁄8 | 1:51.07 | $100,000 |
2016 | Race not held | |||||||
2015 | Page McKenney | 5 | Horacio Karamanos | Mary E. Eppler | Staple/Jalin Stable | 1+1⁄8 | 1:50.88 | $100,000 |
2014 | Ground Transport | 4 | 1+1⁄8 | 1:52.17 | $100,000 | |||
2013 | Norman Asbjornson | 5 | Jeremy Rose | Christopher Grove | Tom McClay & Harry Nye | 1+1⁄8 | 1:51.77 | $125,000 |
2012 | Eighttofasttocatch | 6 | Sheldon Russell | Timothy Keefe | Sylvia Heft | 1+1⁄8 | 1:53.43 | $100,000 |
2011 | Eighttofasttocatch | 5 | Sheldon Russell | Timothy Keefe | Sylvia Heft | 1+1⁄8 | 1:50.30 | $75,000 |
2010 | Indian Dance | 4 | Luis Garcia | Lawrence Murray | Sondra Bender | 1+1⁄8 | 1:51.04 | $70,000 |
2009 | Bullsbay | 5 | Jeremy Rose | H. Graham Motion | Mitchell Ranch | 1+1⁄8 | 1:50.33 | $75,000 |
2008 | Arcata | 4 | Jeremy Rose | H. Graham Motion | Mark Westenhoefer | 1+1⁄8 | 1:53.00 | $60,000 |
2007 | Sweetnorthernsaint | 4 | Mario Pino | Michael Trombetta | Joe Balsamo & Ted Theos | 1+1⁄8 | 1:51.20 | $75,000 |
2006 | Reckless Ways | 5 | Anna Napravnik | Edmond Gaudet | Lacey Gaudet | 1+1⁄8 | 1:50.60 | $75,000 |
2005 | Lusty Latin | 6 | Erick Rodriguez | Mark Shuman | Al Bingel | 1+1⁄8 | 1:52.00 | $50,000 |
2004 | Jorgie Stover | 6 | Kaymarie Kreidel | John Alecci | Michael Gill | 1+1⁄8 | 1:49.40 | $75,000 |
2003 | P Day | 8 | Ryan Fogelsonger | Charles Hadry | Cheryl Resch | 1+1⁄8 | 1:49.40 | $75,000 |
2002 | First Amendment | 5 | Ramon Dominguez | Mark Shuman | Bonita Farm | 1+1⁄8 | 1:49.20 | $50,000 |
2001 | Duckhorn | 4 | Travis Dunkelberger | Patrick B. Byrne | Windmill Manor Farms | 1+1⁄4 | 2:00.60 | $85,000 |
2000 | S W Clarence | 6 | Rick Wilson | Springwater Farms | 1+3⁄16 | 1:56.20 | $75,000 | |
1999 | Fred Bear Claw | 5 | J R Stable | 1+3⁄16 | 1:56.60 | $55,000 | ||
1998 | Big Rut | 5 | James W. Peters, Jr. | 1+3⁄16 | 1:55.80 | $55,000 | ||
1997 | Western Echo | 5 | Edgar Prado | Grover Delp | Xanthus Farm | 1+3⁄16 | 1:57.20 | $75,000 |
1996 | Michael's Star | 4 | Edgar Prado | Hidden Lane Farm | 1+3⁄16 | 1:56.80 | $75,000 | |
1995 | Super Memory | 5 | King T. Leatherbury | King T. Leatherbury | 1+3⁄16 | 1:55.80 | $75,000 | |
1994 | Local Problem | 5 | Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr. | 1+1⁄8 | 1:49.60 | $75,000 | ||
1993 | Ibex | 6 | Edgar Prado | Dylan Williams | 1+1⁄8 | 1:48.60 | $75,000 | |
1992 | Gala Spinaway | 4 | Gertrude & Skip Leviton | 1+1⁄8 | 1:51.00 | $75,000 | ||
1991 | 9 | Rick Wilson | Susan McGill | 1+1⁄8 | 1:51.00 | $75,000 | ||
1990 | 8 | Edgar Prado | Susan McGill | 1+1⁄8 | 1:51.60 | $75,000 | ||
1989 | Baldski's Choice | 5 | Arnold & Sylvia E. Heft | 1+1⁄8 | 1:51.00 | $57,500 | ||
1988 | Entertain | 5 | Kumpe & Pullen | 1+1⁄8 | 1:51.60 | $60,000 | ||
1987 | Midnight Call | 4 | Mario Pino | William M. Backer | 1-mile | 1:37.20 | $60,000 | |
1986 | Sparrowvon | 4 | Alberto Delgado | Hank Allen | Jacque-Scott Stable | 1-mile | 1:37.00 | $60,000 |
See also[]
- Harrison E. Johnson Memorial Handicap top three finishers
- Laurel Park Racecourse
References[]
- ^ 2007 Maryland Jockey Club Media Guide, page 216 on March 3, 2007.
External links[]
- Recurring events established in 1986
- Laurel Park Racecourse
- Horse races in Maryland
- Recurring sporting events established in 1986
- 1986 establishments in Maryland