Jameela Stakes

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Jameela Stakes
Restricted State-bred Stakes race
LocationLaurel Park Racecourse,
Laurel, Maryland,
United States
Inaugurated1983
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
Websitewww.laurelpark.com
Race information
Distance6 furlongs
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds & Up fillies and mare
WeightAssigned
Purse$75,000

The Jameela Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in August at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland. It is open to fillies and mare three years old and up and is raced on turf. For 2016, the distance is 6 furlongs.

The race was named in honor of Jameela, whose name is Arabic for "beautiful." Jameela was the first Maryland-bred horse to go over the $1,000,000.00 in earnings. Jameela was the daughter of Rambuntious and Asbury Mary and was foaled in 1976. She was retired after four seasons with career earnings of $1,038,704. She finished fourth or better in 52 of her 58 starts. She was raced during part of her career by her breeder, Betty Worthington of Bel Air, Maryland. Jameela was sold to Peter Brant in 1981 for $804,0000. The two-time Maryland-bred Horse of the Year (1981 and 1982) won 16 stakes races, including Grade 1 victories in the Maskette Stakes, the Ladies Handicap and the Delaware Handicap.

Jameela was retired after the 1982 season. She produced two foals for Brant, both by Mr. Prospector before she died of colic in 1985. Her very first foal, Gulch, earned over $3 million, won the Breeders' Cup Sprint (Grade 1) and was named the Eclipse-Award-winning sprinter of the year. Gulch went on to become one of the nation's most respected sires. His sons included champion 3 year-old Thunder Gulch and Preakness Stakes winner and Horse of the Year winner Point Given.

The Jameela Stakes was run on the main track between 1983–2004 and in 2011. The race was run exclusively for 3 year-old fillies from 1986–2004. The Jameela Stakes was run at Pimlico Race Course from 1983–1985 and in 2001.[1]

Records[]

Speed record:

  • 6 furlongs – 1:07.20 – Jazzy Idea (2012)
  • 7 furlongs – 1:24.40 – Silmaril (2004) & Boxer Girl (2003)
  • 1+1⁄16 mile – 1:44.00 – Sham Say (1988)

Most wins by a horse

  • 2 – Madame Giry (2013 & 2014)

Most wins by a jockey:

  • 3 – Rick Wilson (1994, 1995 & 2001)
  • 3 – Mario Pino (1987, 1997 & 2002)

Most wins by a trainer:

  • 2 – Cam Gambolati (2013 & 2014)
  • 2 – Carlos A. Garcia (1994 & 1995)

Winners of the Jameela Stakes since 1983[]

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Distance
 Time
 Purse
2021 Ellation 5 Victor Carrasco Michael J. Trombetta Dark Hollow Farm 5 fur. 58.59 $75,000
2019–20 No Races - No Races No Races No Races no races 0:00.00 no races
2018 Rocky Policy 6 Daniel Centeno Dale Capuano Richard Vermillion 6 fur. 1:08.78 $75,000
2017 Daylight Ahead 4 Katie Davis Hugh McMahon Winners Circle Partn. 6 fur. 1:09.13 $75,000
2016 Loveable Lady 5 Horacio Karamanos Mary Eppler Samuel Rogers Trust 6 fur. 1:11.14 $75,000
2015 Monster Sleeping 6 Forest Boyce Dale Capuano Charles Reed 6 fur. 1:09.52 $60,000
2014 Madame Giry 5 Eddie Castro Cam Gambolati Nutmeg Stable 6 fur. 1:08.20 $100,000
2013 Madame Giry 4 Cornelio Velásquez Cam Gambolati Nutmeg Stable 6 fur. 1:08.20 $75,000
2012 Jazzy Idea 3 Edwin W. Merryman 6 fur. 1:07.20 $100,000
2011 Comet of Love 4 Elkstone Group 6 fur. 1:10.40 $60,000
2010 Fascinatin' Rhythm 5 Rosemary Homeister Richard W. Small Buckingham Farm 6 fur. 1:11.00 $60,000
2005–09 No Races - No Races No Races No Races no races 0:00.00 no races
2004 Silmaril 3 Stephen E. Quick 7 fur. 1:24.40 $75,000
2003 Boxer Girl 3 Rick Wilson Bayard Sharp 7 fur. 1:24.40 $60,000
2002 Bronze Abe 3 Mario Pino Grover Delp Samuel F. Bayard 7 fur. 1:27.00 $60,000
2001 Gigi's Magic 3 Rick Wilson Kelly Breen Henry T. Rathbun 6 fur. 1:10.10 $60,000
2000 Case of the Blues 3 Mark T. Johnston Skeedattle, II 6 fur. 1:11.00 $60,000
1999 Potomac Bend 3 Mark T. Johnston Mark Hayden 6 fur. 1:11.30 $60,000
1998 Cosmo Topper 3 Tulip Hill Farm 6 fur. 1:13.040 $60,000
1997 Weather Vane 3 Mario Pino Par Four Racing Stab 6 fur. 1:10.40 $60,000
1996 Secret Prospect 3 John J. Tammaro Conover Stable 6 fur. 1:11.40 $60,000
1995 White Cliffs 3 Rick Wilson Ralph S. O'Connor 6 fur. 1:11.00 $60,000
1994 Prospective Joy 3 Rick Wilson Fourbros Stable 6 fur. 1:11.10 $50,000
1993 Cormorant's Flight 3 Mike Luzzi Double Seuz Partners 6 fur. 1:10.20 $50,000
1992 Land Running 3 Clarence J. Ladner III Berkley Kern Walter F. Murray 1+1⁄16 m. 1:46.30 $60,000
1991 Wide Country 3 Robert W. Camac Thomas Tanner 1+1⁄16 m. 1:45.40 $75,000
1990 Run Smartly 3 Mario Pino n/a Ryehill Farm 1+1⁄16 m. 1:44.30 $75,000
1989 Misty Ivor 3 W. Meredith Bailes William R. Harris 1+1⁄16 m. 1:45.40 $75,000
1988 Sham Say 3 William B. Cox Eugene Ford Sr. 1+1⁄16 m. 1:44.00 $55,000
1987 Angelina County 3 Mario Pino n/a Carey K. Miller 1 mile 1:39.30 $60,000
1986 Ann's Bid 3 Alberto Delgado Henry L. Carroll Joseph O. Morrisey 7 fur. 1:25.30 $40,000
1985 Alden's Ambition 4 Hal C. Clagett 6 fur. 1:09.10 $30,000
1984 Dancing Dot 4 Elisabeth J. Todd 6 fur. 1:10.120 $30,000
1983 Sweet Chrissy 5 Alberto Delgado A. E. Verdi 6 fur. 1:11.20 $30,000

References[]

  1. ^ Maryland Jockey Club, Media Guide, 2015, page 37
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