Nellie Morse Stakes

The Nellie Morse Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in January at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland. The Nellie Morse Stakes, is open to fillies and mares age four years old and up and is run at one mile (eight furlongs) on the dirt.

Nellie Morse Stakes
Ungraded Stakes race
LocationLaurel Park Racecourse,
Laurel, Maryland,
United States
Inaugurated1941
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Websitewww.laurelpark.com
Race information
Distance1 mile (8 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationFillies & Mares; Four-year-olds & up
WeightAssigned
Purse$75,000

An ungraded stakes race, it currently offers a purse of $75,000. The race was previously called the Queen Isabella Stakes from 1941 through 1993.

The race was named in honor of Nellie Morse, the last filly to win the Preakness Stakes (prior to Rachel Alexandra in 2009) in 1924. Nellie Morse was a daughter of Luke McLuke and to date is the only horse ever to win both the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes and the Preakness Stakes. She won those races three days apart and ended the year with $60,250, which was the most earned by any thoroughbred that year.[1]

As a broodmare, Nellie Morse left a legacy. Her daughter Nellie Flag was named two-year-old champion in 1934 and was the morning line and post time favorite in the 1935 Kentucky Derby (she finished fourth). Nellie Flag also raced in the Preakness Stakes but finished seventh. Nellie Morse's descendants, through Nellie Flag, include horse of the Year Forego, Kentucky Derby winner and champion three-year-old Bold Forbes, and champion handicap mare Mar-Kell.

Records

Speed record:

  • 1 mile - 1:36.20 - Northern Station (2010)
  • ​1 1⁄8 miles - 1:49.00 - Stem the Tide (1992)

Most wins by a horse:

  • No horse has ever won more than one Nellie Morse Stakes

Most wins by an owner:

  • 2 - Calumet Farm (1944 & 1945)
  • 2 - Stephen E. Quick (2005 & 2007)

Most wins by a jockey:

  • 4 - Mario Pino (1997, 1999, 2002 & 2008)

Most wins by a trainer:

  • 2 - Christopher W. Grove (2005 & 2007)
  • 2 - James W. Murphy (1992 & 1994)
  • 2 - Ben A. Jones (1944 & 1945)

Winners of the Nellie Morse Stakes
Yr
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Dist.
 Time
 Purse
2020 Arrifana 4 Julian Pimentel Kelly Rubley Gunpowder Farms 1 mile 1:35.95 $100,000
2019 Timeless Curls 4 Weston Hamilton Dale Capuano Sookdeen Pasram ​1 1⁄16 1:43.66 $100,000
2018 In the Navy Now 4 Julian Pimentel Michael Trombetta Larry R. Johnson ​1 1⁄16 1:45.61 $100,000
2017 Winter 4 Trevor McCarthy Cal Lynch Matthew Schera ​1 1⁄16 1:45.32 $100,000
2016 Love Came to Town 4 Mychel Sanchez Kevin Sleeter Gerald Sleeter ​1 1⁄16 1:45.50 $75,000
2015 Star Pearl 5 Sheldon Russell H. Graham Motion Pearl Bloodstock ​1 1⁄16 1:46.33 $100,000
2014 Firenze Feeling 4 Victor Carrasco Rudy Rodriguez M. Dubb & Bethlehem Stables ​1 1⁄16 1:48.69 $100,000
2013 Moon Philly 4 Jeremy Rose Michael Trombetta Country Life Farm ​1 1⁄16 1:44.67 $125,000
2012 No Race - No Race No Race No Race n/a 0:00.00 no race
2011 Potosina 3 Sheldon Russell Mark Shuman Jose Cerrillo 1 mile 1:40.86 $75,000
2010 Northern Station 5 Clinton Potts Todd Beattie Tommy Town T-breds 1 mile 1:36.20 $70,000
2009 All Smiles 6 Dale Beckner Fran Campitelli Cynthia McGinnes 1 mile 1:37.83 $60,000
2008 Wild Hoots 4 Mario Pino Kiaran McLaughlin Dell Ridge Farm 1 mile 1:38.40 $60,000
2007 Lexi Star 5 Ryan Fogelsonger Christopher Grove Stephen E. Quick 1 mile 1:38.30 $100,000
2006 Promenade Girl 4 E. Rodriguez Lawrence Murray Sondra D. Bender 1 mile 1:38.40 $70,000
2005 Silmaril 4 Ryan Fogelsonger Christopher Grove Stephen E. Quick 1 mile 1:39.20 $85,000
2004 City Fire 4 Abe Castellano, Jr. Mark Shuman ​1 1⁄16 1:43.60 $75,000
2003 Martha's Music 4 Stuart Elliot John Servis John C. Mabee ​1 1⁄16 1:45.40 $50,000
2002 Case of the Blues 5 Mario Pino Anthony W. Dutrow Acorn Hill Farm, Inc ​1 1⁄16 1:43.80 $75,000
2001 Too too Divine 6 Harry Vega John Fee Not Found ​1 1⁄16 1:46.60 $58,000
2000 No Race - No Race No Race No Race no race 0:00.00 no race
1999 Pocho's Dream Girl 5 Mario Pino Alan E. Goldberg Farnsworth Farms ​1 1⁄8 1:51.00 $55,000
1998 Merengue 3 Rick Wilson Donald H. Barr Gerald C. Dickens ​1 1⁄8 1:50.80 $55,000
1997 See Your Point 5 Mario Pino William M. Sire William M. Sire ​1 1⁄8 1:49.20 $55,000
1996 Churchbell Chimes 5 Edgar Prado J. William Boniface Susan Y. Granville ​1 1⁄8 1:50.00 $55,000
1995 Valiant Jewel 5 Albert Delgado Roger Attfield ​1 1⁄8 1:51.20 $55,000
1994 Open Toe 4 Larry Reynolds James W. Murphy John Pomerosa Farms ​1 1⁄8 1:50.40 $50,000
1993 Starlight Surprise 5 Albert Delgado Roberta N. Riffle ​1 1⁄8 1:51.80 $55,000
1992 Stem the Tide 4 C. Fenwick, III James W. Murphy ​1 1⁄8 1:49.00 $50,000
1991 Dixie Accent 4 S. Chavez Charles Peoples Bayard Sharp ​1 1⁄8 1:50.60 $50,000
1950 - 1990 No Races - No Races No Races No Races no races 0:00.00 no races
1949 Mother 5 Clarence Picou ​1 1⁄8 1:51.80 $9,000
1948 Honeymoon 5 Porter Roberts Graceton Philpot Louis B. Mayer ​1 1⁄8 1:52.00 $12,000
1947 Earshot 5 Ovie Scurlock Willie Booth William G. Helis, Sr. ​1 1⁄8 1:52.80 $13,000
1946 Monsoon 4 R. Watson Lydell T. Ruff C. V. Whitney ​1 1⁄8 1:53.80 $12,500
1945 Good Blood 3 Douglas Dodson Ben A. Jones Calumet Farm ​1 1⁄8 1:53.80 $40,500
1944 Twilight Tear 3 Douglas Dodson Ben A. Jones Calumet Farm ​1 1⁄8 1:53.20 $12,000
1943 Silvestra 5 Nick Jemas Ross Higdon Woolford Farm ​1 1⁄8 1:55.80 $10,000
1942 Vagrancy 3 James Stout Jim Fitzsimmons Belair Stud Farm ​1 1⁄8 1:51.00 $7,500
1941 Shine o' Night 4 Sterling Young ​1 1⁄8 1:52.40 $7,500

See also

References
  1. 2007 Maryland Jockey Club Media Guide, page 324 on March 3, 2007.
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