Caesar's Wish Stakes
Ungraded Stakes race
LocationLaurel Park Racecourse,
Laurel, Maryland
United States
Inaugurated1978
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Websitewww.laurelpark.com
Race information
Distance1 mile (8 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-years-old, fillies
WeightAssigned
Purse$100,000

The Caesar's Wish Stakes is a race for Thoroughbred horses held in late March at Laurel Park in Maryland, USA. The ungraded stakes race is open to three-year-old fillies, is run over one mile on the dirt, and offers a purse of $100,000.[1] It is a minor race on the road to the Filly Triple Crown each spring. The winner of the Caesar's Wish Stakes typically races next in either the Weber City Miss Stakes (Black-Eyed Susan Stakes Trial) at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore or the Gazelle Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack in New York.[2]

This race is named for Caesar's Wish (born 1975), who won 11 of her 16 starts, including the Grade I Black-Eyed Susan Stakes and the Grade I Mother Goose Stakes. She had career earnings of $314,507 and nine stakes victories. Caesar's Wish was a Maryland-bred daughter of Proudest Roman out of a mare name Primper (by Art Market). She was near the very top of her generation being named Maryland-bred Champion Filly at both age two and age three finishing in the money in 15 of 16 starts in those years. She was owned by Mrs. Sally Gibson, trained by Richard W. Small and bred by former Pimlico Race Course owners and executives Herman and Nathan Cohen. Trainer Dickie Small considered the filly as one of his greatest racing achievements, "She may not have made the most money, but she was definitely the fastest horse I've ever had." Caesar's Wish won five stakes races at age two and four stakes races at age three. After capturing the Black-Eyed Susan and the Mother Goose Stakes she attempted to seal her bid as the nation's top filly in 1978 by winning the Alabama Stakes. The chestnut filly was sent off as the odds on favorite but died of a heart attack at the top of the stretch.[3]

The Caesar's Wish Stakes was inaugurated at the former Bowie Race Track in 1978 and was run there through 1985. The race was run at Pimlico Race Course from 1986-2004, it was not run between 2005 and 2012 when it was shifted to Laurel Park Race Course beginning in 2013. The race has been run at three distances including it current length of one mile. From 1984-2004 the Caesar's Wish was run at its most common distance of one mile and one sixteenth and at seven furlongs between 1981-1983.

Records

Speed record:

  • 1+116 miles - 1:42 3/5 - Noblest Heart (1989)
  • 1 mile - 1:38.01 - Jenda's Agenda (2017)
  • 7 furlongs - 1:24 1/5 - Hoverclubber (1981)

Most wins by an owner:

  • 2- Robert Meyerhoff (DBA Fitzugh LLC in '07) (1994 &2007)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners of the Caesar's Wish Stakes since 1978

Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner
Dist.
(Miles)
Time Purse$
2021 Mrs. Orb 6 Horacio Karamanos Michael Miceli Ruggeri Stable & Script R Farm 1+116 1:44.17 $100,000
2018 - 2020 Race not held
2017 Jenda's Agenda 3 Gabriel Saez Larry Jones Fox Hill Farms (Rick Porter) 1-mile 1:38.01 $100,000
2016 Sophia's Song 3 Victor Carrasco Todd A. Pletcher Mathis Stable LLC 1-mile 1:38.40 $100,000
2015 By the Moon 3 Victor Carrasco Michelle Nevin Jay Em Ess Stable 1-mile 1:38.20 $100,000
2014 Steady N Love 3 Victor Carrasco Gary Capuano ZWP Stable Inc. 1-mile 1:41.00 $100,000
2013 Walkwithapurpose 3 Jeremy Rose Ignacio Correas Sagamore Farm 1-mile 1:38.20 $150,000
2005 - 2012 Race not held
2004 He Loves Me 3 Jozbin Santana Richard W. Small Buckingham Farm 1+116 1:44.60 $75,000
2003 Grace Bay 3 Rick Wilson Dale Capuano Steven Newby 1+116 1:45.40 $75,000
2002 Madame X Ski 3 Richard Migliore James Jerkins Susan & John Moore 1+116 1:44.80 $75,000
2001 Hunka Hunka Lori Z 3 Mario Pino Jerald Ferris Charles Reed 1+116 1:45.60 $75,000
2000 Case of the Blues 3 Mark T. Johnston Hamilton Smith Skeedattle Farms, II 1+116 1:47.00 $100,000
1999 Silent Valay 3 Greg Hutton John Robb Hal C. B. Clagett III 1+116 1:44.80 $75,000
1998 Maragold Princess 3 Edgar Prado Todd A. Pletcher River Meadow Farm 1+116 1:44.60 $75,000
1997 Weather Vane 3 Mario Pino Richard Delp Par Four Racing Stable 1+116 1:43.60 $75,000
1996 Marfa's Finale 3 A. Bracho William Donavan Stoneworth Farm 1+116 1:44.80 $75,000
1995 Blue Sky Princess 3 Mario Pino Robin L. Graham Frank Wright 1+116 1:46.40 $75,000
1994 Calipha 3 Rick Wilson Grover Delp Nancy Bayard 1+116 1:44.20 $75,000
1993 Race not held
1992 Gammy's Alden 3 Mark T. Johnston Jack Winterbotham Vincent Bracciale Jr. 1+116 1:46.20 $50,000
1991 Wide Country 3 Santos Chavez Robert Camac Tommy Tanner 1+116 1:44.00 $75,000
1990 Valay Maid 3 Marco Castaneda Mr. & Mrs. A. J. Hamilton 1+116 1:45.40 $75,000
1989 Noblest Heart 3 Joe Rocco Donald H. Barr Lewisfield Farm 1+116 1:42.60 $75,000
1988 Willa On the Move 3 J. Edwards Leon J. Blusiewicz Lorraine Quinichett 1+116 1:44.00 $70,000
1987 Double Bunctious 3 Donnie Miller Richard W. Small Dan D. Westland 1+116 1:45.60 $50,000
1986 Aroundback 3 J. Estrada Arthur Wendel Arthur Wendel 1+116 1:45.00 $50,000
1985 Apalgaffey 3 Greg Hutton Alan S. Kline Honey Acres Farm 1+116 1:45.40 $25,000
1984 Little Fuzzy 3 Alberto Delgado Calvin Brockdorff 1+116 1:46.80 $35,000
1983 Any Spray 3 D. Byrnes J. A. Manfuso 7 fur. 1:24.20 $25,000
1982 Wicked Wave 3 Mario Pino 7 fur. 1:25.00 $25,000
1981 Hoverclubber 3 Jack Kaenel Trillora Inc. 7 fur. 1:24.20 $35,000
1979 - 1980 Race not held
1978 Silver Ice 3 Thomas J. Kupfer C. Oliver Goldsmith 1+116 1:45.40 $30,000

See also

References

  1. "Laurel031911PTS". Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2011-03-21. Purse figures supplied by Laurel Park
  2. 2007 Maryland Jockey Club Media Guide, page 40 on March 3, 2007.
  3. Claiborne Farm Website, Stallion Home Page at http://www.claibornefarm.com/stallions/private-terms.shtml Archived 2007-08-11 at the Wayback Machine.
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