# Jameela Stakes

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.

## 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 | Luis Garcia | Edwin Merryman | Edwin W. Merryman | 6 fur. | 1:07.20 | $100,000 |
| 2011 | Comet of Love | 4 | Ricardo Chiappe | Thomas Iannotti | 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 | Able Castellano | Christopher Grove | Stephen E. Quick | 7 fur. | 1:24.40 | $75,000 |
| 2003 | Boxer Girl | 3 | Rick Wilson | Michael Zwiesler | 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 | Hamilton Smith | Skeedattle, II | 6 fur. | 1:11.00 | $60,000 |
| 1999 | Potomac Bend | 3 | Mark T. Johnston | Vincent Blengs | Mark Hayden | 6 fur. | 1:11.30 | $60,000 |
| 1998 | Cosmo Topper | 3 | Greg Hutton | John J. Robb | Tulip Hill Farm | 6 fur. | 1:13.040 | $60,000 |
| 1997 | Weather Vane | 3 | Mario Pino | Richard W. Delp | Par Four Racing Stab | 6 fur. | 1:10.40 | $60,000 |
| 1996 | Secret Prospect | 3 | Carlos H. Marquez Jr. | John J. Tammaro | Conover Stable | 6 fur. | 1:11.40 | $60,000 |
| 1995 | White Cliffs | 3 | Rick Wilson | Carlos A. Garcia | Ralph S. O'Connor | 6 fur. | 1:11.00 | $60,000 |
| 1994 | Prospective Joy | 3 | Rick Wilson | Carlos A. Garcia | Fourbros Stable | 6 fur. | 1:11.10 | $50,000 |
| 1993 | Cormorant's Flight | 3 | Mike Luzzi | Ronald Cartwright | 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 | Santos Chavez | 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 | Clarence J. Ladner III | W. Meredith Bailes | William R. Harris | 1+1⁄16 m. | 1:45.40 | $75,000 |
| 1988 | Sham Say | 3 | B. Feliciano | 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 | Jesse Davidson | John J. Robb | Hal C. Clagett | 6 fur. | 1:09.10 | $30,000 |
| 1984 | Dancing Dot | 4 | John K. Adams | John M. Bosley | Elisabeth J. Todd | 6 fur. | 1:10.120 | $30,000 |
| 1983 | Sweet Chrissy | 5 | Alberto Delgado | Richard M. Weiss | A. E. Verdi | 6 fur. | 1:11.20 | $30,000 |