The Private Terms 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-olds, is run over one mile and an eighth on the dirt, and offers a purse of $150,000. Purse figures supplied by Laurel Park It is a minor race on the road to the Triple Crown each spring. The winner of the Private Terms Stakes typically races next in either the Federico Tesio Stakes (Preakness Trial) at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore or the Wood Memorial Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack in New York.2007 Maryland Jockey Club Media Guide, page 40 on March 3, 2007.

This race is named for Private Terms (born 1985), who won 13 of his 17 starts, including the Grade I Wood Memorial Stakes, the Grade II Gotham Stakes, the grade two Massachusetts Handicap, the grade two General George Handicap and the grade three Federico Tesio Stakes. He had career earnings of $1,243,947 and nine stakes victories. In his retirement, Private Terms has had great success, siring millionaires stakes winners Soul of the Matter and Afternoon Deelites. He has an outstanding success rate as a sire, having 73% of his progeny win races and 11% of his progeny becoming graded stakes winners.Claiborne Farm Website, Stallion Home Page at http://www.claibornefarm.com/stallions/private-terms.shtml .

Records Speed record: 1 mile - 1:37.18 - Plantation (2010) miles - 1:43 4/5 - Haymaker (1991) miles - 1:49.00 - Dr. Best (1997)

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

Most wins by a jockey: 2 - Ramon Dominguez (2001 & 2004) 2 - Steve Hamilton (1997 & 2005)

Most wins by a trainer: 2 - King T. Leatherbury (1992 & 2005) 2 - Richard W. Small (1994 & 2007)

Winners of the Private Terms Stakes Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Distance (Miles) Time Purse2022 Shake Em Loose3 Charlie Marquez Rodolfo Sanchez-Salomon J R Sanchez Racing Stable1:46.80$100,0002021 Shackled Love3 Charlie Marquez Gary Capuano ZWP Stable/Non Stop Stab1:43.56$100,0002020 Lebda3 Alex Cintron Claudio Gonzalez Joseph Besecker1:44.87$100,0002019 Alwaysmining3 Daniel Centeno Kelly Rubley Runnymede Racing1:42.65$100,0002018 V. I. P. Code3 Carlos Quinones Phil Schoenthal Everest Stables, Inc.1:44.62$100,0002017 Twisted Tom3 Feargal Lynch Chad Brown Cobra Farm Inc1:45.68$100,0002016 Abiding Star3 Jevian Toledo Edward T. Allard Stonehedge LLC1:46.61$100,0002015 Bridget's Big Luvy3 Angel Cruz Jeremiah Englehart Tom O'Grady1:51.92$100,0002014 Kid Cruz 3 Julian Pimentel Linda Rice Vina Del Mar T-breds1:54.82$100,0002013 Mr. Palmer3 Junior Alvarado Bill Mott M.Lauffer & G.McDonald1:51.35$150,0002012 Raconteur3 Chris DeCarlo Todd Pletcher Dogwood Stable1-mile1:37.69$100,0002011 Bandbox3 Travis Dunkelberger Rodney Jenkins Hillwood Stable LLC1-mile1:37.25$75,0002010 Plantation3 Travis Dunkelberger Rodney Jenkins Nellie Mae Cox1-mile1:37.18$70,0002009 St. John's Gospel3 Hector Ramos Andrea Gonzalez Lee R. Christian1-mile1:37.62$85,0002008 Double or Nothing3 Abel Castellano Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. Goldfarb, Dubb, et al.1-mile1:38.66$85,0002007 Etude3 Luis Garcia Richard W. Small Fitzhugh, LLC1-mile1:37.97$100,0002006 Our Peak3 Rosie Napravnik Katharine M. Voss Twin Oak Stable1-mile1:38.66$85,0002005 Malibu Moonshine3 Steve Hamilton King T. Leatherbury King T. Leatherbury1-mile1:40.04$75,0002004 Water Cannon3 Ramon Dominguez Linda L. Albert Nonsequitur Stable1:45.40$100,0002003 Sky Soldier3 Rodrigo Madrigal, Jr. Todd Beattie Arthur Vickers1:45.37$75,0002002 Magic Weisner3 Phil Teator Nancy H. Alberts Nancy H. Alberts1:51.15$75,0002001 Bay Eagle3 Ramon Dominguez H. Graham Motion Lazy Lane Farms1:50.51$75,0002000 Pickupspeed3 Ryan Fogelsonger Lawrence E. Murray Sondra D. Bender1:50.51$75,0001999 Harry's Halo3 Mario Verge Grover G. Delp Hurstland Farm1:50.40$50,0001998 Eisai Haramasukoi 3 Nik Goodwin Robert L. Beall William P. Hill1:52.00$50,0001997 Dr. Best3 Steve Hamilton Charles J. Hadry Kinsman Stables1:49.00$50,0001996 Mixed Count3 Edgar Prado Ronald L. Bensoff Ronald L. Bensoff1:51.00$50,0001995 Flying Punch3 Omar Klinger Donald H. Barr Milton Higgins III 1:44.20$50,0001994 Looming3 Andrea Seefeldt Richard W. Small Robert Meyerhoff1:44.20$50,0001993 Chip's Dancer3 Clarence Ladner Jerald M. Ferris Chip Reed1:44.40$50,0001992 Ameri Valay3 Mike Luzzi King T. Leatherbury Country Life Farm1:45.00$50,0001991 Haymaker3 Marco Castaneda Carlos A. Garcia Rick Kastor1:43.80$50,0001990 Baron de Vaux3 Alberto Delgado Charles Peoples Dormello Stud1:46.00$50,000

See also Private Terms Stakes "top three finishers" and starters Laurel Park Racecourse

References

External links Laurel Park racetrack