The Henry S. Clark Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Pimlico Race Course in

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. Open to horses three-years-old & up, it is contested over a distance of one mile on turf.2007 Maryland Jockey Club Media Guide, page 63 on March 3, 2007. The race was named in honor of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee,

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, the "dean of Maryland trainers", who spent 80 of his 95 years on the backstretch of Maryland's race tracks and remained active until his death in February 1999. He was the grandson of another famous Maryland trainer, William Jennings Sr. In 1982, Henry Clark was honored with induction into the Racing Hall of Fame. Early in his career, Clark was selected by Liz Whitney to train her stable of runners and he sent out his first stakes winner, Blue Cyprus for Whitney at Garden State in 1944. In the late 1940s, Clark began his relationship with Harry & Jane Lunger, training the talented Christiana Stables' horses. Among those under his care were two-time Delaware Handicap winner Obeah (dam of champion Go For Wand), Endine, champion Tempted, Travers Stakes winner

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, Belmont Futurity winner and top sire Cyane and Blue Grass Stakes winner

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, who finished second in the 1982 Preakness Stakes.

Records

Speed record: * 1 mile – 1:33.80 – Private Slip (2001) Most wins by a

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: * 2 – Horacio A. Karamanos (2003, 2006) Most wins by a trainer: * 2 – Michael Zwiesler (2007, 2008) Most wins by an owner: * 2 –

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(2007, 2008)

Winners of the Henry S. Clark Stakes

References

{{reflist Turf races in the United States Ungraded stakes races in the United States Sports competitions in Baltimore Pimlico Race Course Horse races in Maryland Recurring sporting events established in 2001

Records

Winners of the Henry S. Clark Stakes

See also

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