# Fire Plug Stakes > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Fire_Plug_Stakes > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Fire_Plug_Stakes.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_Plug_Stakes > Source revision: 1301424974 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) The **Fire Plug Stakes** is an American [Thoroughbred](/source/Thoroughbred) [horse race](/source/Horse_race) held in January at [Laurel Park Racecourse](/source/Laurel_Park_Racecourse) in [Laurel, Maryland](/source/Laurel,_Maryland). It is open to horses four-year-olds and up and is run at six furlongs on the dirt. An [ungraded stakes](/source/Graded_stakes_race), it offers a purse of $125,000. The race was named in honor of [Fire Plug](/source/Fire_Plug), a quick and durable horse that ran throughout the east coast from age three to age seven. He was campaigned by his breeder and owner, [Arthur Appleton](/source/Arthur_Appleton), and trained by Bob Camac. The gelding won or placed in 50 of his 54 lifetime starts, most of those races being sprints. Half of his 29 victories came in graded stakes races, including the J. Edgar Hoover Stakes, the Maryland Breeders' Cup Handicap and the Roman Handicap. The son of King of the North, Fire Plug retired in 1991 at the age of 8 after placing in three stakes that season and winning the final start of his career.[1] ## Records **Speed record:** - 6 furlongs - 1:09.13 - Digger (2010) **Most wins by an owner:** - 2 - Ah Day (2007 & 2008) **Most wins by a [jockey](/source/Jockey):** - 2 - [Jeremy Rose](/source/Jeremy_Rose_(jockey)) (2008 & 2009) - 2 - [Rick Wilson](/source/Rick_Wilson_(jockey)) (1995 & 1998) **Most wins by a [trainer](/source/Horse_trainer):** - 2 - [King T. Leatherbury](/source/King_T._Leatherbury) (2007 & 2008) ## Winners of the Fire Plug Stakes Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Dist. (Miles) Time Purse$ 2018 Awesome Banner 4 J. D. Acosta Ken Decker Jacks Or Better Farm, Inc. 6 fur. 1:08.94 $100,000 2017 Imperial Hint 4 Trevor McCarthy Luis Carvajal Jr. Raymond Mamone 6 fur. 1:10.52 $100,000 2016 Sonny Inspired 6 Jevian Toledo Phil Schoenthal D Hatman Thoroughbreds 6 fur. 1:10.95 $100,000 2015 Never Stop Looking 6 Roimes Chirinos Claudio Gonzalez Somraj Singh 6 fur. 1:11.81 $100,000 2014 Broad Rule 6 Forest Boyce Richard Small Fitzhugh LLC 6 fur. 1:11.49 $100,000 2013 Broad Rule 5 Forest Boyce Richard Small Fitzhugh LLC 6 fur. 1:11.60 $125,000 2011 - 2012 Race not held 2010 Digger 6 Mike Luzzi Scott A. Lake Repole Stable 6 fur. 1:09.13 $75,000 2009 Suave Jazz 6 Jeremy Rose Anthony Dutrow Michael Dubb 6 fur. 1:10.96 $50,000 2008 Ah Day 5 Jeremy Rose King T. Leatherbury Jim Stable 6 fur. 1:09.80 $80,000 2007 Ah Day 4 Mario Pino King T. Leatherbury Jim Stable 6 fur. 1:10.20 $80,000 2006 Abbondanza 5 Enrique Jurado Timothy Tullock Jr. Germania Farms, Inc. 6 fur. 1:11.40 $60,000 2005 Race not held 2004 Sassy Hound 7 Abe Castellano Jr. Ben Feliciano Jr. Toby Roth 6 fur. 1:10.00 $50,000 2003 Love Happy 5 Ramon Dominguez Howard Wolfendale Not Found 6 fur. 1:09.80 $75,000 2002 Deer Run 5 Alcibiades Cortez Christopher W. Grove William Harris 6 fur. 1:10.80 $50,000 2001 Disco Rico 4 Harry Vega Valora A. Testerman C. Oliver Goldsmith 6 fur. 1:09.60 $75,000 2000 Memory Tap 4 Mark T. Johnston Hamilton A. Smith Not Found 6 fur. 1:10.60 $75,000 1999 Wire Me Collect 6 Robby Alvarado Jr. Robert W. Camac A Syndicate, Inc. 6 fur. 1:10.00 $40,000 1998 Jove Stone 4 Rick Wilson Richard E. Dutrow Rivard Stables 6 fur. 1:10.60 $40,000 1997 Mary's Buckaroo 6 Mario Verge Mary Joanne Hughes George Swope 6 fur. 1:09.80 $32,000 1996 Race not held 1995 Tidal Surge 5 Rick Wilson Timothy F. Ritchey Paul D. Wilson 6 fur. 1:10.80 $32,000 1994 Secret Odds 4 Edgar Prado Lawrence E. Murray Howard & Sondra Bender 6 fur. 1:09.80 $35,000 1993 Fighting Notion 6 Alberto Delgado Nancy B. Heil Jeanne Beg 6 fur. 1:11.60 $35,000 ## See also - [Fire Plug Stakes top three finishers](/source/Fire_Plug_Stakes_top_three_finishers) - [Laurel Park Racecourse](/source/Laurel_Park_Racecourse) ## References 1. 2007 Maryland Jockey Club Media Guide, page 176 on March 3, 2007. ## External links - [Laurel Park website](http://www.laurelpark.com/) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Fire Plug Stakes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_Plug_Stakes) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_Plug_Stakes?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.