The Fire Plug Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held in January at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland. It is open to horses four-year-olds and up and is run at six furlongs on the dirt.
An ungraded stakes, it offers a purse of $125,000. The race 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 gelding won or placed in 50 of his 54 lifetime starts, most of those races being 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 after placing in three stakes that season and winning the final start of his career.2007 Maryland Jockey Club Media Guide, page 176 on March 3, 2007.
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: 2 - Jeremy Rose (2008 & 2009) 2 - Rick Wilson (1995 & 1998)
Most wins by a trainer: 2 - King T. Leatherbury (2007 & 2008)
Winners of the Fire Plug Stakes Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner (Miles) Time Purse$2018 Awesome Banner4 J. D. Acosta Ken Decker Jacks Or Better Farm, Inc.6 fur.1:08.94$100,0002017 Imperial Hint 4 Trevor McCarthy Luis Carvajal Jr. Raymond Mamone6 fur.1:10.52$100,0002016 Sonny Inspired6 Jevian Toledo Phil Schoenthal D Hatman Thoroughbreds 6 fur.1:10.95$100,0002015 Never Stop Looking 6 Roimes Chirinos Claudio Gonzalez Somraj Singh6 fur.1:11.81$100,0002014 Broad Rule6 Forest Boyce Richard Small Fitzhugh LLC6 fur.1:11.49$100,0002013 Broad Rule 5 Forest Boyce Richard Small Fitzhugh LLC6 fur.1:11.60$125,0002011 - 2012 Race not held2010 Digger6 Mike Luzzi Scott A. Lake Repole Stable6 fur.1:09.13 $75,0002009 Suave Jazz6 Jeremy Rose Anthony Dutrow Michael Dubb6 fur.1:10.96 $50,0002008 Ah Day5 Jeremy Rose King T. Leatherbury Jim Stable6 fur.1:09.80$80,0002007 Ah Day4 Mario Pino King T. Leatherbury Jim Stable6 fur.1:10.20 $80,0002006 Abbondanza5 Enrique Jurado Timothy Tullock Jr. Germania Farms, Inc.6 fur.1:11.40 $60,0002005 Race not held2004 Sassy Hound7 Abe Castellano Jr. Ben Feliciano Jr. Toby Roth6 fur.1:10.00 $50,0002003 Love Happy5 Ramon Dominguez Howard Wolfendale Not Found6 fur.1:09.80$75,0002002 Deer Run5 Alcibiades Cortez Christopher W. Grove William Harris6 fur.1:10.80$50,0002001 Disco Rico4 Harry Vega Valora A. Testerman C. Oliver Goldsmith6 fur.1:09.60$75,0002000 Memory Tap4 Mark T. Johnston Hamilton A. Smith Not Found6 fur.1:10.60$75,0001999 Wire Me Collect6 Robby Alvarado Jr. Robert W. Camac A Syndicate, Inc.6 fur.1:10.00 $40,0001998 Jove Stone4 Rick Wilson Richard E. Dutrow Rivard Stables6 fur.1:10.60 $40,0001997 Mary's Buckaroo6 Mario Verge Mary Joanne Hughes George Swope6 fur.1:09.80 $32,0001996 Race not held1995 Tidal Surge5 Rick Wilson Timothy F. Ritchey Paul D. Wilson6 fur.1:10.80 $32,0001994 Secret Odds4 Edgar Prado Lawrence E. Murray Howard & Sondra Bender6 fur.1:09.80 $35,0001993 Fighting Notion6 Alberto Delgado Nancy B. Heil Jeanne Beg6 fur.1:11.60 $35,000
See also Fire Plug Stakes top three finishers Laurel Park Racecourse
References
External links Laurel Park website