Arlington-Washington Futurity Stakes

Arlington-Washington Futurity Stakes

Grade III race
Location	Arlington Park Arlington Heights, Illinois, United States
Inaugurated	1927
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	www.arlingtonpark.com
Race information
Distance	7 furlongs
Track	Synthetic, left-handed
Qualification	Two-year-olds
Purse	US$100,000 (2015)

The Arlington-Washington Futurity Stakes is a Grade III flat horse race for Thoroughbred two-year-olds. It is raced over a distance of 7 furlongs, on Polytrack synthetic dirt at Arlington Park, Arlington Heights, Illinois every fall and currently offers a purse of $125,000.

It was run as the American National Futurity in 1927 and 1928 and as the Arlington Futurity Stakes from 1932 through 1961. In 1962, the Arlington Futurity and Washington Park Futurity Stakes were merged to create the Arlington-Washington Futurity.

Raced at Washington Park Race Track from 1943 to 1945, and as a result of the 1985 fire, at Hawthorne Race Course in 1985. It was not run from 1929 through 1931 as well as 1970, 1988, 1995, 1998 and 1999.

Distances:

• 1962-69 - 7 furlongs
• 1971-73 - 6 furlongs
• 1974-78 - 6½ furlongs
• 1979-82 - 7 furlongs
• 1985 - 6½ furlongs
• 1986–2013 - 1 mile
• 2014 - 7 furlongs

Winners since 1991

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Time	Grade
2015	Shogood	Christopher A. Emigh	Scott Becker	1:24.19	III
2014	Recount	Emmanuel Esquivel	James DiVito	1:24.25	III
2013	Solitary Ranger	Diego Sanchez	Anne P. Smith	1:38.17	III
2012	Pataky Kid	Garrett Gomez	Thomas F. Proctor	1:37.58	III
2011	Shared Property	Leandro Goncalves	Tom Amoss	1:37.93	III
2010	Major Gain	Junior Alvarado	Wayne Catalano	1:36.36	III
2009	Dixie Band	David Flores	Wayne Catalano	1:39.45	III
2008	Terrain †	Jamie Theriot	Albert Stall, Jr.	1:35.68	III
2007	Wicked Style	Robby Albarado	George Arnold II	1:36.52	III
2006	Officer Rocket (DH)	Mark Guidry	Robert Holthus	1:36.71	III
2006	Got the Last Laugh (DH)	Rene Douglas	William Mott	1:36.71	III
2005	Sorcerer's Stone	Mark Guidry	Patrick B. Byrne	1:35.16	III
2004	Three Hour Nap	Eusebio Razo, Jr.	Hugh Robertson	1:38.56	III
2003	Cactus Ridge	Eddie Martin, Jr.	W. Bret Calhoun	1:35.44	III
2002	Most Feared	Mark Guidry	Ronny Werner	1:37.52	III
2001	Publication	Randall Meier	Terry Knight	1:38.78	II
2000	Trailthefox	Shane Sellers	Patrick Biancone	1:37.25	II
1999	No Race
1998	No Race
1997	Cowboy Dan	Dean Kutz	Danny Hutt	1:37.68	II
1996	Night in Reno	Mark Guidry	Larry Kelly	1:36.67	II
1995	No Race
1994	Evansville Slew	Perry Compton	Donnie Von Hemel	1:37.84	II
1993	Polar Expedition	Curt Bourque	Hugh Robertson	1:39.28	II
1992	Gilded Time	Chris McCarron	Darrell Vienna	1:37.84	II
1991	Caller I. D.	Jerry Bailey	Stanley M. Hough	1:36.01	II

• † In 2008, Jose Adan and Advice finished first and second, respectively, but were disqualified and set back to second and third.
• In 2006, there was a Dead Heat between Officer Rocket and Got the Last Laugh.

External links

• Arlington Park website