Harrison E. Johnson Memorial Handicap

The Harrison E. Johnson Memorial Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in March at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland. It is open to three-year-olds and up and is run at 1+18 miles (nine furlongs) on the dirt. An ungraded stakes race, it offers a purse of $100,000. The stake will run this year on Saturday, March 17, 2018.

Harrison E. Johnson Memorial Stakes
Ungraded Stakes race
LocationLaurel Park Racecourse,
Laurel, Maryland,
United States
Inaugurated1986
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Websitewww.laurelpark.com
Race information
Distance1+18 miles (9 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds & up
WeightAssigned
Purse$100,000

The race was named in honor of African-American trainer Harrison E. Johnson, a Maryland-based trainer who died in 1985 at age 45 in a plane crash along with George F. Griffith while flying from Saratoga Race Course in upstate New York to Virginia. Johnson was piloting the plane. The native of Adelphi, Maryland, had been a trainer since the spring of 1969. His best race horse was Gutsy O'Shay, winner of the 1973 Hopeful Stakes at Saratoga. That gelding was named Maryland-bred two-year-old champion in 1973.[1]

Records

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Speed record:

  • 1+18 miles - 1:48.60 - Ibex (1993)
  • 1+316 miles - 1:55.80 - Big Rut (1998) & Super Memory (1995)

Most wins by an horse:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners of the Harrison E. Johnson Memorial Stakes

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Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner
Dist.
(Miles)
Time Purse$
2022 - 1+18 0:00.00 $100,000
2021 Cordmaker 6 Victor R. Carrasco Rodney Jenkins Hillwood Stable LLC 1+18 1:49.37 $100,000
2020 Senior Investment 6 Emmanuel Esquivel Scott A. Lake Richard Malouf 1+18 1:50.96 $100,000
2019 Cordmaker 4 Victor R. Carrasco Rodney Jenkins Hillwood Stables 1+18 1:50.29 $100,000
2018 Something Awesome 7 Edgar Prado Jose Corrales Stronach Stables 1+18 1:50.86 $100,000
2017 Matt King Coal 4 Victor Carrasco Linda L. Rice Lady Shelia Stable 1+18 1:51.07 $100,000
2016 Race not held
2015 Page McKenney 5 Horacio Karamanos Mary E. Eppler Staple/Jalin Stable 1+18 1:50.88 $100,000
2014 Ground Transport 4 Trevor McCarthy Michael H. Stidham West Point Thoroughbreds 1+18 1:52.17 $100,000
2013 Norman Asbjornson 5 Jeremy Rose Christopher Grove Tom McClay & Harry Nye 1+18 1:51.77 $125,000
2012 Eighttofasttocatch 6 Sheldon Russell Timothy Keefe Sylvia Heft 1+18 1:53.43 $100,000
2011 Eighttofasttocatch 5 Sheldon Russell Timothy Keefe Sylvia Heft 1+18 1:50.30 $75,000
2010 Indian Dance 4 Luis Garcia Lawrence Murray Sondra Bender 1+18 1:51.04 $70,000
2009 Bullsbay 5 Jeremy Rose H. Graham Motion Mitchell Ranch 1+18 1:50.33 $75,000
2008 Arcata 4 Jeremy Rose H. Graham Motion Mark Westenhoefer 1+18 1:53.00 $60,000
2007 Sweetnorthernsaint 4 Mario Pino Michael Trombetta Joe Balsamo & Ted Theos 1+18 1:51.20 $75,000
2006 Reckless Ways 5 Anna Napravnik Edmond Gaudet Lacey Gaudet 1+18 1:50.60 $75,000
2005 Lusty Latin 6 Erick Rodriguez Mark Shuman Al Bingel 1+18 1:52.00 $50,000
2004 Jorgie Stover 6 Kaymarie Kreidel John Alecci Michael Gill 1+18 1:49.40 $75,000
2003 P Day 8 Ryan Fogelsonger Charles Hadry Cheryl Resch 1+18 1:49.40 $75,000
2002 First Amendment 5 Ramon Dominguez Mark Shuman Bonita Farm 1+18 1:49.20 $50,000
2001 Duckhorn 4 Travis Dunkelberger Patrick B. Byrne Windmill Manor Farms 1+14 2:00.60 $85,000
2000 S W Clarence 6 Rick Wilson Thomas Lingenfelter Springwater Farms 1+316 1:56.20 $75,000
1999 Fred Bear Claw 5 Larry Reynolds Archie Smith, Jr. J R Stable 1+316 1:56.60 $55,000
1998 Big Rut 5 Larry Reynolds Hamilton Smith James W. Peters, Jr. 1+316 1:55.80 $55,000
1997 Western Echo 5 Edgar Prado Grover Delp Xanthus Farm 1+316 1:57.20 $75,000
1996 Michael's Star 4 Edgar Prado Guadalipe Preciado Hidden Lane Farm 1+316 1:56.80 $75,000
1995 Super Memory 5 Omar Klinger King T. Leatherbury King T. Leatherbury 1+316 1:55.80 $75,000
1994 Local Problem 5 Allen Stacy Mary Eppler Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr. 1+18 1:49.60 $75,000
1993 Ibex 6 Edgar Prado Gary Capuano Dylan Williams 1+18 1:48.60 $75,000
1992 Gala Spinaway 4 Greg McCarron Bernard P. Bond Gertrude & Skip Leviton 1+18 1:51.00 $75,000
1991 Due North 9 Rick Wilson Katherine M. Voss Susan McGill 1+18 1:51.00 $75,000
1990 Due North 8 Edgar Prado Katherine M. Voss Susan McGill 1+18 1:51.60 $75,000
1989 Baldski's Choice 5 Greg McCarron Bernard P. Bond Arnold & Sylvia E. Heft 1+18 1:51.00 $57,500
1988 Entertain 5 Vincent Bracciale Kumpe & Pullen 1+18 1:51.60 $60,000
1987 Midnight Call 4 Mario Pino William M. Backer 1-mile 1:37.20 $60,000
1986 Sparrowvon 4 Alberto Delgado Hank Allen Jacque-Scott Stable 1-mile 1:37.00 $60,000

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 2007 Maryland Jockey Club Media Guide, page 216 on March 3, 2007.
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