# Twixt Stakes

The Twixt Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in November at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland. It is a restricted stakes race open to Maryland-bred fillies three years old and up and is run at seven furlongs on the dirt.
An ungraded stakes race, it offers a purse of $75,000 as of 2017. The race was named in honor of the filly Twixt, a Maryland-bred Champion each year that she raced, from 1972 through 1975. Mrs. John M. Franklin, Mr. and Mrs. John Merryman, and themselves owned her. She had the highest career earnings of any mare bred in Maryland when she retired, totaling $699,143. She was Maryland-bred "Horse-of-the-Year" in 1973 and 1974. Twixt started in 71 races, and her 18 stakes wins (including the Barbara Fritchie Handicap twice) were also a Maryland-bred record when she retired. Twixt was born in 1969 out of the Restless Native mare Quarter Deck, who was bred by the Merrymans. She was trained by the Merrymans' daughter, Katherine (Katy) Merryman Voss.

## Records

Speed record:
* 1 mile - 1:37.00 - Les Ry Leigh (2006)
* 1+1⁄16 miles - 1:43.40 - Blue Sky Princess (1995)
* 1+1⁄8 miles - 1:48.40 - Valay Maid (1990), River Cruise (2003)
Most wins by a jockey:
* 4 - Mario Pino (1987, 1995, 1996, 1999)
Most wins by a trainer:
* 4 - Richard W. Small (1992, 1993, 2004, 2008)

## Winners

| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Dist. (miles) (furlongs) | Time | Purse | Gr. |
| 2017 | Shimmering Aspen | 3 | Steve Hamilton | Rodney Jenkins | Hillwood Stable LLC | 7 f | 1:22.72 | $75,000 | |
| 2016 | no race | no race | no race | no race | no race | no race | no race | no race | no race |
| 2015 | no race | no race | no race | no race | no race | no race | no race | no race | no race |
| 2014 | Aunt Ellen | 3 | Horacio Kanamanos | A. Ferris Allen III | Hickory Ridge Farm LLC | 1+1⁄16 m | 1:49.39 | $75,000 | |
| 2013 | no race | no race | no race | no race | no race | no race | no race | no race | no race |
| 2012 | no race | no race | no race | no race | no race | no race | no race | no race | no race |
| 2011 | Access to Charlie | 3 | Jeremy Rose | Lawrence E. Murray | Sondra D. Bender | 1 m | 1:39.44 | $60,000 | |
| 2010 | Catch a Thief | 3 | Harry Vega | Tim Hills | Charles Dimino’s | 1 m | 1:38.35 | $50,000 | |
| 2009 | Five Diamonds | 3 | Harry Vega | John Salzman Jr. | William Inman & Ralph Patten | 1 m | 1:37.89 | $50,000 | |
| 2008 | Hartigan | 3 | Jozbin Santana | Richard W. Small | Rob Meyerhoff & Fitzhugh | 1 m | 1:38.09 | $70,000 | |
| 2007 | Paying Off | 3 | Oliver Castillo | John J. Robb | Morgan W. Wayson Jr. | 1 m | 1:41.00 | $50,000 | |
| 2006 | Les Ry Leigh | 3 | Anna R. Napravnik | J. Larry Jones | Michael Pressley | 1 m | 1:37.00 | $75,000 | |
| 2005 | Promenade Girl | 3 | Jeremy Rose | Lawrence E. Murray | Sondra & Howard Bender | 1 m | 1:38.40 | $70,000 | |
| 2004 | He Loves Me | 3 | Jozbin Santana | Richard W. Small | Buckingham Farm | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:51.00 | $75,000 | |
| 2003 | River Cruise | 3 | Jeremy Rose | Lawrence E. Murray | Sondra & Howard Bender | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:48.40 | $75,000 | |
| 2002 | True Sensation | 3 | Jeremy Rose | Hamilton A. Smith | Hickory Plains Farm | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:54.00 | $75,000 | |
| 2001 | Your Out | 3 | Ramon Dominguez | H. Graham Motion | Eugene F. Ford | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:52.40 | $75,000 | |
| 2000 | Steppedoutofadream | 3 | Rick Wilson | Edward T. Allard | Dr. Philip J. Torsney Jr | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:53.40 | $100,000 | III |
| 1999 | Carnival Court | 3 | Mario Pino | Katherine M. Voss | not yet found | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:51.20 | $100,000 | III |
| 1998 | Merengue | 3 | Mark T. Johnston | Donald H. Barr | Gerald C. Dickens | 1+1⁄16 m | 1:45.00 | $100,000 | III |
| 1997 | Snit | 3 | Edgar Prado | Barclay Tagg | William M. Backer | 1+1⁄16 m | 1:44.60 | $100,000 | III |
| 1996 | Proper Angel | 3 | Mario Pino | John W. Hicks III | not yet found | 1+1⁄16 m | 1:44.20 | $100,000 | III |
| 1995 | Blue Sky Princess | 3 | Mario Pino | Robin L. Graham | Frank P. Wright | 1+1⁄16 m | 1:43.40 | $100,000 | III |
| 1994 | Churchbell Chimes | 3 | Alberto Delgado | J. William Boniface | Susan Y. Granville | 1+1⁄16 m | 1:43.60 | $100,000 | III |
| 1993 | Broad Gains | 3 | Edgar Prado | Richard W. Small | Robert E. Meyerhoff | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:49.80 | $100,000 | III |
| 1992 | Star Minister | 3 | Andrea Seefeldt | Richard W. Small | Robert E. Meyerhoff | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:51.20 | $100,000 | III |
| 1991 | Wide Country | 3 | Santos Chavez | Robert W. Camac | Thomas Tanner | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:50.20 | $100,000 | III |
| 1990 | Valay Maid | 3 | Edgar Prado | Carlos A Garcia | Mr. & Mrs. A. J. Hamilton | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:48.40 | $100,000 | III |
| 1989 | Under Oath | 3 | Joe Rocco | | Y. J. Stoner | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:49.80 | $75,000 | |
| 1988 | Ice Tech | 3 | Kent Desormeaux | | | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:50.60 | $80,000 | |
| 1987 | Angelina County | 3 | Mario Pino | | | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:49.80 | $90,000 | |
| 1986 | Smart n' Quick | 3 | Alberto Delgado | | | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:52.00 | $90,000 | |
| 1985 | no race | no race | no race | no race | no race | no race | no race | no race | no race |
| 1984 | Slip of the Tongue | 3 | Jack Kaenel | | Mrs. Geri Forrester | 1+1⁄16 m | 1:45.40 | $25,000 | |
| 1983 | First Quad | 3 | William Passmore | | | 1+1⁄16 m | 1:46.00 | $25,000 | |
| 1982 | Gallant Risk | 3 | Jack Kaenel | | | 1+1⁄16 m | 1:47.20 | $25,000 | |
| 1981 | Dance Forth | 3 | Phil Grove | | Dr. Thomas Bowman | 1+1⁄16 m | 1:46.40 | $30,000 | |
| 1980 | Caught in Amber | 3 | Danny Ray Wright | | O'Brien Brothers | 1+1⁄16 m | 1:46.60 | $35,000 | |
| 1979 | Lady Lyndy | 3 | Vincent Bracciale Jr. | | John B. Merryman | 1+1⁄16 m | 1:47.80 | $20,000 | |
| 1978 | Red Lamp | 3 | Phil Grove | | Mr. & Mrs. C. Oliver Goldsmith | 1+1⁄16 m | 1:45.80 | $20,000 | |