The John B. Campbell Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred 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 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...

. Raced in mid February, it is open to horses age three and older and is contested on dirt over a distance of 1⅛ miles (9 furlong

Furlong

A furlong is a measure of distance in imperial units and U.S. customary units equal to one-eighth of a mile, equivalent to 220 yards, 660 feet, 40 rods, or 10 chains. The exact value of the furlong varies slightly among English-speaking countries....

s).

Honoree and Inaugural

The race was named for John Blanks Campbell, an internationally noted racing secretary and the handicapper who set the annual Experimental Free Handicap weights who died at age 77 on July 7, 1954. The inaugural edition of the John race was run on December 4, 1954 as the John B. Campbell Memorial Handicap at Bowie Race Track

Bowie Race Track

The Bowie Race Track was a horse racing track located just outside the city limits of Bowie, Maryland. Opened October 1, 1914 by the Southern Maryland Agricultural Society, the racetrack was a major attraction in the area, serving the now defunct WB&A Railroad that drew passengers from New York,...

. After the inaugural running, the race was then set for the Spring of each year beginning in 1955. From 1986 until 2001, the race was held at Pimlico Race Course

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...

 in Baltimore and was raced at a distance of 1³/16 miles.

In his book Legacies of the Turf, prominent racing historian Edward L. Bowen

Edward L. Bowen

Edward L. Bowen is an American Thoroughbred horse racing historian and author and the president of the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation, an institution involved in funding equine research....

 says that at one time the John B. Campbell Handicap was a race of national importance. During the mid 1950s and 1960 the race was won by outstanding horses such as Sailor

Sailor (horse)

Sailor was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred and raced by heiress Isabel Dodge Sloane's Brookmeade Stable, he was out of the Brookmeade mare Flota and sired by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Eight Thirty....

, Dedicate

Dedicate (horse)

Dedicate was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred by the renowned Claiborne Farm, he was raced by Mrs. Jan Burke. Hissire was the important Princequillo, a two-time Leading sire in North America and a seven-time Leading broodmare sire in North America.Trained by Mrs. Burke's father,...

, Mongo

Mongo (horse)

Mongo was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse.-Background:He was bred and raced by Marion duPont Scott, a member of the prominent Du Pont family. His sire was Royal Charger, a son of Nearco whom Thoroughbred Heritage says was "one of the greatest racehorses of the Twentieth Century". ...

, and the great U.S. Racing Hall of Fame

National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers...

 inductee, Kelso

Kelso (horse)

Kelso was an American thoroughbred race horse considered among the best racehorses of the 20th century. In the list of the top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century by The Blood-Horse magazine Kelso ranks 4th, behind only Man o' War , Secretariat and Citation...

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Winners of the John B. Campbell Handicap since 1971

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Distance (Miles)	Time	Purse	Grade
2011	Alma d'Oro	5	Cornelio Velasquez Cornelio Velásquez Cornelio H. Velásquez is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He was introduced to horse racing at age fifteen by trainer Carlos Salazar Guardia in his native Panama and enrolled in the national jockey school...	Todd Pletcher Todd Pletcher Todd Pletcher is a leading American thoroughbred horse trainer. He has won four consecutive Eclipse Awards as outstanding Trainer of the Year, while topping the leader board in purse earnings in 2004, 2005, and 2006. His horse Super Saver won the 2010 Kentucky Derby, the first of his 24 horses...	Bourque Goldstein Th.,LLC	1-1/8	1:53.18	$75,000
2010	Redding Colliery	4	Anna Napravnik	Kiaran McLaughlin Kiaran McLaughlin Kiaran P. McLaughlin is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He currently has a blog website, at http://kiaranmclaughlin.com where he updates what horses he has racing for that particular day...	Mrs. Fitriani Hay	1-1/8	1:47.39	$70,000
2009	Richard's Kid	4	Jenna Joubert	Richard Small	Fitzhugh LLC	1-1/8	1:50.01	$75,000
2008	Nite Light	4	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...	Todd Pletcher	Edward P. Evans	1-1/8	1:50.33	$75,000
2007	Future Fantasy	6	Winston Thompson	Leona McKanas	Andrew Perkins	1-1/8	1:53.74	$75,000
2006	Your Bluffing	6	Mario Pino Mario G. Pino Mario G. Pino is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. Raised on a farm, he began his riding career in 1978 at Delaware Park in Wilmington...	Michael Trombetta	R.D.M. Racing Stable	1-1/8	1:51.30	$75,000
2005	Coast Line	4	John Velazquez	Todd Pletcher	Overbrook Farm	1-1/8	1:50.09	$125,000
2004	Ole Faunty	5	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...	W. Elliott Walden W. Elliott Walden W. Elliott Walden is the President and CEO of racing operations for WinStar Farm near Versailles, Kentucky and a former Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.From a racing family, Walden grew up in the industry...	T. Van Meter/D. Hend	1-1/8	1:49.05	$150,000
2003	Tempest Fugit	6	Jose Caraballo José Caraballo Jose Caraballo moved to New York with his parents at the age of 14. In 1947 Jose studied graphics and sculpture in a Greenwich Village workshop. That same year he had the good fortune to meet the great Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo at the Rufino Tamayo Studio at the Brooklyn Museum of Art where...	John Servis John Servis John C. Servis is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer who was a relative unknown until May 2004 when his horse Smarty Jones won the Kentucky Derby. The colt then went on to win the Preakness Stakes further increasing Servis' reputation...	Dennis A. Drazin	1-1/8	1:49.90	$75,000
2002	Lyracist	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...	Michael P. Petro	Timothy Cunningham	1-1/8	1:50.10	$75,000
2001	Do I Ever †	6	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...	Bessie S. Gruwell	John Morella	1-3/16	1:55.37	$100,000
2000	Salty Note	5	Mario Pino Mario G. Pino Mario G. Pino is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. Raised on a farm, he began his riding career in 1978 at Delaware Park in Wilmington...	Alec Fehr	Bruno Schickedanz	1-3/16	1:56.45	$75,000	III
1999	Crosspatch	5	Rick Wilson	Berkley Kern	Frank A. Bonsal, Jr.	1-3/16	1:56.67	$100,000	III
1998	Hot Brush	4	Rick Wilson	Richard W. Small	Robert Meyerhoff	1-3/16	1:56.00	$100,000	III
1997	Traffic Circle	5	Heberto Castillo, Jr. Heberto Castillo, Jr. Heberto Castillo, Jr. is a retired jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He was born into a family involved in the sport. His father was a jockey and his mother Gloria was a horse trainer in Florida. His sister, Rita, married jockey José Santos in 1997.In 1986, Castillo, Jr...	John C. Kimmel John C. Kimmel John C. Kimmel is an American thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He holds a pre-med undergraduate degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder and he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Veterinary School in 1980.-References:**...	Kimmel, Moelis & Solonez	1-3/16	1:55.00	$100,000	III
1996	Sunny Sunrise	5	Jeff D. Carle	Grover G. Delp	Harry Meyerhoff	1-3/16	1:55.00	$100,000	III
1995	Ameri Valay	6	Mark T. Johnston	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....	Elaine & Nick Bassford	1-3/16	1:54.60	$100,000	III
1994	Ameri Valay	5	Albert Delgado	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....	Elaine & Nick Bassford	1-3/16	1:56.20	$100,000	III
1993	Sunny Sunrise	5	Rick Wilson	Grover G. Delp	Harry Meyerhoff	1-1/8	1:49.80	$100,000	III
1992	Sunny Sunrise	4	Mike Smith	Grover G. Delp	Harry Meyerhoff	1-1/8	1:49.20	$100,000	III
1991	J.R.'s Horizon	5	Calixto Juarez	W. Meredith Bailes	Marvin Champion	1-1/8	1:50.20	$125,000	III
1990	Jet Stream	4	Donnie A. Miller, Jr.	W. Meredith Bailes	John Mobberley	1-1/8	1:50.80	$150,000	III
1989	Little Bold John Little Bold John Little Bold John is a multi-millionaire American Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred in Maryland by Hal C.B. Clagett and raced under the Hidden Hill Farm's banner as his owner. He finished racing with a record of 38-16-14 in 105 starts with career earnings of $2,056,406...	5	Donnie A. Miller, Jr.	Jerry Robb	Jack Owens	1-1/8	1:49.20	$150,000	III
1988	Manzotti	5	Eddie Maple Eddie Maple Edward Retz "Eddie" Maple is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. One of eight brothers and sisters, he was an older brother to jockey Sam Maple who won more than 2,500 races. He began riding horses at age 12 and won his first race as a professional at 17...	Michael Stidham	Stuart Janney	1-1/4	2:01.80	$80,000	III
1987	Broad Brush Broad Brush Broad Brush was an American thoroughbred racehorse foaled in Maryland. He was out of the Hoist The Flag mare, Hay Patcher, by the Hall of Fame stallion, Ack Ack.Bred and owned by Robert E. Meyerhoff, and trained by Richard W...	5	Vincent Bracciale, Jr.	Richard W. Small	Robert E. Meyerhoff	1-1/4	2:05.60	$170,000	III
1986	Skip Trial	4	Jean-Luc Samyn Jean-Luc Samyn Jean-Luc Samyn is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.The son of a pastry chef, Jean-Luc Samyn was one of three children. At age thirteen, he went to work for the stable of trainer John Cunnington at Chantilly, a racecourse about north of Paris city center...	Sonny Hine Sonny Hine Hubert "Sonny" Hine was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse trainer best known as the trainer of 1998 U.S. Horse of the Year, Skip Away.- Early life :...	Ben Cohen	1-1/4	2:03.20	$175,000	III
1985	Imp Society	4	Pat Day Pat Day Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991...	D. Wayne Lukas D. Wayne Lukas Darrell Wayne Lukas is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse racing history and a U.S...	Heslop Stable	1-1/4	2:03.00	$190,000	III
1984	Island Champ	4	Albert Delgado	Hank Allen Hank Allen Harold Andrew "Hank" Allen is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Washington Senators , Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago White Sox ....	James J. Devaney	1-1/4	2:04.40	$182,500	II
1983	Recusant	5	Jorge Velasquez Jorge Velasquez Jorge Velásquez is a thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey.Jorge Velasquez career in thoroughbred racing began in his native Panama but as a teenager moved to the United States...	Mike Ball	Fred W. Hooper Fred W. Hooper Fred William Hooper was an American Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder. He was a member of The Jockey Club, an honorary director of the Breeders' Cup, and one of the founders of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association and one of its first presidents.Born in Cleveland, Georgia, ...	1-1/4	2:05.60	$155,000	II
1982	Majesty's World	7	Anthony Black Anthony S. Black Anthony S. "Tony" Black is a record-holding jockey in North American Thoroughbred horse racing. He is a nephew of U.S...	John Tammaro, Jr. John J. Tammaro, Jr. John J. Tammaro, Jr. was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Born in Baltimore, Maryland into a horse racing family, John Tammaro was still a young boy when his father died from injuries suffered in a racing accident at Belmont Park...	John D. Marsh	1-1/4	2:03.40	$152,750	II
1981	Relaxing Relaxing (horse) Relaxing was a bay thoroughbred born in 1976 at the Ogden Phipps stud farm in Kentucky. Relaxing exceled as both a racer and as a broodmare beyond what most other mares accomplish.-Racing:As a youngster Relaxing was sent to England to race...	5	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Angel Penna Angel Penna, Sr. Angel A. Penna, Sr. was an Argentine-born U. S. Racing Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse trainer. Penna was an international trainer who worked and raced on three continents...	Carl Lizza	1-1/4	2:04.60	$152,500	II
1980	Pole Position	4	Gunnar Lindberg	Goody Goodman	Edward J. DeBartolo, Jr.	1-1/4	2:05.40	$121,000	II
1979	Mister Brea	5	Ruben Hernandez	Floreano Fernandez	Cayetana Diaz	1-1/4	2:04.60	$100,000	II
1978	Ripon	5	Kelly Casteneda	Jonathan Sheppard Jonathan E. Sheppard Jonathan E. Sheppard is a Hall of Fame trainer in American Thoroughbred horse racing....	Augustin Stable	1-1/4	2:05.00	$122,000	II
1977	No Race	-	No Race	No Race	No Race	no race	0:00.00	no race	II
1976	Festive Mood	7	Herberto Hinojosa	Richard W. Small	Sally M. Gibson	1-1/4	2:05.40	$125,000	II
1975	Jolly Johu	7	Ben Feliciano	Robert L. Adams	Thomas N. Nichols	1-1/4	2:05.20	$125,000	II
1974	True Knight	5	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Lou Rondinello	Darby Dan Farm Darby Dan Farm Darby Dan Farm is a produce, livestock, and thoroughbred horse breeding and training farm founded in 1935 near the Darby Creek in Galloway, Ohio by businessman John W. Galbreath. Named for the creek and for Galbreath's son, Daniel M. Galbreath , it was expanded from an original farm into a 4,000...	1-1/4	2:05.40	$125,000	II
1973*	Delay	5	Javier Canessa	Morris H. Dixon	Mrs. William Coxe Wright	1-1/16	1:43.60	$100,000	III
1973*	Vertee	4	John Ruane John Ruane John V. Ruane was an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.Ruane began his career in 1957, competing on the New York State racing circuit where he rode for noted U.S. Racing Hall of Fame horse trainers such as John M. Gaver, Sr. and H. Allen Jerkens...	H. Allen Jerkens H. Allen Jerkens Harry Allen Jerkens is an American Thoroughbred race horse Hall of Fame trainer.Jerkens' father owned a riding academy on Long Island that led to his interest in horse racing and in 1950 he trained his first winner. Sometimes called the "Giant Killer", he is best known for his upsets...	Hobeau Farm	1-1/16	1:42.80	$100,000	III
1972*	Favorecidian	5	William J. Passmore William J. Passmore William J. "Bill" Passmore, Sr. was an American jockey and racing steward, who rode thoroughbred horses for 38 years including at the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes winning 3,531 races and $23 millions in his 38-year career before spending 20 years as a steward.The 5-foot,...	J. Woods Garth	Hickory Tree Stable	1-1/16	1:46.80	$100,000
1972*	Boone the Great	4	Anthony Agnello	John P. Campo John P. Campo John P. Campo, Sr. was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Campo was born in East Harlem, New York and raised in Ozone Park, Queens. He is best known as the trainer of 1981 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner, Pleasant Colony...	Al-Jo Stable	1-1/16	1:48.00	$100,000
1971	Bushido	5	Eldon Nelson Eldon Nelson Glen Eldon Nelson is a retired American jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing who competed primarily at tracks on the East Coast of the United States and who is best known for winning the 1972 Preakness Stakes....	Heather Buchanan	Susan B. Fisher	1-1/16	1:44.60	$125,000

* † In 2001, Top Official won but was disqualified to third.

A * designates that the race was run in two divisions in 1972 and 1973.