| dbo:abstract
|
- The Baltimore Washington International Turf Cup is an American Grade III invitational horse race run over one mile. Inaugurated in 1952, it was raced at Laurel Park Racecourse on the turf in Laurel, Maryland, at a distance of 1+1⁄2 miles (12 furlongs), and attracted top turf horses from North America and Europe. It was held annually from 1952 to 1994, then it was discontinued because of its place on the late fall calendar and the popularity of the Breeders' Cup Turf. The race was brought back in 2005 as the Colonial Turf Cup run at Colonial Downs in Richmond, Virginia, and then at Laurel Park Racecourse as the Commonwealth Turf Cup in Laurel, Maryland, from 2015 to 2016. Then in 2017 the original root of race name was brought back as well adding it to a portion of its last version the Turf Cup suffix. So it is now being called the Baltimore Washington International Turf Cup. When it was founded by John D. Schapiro (owner of the Laurel Park Racecourse), it was the only international horse race in the United States. Until then, bringing horses from Europe and elsewhere to the United States for a specific race was unprecedented. J. Samuel Pearlman, editor of the Daily Racing Form, discussed the idea with Schapiro after the 1950 racing season. Less than a year and half later, the concept became a reality. Usually just called the International, the race drew the best Thoroughbreds from the U.S. and Europe; it was important enough to attract horses from the Soviet Union during the 1960s, despite the Cold War. In the 1980s, the Washington, D.C. International was part of a million-dollar bonus given to any horse who won both it, the Canadian International Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, and the Turf Classic at Belmont Park in New York. In the race's early days, few American horses excelled on the turf; some were turf specialists, while others built their race records on the dirt and then specifically switched over to grass for the International. U.S. Hall of Famer Kelso won five straight Horse of the Year honors competing almost entirely on the dirt in the early 1960s and finished second three times in a row in the International. In 1964, the great gelding finally won the race in an American record time of 2:23.80. He had given the event international status in Europe by just missing three times, before winning it at age seven. The Washington, D.C. International Stakes was raced at a distance of 1+1⁄2 miles from its inception in 1952 until 1986, when it was shortened to 1+1⁄4 miles. With the exception of 1993 (when it was raced at one mile), the International remained at 1+1⁄4 miles until its final running in 1994. Run the Gantlet won the International in 1971; his son Providential won it in 1981. Providential was bred and previously owned by Bertram R. Firestone, whose wife Diana won the race the following year with her filly April Run after coming in second to Providential in 1981. During its run, the D.C. International Stakes was won by horses from the United States 22 times and by foreign representatives 21 times. (en)
- Le Washington, D.C. International était une course hippique de plat se déroulant à Laurel (Maryland), aux États-Unis. Créée en 1952, elle attirait certains des meilleurs chevaux européens (et même soviétiques, puisque plusieurs chevaux russes y prirent part dans les années 1960), mais la création de la Breeders' Cup précipita son déclin et elle disparut en 1995. Au cours de ses 43 éditions, 20 chevaux américains l'emportèrent, contre 23 chevaux étranger. Épreuve de Groupe I réservée aux chevaux de 3 ans et plus, elle a connu deux formules : elle se disputa sur 2 400 mètres jusqu'en 1986, puis sur 2 000 mètres jusqu'en 1994 (à l'exception de 1993, où la distance fut ramenée à 1 600 mètres). (fr)
- ワシントンDCインターナショナル（Washington, D.C. International）とは、1952年から1994年まで行われていたアメリカ合衆国の競馬の国際競走（平地競走）である。 日本ではワシントンDC国際とも訳され、インビテーショナルレース（招待競走）であったことからワシントンDC国際招待などと表記される場合もあった。ステークスと表記されることがあるが、少なくとも創設時から1968年まではステークスではない。以下は記事名の表記に統一して説明する。 (ja)
|
| rdfs:comment
|
- Le Washington, D.C. International était une course hippique de plat se déroulant à Laurel (Maryland), aux États-Unis. Créée en 1952, elle attirait certains des meilleurs chevaux européens (et même soviétiques, puisque plusieurs chevaux russes y prirent part dans les années 1960), mais la création de la Breeders' Cup précipita son déclin et elle disparut en 1995. Au cours de ses 43 éditions, 20 chevaux américains l'emportèrent, contre 23 chevaux étranger. Épreuve de Groupe I réservée aux chevaux de 3 ans et plus, elle a connu deux formules : elle se disputa sur 2 400 mètres jusqu'en 1986, puis sur 2 000 mètres jusqu'en 1994 (à l'exception de 1993, où la distance fut ramenée à 1 600 mètres). (fr)
- ワシントンDCインターナショナル（Washington, D.C. International）とは、1952年から1994年まで行われていたアメリカ合衆国の競馬の国際競走（平地競走）である。 日本ではワシントンDC国際とも訳され、インビテーショナルレース（招待競走）であったことからワシントンDC国際招待などと表記される場合もあった。ステークスと表記されることがあるが、少なくとも創設時から1968年まではステークスではない。以下は記事名の表記に統一して説明する。 (ja)
- The Baltimore Washington International Turf Cup is an American Grade III invitational horse race run over one mile. Inaugurated in 1952, it was raced at Laurel Park Racecourse on the turf in Laurel, Maryland, at a distance of 1+1⁄2 miles (12 furlongs), and attracted top turf horses from North America and Europe. Run the Gantlet won the International in 1971; his son Providential won it in 1981. Providential was bred and previously owned by Bertram R. Firestone, whose wife Diana won the race the following year with her filly April Run after coming in second to Providential in 1981. (en)
|
