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status in 1992 and became a Grade I event in 1998. On August 7, 2008 it was announced that the race would be on hiatus for 2008, the
Maryland Jockey Club cited financial distress as the reason for the races' cancellation.
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Glitterman and Sewickley. But at the wire, in a fitting tribute to the late Mr. De Francis, it was Maryland-bred, Maryland-based Northern Wolf in a track record-setting time of 1:09.
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The Frank J. De
Francis Memorial Dash is one of the elite sprints in the country. Until 2010, it was one of the only two six-furlong contests with Grade I status, and was second only to the
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Francis Dash attracted the nation's finest sprinters to Pimlico Race Course in the summer of 1990. Included in the spectacular field were 1989 Sprint Champion
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135:left-handed
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41:Listed race
1692:Categories
1590:References
1554:$ 350,000
1536:Mike Luzzi
1519:$ 350,000
1481:$ 300,000
1449:$ 300,000
1428:Montbrook
1417:$ 300,000
1379:$ 300,000
1339:$ 300,000
1297:$ 300,000
1257:$ 300,000
1215:$ 300,000
1177:$ 300,000
1139:$ 300,000
1101:$ 300,000
1078:D'Wildcat
1065:$ 300,000
1027:$ 300,000
989:$ 300,000
949:$ 300,000
909:$ 250,000
829:$ 300,000
754:$ 150,000
719:$ 350,000
688:$ 350,000
657:$ 350,000
637:José Ortiz
620:$ 350,000
588:$ 250,000
576:W. Howard
554:$ 250,000
522:$ 250,000
488:$ 250,000
456:$ 250,000
307:Most wins:
32:Horse race
1229:Kelly Kip
1130:New Farm
736:Joe Bravo
630:Zee Bros
159:$ 250,000
115:6 furlong
72:Race type
1563:See also
1551:1:09.00
1516:1:08.60
1478:1:09.80
1446:1:08.60
1414:1:08.80
1376:1:08.80
1336:1:08.80
1294:1:09.40
1254:1:08.40
1212:1:08.60
1174:1:07.80
1136:1:09.00
1098:1:10.80
1062:1:08.92
1040:A Huevo
1024:1:09.45
986:1:09.06
946:1:08.71
906:1:09.86
854:No Race
851:No Race
848:No Race
842:No Race
826:1:09.62
776:No Race
773:No Race
770:No Race
764:No Race
751:1:09.43
716:1:10.61
685:1:08.47
654:1:08.77
617:1:09.34
585:1:10.07
551:1:08.75
519:1:09.11
485:1:08.10
453:0:00.00
230:(1997).
183:furlongs
151:Assigned
111:Distance
46:Location
866:no race
861:0:00.00
788:no race
783:0:00.00
748:6 fur.
713:6 fur.
682:6 fur.
651:6 fur.
614:6 fur.
582:6 fur.
548:6 fur.
516:6 fur.
482:6 fur.
450:6 fur.
427:Purse
411:Trainer
344:trainer
292:Records
124:Surface
86:Website
1548:6 fur
1513:6 fur
1475:6 fur
1443:6 fur
1411:6 fur
1373:6 fur
1333:6 fur
1291:6 fur
1251:6 fur
1209:6 fur
1171:6 fur
1133:6 fur
1095:6 fur
1059:6 fur
1021:6 fur
983:6 fur
943:6 fur
903:6 fur
823:6 fur
407:Jockey
399:Winner
319:jockey
148:Weight
118:sprint
1526:1990
1489:1991
1457:1992
1425:1993
1387:1994
1347:1995
1307:1996
1267:1997
1225:1998
1187:1999
1149:2000
1111:2001
1075:2002
1037:2003
999:2004
959:2005
919:2006
877:2007
839:2008
797:2009
761:2010
726:2011
695:2012
664:2013
627:2014
596:2015
562:2016
530:2017
496:2018
464:2019
436:2020
415:Owner
156:Purse
132:Track
1651:2023
1618:2016
1484:III
1452:III
591:III
557:III
525:III
491:III
459:III
423:Time
419:Dist
379:2 –
365:2 –
358:2 –
351:2 –
333:3 –
326:3 –
280:and
274:Parx
264:and
248:The
165:The
127:Dirt
95:.com
67:1990
1420:II
1382:II
1342:II
792:II
431:Gr
403:Age
177:in
91:www
1694::
1609:.
1598:^
1532:4
1497:4
1463:3
1431:3
1395:4
1355:4
1315:5
1301:II
1275:3
1261:II
1233:4
1193:3
1155:6
1117:5
1081:4
1043:7
1005:4
965:5
927:4
885:4
857:-
845:-
805:3
779:-
767:-
732:4
701:5
670:9
633:4
602:6
568:6
536:6
502:4
470:5
441:-
395:Yr
276:,
78:–
57:,
52:,
1653:.
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