Maryland Racing Media Stakes

Maryland Racing Media Stakes
Listed Stakes race
LocationLaurel Park Racecourse,
Laurel, Maryland,
United States
Inaugurated1992
Race typeThoroughbredFlat racing
Website[1]
Race information
Distance1+116 miles (9 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-year-old and up; fillies and mares
WeightAssigned
Purse$100,000

The Maryland Racing Media Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run in February of each year at Laurel Park Racecourse in Baltimore, Maryland.

It is set at a distance of one and one sixteenth miles (eight and one half furlongs) on the dirt for fillies and mares and three years old and up. It is run for a purse of $100,000.

The race was named in honor of the Maryland Racing Media Association which was organized under the name of the Maryland Racing Writers' Association in 1937. It held its first meeting at Havre de Grave race track in that year. Originally the association was restricted to members of the print media; the membership now includes members from television, radio, publicity and photojournalism as well. The stakes record is held by Irving's Baby who won the race at 1+18 miles in 2002 in 1:50.20.[2]

  1. ^ "Home". preakness.com.
  2. ^ 2008 Maryland Jockey Club Media Guide, page 144