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The Wide Country Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in March at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel Maryland. The race is open to fillies age three and up over seven furlongs on the dirt. It was run for the 20th time in 2012.An ungraded stakes race it offers a purse of $100000. The race was named in honor of the 1991 Maryland-bred Horse of the Year Wide Country.