The Caesar's Wish Stakes is a race for Thoroughbred horses held in late March at Laurel Park in Maryland, USA. The ungraded stakes race is open to three-year-old fillies, is run over one mile on the dirt, and offers a purse of $100,000. Purse figures supplied by Laurel Park It is a minor race on the road to the Filly Triple Crown each spring. The winner of the Caesar's Wish Stakes typically races next in either the Weber City Miss Stakes (Black-Eyed Susan Stakes Trial) at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore or the Gazelle Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack in New York.2007 Maryland Jockey Club Media Guide, page 40 on March 3, 2007.

This race is named for Caesar's Wish (born 1975), who won 11 of her 16 starts, including the Grade I Black-Eyed Susan Stakes and the Grade I Mother Goose Stakes. She had career earnings of $314,507 and nine stakes victories. Caesar's Wish was a Maryland-bred daughter of Proudest Roman out of a mare name Primper (by Art Market). She was near the very top of her generation being named Maryland-bred Champion Filly at both age two and age three finishing in the money in 15 of 16 starts in those years. She was owned by Mrs. Sally Gibson, trained by Richard W. Small and bred by former Pimlico Race Course owners and executives Herman and Nathan Cohen. Trainer Dickie Small considered the filly as one of his greatest racing achievements, "She may not have made the most money, but she was definitely the fastest horse I've ever had." Caesar's Wish won five stakes races at age two and four stakes races at age three. After capturing the Black-Eyed Susan and the Mother Goose Stakes she attempted to seal her bid as the nation's top filly in 1978 by winning the Alabama Stakes. The chestnut filly was sent off as the odds on favorite but died of a heart attack at the top of the stretch.Claiborne Farm Website, Stallion Home Page at http://www.claibornefarm.com/stallions/private-terms.shtml .

The Caesar's Wish Stakes was inaugurated at the former Bowie Race Track in 1978 and was run there through 1985. The race was run at Pimlico Race Course from 1986-2004, it was not run between 2005 and 2012 when it was shifted to Laurel Park Race Course beginning in 2013. The race has been run at three distances including it current length of one mile. From 1984-2004 the Caesar's Wish was run at its most common distance of one mile and one sixteenth and at seven furlongs between 1981-1983.

Records Speed record: miles - 1:42 3/5 - Noblest Heart (1989) 1 mile - 1:38.01 - Jenda's Agenda (2017) 7 furlongs - 1:24 1/5 - Hoverclubber (1981)

Most wins by an owner: 2- Robert Meyerhoff (DBA Fitzugh LLC in '07) (1994 &2007)

Most wins by a jockey: 5 - Mario Pino (1982, 1983, 1997, 1998 & 2001)

Most wins by a trainer: 2 - Todd A. Pletcher (1998 & 2005) 2 - Richard W. Small (1987 & 2004)

Winners of the Caesar's Wish Stakes since 1978 Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner (Miles) Time Purse$2021 Mrs. Orb6 Horacio Karamanos Michael Miceli Ruggeri Stable & Script R Farm1:44.17$100,0002018 - 2020 Race not held2017 Jenda's Agenda3 Gabriel Saez Larry Jones Fox Hill Farms (Rick Porter)1-mile1:38.01$100,0002016 Sophia's Song3 Victor Carrasco Todd A. Pletcher Mathis Stable LLC 1-mile1:38.40$100,0002015 By the Moon3 Victor Carrasco Michelle Nevin Jay Em Ess Stable1-mile1:38.20$100,0002014 Steady N Love3 Victor Carrasco Gary Capuano ZWP Stable Inc. 1-mile1:41.00$100,0002013 Walkwithapurpose3 Jeremy Rose Ignacio Correas Sagamore Farm1-mile1:38.20$150,0002005 - 2012 Race not held2004 He Loves Me3 Jozbin Santana Richard W. Small Buckingham Farm1:44.60$75,0002003 Grace Bay3 Rick Wilson Dale Capuano Steven Newby1:45.40$75,0002002 Madame X Ski3 Richard Migliore James Jerkins Susan & John Moore1:44.80$75,0002001 Hunka Hunka Lori Z3 Mario Pino Jerald Ferris Charles Reed1:45.60$75,0002000 Case of the Blues3 Mark T. Johnston Hamilton Smith Skeedattle Farms, II1:47.00$100,0001999 Silent Valay3 Greg Hutton John Robb Hal C. B. Clagett III1:44.80$75,0001998 Maragold Princess3 Edgar Prado Todd A. Pletcher River Meadow Farm1:44.60$75,0001997 Weather Vane3 Mario Pino Richard Delp Par Four Racing Stable1:43.60$75,0001996 Marfa's Finale3 A. Bracho William Donavan Stoneworth Farm1:44.80$75,0001995 Blue Sky Princess3 Mario Pino Robin L. Graham Frank Wright1:46.40$75,0001994 Calipha3 Rick Wilson Grover Delp Nancy Bayard1:44.20$75,0001993 Race not held1992 Gammy's Alden3 Mark T. Johnston Jack Winterbotham Vincent Bracciale Jr.1:46.20$50,0001991 Wide Country3 Santos Chavez Robert Camac Tommy Tanner1:44.00$75,0001990 Valay Maid3 Marco Castaneda Mr. & Mrs. A. J. Hamilton1:45.40$75,0001989 Noblest Heart3 Joe Rocco Donald H. Barr Lewisfield Farm1:42.60$75,0001988 Willa On the Move3 J. Edwards Leon J. Blusiewicz Lorraine Quinichett1:44.00$70,0001987 Double Bunctious3 Donnie Miller Richard W. Small Dan D. Westland1:45.60$50,0001986 Aroundback3 J. Estrada Arthur Wendel Arthur Wendel1:45.00$50,0001985 Apalgaffey3 Greg Hutton Alan S. Kline Honey Acres Farm1:45.40$25,0001984 Little Fuzzy3 Alberto Delgado Calvin Brockdorff1:46.80$35,0001983 Any Spray3 D. Byrnes J. A. Manfuso7 fur.1:24.20$25,0001982 Wicked Wave3 Mario Pino 7 fur.1:25.00$25,0001981 Hoverclubber3 Jack Kaenel Trillora Inc.7 fur.1:24.20$35,0001979 - 1980 Race not held1978 Silver Ice3 Thomas J. Kupfer C. Oliver Goldsmith1:45.40$30,000

See also Caesar's Wish Stakes "top three finishers" and starters Laurel Park Racecourse

References

External links Laurel Park racetrack