The Squan Song Stakes was a race for Thoroughbred horses held in early November at Laurel Park in Maryland. The ungraded stakes race was open to three-year-olds, ran at one mile on the dirt, and offered a purse of $75,000. Purse figures supplied by Laurel Park
This race was named for Squan Song (born 1981), who was a four-time Maryland Bred champion, from 1984 to 1987 and earned "Horse-of-the-Year" honors in 1985. A winner of 18 of her 36 career starts, with 12 placements (ten in stakes races), the mare earned $898,444, placing her fourth on the all-time list of top Maryland-bred money winners at the time of her retirement. She was sold by her breeder Linda Green, for $125,000 as a weanling at Keeneland.
Squan Song campaigned under the colors of owners Bob Brennan's Due ProcessStable, winning a total of 14 stakes races, including the Grade 2 Cotillion Handicap at Philadelphia Park, the Rare Treat Stakes and the Affectionately Handicap at Aqueduct Racetrack. She set track records for a mile and one sixteenth in the Meadowlands Racetrack's Honey Bee Handicap and in Garden State Park Racetrack's Haddonfield Handicap.2007 Maryland Jockey Club Media Guide, page 95 on March 3, 2007.
Records Speed record: 7 furlong - 1:23.00 - Gazillion (2002) miles - 1:50.00 - Wait for the Lady (1990)
Most wins by a jockey: 4 - Alberto Delgado (1988, 1991, 1992, 2009) 3 - Jeremy Rose (2002, 2003, 2006)
Most wins by a trainer: 3 - Richard W. Small (2004, 2005, 2007)
Winners of the Squan Song Stakes since 1988 Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Distance Time Purse2011 Art of the Hunt3 Luis Garcia Frannie Campitelli Rosalee C. Davison7-fur.1:25.33$75,0002010 Music Please3 Eric Camacho Rodney Jenkins Mrs. J.W.Y. Martin7-fur.1:26.97$50,0002009 Sterling Vow4 Alberto Delgado Ronald Sweeney Marilyn Ketts7-fur.1:25.54$50,0002008 Now It Begins4 Charles Forrest Michael Trombetta R. Larry Johnson7-fur.1:25.12$50,0002007 For Kisses4 Rosie Napravnik Richard W. Small Buckingham Farm7-fur.1:26.60$45,0002006 Yolanda B. Too4 Jeremy Rose Richard A. Violette Dixiana Farm7-fur.1:25.20$50,0002005 Magical Broad3 H. A. Karamanos Richard W. Small Fitzhugh, LLC7-fur.1:26.40$50,0002004 Perilous Night3 Jozbin Santana Richard W. Small Fitzhugh, LLC6-fur.1:13.00$50,0002003 Search for a Cure3 Jeremy Rose Dale Capuano Louis Ulman7-fur.1:25.00$50,0002002 Gazillion3 Jeremy Rose Hamilton A. Smith Lucy C. Kessler7-fur.1:23.00$50,0002001 Winter Leaf3 Larry Reynolds Ronald Cartrwright Michael T. Sutherland7-fur.1:24.80$50,0002000 Miss Cheers4 Mark T. Johnston William M. Howard Candy Stable7-fur.1:25.60$50,0001999 Northern Mist4 Mario Verge Ronald A. Alfano David P. Reynolds7-fur.1:24.40$50,0001988 - 2005- No Races No Races No Racesno races0:00.00no races1993 Gammy's Alden4 Mike Luzzi Vincent Bracciale, Jr.1:50.80$55,0001992 Wait for the Lady5 Alberto Delgado Hickory House Farm1:51.00$60,0001991 Wait for the Lady4 Alberto Delgado Hickory House Farm1:50.00$60,0001990 Diane's Girl4 Edgar Prado J.K. Thomas, H. Boone1:52.40$75,0001989 Lady Annabelle5 Vincent Bracciale Jr. Cecil Seaman, Charles Cole1:44.00$55,0001988 Smart 'n Quick5 Alberto Delgado 1:52.40$60,000
See also Squan Song Stakes "top three finishers" and starters Laurel Park Racecourse
References
External links Laurel Park racetrack