| Surface: | Turf |
| Class: | Ungraded stakes |
| Horse Race: | Laurel Dash Stakes [1] |
| Location: | Laurel Park, Laurel, Maryland, United States |
| Inaugurated: | 1988 |
| Race Type: | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Distance: | 5 1/2 furlongs |
| Track: | Left-handed |
| Qualification: | Three years old & up |
| Purse: | US$100,000 |
The Laurel Dash Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Laurel Park Racecourse at Laurel, Maryland. An ungraded stakes open to horses age three and older, it is raced on turf over a distance of five and one-half furlongs.
The inaugural running took place on October 23, 1988 and was won by Daniel Wildenstein's outstanding runner, Steinlen.[2] Once described as "probably the richest and most powerful art dealer on earth",[3] Wildenstein named the horse for the French Art Nouveau painter Théophile Steinlen.
Inclement weather caused track officials to be concerned about the safety of the turf course in 1997 and 2011 resulting in those races being switched to the dirt track.[4] Ben's Cat won that 2011 event and did it again in 2013. He is the only horse to have won the Laurel Dash twice and it is a noteworthy success in that one was on dirt and the other on grass.[5]
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| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | (Furlongs) | Time | Win $ | Gr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Completed Pass | 6 | Angel Cruz | Claudio A. Gonzalez | Robert D. Bone | 5.5 f | 1:04.41 | $60,000 | |
| 2019 | Dubini | 6 | Daniel Centeno | Kathleen A. Demasi | Pewter Stable (Greg Demasi, partnership manager) | 5.5 f | 1:01.71 | $60,000 | |
| 2018 | Class and Cash | 6 | Feargal Lynch | Jane Cibelli | Edward J. Short | 6 f | 1:14.04 | $60,000 | |
| 2017 | Snowday | 7 | Daniel Centeno | J. Willard Thompson | Quiet Winter Farm | 6 f | 1:09.02 | $60,000 | |
| 2016 | Mosler | 5 | Edgar Prado | William I. Mott | Adele Dilschneider | 6 f | 1:08.26 | $60,000 | |
| 2015 | Spring to the Sky | 6 | Mike Luzzi | Bruce R. Brown | Anthony P. McCarthy | 6 f | 1:13.57 | $60,000 | |
| 2014 | Dreamsgonewild | 5 | Trevor McCarthy | Bruce F. Alexander | Paul M. Steckel | 6 f | 1:07.99 | $60,000 | |
| 2013 | Ben's Cat | 7 | Julian Pimentel | King T. Leatherbury | The Jim Stable | 6 f | 1:07.40 | $60,000 | |
| 2012 | Jazzy Idea | 3 | Elvis Trujillo | Edwin W. Merryman | Edwin W. Merryman | 6 f | 1:07.29 | $90,000 | |
| 2011 | Ben's Cat | 5 | Jeremy Rose | King T. Leatherbury | The Jim Stable | 6 f (d) | 1:11.11 | $45,000 | |
| 2001 | - 2010 | align=center colspan=7 | Race not held | ||||||
| 2000 | Texas Glitter | 4 | Aaron Gryder | Todd Pletcher | Dennis B. Swartz & Michael J. Ryan | 6 f | 1:08.00 | $60,000 | G3 |
| 1999 | Grapeshot | 5 | Mark T. Johnston | Ann W. Merryman | Silhoutte Stable | 6 f | 1:12.80 | $60,000 | G3 |
| 1998 | Howbaddouwantit | 3 | Dale Beckner | Benjamin W. Perkins Jr. | Larry F. Hall | 6 f | 1:08.63 | $60,000 | G3 |
| 1997 | Wise Dusty | 6 | Oscar G. Mancilla | Wayne M. Bailey | Adrian L. "Les" Merton | 6 f (d) | 1:11.40 | $60,000 | G3 |
| 1996 | Mayoumbe | 3 | Edgar Prado | John R. S. Fisher | Erdenheim Farm | 6 f | 1:16.00 | $60,000 | G3 |
| 1995 | align=center colspan=7 | Race not held | |||||||
| 1994 | Soviet Problem | 4 | Chris McCarron | Gregory G. Gilchrist | John Harris & Don Valpredo | 6 f | 1:09.00 | $120,000 | G3 |
| 1993 | Home of the Free | 5 | Jean Cruguet | MacKenzie Miller | Rokeby Stables | 6 f | 1:11.20 | $120,000 | G3 |
| 1992 | Glen Kate | 4 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Bill Shoemaker | Bruce McNall & Wayne Gretsky | 6 f | 1:10.40 | $150,000 | G3 |
| 1991 | Forest Glow | 4 | Angel Cordero Jr. | Brad MacDonald | John A. Bell III | 6 f | 1:11.40 | $150,000 | G3 |
| 1990 | Roman Prose | 5 | Lanfranco Dettori | Jonathan Pease | Henry C. Seymour | 6 f | 1:09.80 | $150,000 | G3 |
| 1989 | Cricket Ball | 6 | Gérald Mossé | Robin Scully | 6 f | 1:14.00 | $150,000 | ||
| 1988 | Steinlen | 5 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | D. Wayne Lukas | Wildenstein Stable | 6 f | 1:10.40 | $120,000 | |