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Anne Arundel Stakes

Anne Arundel Stakes
Ungraded Stakes race
Location Laurel Park Racecourse,
Laurel, Maryland, Maryland
United StatesUnited States
Inaugurated 1974
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website www.laurelpark.com
Race information
Distance 1 mile (8 furlongs)
Surface Dirt
Track left-handed
Qualification Fillies; Three-years-old
Weight Assigned
Purse $100,000

The Anne Arundel Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in November at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland. It is open to fillies ages three and up and is run at one mile (eight furlongs) on the dirt.

An ungraded stakes race, it offers a purse of $100,000. The race was named in honor of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, the county in which Laurel is located. The county itself was named in for Lady Anne Arundel, wife of Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore and founder of the colony of Maryland. The state capital of Annapolis is located in Anne Arundel County. The race was run as the Anne Arundel Handicap from 1975–1993 and was a grade III stakes race from 1984 through 1989.

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Most wins by a jockey:

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A # signifies that the race was run in two divisions in 1986.


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