The Laurel Turf Cup was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Maryland's Laurel Park Racecourse. Open to horses age three and older and run at 6 furlongs. The race was formerly called the Laurel Turf Cup and it was contested on turf over a distance of one and one eighth miles to a mile and a half.From 1952 through 1955 the race was also known as the Turf Cup Handicap and then from 1955 to 1960 the race was called the Turf Cup Stakes.