# Laurel Futurity Stakes

The Laurel Futurity is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in late September at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland. Run over a distance of 1+1⁄16 miles on turf, at one time it was a Grade I stakes race on dirt, and one of the richest and most important races for two-year-old American thoroughbreds. When the race was moved from the dirt to the turf in 2005, it lost its graded status and was subsequently ineligible for grading in 2006. The race was finally cancelled in 2008 for economic reasons. It was announced by Laurel Park that the famed race would be restored in 2011 and run on October 8 at 6 furlongs.
Originally known as the Pimlico Futurity (the race began at Pimlico Race Course in 1921, only moving to Laurel in 1969 where it was briefly known as the Pimlico-Laurel Futurity). Past winners include Triple Crown champions Count Fleet, Citation, Secretariat and Affirmed, who defeated his arch rival Alydar in this race.

## Records

Speed record:
* 1+1⁄16 miles – 1:40.17 – Barbaro (2005)
* 1+1⁄8 miles – 1:49.35 – Scottish Halo (1999)
* 1 mile – 1:39.00 – High Strung (1928)
* 7+1⁄2 furlongs – 1:30.70 – Appealing Skier (1995)
Most wins by an owner:
* 4 – Greentree Stable (1927, 1948, 1950, 1982)
Most wins by a jockey:
* 3 – Edgar Prado (1994, 1998, 2007)
* 3 – Bill Shoemaker (1957, 1958, 1961)
* 3 – Douglas Dodson (1944, 1947, 1954)
* 3 – John Gilbert (1932, 1940, 1946)
* 3 – Albert Johnson (1921, 1922, 1923)
Most wins by a trainer:
* 3 – George M. Odom (1924, 1928, 1955)

## Winners

| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Dist. (Miles) | Time | Purse$ | Gr. |
| 2021 | Ready to Purrform | Jevian Toledo | Brad H. Cox | Donegal Racing (Jerry Crawford, managing partner) | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:43.03 | $150,000 | |
| 2020 | Catman | Daniel Centeno | Michael J. Maker | Paradise Farms Corp., et al. | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:50.51 | $150,000 | |
| 2019 | Irish Mias | Manuel Franco | H. Graham Motion | Isabelle de Tomaso | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:44.03 | $100,000 | |
| 2018 | Order and Law | Feargal Lynch | Louis C. Linder Jr. | Bran Jam Stable | 5+1⁄2 fur. | 1:14.94 | $100,000 | |
| 2017 | Therapist | Daniel Centeno | Christophe Clement | Oak Bluff Stables | 5+1⁄2 fur. | 1:09.50 | $100,000 | |
| 2016 | Caribou Club | Ashley Castrenze | Thomas F. Proctor | Glen Hill Farm | 5+1⁄2 fur. | 1:02.59 | $100,000 | |
| 2015 | Formal Summation | Antonio Gallardo | Kathleen M. O'Connell | Lynne Martin-Boutte | 5+1⁄2 fur. | 1:06.21 | $75,000 | |
| 2014 | Cyclogenisis | Trevor McCarthy | George Weaver | Matthew Schera | 5+1⁄2 fur. | 1:01.94 | $100,000 | |
| 2013 | Yes I'm Lucky | Chris DeCarlo | Edward J. Plesa Jr. | Trilogy Stable | 5+1⁄2 fur. | 1:01.30 | $100,000 | |
| 2012 | Tate's Landing | Alex Cintrón | Mike Pino | Copper Penny Stable | 5+1⁄2 fur. | 1:02.08 | $150,000 | |
| 2011 | Lemon Juice | Travis Dunkelberger | Dane Kobiski | PTK, LLC | 6 fur. | 1:11.38 | $75,000 |
| 2008 | - 2010 | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held |
| 2007 | Cowboy Cal | Edgar Prado | Todd A. Pletcher | Stonerside Stable | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:42.80 | $100,000 | |
| 2006 | Strike A Deal | Ramon Domínguez | Alan E. Goldberg | Jayeff B Stables | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:45.94 | $100,000 | |
| 2005‡ | Barbaro | Jose C. Caraballo | Michael R. Matz | Lael Stables | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:40.17 | $125,000 | III |
| 2004 | Defer | Jerry D. Bailey | C. R. McGaughey III | Ogden Mills Phipps | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:45.48 | $100,000 | III |
| 2003 | Tapit | Ramon Domínguez | Michael Dickinson | Ron Winchell | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:43.81 | $100,000 | III |
| 2002 | Toccet | Jorge Chavez | John F. Scanlan | Daniel M. Borislow | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:46.10 | $100,000 | III |
| 2001 | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held |
| 2000 | Buckle Down Ben | Mike McCarthy | Steve Klesaris | Steve Klesaris | 1+1⁄8 mi. | 1:51.93 | $100,000 | III |
| 1999 | Scottish Halo | Tommy Turner | Paul Rizzo | John C. Oxley | 1+1⁄8 mi. | 1:49.35 | $100,000 | III |
| 1998 | Millions | Edgar Prado | Leon Blusiewicz | Clayton J. Peters | 1+1⁄8 mi. | 1:51.52 | $100,000 | III |
| 1997 | Fight for M'Lady | Carlos Marquez Jr. | Ben Perkins Jr. | Gene Cox | 1+1⁄8 mi. | 1:53.63 | $100,000 | III |
| 1996 | Captain Bodgit | Frank Douglas | Gary Capuano | Team Valor | 1+1⁄8 mi. | 1:49.53 | $100,000 | III |
| 1995 | Appealing Skier | Rick Wilson | Ben Perkins Sr. | Everett Novak | 7+1⁄2 fur. | 1:30.70 | $100,000 | III |
| 1994 | Western Echo | Edgar Prado | Bud Delp | Tea Party Stable | 7+1⁄2 fur. | 1:30.82 | $135,000 | III |
| 1993 | Dove Hunt | Robbie Davis | Neil J. Howard | William S. Farish III | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:49.03 | $135,000 | III |
| 1992 | Lord of the Bay | Rick Wilson | J. Edwin Salzman Jr. | Sidney L. Port | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:45.54 | $200,000 | III |
| 1991 | Smiling and Dancin | Richard Migliore | Stephen L. DiMauro | Robert J. Sullivan | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:48.77 | $300,000 | III |
| 1990 | River Traffic | Cash Asmussen | John E. Hammond | Henri Chalhoub | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:44.80 | $300,000 | II |
| 1989 | Go and Go | Craig Perret | Dermot K. Weld | Moyglare Stud Farm | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:44.00 | $300,000 | I |
| 1988 | Luge II | José A. Santos | Thomas J. Skiffington | Dogwood Stable | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:45.20 | $300,000 | I |
| 1987 | Antiqua | Cash Asmussen | Jonathan Pease | Nelson Bunker Hunt | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:46.00 | $250,000 | I |
| 1986 | Bet Twice | Craig Perret | Warren A. Croll Jr. | Robert Levy & Cisley Stable | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:45.00 | $250,000 | I |
| 1985 | Southern Appeal | Jesse Davidson | Marvin Moncrief | Howard M. Bender | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:44.20 | $215,000 | I |
| 1984 | Mighty Appealing | Gregg P. Smith | Dean Gaudet | Israel Cohen | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:43.00 | $215,000 | I |
| 1983 | Devil's Bag | Eddie Maple | Woody Stephens | Hickory Tree Stable | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:42.20 | $230,000 | I |
| 1982 | Cast Party | Jorge Velásquez | Robert Reinacher Jr. | Greentree Stables | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:45.00 | $242,000 | I |
| 1981 | Deputy Minister | Don MacBeth | John J. Tammaro Jr. | Marjoh A. Levy | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:44.60 | $200,000 | I |
| 1980 | Cure the Blues | Rudy L. Turcotte | LeRoy Jolley | Bertram R. Firestone | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:44.40 | $152,000 | I |
| 1979 | Plugged Nickle | Buck Thornburg | Thomas J. Kelly | John M. Schiff | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:43.80 | $180,000 | I |
| 1978 | Spectacular Bid | Ronnie Franklin | Bud Delp | Hawksworth Farm | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:41.60 | $140,000 | I |
| 1977 | Affirmed | Steve Cauthen | Laz Barrera | Harbor View Farm | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:44.20 | $140,000 | I |
| 1976 | Royal Ski | Jack Kurtz | John J. Lenzini Jr. | Gerald Cheevers | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:44.00 | $140,000 | I |
| 1975 | Honest Pleasure | Braulio Baeza | LeRoy Jolley | Bertram R. Firestone | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:42.80 | $150,000 | I |
| 1974 | L'Enjoleur | Sandy Hawley | Yonnie Starr | Jean-Louis Levesque | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:42.60 | $125,000 | I |
| 1973 | Protagonist | Angel Santiago | John P. Campo | Elmendorf Farm | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:43.20 | $133,000 | I |
| 1972 | Secretariat | Ron Turcotte | Lucien Laurin | Meadow Stable | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:42.80 | $133,000 | |
| 1971 | Riva Ridge | Ron Turcotte | Lucien Laurin | Meadow Stud | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:43.40 | $150,000 | |
| 1970 | Limit to Reason | Jean Cruguet | Thomas J. Kelly | Brookmeade Stable | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:44.80 | $205,000 | |
| 1969 | High Echelon | Manuel Ycaza | Hirsch Jacobs | Ethel D. Jacobs | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:44.20 | $190,000 | |
| 1968 | King Emperor | Eddie Belmonte | Edward A. Neloy | Wheatley Stable | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:44.00 | $190,000 | |
| 1967 | Vitriolic | Braulio Baeza | Edward A. Neloy | Ogden Phipps | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:45.20 | $190,000 | |
| 1966 | In Reality | John L. Rotz | Melvin Calvert | Frances Genter | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:45.80 | $202,000 | |
| 1965† | Spring Double | Herbert Hinojosa | J. Bowes Bond | Alene S. Erlanger | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:44.80 | $225,000 | |
| 1964 | Sadair | Manuel Ycaza | Les Lear | Mary B. Hecht | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:43.80 | $190,000 | |
| 1963 | Quadrangle | Bill Hartack | J. Elliott Burch | Rokeby Stables | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:47.20 | $190,000 | |
| 1962 | Right Proud | Jack Leonard | Clyde Troutt | Ada L. Rice | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:47.00 | $125,000 | |
| 1961 | Crimson Satan | Bill Shoemaker | Gordon R. Potter | Crimson King Farm | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:46.40 | $125,000 | |
| 1960 | Garwol | Ismael Valenzuela | Burley Parke | Harbor View Farm | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:45.80 | $112,000 | |
| 1959 | Progressing | Hedley Woodhouse | William C. Winfrey | Wheatley Stable | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:45.40 | $120,000 | |
| 1958 | Intentionally | Bill Shoemaker | Edward I. Kelly Sr. | Brookfield Farm | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:46.00 | $200,000 | |
| 1957 | Jewel's Reward | Bill Shoemaker | Ivan H. Parke | Maine Chance Farm | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:44.20 | $190,000 | |
| 1956 | Missile | Pete Anderson | Woody Stephens | John A. Morris | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:45.00 | $120,000 | |
| 1955 | Nail | Hedley Woodhouse | George P. "Maje" Odom | Josephine Bigelow | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:47.00 | $112,000 | |
| 1954 | Thinking Cap | Douglas Dodson | Henry S. Clark | Christiana Stable | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:46.80 | $88,000 | |
| 1953 | Errard King | Sam Boulmetis | Thomas J. Barry | Joseph Gavegnano | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:45.20 | $102,500 | |
| 1952 | Isasmoothie | Bobby Mitchell | Edward I. Kelly Sr. | Brookfield Farm | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:46.60 | $100,000 | |
| 1951 | Cajun | Nick Shuk | not found | Hal Price Headley | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:47.60 | $77,500 | |
| 1950 | Big Stretch | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:45.40 | $75,000 | |
| 1949 | Oil Capitol | Earl Knapp | Harry Trotsek | Hasty House Farm | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:44.20 | $75,000 | |
| 1948 | Capot | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:45.80 | $75,000 | |
| 1947 | Citation | Douglas Dodson | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:48.80 | $60,000 | |
| 1946 | Jet Pilot | John Gilbert | R. Thomas Smith | Maine Chance Farm | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:46.00 | $60,000 | |
| 1945 | Star Pilot | Arnold Kirkland | R. Thomas Smith | Maine Chance Farm | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:47.80 | $60,000 | |
| 1944 | Pot O'Luck | Douglas Dodson | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:46.40 | $60,000 | |
| 1943 | Platter | Conn McCreary | Bert Mulholland | George D. Widener Jr. | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:47.60 | $60,000 | |
| 1942 | Count Fleet | Johnny Longden | Don Cameron | Fannie Hertz | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:43.40 | $50,000 | |
| 1941 | Contradiction | Ken McCombs | Ross O. Higdon | Woolford Farm | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:47.40 | $55,000 | |
| 1940 | Bold Irishman | John Gilbert | Jim Fitzsimmons | Gladys Mills Phipps | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:49.80 | $55,000 | |
| 1939 | Bimelech | Fred A. Smith | William A. Hurley | Idle Hour Stock Farm | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:45.20 | $55,000 | |
| 1938 | Challedon | George Seabo | Louis Schaefer | Branncastle Farm | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:45.80 | $48,000 | |
| 1937 | Nedayr | Wayne Wright | William A. Crawford | Willis Sharpe Kilmer | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:45.20 | $48,000 | |
| 1936† | Matey | Harry Richards | Preston M. Burch | Walter M. Jeffords Sr. | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:46.80 | $42,000 | |
| 1935 | Hollyrood | Silvio Coucci | Duval A. Headley | Hal Price Headley | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:46.60 | $75,000 | |
| 1933 | - 1934 | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held |
| 1932 | Swivel | John Gilbert | Jack R. Pryce | Adolphe Pons | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:46.80 | $104,000 | |
| 1931 | Top Flight | Raymond Workman | Thomas J. Healey | C. V. Whitney | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:44.80 | $93,000 | |
| 1930 | Equipoise | Raymond Workman | Thomas J. Healey | C. V. Whitney | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:48.60 | $84,000 | |
| 1929 | Flying Heels | Willie Kelsay | Henry McDaniel | Gifford A. Cochran | 1+1⁄16 mi. | 1:47.00 | $93,000 | |
| 1928 | High Strung | Linus McAtee | George M. Odom | Robert L. Gerry Sr. | 1 mile | 1:39.00 | $85,000 | |
| 1927 | Glade | Lewis Morris | Thomas W. Murphy | Greentree Stable | 1 mile | 1:41.80 | $90,000 | |
| 1926 | Fair Star | Ovila Bourassa | Carl Utz | Foxcatcher Farms | 1 mile | 1:40.60 | $100,000 | |
| 1925 | Canter | Clarence Turner | Harry Rites | J. Edwin Griffith | 1 mile | 1:40.80 | $90,000 | |
| 1924 | Stimulus | Harold Thurber | George M. Odom | Marshall Field III | 1 mile | 1:39.80 | $82,000 | |
| 1923 | Beau Butler | George Carroll | Herbert J. Thompson | Edward R. Bradley | 1 mile | 1:39.80 | $90,000 | |
| 1922 # | Blossom Time | Albert Johnson | Herbert J. Thompson | Edward R. Bradley | 1 mile | 1:39.20 | $68,500 | |
| 1922 # | Sally's Alley | Albert Johnson | Eugene Wayland | Willis Sharpe Kilmer | 1 mile | 1:39.80 | $68,500 | |
| 1921 | Morvich | Albert Johnson | Fred Burlew | Benjamin Block | 1 mile | 1:42.00 | $72,000 | |
* ‡ In 2005, the race was switched to the turf.
* † Fathers Image finished 1st in 1965 but was disqualified.
* † Privileged won in 1936 but was disqualified for interference and set back to last.
* # The race was run in two divisions in 1922.