Fire Plug Stakes
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The Fire Plug Stakes is an American
Thoroughbred
horse race held in January at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland
. The Fire Plug, is open to horses four-year-olds and up willing to race six furlongs on the dirt. It was the 18th running of the stakes race in 2010.
An ungraded stakes
, it offers a purse of $80,000. The race itself 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 popular gelding won or placed in an incredible 50 of his 54 lifetime starts, most of those races were 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 years old after placing in three stakes that season and winning the final start of his career.
Most wins by an owner:
Most wins by a jockey
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Most wins by a trainer
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Thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...
horse race held in January at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland
Laurel, Maryland
Laurel is a city in northern Prince George's County, Anne Arundel County, and Howard County, Maryland, United States, located midway between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore. Incorporated in 1870, the city maintains a historic district including its Main Street...
. The Fire Plug, is open to horses four-year-olds and up willing to race six furlongs on the dirt. It was the 18th running of the stakes race in 2010.
An ungraded stakes
Graded stakes race
A graded stakes race is a term applied since 1973 by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to thoroughbred horse races in the United States and Canada to describe races that derive their name from the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay...
, it offers a purse of $80,000. The race itself 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 popular gelding won or placed in an incredible 50 of his 54 lifetime starts, most of those races were 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 years old after placing in three stakes that season and winning the final start of his career.
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
Jockey
A 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:...
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- 2 - Jeremy RoseJeremy RoseJeremy Rose is an American Thoroughbred racehorse jockey. He began his career as a professional rider at Delaware Park in Wilmington, Delaware and in 2001 was his breakout year and he was voted the United States' Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey.In 2005, Rose guided Afleet Alex, to...
(2008 & 2009) - 2 - Rick Wilson (1995 & 1998)
Most wins by a trainer
Horse trainer
In 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...
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- 2 - King T. LeatherburyKing T. LeatherburyKing T. Leatherbury MBA is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer who ranks third all-time in wins among U.S. trainers....
(2007 & 2008)
Winners of the Fire Plug Stakes
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Distance | Time | Purse |
| 2011 | No Race | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | 0:00.00 | no race |
| 2010 | Digger | 6 | Mike Luzzi Mike Luzzi Michael Jude Luzzi is an American jockey. He grew up near Delaware Park Racetrack where his grandfather, trainer Buddy Raines, had a major role in raising him and his brother John who also became a jockey... |
Scott Lake | Repole Stable | 6 fur. | 1:09.13 | $75,000 |
| 2009 | Suave Jazz | 6 | Jeremy Rose Jeremy Rose Jeremy Rose is an American Thoroughbred racehorse jockey. He began his career as a professional rider at Delaware Park in Wilmington, Delaware and in 2001 was his breakout year and he was voted the United States' Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey.In 2005, Rose guided Afleet Alex, to... |
Anthony Dutrow | Michael Dubb | 6 fur. | 1:10.96 | $50,000 |
| 2008 | Ah Day | 5 | Jeremy Rose Jeremy Rose Jeremy Rose is an American Thoroughbred racehorse jockey. He began his career as a professional rider at Delaware Park in Wilmington, Delaware and in 2001 was his breakout year and he was voted the United States' Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey.In 2005, Rose guided Afleet Alex, to... |
King T. Leatherbury King T. Leatherbury King T. Leatherbury MBA is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer who ranks third all-time in wins among U.S. trainers.... |
Jim Stable | 6 fur. | 1:09.80 | $80,000 |
| 2007 | Ah Day | 4 | Mario Pino | King T. Leatherbury King T. Leatherbury King T. Leatherbury MBA is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer who ranks third all-time in wins among U.S. trainers.... |
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 Ramon A. Dominguez Ramon A. Dominguez is an Eclipse Award-winning champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.... |
Howard E. 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 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... |
Valora A. Testerman | C. Oliver Goldsmith | 6 fur. | 1:09.60 | $75,000 |
| 2000 | Memory Tap | 4 | Mark Johnston | Hamilton A. Smith | Not Found | 6 fur. | 1:10.60 | $75,000 |
| 1999 | Wire Me Collect | 6 | Robby Alvarado, Jr. | Robert W. Camac Robert W. Camac Robert W. Camac was an American horse trainer and owner/breeder in Thoroughbred racing. He was murdered in 2001.... |
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 | Tim F. Ritchey | Paul D. Wilson | 6 fur. | 1:10.80 | $32,000 |
| 1994 | Secret Odds | 4 | Edgar Prado | Lawrence E. Murray | Howard and 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 |