The
Henry S. Clark Stakes is an American
Thoroughbred horse raceThoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport: Flat racing and National Hunt racing...
run annually at
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in Baltimore, Maryland. Open to horses three-years-old & up, it is contested over a distance of one mile on
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The race was named in honor of
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inductee,
Henry S. ClarkHenry S. Clark was an American Hall of Fame horse trainer. He was the grandson of William Jennings, an owner-trainer who won the 1887 Preakness Stakes....
, the "dean of Maryland trainers," who spent 80 of his 95 years on the backstretch of Maryland's race tracks and remained active until his death in February 1999. He was the grandson of another famous Maryland trainer, William Jennings, Sr. Henry Clark was honored with induction into the Racing Hall of Fame in 1982.
Early in his career, Clark was selected by Liz Whitney to train her stable of runners and he sent out his first stakes winner, Blue Cyprus for Whitney at Garden State in 1944. In the late 1940s, Clark began his relationship with Harry Lunger, training the talented Christiana Stables' horses. Among those under his care were two-time
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winner
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), Endine, champion Tempted,
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winner Thinking Cap, Belmont Futurity winner and top sire Cyane and
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Records
Speed record:
- 1 mile - 1:33.80 - Private Slip (2001)
Most wins by a jockeyA jockey is an athlete who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing.-Etymology:...
:
- 2 - Horactio A. Karamanos (2003 & 2006)
Most wins by a trainerIn horse racing, a trainer prepares a horse for races, with responsibility for exercising it, getting it race-ready and determining which races it should enter...
:
- 2 - Michael Zwiesler (2007 & 2008)
Most wins by an owner:
Winners of the Henry S. Clark Stakes
Year
|
Winner
|
Age
|
Jockey
|
Trainer
|
Owner
|
Distance
(Miles)
|
Time
|
Purse
|
Grade |
| 2011 |
Pocket Patch |
6 |
Johnathan Joyce |
Flint W. Stites |
Charles McGill |
1 mile |
1:40.04 |
$75,000 |
|
| 2010 |
Baltimore Bob |
5 |
Vladimir Diaz |
John B. Secor |
R.Gerczak & Kaygar Stable |
1 mile |
1:35.39 |
$70,000 |
|
| 2009 |
Brickell |
8 |
Harry Vega Harry Vega is an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.Vega began his riding career in Michigan in 1983 then in the late 1980s moved to compete at tracks on the Northeast coast of the United States...
|
Ted Maher |
Harry Kassap LLC |
1 mile |
1:38.80 |
$75,000 |
|
| 2008 |
Stay Close |
6 |
Rosie Napravnik |
Michael Zwiesler |
William Stamps Farish III |
1 mile |
1:35.82 |
$75,000 |
|
| 2007 |
Stay Close |
5 |
Oliver Castillo |
Michael Zwiesler |
William Stamps Farish III |
1 mile |
1:37.20 |
$75,000 |
|
| 2006 |
Saint Stephen |
6 |
Horacio A. Karamanos |
Christopher Clement |
Susan & Charles Harris |
1 mile |
1:35.40 |
$60,000 |
|
| 2005 |
Gunning For |
4 |
Jose C. Ferrer Jose C. Ferrer is an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. He began riding in the United States in 1983 at Calder Race Course in Florida then at Monmouth Park and the Meadowlands Racetrack in New Jersey. On November 24, 1983 Ferrer became the first jockey to win five races on a single card...
|
Timothy Walsh |
Wimborne Farm Inc. |
1 mile |
1:34.20 |
$50,000 |
|
| 2004 |
Mr. O'Brien |
5 |
Rick Wilson |
Robin L. Graham |
Skeedattle Stable |
1 mile |
1:35.80 |
$60,000 |
|
| 2003 |
Tam's Terms |
5 |
Horacio A. Karamanos |
Lawrence E. Murray |
Sondra D. Bender |
1 mile |
1:36.40 |
$75,000 |
|
| 2002 |
Mus-If |
6 |
Mario Pino |
Michael V. Pino |
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|
1 mile |
1:36.20 |
$50,000 |
|
| 2001 |
Private Slip |
7 |
Joe Rocco |
Dale Capuano |
Crown Valley Stable |
1 mile |
1:33.40 |
$75,000 |
|
See also
- Henry S. Clark Stakes top three finishers and starters
This is a listing of the horses that finished in either first, second, or third place and the number of starters in the Henry S. Clark Stakes, an American stakes race for three year-olds & up at one mile on the turf held at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland....
- Pimlico Race Course
Pimlico Race Course is a horse racetrack in Baltimore, Maryland, most famous for hosting the Preakness Stakes. Its name is derived from the 1660s when English settlers named the area where the facility currently stands in honor of Olde Ben Pimlico's Tavern in London...
- List of graded stakes at Pimlico Race Course