The Henry S. Clark Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. Open to horses three-years-old & up, it is contested over a distance of one mile on turf.2007 Maryland Jockey Club Media Guide, page 63 on March 3, 2007.
The race was named in honor of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Henry S. Clark, the "dean of Maryland trainers", who spent 80 of his 95 years on the backstretch of Maryland's race tracks and remained active until his death in February 1999. He was the grandson of another famous Maryland trainer, William Jennings Sr. In 1982, Henry Clark was honored with induction into the Racing Hall of Fame.
Early in his career, Clark was selected by Liz Whitney to train her stable of runners and he sent out his first stakes winner, Blue Cyprus for Whitney at Garden State in 1944. In the late 1940s, Clark began his relationship with Harry & Jane Lunger, training the talented Christiana Stables' horses. Among those under his care were two-time Delaware Handicap winner Obeah (dam of champion Go For Wand), Endine, champion Tempted, Travers Stakes winner Thinking Cap, Belmont Futurity winner and top sire Cyane and Blue Grass Stakes winner Linkage, who finished second in the 1982 Preakness Stakes.
Records
Speed record: 1 mile – 1:33.80 – Private Slip (2001)
Most wins by a jockey: 2 – Horacio A. Karamanos (2003, 2006)
Most wins by a trainer: 2 – Michael Zwiesler (2007, 2008)
Most wins by an owner: 2 – William S. Farish III (2007, 2008)
Winners of the Henry S. Clark Stakes Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Distance (Miles) Time Purse Grade2021 No Race - No Race No Race No Raceno race0:00.00no racen/a2020 No Race - No Race No Race No Raceno race0:00.00no racen/a2019 Irish Strait7 Jorge Vargas H. Graham Motion Isabelle de Tomaso1 mile1:33.93$100,000 2018 Caribou Club4 Paco Lopez Thomas F. Proctor Glen Hill Farm1 mile1:34.40$100,000 2017 Ascend5 Feargal Lynch H. Graham Motion Stone Farm1 mile1:36.30 $100,000 2016 Rose Brier7 Trevor McCarthy Jane Sibilli Panic Stable1 mile1:33.11 $100,000 2015 Talk Show Man5 Xavier Perez Hamilton Smith Michael Harrison1 mile1:36.09 $100,000 2014 Hamp4 Javier Santiago Ignacio Correas Sagamore Farm1 mile1:39.66 $100,000 2013 Eighttofasttocatch7 Forrest Boyce Tim Keefe Sylvia E. Heft 1 mile1:43.91 $91,750 2012 Hudson Steele5 Javier Castellano Todd A. Pletcher Roger Weiss1 mile1:40.00$75,0002011 Pocket Patch6 Jonathan Joyce Flint W. Stites Charles McGill1 mile1:40.04$75,0002010 Baltimore Bob5 Vladimir Diaz John B. Secor R. Gerczak & Kaygar Stable1 mile1:35.39$70,0002009 Brickell8 Harry Vega Ted Maher Harry Kassap LLC1 mile1:38.80$75,0002008 Stay Close6 Rosie Napravnik Michael Zwiesler William S. Farish1 mile1:35.82$75,0002007 Stay Close5 Oliver Castillo Michael Zwiesler William S. Farish1 mile1:37.20$75,0002006 Saint Stephen6 Horacio A. Karamanos Christophe Clement Susan & Charles Harris1 mile1:35.40$60,0002005 Gunning For4 José C. Ferrer Timothy Walsh Wimborne Farm Inc.1 mile1:34.20$50,0002004 Mr. O'Brien5 Rick Wilson Robin L. Graham Skeedattle Stable1 mile1:35.80$60,0002003 Tam's Terms5 Horacio A. Karamanos Lawrence E. Murray Sondra D. Bender1 mile1:36.40$75,0002002 Mus-If6 Mario Pino Michael V. Pino Hamdan Al Maktoum1 mile1:36.20$50,0002001 Private Slip7 Joe Rocco Dale Capuano Crown Valley Stable1 mile1:33.40$75,000
See also
Henry S. Clark Stakes top three finishers and starters Pimlico Race Course List of graded stakes at Pimlico Race Course
References