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FEDERICO TESIO STAKES · UNITED STATES

Federico Tesio Stakes prize money

The Federico Tesio Stakes is worth $125,000 . That makes it the 696th richest of the 997 races on this site and the 162nd richest in the United States.

Every figure here is the money the race announces, in the currency it announces it in. The currency control at the top swaps the whole page.

TOTAL PRIZE MONEY $125,000
WORLD RANK 696th
RUNNINGS HELD 46
FIRST RUN 1981

What the Federico Tesio Stakes is

Ungraded Stakes · miles (9 furlongs) · Dirt · Laurel Park,

Flat racing

Racecourse
Laurel Park,
Country
United States
Grade
Ungraded Stakes
Distance
miles (9 furlongs)
Surface
Dirt
Race type
Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Open to
Three-year-olds
Direction
left-handed
First run
1981

We hold the total fund for the Federico Tesio Stakes and no separate winner's cheque. What the winner takes is a rule the racecourse sets rather than a national one, and it varies race by race.

Run in 1:52.92 in 2026, the Federico Tesio Stakes pays $1,107 for every second of the race, which is 387th of the 611 races in horse racing prize money per second and 175th in the United States.

Every Federico Tesio Stakes winner

46 runnings, 1981 to 2026, newest first

46 with the rider named

Year Winner Jockey Trainer Owner Prize money
2026 Taj Mahal1:52.92 Sheldon Russell Brittany T. Russell SF Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, Stonestreet Stables, Bashor Racing, LLC, Determined Stables, Golconda Stables, Waves Edge Capital, LLC & Catherine Donovan $125,000
2025 Pay Billy1:52.78 Raul E. Mena Michael E. Gorham RKTN Racing, LLC $125,000
2024 Copper Tax1:52.01 J. G. Torrealba Gary Cupuano Rose Petal Stable $125,000
2023 Perform1:52.18 Feargal Lynch Claude R. McGaughey Woodford Racing, Lane's End Farm, Phipps Stable, Ken Langone & Edward J. Hudson Jr. $125,000
2022 Joe1:52.30 Victor Carrasco Michael J. Trombetta The Elkstone Group $125,000
2021 The Reds11:49.98 Victor Carrasco John Kimmel Flanagan Racing $125,000
2020 Happy Saver1:49.15 Trevor McCarthy Todd A. Pletcher Wertheimer and Frere $125,000
2019 Alwaysmining1:50.12 Daniel Centeno Kelly Rubley Runnymede Racing $125,000
2018 Diamond King1:50.31 Frankie Pennington John Servis Cash is King & D.J. Stable $125,000
2017 Twisted Tom1:53.60 Feargal Lynch Chad C. Brown Cobra Farm, Inc. $125,000
2016 Awesome Speed1:53.31 Jevian Toledo Alan E. Goldberg Colts Neck Stables $100,000
2015 Bodhisattva1:45.18 Trevor McCarthy Jose Corrales Jose Corrales $100,000
2014 Kid Cruz1:47.38 Julian Pimentel Linda L. Rice Vina Del Mar T-breds $100,000
2013 Abstraction1:46.16 Leandro Goncalves David Carroll My Meadowview Farm $75,750
2012 Pretension1:45.70 Javier Santiago Christopher Grove Kidwell Petite Stable $75,000
2011 Concealed Identity1:45.67 Sheldon Russell Edmond D. Gaudet Linda Gaudet & MorrisBailey $70,000
2010 Bank the Eight1:52.11 Mario G. Pino Anthony W. Dutrow Mercedes Stable $70,000
2009 Miner's Escape1:51.23 Luis Garcia Nick Zito Robert V. LaPenta $75,000
2008 Icabad Crane1:50.83 Jeremy Rose H. Graham Motion Earle I. Mack $100,000
2007 Xchanger1:49.98 Ramon Dominguez Mark Shuman Circle Z Stables $100,000
2006 Ah Day1:50.88 Ryan Fogelsonger King T. Leatherbury Jim Stable $125,000
2005 Malibu Moonshine1:53.31 Steve Hamilton King T. Leatherbury Woodrow Marriott $125,000
2004 Water Cannon1:50.50 Ryan Fogelsonger Linda Albert Ell Fredel & Pat Dooher $100,000
2003 Cherokee's Boy1:49.86 Ryan Fogelsonger Gary Capuano Z W P Stable $150,000
2002 Smoked Em1:50.33 Richard Migliore Todd A. Pletcher G Three Stable $100,000
2001 Marciano1:49.00 Mark T. Johnston Timothy F. Ritchey Win More Stable $150,000
2000 Runspastum1:51.16 Robbie Davis Alan E. Goldberg Jayeff B Stables $150,000
1999 Talks Cheap1:50.11 Mike Luzzi Linda L. Rice Harry V. Quadracci $150,000
1998 Thomas Jo1:50.04 Steve Hamilton James A. Jerkens Earle I. Mack & Team Valor $200,000
1997 Concerto1:49.10 Mike Smith John Tammaro Kinsman Stables $150,000
1996 Tour's Big Red1:50.00 Joe Bravo Enrique Alonso William Penn $200,000
1995 Oliver's Twist1:52.00 Alberto Delgado J. William Boniface Charles M. Oliver $200,000
1994 Silver Profile1:51.40 Omar Klinger Vincent L. Blengs Vincent L. Blengs $150,000
1993 Woods of Windsor1:49.40 Rick Wilson Ben W. Perkins, Jr. Augustus Riggs, IV $125,000
1992 Speakerphone1:49.40 Clarence J. Ladner Dean Gaudet Israel Cohen $125,000
1991 Tong Po1:44.20 Marco Castaneda Leon Blusiewicz Robert L. Quinichett $175,000
1990 Smelly1:45.20 Jean Cruguet Craig Nicholson Bob Watkins $200,000
1989 Rock Point1:44.20 William Fox, Jr. Sydney Watters, Jr. Brookmeade Stable $200,000
1988 Private Terms1:44.60 Chris Antley Charles Hadry Locust Hill Farm $170,000
1987 Rolls Aly1:44.40 Richard Migliore Bruce Johnstone Francis X. Weber $205,000
1986 Broad Brush1:44.80 Chris McCarron Richard W. Small Robert E. Meyerhoff $125,000
1985 Sparrowvon1:42.60 Wayne Barnett Harold A. Allen Harold A. Allen $115,000
1984 Fourmatt1:43.80 Paul Nicol, Jr. Joe Clancy Alfred Braunstein $125,000
1983 Deputed Testamony1:42.80 Herb McCauley J. William Boniface Bonita Farm $125,000
1982 Hush Hush Hush1:46.40 Jack Kaenel Bill Dixon Benray Farm $92,500
1981 Boston Tea1:44.80 William Jenkins Glenn L. Ballenger Glenn L. Ballenger $35,000

46 of the 46 runnings name the rider, 46 name the trainer and 46 name the owner, who is the one of the three the prize money actually belongs to. 46 carry the total prize money for that year, converted here the same way the purse above is.

What the Federico Tesio Stakes has paid, season by season

Total prize money, 1981 to 2026

46 runnings

The total prize money went from $35,000 in 1981 to $125,000 in 2026, 3.6 times more. Every year is converted at today's rate, so the line is the money the race puts up rather than the money the exchange rate did.

Who wins the Federico Tesio Stakes more than once

The fact the table above holds and cannot show

No horse has won the Federico Tesio Stakes twice in the 46 runnings on this page.

Most wins by a jockey

Ryan Fogelsonger 3
Sheldon Russell 2
Feargal Lynch 2
Victor Carrasco 2
Trevor McCarthy 2
Steve Hamilton 2
Richard Migliore 2

Races worth about the same

Either side of the Federico Tesio Stakes in the world money order

696th of 997

# Race Country Prize money As published
686 Dee StakesChester Racecourse Great Britain $133,000 £100,000
687 Henry VIII Novices' ChaseSandown Park Racecourse Great Britain $133,000 £100,000
688 March StakesGoodwood Racecourse Great Britain $133,000 £100,000
689 Noel Murless StakesAscot Racecourse Great Britain $133,000 £100,000
690 Pertemps FinalCheltenham Racecourse Great Britain $133,000 £100,000
691 Princess Royal National Hunt Challenge Cup Novices' Handicap ChaseCheltenham Racecourse Great Britain $133,000 £100,000
692 Red Rum Handicap ChaseAintree Racecourse Great Britain $133,000 £100,000
693 Sefton Novices' HurdleAintree Racecourse Great Britain $133,000 £100,000
694 Sodexo Live! Gold CupAscot Racecourse, Great Britain $133,000 £100,000
695 Thoroughbred StakesGoodwood Racecourse Great Britain $133,000 £100,000
697 Mike Lee StakesSaratoga Race Course United States $125,000 $125,000
698 Northern Dancer StakesChurchill Downs United States $125,000 $125,000
699 Premio ParioliCapannelle Racecourse Italy $121,369 €106,768
700 Premio Regina ElenaCapannelle Racecourse Italy $121,369 €106,768
701 SA Fillies ClassicMorphettville Racecourse, South Australia Australia $119,630 AU$170,000
702 Preis der WinterköniginIffezheim Racecourse Germany $119,359 €105,000
703 Awapuni Gold CupAwapuni Racecourse New Zealand $117,279 NZ$200,000
704 Grand National SteeplechaseRiccarton Park Racecourse, Christchurch, New Zealand New Zealand $117,279 NZ$200,000
705 Great New Zealand SteeplechaseTe Aroha New Zealand $117,279 NZ$200,000
706 New Zealand Free For AllAddington Raceway New Zealand $117,279 NZ$200,000

The 20 races closest to the Federico Tesio Stakes in what they pay, above and below it. Follow the ranking all the way up on the richest races in the world.

The rest of the money in the United States

196 races, 162nd of them is this one

Race Racecourse Grade Prize money
Pegasus Stakes Monmouth Park Racetrack Listed $150,000
San Rafael Stakes Santa Anita Park Grade III $150,000
Saranac Stakes Saratoga Race Course Listed $150,000
Tropical Park Derby Gulfstream Park Listed $140,000
Mike Lee Stakes Saratoga Race Course Restricted $125,000
Northern Dancer Stakes Churchill Downs Grade III $125,000
Affirmed Stakes (LATC) Santa Anita Park Listed $100,000
American Derby Churchill Downs Listed $100,000

Every race in the United States we hold a purse for is on the United States prize money list.

Frequently asked questions

What is the total Federico Tesio Stakes prize money?

$125,000.

Where does the Federico Tesio Stakes rank among the richest races in the world?

696th of 997. 695 races pay more, the nearest of them Dee Stakes. In the United States it is 162nd of 196.

Which jockey has won the Federico Tesio Stakes most often?

Ryan Fogelsonger, with 3 wins between 2003 and 2006.

When was the Federico Tesio Stakes first run?

1981. This page holds 46 runnings, from 1981 to 2026.

How far is the Federico Tesio Stakes?

miles (9 furlongs), on dirt, at Laurel Park,.

Where to next

The rest of the racing money