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Baltimore Washington International Turf Cup

February 11, 2024

The Baltimore Washington International Turf Cup is an American Grade III invitational horse race run over one mile.[1] Inaugurated in 1952, it was raced at Laurel Park Racecourse on the turf in Laurel, Maryland, at a distance of 1+1⁄2 miles (12 furlongs), and attracted top turf horses from North America and Europe.

Baltimore Washington International Turf Cup
Grade III race
LocationPimlico Race Course,
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Inaugurated1952
Race typeThoroughbred – flat racing
WebsiteLaurel Park Racecourse
Race information
Distance1 mile (8 furlongs)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
Qualification3-year-olds and up
Purse$200,000 (2021)

It was held annually from 1952 to 1994, then it was discontinued because of its place on the late fall calendar and the popularity of the Breeders' Cup Turf. The race was brought back in 2005 as the Colonial Turf Cup run at Colonial Downs in Richmond, Virginia, and then at Laurel Park Racecourse as the Commonwealth Turf Cup in Laurel, Maryland, from 2015 to 2016. Then in 2017 the original root of race name was brought back as well adding it to a portion of its last version the Turf Cup suffix. So it is now being called the Baltimore Washington International Turf Cup. The race has been contested at Pimlico Race Course since 2021.

When it was founded by John D. Schapiro (owner of the Laurel Park Racecourse), it was the only international horse race in the United States. Until then, bringing horses from Europe and elsewhere to the United States for a specific race was unprecedented.[2] J. Samuel Pearlman, editor of the Daily Racing Form, discussed the idea with Schapiro after the 1950 racing season. Less than a year and half later, the concept became a reality.[3]

Usually just called the International, the race drew the best Thoroughbreds from the U.S. and Europe; it was important enough to attract horses from the Soviet Union during the 1960s, despite the Cold War.[4] In the 1980s, the Washington, D.C. International was part of a million-dollar bonus given to any horse who won both it, the Canadian International Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, and the Turf Classic at Belmont Park in New York.

In the race's early days, few American horses excelled on the turf; some were turf specialists, while others built their race records on the dirt and then specifically switched over to grass for the International. U.S. Hall of Famer Kelso won five straight Horse of the Year honors competing almost entirely on the dirt in the early 1960s and finished second three times in a row in the International. In 1964, the great gelding finally won the race in an American record time of 2:23.80. He had given the event international status in Europe by just missing three times, before winning it at age seven.[5]

The Washington, D.C. International Stakes was raced at a distance of 1+1⁄2 miles from its inception in 1952 until 1986, when it was shortened to 1+1⁄4 miles. With the exception of 1993 (when it was raced at one mile), the International remained at 1+1⁄4 miles until its final running in 1994.

Run the Gantlet won the International in 1971; his son Providential won it in 1981. Providential was bred and previously owned by Bertram R. Firestone, whose wife Diana won the race the following year with her filly April Run after coming in second to Providential in 1981.

During its run, the D.C. International Stakes was won by horses from the United States 22 times and by foreign representatives 21 times.

Records edit

Speed record:

  • 2:23.80 @ 1-1/2 miles: Kelso (1964) (stakes and track record)
  • 1:59.60 @ 1-1/4 miles: Paradise Creek (1994)
  • 1:52.98 @ 1-3/16 miles: Showing Up (2005)
  • 1:33.43 @ 1 mile: Blacktype (2016)

Most wins by a horse:

Most wins by an owner:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners of the Baltimore Washington International Turf Cup since 1952 edit

Year
 Winner
 Nation
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Distance (miles)
 Time
 Grade
2021 Field Pass   4 Victor Carrasco Michael Maker Three Diamonds Farm 1 m 1:35.12 III
2020 no race
2019 Caribou Club   5 Feargal Lynch Thomas F. Proctor Glen Hill Farm (Craig Bernick) 1 m 1:33.35 III
2018 Doctor Mounty   5 Forest Boyce C. R. McGaughey III Dave Alden 1 m 1:41.78 III
2017 Projected   5 Nik Juarez Chad C. Brown Juddmonte Farms 1 m 1:34.25 II
2016 Blacktype   5 Trevor McCarthy Christophe Clement Jump Sucker Stable LLC (Duncker, Warsh, Walker) 1 m 1:33.43 II
2015 Mr. Speaker   3 José Ortiz C. R. McGaughey III Phipps Stable 1+1⁄8 1:47.30 II
2014 no race
2013 London Lane   6 Horacio Karamanos Lawrence Murray Howard Bender 1+3⁄16 1:55.40 II
2012 Turbo Compressor   4 Joe Bravo Todd A. Pletcher P & G Stable & Off The Hook Racing 1+3⁄16 1:55.00 II
2011 Rahystrada   7 Sheldon Russell Byron Hughes Robert Courtney 1+3⁄16 1:54.68 II
2010 Paddy O'Prado   3 Kent Desormeaux Dale Romans Donegal Racing 1+3⁄16 1:54.20 II
2009 Battle of Hastings   3 Tyler Baze Jeff Mullins Michael House 1+3⁄16 1:57.79 II
2008 Sailor's Cap   3 Alan Garcia James J. Toner Team Valor 1+3⁄16 2:04.42 III
2007 Summer Doldrums   3 Jose Lezcano Richard Violette Jr. Klaravich Stables 1+3⁄16 1:55.68 III
2006 Showing Up   3 Cornelio Velásquez Barclay Tagg Lael Stables (Gretchen & Roy Jackson) 1+3⁄16 1:52.98
2005 English Channel   3 John Velazquez Todd Pletcher James T. Scatuorchio 1+3⁄16 1:56:37
1995–2004 no race
1994 Paradise Creek   5 Pat Day William I. Mott Masayki Nishiyama 1+1⁄4 1:59.60 I
1993 Buckhar   5 Jean Cruguet Willard C. Freeman John W. Meriwether 1 m 1:38.00 I
1992 Zoman   5 Alan Munro Paul Cole Prince Fahd Salman 1+1⁄4 2:01.40 I
1991 Leariva   4 Edgar Prado David Smaga Thierry van Zuylen 1+1⁄4 2:06.40 I
1990 Fly Till Dawn   4 Laffit Pincay Jr. Darrell Vienna Josephine T. Gleis 1+1⁄4 2:01.20 I
1989 Caltech   3 René Douglas Eduardo Azpurua Sr. David S. Romanik 1+1⁄4 2:07.60 I
1988 Sunshine Forever   3 Ángel Cordero Jr. John M. Veitch Darby Dan Farm 1+1⁄4 2:03.00 I
1987 Le Glorieux   3 Laffit Pincay Jr. Robert Collet Sieglinde Wolf 1+1⁄4 2:02.80 I
1986 Lieutenant's Lark   4 Robbie Davis Howard M. Tesher Lowell T. Stevens 1+1⁄4 2:09.00 I
1985 Vanlandingham   4 Don MacBeth C. R. McGaughey III Loblolly Stable 1+1⁄2 2:35.60 I
1984 Seattle Song   3 Cash Asmussen François Boutin Stavros Niarchos 1+1⁄2 2:27.20 I
1983 All Along   4 Walter Swinburn Patrick Biancone Daniel Wildenstein 1+1⁄2 2:35.00 I
1982 April Run   4 Cash Asmussen François Boutin Diana M. Firestone 1+1⁄2 2:31.00 I
1981 Providential   4 Alain Lequeux Charles Whittingham Serge Fradkoff 1+1⁄2 2:31.20 I
1980 Argument   3 Lester Piggott Maurice Zilber Bruce McNall 1+1⁄2 2:30.20 I
1979 Bowl Game   5 Jorge Velásquez John M. Gaver Jr. Greentree Stable 1+1⁄2 2:51.00 I
1978 Mac Diarmida   3 Jean Cruguet Scotty Schulhofer Jerome M. Torsney 1+1⁄2 2:27.00 I
1977 Johnny D.   3 Steve Cauthen Michael Kay Dana S. Bray Jr. 1+1⁄2 2:32.00 I
1976 Youth   3 Sandy Hawley Maurice Zilber Nelson Bunker Hunt 1+1⁄2 2:46.20 I
1975 Nobiliary   3 Sandy Hawley Maurice Zilber Nelson Bunker Hunt 1+1⁄2 2:31.20 I
1974 Admetus   4 Maurice Philipperon John Cunnington Jr. Sir Michael Sobell 1+1⁄2 2:29.60 I
1973 Dahlia   3 Bill Pyers Maurice Zilber Nelson Bunker Hunt 1+1⁄2 2:31.80 I
1972 Droll Role   4 Braulio Baeza Thomas J. Kelly John M. Schiff 1+1⁄2 2:38.80 I
1971 Run the Gantlet   3 Robert Woodhouse J. Elliott Burch Rokeby Stables 1+1⁄2 2:50.60
1970 Fort Marcy   6 Jorge Velásquez J. Elliott Burch Rokeby Stables 1+1⁄2 2:42.80
1969 Karabas   4 Lester Piggott Bernard van Cutsem Benjamin Guinness 1+1⁄2 2:27.00
1968 Sir Ivor   3 Lester Piggott Vincent O'Brien Raymond R. Guest 1+1⁄2 2:37.20
1967 Fort Marcy   3 Manuel Ycaza J. Elliott Burch Rokeby Stables 1+1⁄2 2:27.00
1966 Behistoun   3 Jean Deforge Joseph Lieux Alec Weisweiller 1+1⁄2 2:28.80
1965 Diatome   3 Jean Deforge Geoffroy Watson Guy de Rothschild 1+1⁄2 2:28.20
1964 Kelso   7 Ismael Valenzuela Carl Hanford Bohemia Stable 1+1⁄2 2:23.80
1963 Mongo   4 Wayne Chambers Frank A. Bonsal Marion duPont Scott 1+1⁄2 2:27.40
1962 Match II   4 Yves Saint-Martin François Mathet Haras d'Ouilly 1+1⁄2 2:28.20
1961 T.V. Lark   4 Johnny Longden Paul K. Parker Preston W. Madden 1+1⁄2 2:26.20
1960 Bald Eagle   5 Manuel Ycaza Woody Stephens Cain Hoy Stable 1+1⁄2 2:33.00
1959 Bald Eagle   4 Manuel Ycaza Woody Stephens Cain Hoy Stable 1+1⁄2 2:28.00
1958 Sailor's Guide*   6 Howard Grant J. Bowes Bond Jaclyn Stable 1+1⁄2 2:33.20
1957 Mahan   6 Sam Boulmetis Sr. Harry Trotsek Hasty House Farm (Allie E. Reuben) 1+1⁄2 2:34.60
1956 Master Boing   3 Guy Chancelier Georges Pelat Andre E. Lombard 1+1⁄2 2:39.00
1955 El Chama   4 Raul Bustamante Jose Israel La Belle Carlos V. Rincones 1+1⁄2 2:36.20
1954 Fisherman   3 Eddie Arcaro Sylvester Veitch C. V. Whitney 1+1⁄2 2:47.80
1953 Worden   4 Charles Smirke Georges Bridgland Ralph Strassburger 1+1⁄2 2:36.00
1952 Wilwyn   4 Manny Mercer John Waugh Robert C. Boucher 1+1⁄2 2:30.80
* In 1958, Tudor Era finished first, but was disqualified and set back to second.

References edit

  1. ^ Name="Grade III" https://www.skysports.com/racing/racecards/pimlico/24-07-2021/1024184/race-8-baltimore-washington-international-turf-cup-stakes-grade-3
  2. ^ . Time. October 27, 1952. Retrievied February 15, 2011.
  3. ^ 2007 Maryland Jockey Club Media Guide, page 45 on March 3, 2007.
  4. ^ "Soviet Horses To Race at Laurel". The New York Times. (payment required to read full article).
  5. ^ 2007 Maryland Jockey Club Media Guide, page 45 on March 3, 2007.

February 11, 2024
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The Baltimore Washington International Turf Cup is an American Grade III invitational horse race run over one mile 1 Inaugurated in 1952 it was raced at Laurel Park Racecourse on the turf in Laurel Maryland at a distance of 1 1 2 miles 12 furlongs and attracted top turf horses from North America and Europe Baltimore Washington International Turf CupGrade III raceLocationPimlico Race Course Baltimore Maryland United StatesInaugurated1952Race typeThoroughbred flat racingWebsiteLaurel Park RacecourseRace informationDistance1 mile 8 furlongs SurfaceTurfTrackLeft handedQualification3 year olds and upPurse 200 000 2021 It was held annually from 1952 to 1994 then it was discontinued because of its place on the late fall calendar and the popularity of the Breeders Cup Turf The race was brought back in 2005 as the Colonial Turf Cup run at Colonial Downs in Richmond Virginia and then at Laurel Park Racecourse as the Commonwealth Turf Cup in Laurel Maryland from 2015 to 2016 Then in 2017 the original root of race name was brought back as well adding it to a portion of its last version the Turf Cup suffix So it is now being called the Baltimore Washington International Turf Cup The race has been contested at Pimlico Race Course since 2021 When it was founded by John D Schapiro owner of the Laurel Park Racecourse it was the only international horse race in the United States Until then bringing horses from Europe and elsewhere to the United States for a specific race was unprecedented 2 J Samuel Pearlman editor of the Daily Racing Form discussed the idea with Schapiro after the 1950 racing season Less than a year and half later the concept became a reality 3 Usually just called the International the race drew the best Thoroughbreds from the U S and Europe it was important enough to attract horses from the Soviet Union during the 1960s despite the Cold War 4 In the 1980s the Washington D C International was part of a million dollar bonus given to any horse who won both it the Canadian International Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto and the Turf Classic at Belmont Park in New York In the race s early days few American horses excelled on the turf some were turf specialists while others built their race records on the dirt and then specifically switched over to grass for the International U S Hall of Famer Kelso won five straight Horse of the Year honors competing almost entirely on the dirt in the early 1960s and finished second three times in a row in the International In 1964 the great gelding finally won the race in an American record time of 2 23 80 He had given the event international status in Europe by just missing three times before winning it at age seven 5 The Washington D C International Stakes was raced at a distance of 1 1 2 miles from its inception in 1952 until 1986 when it was shortened to 1 1 4 miles With the exception of 1993 when it was raced at one mile the International remained at 1 1 4 miles until its final running in 1994 Run the Gantlet won the International in 1971 his son Providential won it in 1981 Providential was bred and previously owned by Bertram R Firestone whose wife Diana won the race the following year with her filly April Run after coming in second to Providential in 1981 During its run the D C International Stakes was won by horses from the United States 22 times and by foreign representatives 21 times Records editSpeed record 2 23 80 1 1 2 miles Kelso 1964 stakes and track record 1 59 60 1 1 4 miles Paradise Creek 1994 1 52 98 1 3 16 miles Showing Up 2005 1 33 43 1 mile Blacktype 2016 Most wins by a horse 2 Bald Eagle 1959 1960 2 Fort Marcy 1967 1970 Most wins by an owner 3 Nelson Bunker Hunt 1973 1975 1976 Most wins by a jockey 3 Manuel Ycaza 1959 1960 1967 3 Lester Piggott 1968 1969 1980 Most wins by a trainer 4 Maurice Zilber 1973 1975 1976 1980 Winners of the Baltimore Washington International Turf Cup since 1952 editYear Winner Nation Age Jockey Trainer Owner Distance miles Time Grade2021 Field Pass nbsp 4 Victor Carrasco Michael Maker Three Diamonds Farm 1 m 1 35 12 III2020 no race2019 Caribou Club nbsp 5 Feargal Lynch Thomas F Proctor Glen Hill Farm Craig Bernick 1 m 1 33 35 III2018 Doctor Mounty nbsp 5 Forest Boyce C R McGaughey III Dave Alden 1 m 1 41 78 III2017 Projected nbsp 5 Nik Juarez Chad C Brown Juddmonte Farms 1 m 1 34 25 II2016 Blacktype nbsp 5 Trevor McCarthy Christophe Clement Jump Sucker Stable LLC Duncker Warsh Walker 1 m 1 33 43 II2015 Mr Speaker nbsp 3 Jose Ortiz C R McGaughey III Phipps Stable 1 1 8 1 47 30 II2014 no race2013 London Lane nbsp 6 Horacio Karamanos Lawrence Murray Howard Bender 1 3 16 1 55 40 II2012 Turbo Compressor nbsp 4 Joe Bravo Todd A Pletcher P amp G Stable amp Off The Hook Racing 1 3 16 1 55 00 II2011 Rahystrada nbsp 7 Sheldon Russell Byron Hughes Robert Courtney 1 3 16 1 54 68 II2010 Paddy O Prado nbsp 3 Kent Desormeaux Dale Romans Donegal Racing 1 3 16 1 54 20 II2009 Battle of Hastings nbsp 3 Tyler Baze Jeff Mullins Michael House 1 3 16 1 57 79 II2008 Sailor s Cap nbsp 3 Alan Garcia James J Toner Team Valor 1 3 16 2 04 42 III2007 Summer Doldrums nbsp 3 Jose Lezcano Richard Violette Jr Klaravich Stables 1 3 16 1 55 68 III2006 Showing Up nbsp 3 Cornelio Velasquez Barclay Tagg Lael Stables Gretchen amp Roy Jackson 1 3 16 1 52 982005 English Channel nbsp 3 John Velazquez Todd Pletcher James T Scatuorchio 1 3 16 1 56 371995 2004 no race1994 Paradise Creek nbsp 5 Pat Day William I Mott Masayki Nishiyama 1 1 4 1 59 60 I1993 Buckhar nbsp 5 Jean Cruguet Willard C Freeman John W Meriwether 1 m 1 38 00 I1992 Zoman nbsp 5 Alan Munro Paul Cole Prince Fahd Salman 1 1 4 2 01 40 I1991 Leariva nbsp 4 Edgar Prado David Smaga Thierry van Zuylen 1 1 4 2 06 40 I1990 Fly Till Dawn nbsp 4 Laffit Pincay Jr Darrell Vienna Josephine T Gleis 1 1 4 2 01 20 I1989 Caltech nbsp 3 Rene Douglas Eduardo Azpurua Sr David S Romanik 1 1 4 2 07 60 I1988 Sunshine Forever nbsp 3 Angel Cordero Jr John M Veitch Darby Dan Farm 1 1 4 2 03 00 I1987 Le Glorieux nbsp 3 Laffit Pincay Jr Robert Collet Sieglinde Wolf 1 1 4 2 02 80 I1986 Lieutenant s Lark nbsp 4 Robbie Davis Howard M Tesher Lowell T Stevens 1 1 4 2 09 00 I1985 Vanlandingham nbsp 4 Don MacBeth C R McGaughey III Loblolly Stable 1 1 2 2 35 60 I1984 Seattle Song nbsp 3 Cash Asmussen Francois Boutin Stavros Niarchos 1 1 2 2 27 20 I1983 All Along nbsp 4 Walter Swinburn Patrick Biancone Daniel Wildenstein 1 1 2 2 35 00 I1982 April Run nbsp 4 Cash Asmussen Francois Boutin Diana M Firestone 1 1 2 2 31 00 I1981 Providential nbsp 4 Alain Lequeux Charles Whittingham Serge Fradkoff 1 1 2 2 31 20 I1980 Argument nbsp 3 Lester Piggott Maurice Zilber Bruce McNall 1 1 2 2 30 20 I1979 Bowl Game nbsp 5 Jorge Velasquez John M Gaver Jr Greentree Stable 1 1 2 2 51 00 I1978 Mac Diarmida nbsp 3 Jean Cruguet Scotty Schulhofer Jerome M Torsney 1 1 2 2 27 00 I1977 Johnny D nbsp 3 Steve Cauthen Michael Kay Dana S Bray Jr 1 1 2 2 32 00 I1976 Youth nbsp 3 Sandy Hawley Maurice Zilber Nelson Bunker Hunt 1 1 2 2 46 20 I1975 Nobiliary nbsp 3 Sandy Hawley Maurice Zilber Nelson Bunker Hunt 1 1 2 2 31 20 I1974 Admetus nbsp 4 Maurice Philipperon John Cunnington Jr Sir Michael Sobell 1 1 2 2 29 60 I1973 Dahlia nbsp 3 Bill Pyers Maurice Zilber Nelson Bunker Hunt 1 1 2 2 31 80 I1972 Droll Role nbsp 4 Braulio Baeza Thomas J Kelly John M Schiff 1 1 2 2 38 80 I1971 Run the Gantlet nbsp 3 Robert Woodhouse J Elliott Burch Rokeby Stables 1 1 2 2 50 601970 Fort Marcy nbsp 6 Jorge Velasquez J Elliott Burch Rokeby Stables 1 1 2 2 42 801969 Karabas nbsp 4 Lester Piggott Bernard van Cutsem Benjamin Guinness 1 1 2 2 27 001968 Sir Ivor nbsp 3 Lester Piggott Vincent O Brien Raymond R Guest 1 1 2 2 37 201967 Fort Marcy nbsp 3 Manuel Ycaza J Elliott Burch Rokeby Stables 1 1 2 2 27 001966 Behistoun nbsp 3 Jean Deforge Joseph Lieux Alec Weisweiller 1 1 2 2 28 801965 Diatome nbsp 3 Jean Deforge Geoffroy Watson Guy de Rothschild 1 1 2 2 28 201964 Kelso nbsp 7 Ismael Valenzuela Carl Hanford Bohemia Stable 1 1 2 2 23 801963 Mongo nbsp 4 Wayne Chambers Frank A Bonsal Marion duPont Scott 1 1 2 2 27 401962 Match II nbsp 4 Yves Saint Martin Francois Mathet Haras d Ouilly 1 1 2 2 28 201961 T V Lark nbsp 4 Johnny Longden Paul K Parker Preston W Madden 1 1 2 2 26 201960 Bald Eagle nbsp 5 Manuel Ycaza Woody Stephens Cain Hoy Stable 1 1 2 2 33 001959 Bald Eagle nbsp 4 Manuel Ycaza Woody Stephens Cain Hoy Stable 1 1 2 2 28 001958 Sailor s Guide nbsp 6 Howard Grant J Bowes Bond Jaclyn Stable 1 1 2 2 33 201957 Mahan nbsp 6 Sam Boulmetis Sr Harry Trotsek Hasty House Farm Allie E Reuben 1 1 2 2 34 601956 Master Boing nbsp 3 Guy Chancelier Georges Pelat Andre E Lombard 1 1 2 2 39 001955 El Chama nbsp 4 Raul Bustamante Jose Israel La Belle Carlos V Rincones 1 1 2 2 36 201954 Fisherman nbsp 3 Eddie Arcaro Sylvester Veitch C V Whitney 1 1 2 2 47 801953 Worden nbsp 4 Charles Smirke Georges Bridgland Ralph Strassburger 1 1 2 2 36 001952 Wilwyn nbsp 4 Manny Mercer John Waugh Robert C Boucher 1 1 2 2 30 80 In 1958 Tudor Era finished first but was disqualified and set back to second References edit Name Grade III https www skysports com racing racecards pimlico 24 07 2021 1024184 race 8 baltimore washington international turf cup stakes grade 3 Sport International Laurels Time October 27 1952 Retrievied February 15 2011 2007 Maryland Jockey Club Media Guide page 45 on March 3 2007 Soviet Horses To Race at Laurel The New York Times payment required to read full article 2007 Maryland Jockey Club Media Guide page 45 on March 3 2007 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Baltimore Washington International Turf Cup amp oldid 1179793280, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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