The Pimlico Nursery Stakes was a race for Thoroughbred horses run at Pimlico Race Course from 1909 through 1947. Daily Racing Form May 7, 1943, "History of Pimlico Nursery Stakes" Retrieved July 25, 2018 Open to two-year-old horses of either sex, it was run on a dirt track. Daily Racing Form "Tom Melton's Stake Race: Wins The Nursery Stakes At Pimlico" Retrieved July 24, 2018Daily Racing Form "Equibit Finishes Fast on Outside To Annex Pimlico Nursery Stakes" Retrieved July 24, 2018
Distances: 1909-1937, 1943, 1945: 4½ furlongs 1938-1942, 1944, 1946-1947: 5 furlongs
Records Speed record: Lady Gunner - 0:53.00 for 4½ furlongs in 1945 Dockstader - 1:00.20 for 5 furlongs in 1944
Most wins by a jockey: 4 - Eddie Ambrose (1915, 1917, 1919, 1929)
Most wins by a trainer: 3 - William M. Garth (1913, 1921, 1923) 3 - Preston M. Burch (1928, 1932, 1936)
Most wins by an owner: 3 - Samuel Ross (1909,1916, 1930) 3 - Sarah F. Jeffords (1926, 1929, 1936) 3 - Ella K. Bryson (1940, 1941, 1947)
Winners Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Dist. (Furlongs) Time Win$1947Equibit2Nick JemasFrederick W. CaseElla K. Bryson5 F1:01.40$8,0951946Jet Pilot2Douglas DodsonTom SmithMaine Chance Farm5 F1:02.20$4,2501945Lady Gunner2John BreenJames McGeeMorris Wexler4.5 F0:53.00$3,8701944Dockstader2Eddie ArcaroJohn M. Gaver Sr.Greentree Stable5 F1:00.20$6,1901943Galactic2George WoolfJames E. RyanEsther D. du Pont Weir4.5 F0:54.80$3,0101942Teentee2Albert SchmidlMichael M. HarrisonJ. L. Collins5 F1:00.80$5,7201941Joe Ray2Conn McCrearyJoseph Serio Jr.Ella K. Bryson5 F1:02.00$5,1501940Nannykins2Albert ShelhamerJoseph Serio Jr.Ella K. Bryson5 F1:01.00$5,5301939Cockerel2Hilton Dabson Hugh DuffordAlvin Untermyer5 F1:01.00$4,8201938Charlotte Girl2Johnny LongdenPhil ReuterElwood Sachsenmaier5 F1:00.40$4,8101937Rehearsal2Joe WagnerJohn A. BonifaceMrs. Robert H. Heighe4.5 F0:54.40$2,5001936Golden Era2Harry RichardsPreston M. BurchSarah F. Jeffords4.5 F0:55.00$2,8301935Grand Slam2Raymond WorkmanR. Emmett PottsBoMar Stable (Charles B. Bohn & Peter A. Markey)4.5 F0:56.60$2,7801934Surveyor2Raymond WorkmanThomas J. HealeyC. V. Whitney4.5 F0:54.60$3,7701933Wise Daughter2Buddy HanfordSherrill W. WardEverglade Stable4.5 F0:55.80$3,7701932Garden Message2J. SmithPreston M. BurchThomas H. Somerville4.5 F0:55.20$6,3401931Election Day2Edward WattersThomas D. RodrockKatherine E. Hitt4.5 F0:54.40$6,1501930Happy Scot2Jason EabyMatthew SmartSamuel Ross4.5 F0:53.80$5,9201929Good As Gold2Eddie AmbroseScott P. HarlanSarah F. Jeffords4.5 F0:55.40$5,4401928Chicleight2Raymond PeternellPreston M. BurchNevada Stock Farm (George Wingfield)4.5 F0:54.20$5,9501927Rose Eternal2Pete WallsGeorge L. ArvinH. Teller Archibald4.5 F0:55.00$6,0201926Triton2Albert JohnsonScott P. HarlanSarah F. Jeffords4.5 F0:54.40$5,8601925Rock Man2Albert JohnsonJoseph H. StotlerSagamore Stable4.5 F0:54.00$6,0701924Single Foot2Edward ScobieHarry RitesJ. Edwin Griffith4.5 F0:54.00$3,8501923Yankee Princess2Clarence KummerWilliam M. GarthJoshua S. Cosden4.5 F0:54.80$1,9501922Frank G.2Clyde PonceJames E. FitzsimmonsQuincy Stable (James Francis Johnson)4.5 F0:53.80$2,1501921Lord Baltimore2Ted RiceWilliam M. GarthJoshua S. Cosden4.5 F0:56.00$2,0501920Careful2Willie KelsayEugene WaylandWalter J. Salmon Sr.4.5 F0:56.00$2,1001919Kinnoul2Eddie AmbroseMichael J. DalyWalter M. Jeffords Sr.4.5 F0:55.00$1,2251918Blue Laddie2Frank RobinsonAlbert SimonsHarry P. Whitney4.5 F0:54.80$1,2001917Virginia Yell2Eddie AmbroseLewis W. GarthJohn Porter Jones 4.5 F0:57.00$1,6551916Crank2Merritt BuxtonWilliam H. BrooksSamuel Ross4.5 F0:55.00$1,4401915Tina-A-Ling2Eddie AmbroseEdward PhelanQuincy Stable (James Francis Johnson) 4.5 F0:55.60$1,2101914The Masquerader2James ButwellLewis W. GarthRal Parr4.5 F0:54.40$1,6001913Executor2Clarence TurnerWilliam M. GarthRal Parr4.5 F0:56.00$1,6851912Rock View2John McTaggartLouis FeustelAugust Belmont Jr.4.5 F0:54.60$1,6101911Overman2Eddie DuganJohn WhelanAugust Belmont Jr.4.5 F0:55.40$1,8801910Stinger2Charles GrandTheodore F. ColesC. C. Smithson4.5 F0:56.80$2,0701909Tom Melton2Richard ScovilleMatthew SmartSamuel Ross4.5 F0:56.20$1,675
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