Fire Plug Stakes

The Fire Plug Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held in January at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland. It is open to horses four-year-olds and up and is run at six furlongs on the dirt.

Fire Plug Stakes
Ungraded Stakes race
LocationLaurel Park Racecourse,
Laurel, Maryland,
United States
Inaugurated1993
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Websitewww.laurelpark.com
Race information
Distance6 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationFour-years-old & up, open
WeightAssigned
Purse$125,000

An ungraded stakes, it offers a purse of $125,000. The race was named in honor of Fire Plug, a quick and durable horse that ran throughout the east coast from age three to age seven. He was campaigned by his breeder and owner, Arthur Appleton, and trained by Bob Camac. The gelding won or placed in 50 of his 54 lifetime starts, most of those races being sprints. Half of his 29 victories came in graded stakes races, including the J. Edgar Hoover Stakes, the Maryland Breeders' Cup Handicap and the Roman Handicap. The son of King of the North, Fire Plug retired in 1991 at the age of 8 after placing in three stakes that season and winning the final start of his career.[1]

Records

Speed record:

  • 6 furlongs - 1:09.13 - Digger (2010)

Most wins by an owner:

  • 2 - Ah Day (2007 & 2008)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners of the Fire Plug Stakes
Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Distance Time Purse
2018 Awesome Banner 4 J. D. Acosta Ken Decker Jacks Or Better Farm 6 fur. 1:08.94 $100,000
2017 Imperial Hint 4 Trevor McCarthy Luis Carvajal, Jr. Raymond Mamone 6 fur. 1:10.52 $100,000
2016 Sonny Inspired 6 Jevian Toledo Phil Schoenthal D Hatman Thoroughbreds 6 fur. 1:10.95 $100,000
2015 Never Stop Looking 6 Roimes Chirinos Claudio Gonzalez Somraj Singh 6 fur. 1:11.81 $100,000
2014 Broad Rule 6 Forest Boyce Richard Small Fitzhugh LLC 6 fur. 1:11.49 $100,000
2013 Broad Rule 5 Forest Boyce Richard Small Fitzhugh LLC 6 fur. 1:11.60 $125,000
2012 No Race - No Race No Race No Race no race 0:00.00 no race
2011 No Race - No Race No Race No Race no race 0:00.00 no race
2010 Digger 6 Mike Luzzi Scott A. Lake Repole Stable 6 fur. 1:09.13 $75,000
2009 Suave Jazz 6 Jeremy Rose Anthony Dutrow Michael Dubb 6 fur. 1:10.96 $50,000
2008 Ah Day 5 Jeremy Rose King T. Leatherbury Jim Stable 6 fur. 1:09.80 $80,000
2007 Ah Day 4 Mario Pino King T. Leatherbury Jim Stable 6 fur. 1:10.20 $80,000
2006 Abbondanza 5 Enrique Jurado Timothy Tullock, Jr. Germania Farms, Inc. 6 fur. 1:11.40 $60,000
2005 No Race - No Race No Race No Race no race 0:00.00 no race
2004 Sassy Hound 7 Abe Castellano, Jr. Ben Feliciano, Jr. Toby Roth 6 fur. 1:10.00 $50,000
2003 Love Happy 5 Ramon Dominguez Howard Wolfendale Not Found 6 fur. 1:09.80 $75,000
2002 Deer Run 5 Alcibiades Cortez Christopher W. Grove William Harris 6 fur. 1:10.80 $50,000
2001 Disco Rico 4 Harry Vega Valora A. Testerman C. Oliver Goldsmith 6 fur. 1:09.60 $75,000
2000 Memory Tap 4 Mark T. Johnston Hamilton A. Smith Not Found 6 fur. 1:10.60 $75,000
1999 Wire Me Collect 6 Robby Alvarado, Jr. Robert W. Camac A Syndicate, Inc. 6 fur. 1:10.00 $40,000
1998 Jove Stone 4 Rick Wilson Richard E. Dutrow Rivard Stables 6 fur. 1:10.60 $40,000
1997 Mary's Buckaroo 6 Mario Verge Mary Joanne Hughes George Swope 6 fur. 1:09.80 $32,000
1996 No Race - No Race No Race No Race no race 0:00.00 no race
1995 Tidal Surge 5 Rick Wilson Timothy F. Ritchey Paul D. Wilson 6 fur. 1:10.80 $32,000
1994 Secret Odds 4 Edgar Prado Lawrence E. Murray Howard & Sondra Bender 6 fur. 1:09.80 $35,000
1993 Fighting Notion 6 Albert Delgado Nancy B. Heil Jeanne Beg 6 fur. 1:11.60 $35,000

See also

References
  1. 2007 Maryland Jockey Club Media Guide, page 176 on March 3, 2007.
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