Marine Stakes
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The Marine Stakes is a Canadian
Thoroughbred horse race
run annually at Woodbine Racetrack
in Toronto
, Ontario
. Held in mid May, it is open to three-year-old horses and is contested over a distance of 11/16 miles (8.5 furlongs) on Polytrack
synthetic dirt. It currently offers a purse of $150,000.
Inaugurated in 1956 at Greenwood Raceway
, for Canadian-bred horses the Marine Stakes is the final prep for the Queen's Plate
, Canada's most prestigious horse race. Since inception, it has been raced at various distances:
Most wins by an owner:
Most wins by a jockey
:
Most wins by a trainer
:
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
Thoroughbred horse race
Thoroughbred horse race
Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport: Flat racing and National Hunt racing...
run annually at Woodbine Racetrack
Woodbine Racetrack
Woodbine Racetrack is a Canadian racetrack for Thoroughbred horse races located at 555 Rexdale Blvd. in the city of Toronto, Ontario. It is the only horseracing track in North America which stages, or is capable of staging, thoroughbred and standardbred horseracing programs on the same day...
in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
. Held in mid May, it is open to three-year-old horses and is contested over a distance of 11/16 miles (8.5 furlongs) on Polytrack
Polytrack
A synthetic racetrack surface is any kind of surface substance that replaces grass, dirt or sand as the racing surface on a horse racing track. Synthetic surfaces may be desirable over traditional surfaces for several reasons, most prominently the reduction of injuries and possible deaths to horses...
synthetic dirt. It currently offers a purse of $150,000.
Inaugurated in 1956 at Greenwood Raceway
Greenwood Raceway
Greenwood Raceway is a defunct horse racing facility in Toronto.Inaugurated in 1874 as Woodbine Race Course at the foot of Woodbine Avenue and Lake Ontario, it was owned and operated by two gentlemen named Pardee and Howell. Within a few years financial problems resulted in the property reverting...
, for Canadian-bred horses the Marine Stakes is the final prep for the Queen's Plate
Queen's Plate
The Queen's Plate is Canada's oldest thoroughbred horse race. It is run at a distance of 1¼ miles for 3-year-old thoroughbred horses foaled in Canada. The race takes place each summer in June or July at Woodbine Racetrack, Etobicoke , Ontario...
, Canada's most prestigious horse race. Since inception, it has been raced at various distances:
- 7 furlongs : 1968-1975 at Woodbine Racetrack
- 11/16 miles : 1956, 1961–1962, 1965-1966 at Greenwood Raceway, 1967, 1976 to present at Woodbine Racetrack
- 1⅛ miles 1957, 1963 at Greenwood Raceway
- 1 mile 1958-1960 at Greenwood Raceway
- 1³/16 miles : 1964 at Greenwood Raceway
Records
Speed record: (at current distance of 11/16 miles)- 1:41.80 - Victor Cooley (1996)
Most wins by an owner:
- 5 - Sam-Son FarmSam-Son FarmSam-Son Farm is a thoroughbred horse racing stable with farms locations in Milton, Ontario, Canada and Ocala, Florida. Originating in the 60's by Ernie Samuel, it began as a home for hunter/jumper horses...
(1974, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990)
Most wins by a jockey
Jockey
A jockey is an athlete who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing.-Etymology:...
:
- 5 - Sandy HawleySandy HawleyDesmond Sanford "Sandy" Hawley, CM is a Hall of Fame jockey.Sandy Hawley started out as a plumber then later decided to be a jockey. He started his career as a jockey when he was a 17-year-old boy, hotwalking horses at a Toronto racetrack...
(1972, 1978, 1988, 1990, 1994)
Most wins by a trainer
Horse trainer
In horse racing, a trainer prepares a horse for races, with responsibility for exercising it, getting it race-ready and determining which races it should enter...
:
- 4 - Arthur H. Warner (1958, 1959, 1968, 1974)
- 4 - Lou Cavalaris, Jr. (1965, 1967, 1970, 1972)
- 4 - James E. Day (1985, 1987, 1988, 1990)
- 4 - Roger AttfieldRoger AttfieldRoger L. Attfield is a Canadian thoroughbred horse trainer and owner.In his native England, Attfield had become an accomplished international-level equestrian competitor when he emigrated to Canada in 1970...
(1989, 1991, 1992, 1993)
Winners of the Marine Stakes
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time | |||||||
| 2011 | Queen'splatekitten | Eurico Rosa Da Silva Eurico Rosa Da Silva Eurico Rosa da Silva is a jockey based in Canada who competes in North American Thoroughbred horse racing.... |
Todd Pletcher Todd Pletcher Todd Pletcher is a leading American thoroughbred horse trainer. He has won four consecutive Eclipse Awards as outstanding Trainer of the Year, while topping the leader board in purse earnings in 2004, 2005, and 2006. His horse Super Saver won the 2010 Kentucky Derby, the first of his 24 horses... |
Mill House | 1:44.53 | _ | 2010 | |||||
| 2009 | Awesome Rhythm | James McAleney James S. McAleney James S. "Jim" McAleney is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.A native of Fort St. John, British Columbia, Jim McAleney began his career as a jockey in Western Canada where in 1986 at Northlands Park in Edmonton, Alberta he got his first win. The following year, he competed in the West as... |
John A. Ross | Domenic Triumbari | 1:45.25 | |||||||
| 2008 | Matt's Broken Vow | Emile Ramsammy Emile Ramsammy Emile Ramsammy is a Canadian thoroughbred horse racing Champion jockey. He had more than 500 victories racing in the Caribbean before emigrating to Canada in the early 1990s.... |
Josie Carroll Josie Carroll Josie Carroll is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse trainer and the first woman trainer to win the Queen's Plate, the oldest thoroughbred horse race in Canada and Canada's most prestigious race.... |
Robert W. Mitchell | 1:44.28 | |||||||
| 2007 | Sahara Heat | Fernando Jara Fernando Jara Fernando Jara is thoroughbred horse racing jockey in the United States. Aboard Jazil he won the 2006 Belmont Stakes... |
Eoin G. Harty Eoin G. Harty Eoin G. Harty is a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer in the United States. From a family of horsemen, Eoin Harty is the fourth generation to be involved in racing... |
Darley Stable | 1:46.47 | |||||||
| 2006 | Malakoff | Todd Kabel Todd Kabel Todd K. Kabel is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began his career riding at Assiniboia Downs in Winnipeg, Manitoba and in 1987 started competing at tracks in Ontario, moving to Toronto permanently in 1991.Riding out of Woodbine Racetrack, Todd Kabel won the Sovereign Award for... |
Brian A. Lynch | Stronach Stables Stronach Stables Stronach Stables is the North American racing arm of prominent Thoroughbred horse racing owner and breeder, Frank Stronach.The Stronach racing operation has owned and raced notable Thoroughbreds Glorious Song, Touch Gold and Giacomo in partnership with others... |
1:46.00 | |||||||
| 2005 | Unbridled Energy | Todd Kabel Todd Kabel Todd K. Kabel is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began his career riding at Assiniboia Downs in Winnipeg, Manitoba and in 1987 started competing at tracks in Ontario, moving to Toronto permanently in 1991.Riding out of Woodbine Racetrack, Todd Kabel won the Sovereign Award for... |
W. Elliott Walden W. Elliott Walden W. Elliott Walden is the President and CEO of racing operations for WinStar Farm near Versailles, Kentucky and a former Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.From a racing family, Walden grew up in the industry... |
WinStar Farm LLC WinStar Farm WinStar Farm is an American Thoroughbred horse breeding and racing farm near Versailles, Kentucky. Formerly known as Prestonwood Farm, it was owned by Houston, Texas oilmen Jack, Art, and J. R... |
1:46.00 | |||||||
| 2004 | Judiths Wild Rush | Dino Luciani | Scott Fairlie | Tenenbaum Racing | 1:45.96 | |||||||
| 2003 | Wando Wando (horse) Wando is a Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Canadian Triple Crown in 2003. The chestnut stallion, raced with moderate success as a four-year-old then was retired on the 12th of May 2005 to stand at stud at Lane's End Farm near Lexington, Kentucky.Of Wando's 23 starts, he won 11, placed in 2,... |
Todd Kabel Todd Kabel Todd K. Kabel is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began his career riding at Assiniboia Downs in Winnipeg, Manitoba and in 1987 started competing at tracks in Ontario, moving to Toronto permanently in 1991.Riding out of Woodbine Racetrack, Todd Kabel won the Sovereign Award for... |
Michael Keogh Michael Keogh Michael Keogh, known as Max Keogh was a nationalist politician and journalist in Northern Ireland.Based in Newry, Keogh became the editor of the Frontier Sentinel.... |
Gus Schickedanz | 1:42.61 | |||||||
| 2002 | Anglian Prince | Jim McAleney James S. McAleney James S. "Jim" McAleney is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.A native of Fort St. John, British Columbia, Jim McAleney began his career as a jockey in Western Canada where in 1986 at Northlands Park in Edmonton, Alberta he got his first win. The following year, he competed in the West as... |
Mort Hardy | Prime Acres | 1:44.03 | |||||||
| 2001 | Win City Win City Win City is a retired Canadian Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. The grandson of U.S. Triple Crown champion, Seattle Slew, he was bred for a $5,000 stud fee by the father and son team of Frank Digiulio, Sr. and Jr. who owned his mare, Winsfordan.In 2001, Win City won six important stakes races... |
Constant Montpellier | Robert P. Tiller Robert P. Tiller Robert P. Tiller is a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. A resident of Brampton, Ontario, in 1972 he embarked on a career conditioning horses and in 2007 marked the eighteenth straight year he has been one of the top-five trainers at Toronto's Woodbine Racetrack.In 2001, Tiller trained Win... |
Frank DiGiulio, Sr. & Jr. | 1:45.89 | |||||||
| 2000 | Milwaukee Brew Milwaukee Brew Milwaukee Brew is an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known as one of only three horses to ever win back-to-back runnings of the Santa Anita Handicap.... |
Robert Landry Robert C. Landry Robert Charles Landry is a Canadian Champion jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.Landry embarked on his career while in his teens, earning his first victory on June 21, 1981, at Fort Erie Racetrack. He went on to a stellar career as one of his country's top jockeys and in 1993 and 1994 was voted... |
Tino Attard | Stronach Stables Stronach Stables Stronach Stables is the North American racing arm of prominent Thoroughbred horse racing owner and breeder, Frank Stronach.The Stronach racing operation has owned and raced notable Thoroughbreds Glorious Song, Touch Gold and Giacomo in partnership with others... |
1:45.11 | |||||||
| 1999 | Mystic Prince | Rui Pimentel | John Vilunas | Pamela A. Vilunas | 1:45.56 | |||||||
| 1998 | Silver Talk | Robert Landry Robert C. Landry Robert Charles Landry is a Canadian Champion jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.Landry embarked on his career while in his teens, earning his first victory on June 21, 1981, at Fort Erie Racetrack. He went on to a stellar career as one of his country's top jockeys and in 1993 and 1994 was voted... |
Tino Attard | White Eagle Stable et al. | 1:46.20 | |||||||
| 1997 | My Imperial Slew | Steven Bahen | Joseph Attard | J. R. Belanger | 1:45.40 | |||||||
| 1996 | Victor Cooley | Emile Ramsammy Emile Ramsammy Emile Ramsammy is a Canadian thoroughbred horse racing Champion jockey. He had more than 500 victories racing in the Caribbean before emigrating to Canada in the early 1990s.... |
Mark Frostad Mark Frostad Mark R. Frostad is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse trainer. He grew up with a father who owned a stud farm but before becoming involved in thoroughbred horse racing, Frostad obtained a BA degree in literature from Princeton University then in 1976 an MBA degree from the University of Western Ontario... |
Windways Farm | 1:41.80 | |||||||
| 1995 | Tethra | Dave Penna Dave Penna David "Dave" Penna was an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who competed in the United States but had his gretest successes in Canada. Born in Auburn, New York, he began his career as a professional rider in 1978 and three years later went to compete at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto... |
Josie Carroll Josie Carroll Josie Carroll is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse trainer and the first woman trainer to win the Queen's Plate, the oldest thoroughbred horse race in Canada and Canada's most prestigious race.... |
Eaton Hall Farm | 1:45.20 | |||||||
| 1994 | Trave | Sandy Hawley Sandy Hawley Desmond Sanford "Sandy" Hawley, CM is a Hall of Fame jockey.Sandy Hawley started out as a plumber then later decided to be a jockey. He started his career as a jockey when he was a 17-year-old boy, hotwalking horses at a Toronto racetrack... |
Stanley Baresich | B. and B. Stable | 1:46.80 | |||||||
| 1993 | Cheery Knight | Don Seymour Don Seymour Donald J. Seymour is a Canadian jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who is the only jockey in history to win two Canadian Triple Crowns.... |
Roger Attfield Roger Attfield Roger L. Attfield is a Canadian thoroughbred horse trainer and owner.In his native England, Attfield had become an accomplished international-level equestrian competitor when he emigrated to Canada in 1970... |
Kinghaven Farms Kinghaven Farms Kinghaven Farms is a thoroughbred horse racing stable founded in 1967 by Donald G. "Bud" Willmot. Located in King City, Ontario, north of Toronto, the success of the stable would see it expand to the United States with the acquisition of a farm and training center near Ocala, Florida. Kinghaven... et al. |
1:45.40 | |||||||
| 1992 | Alydeed Alydeed Alydeed is a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred by Anderson Farms of St. Thomas, Ontario, he was out of the unraced mare Bialy, a daughter of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Alydar... |
Craig Perret Craig Perret Craig Perret is an American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began riding horses at age five and by seven was riding quarter horses in match races... |
Roger Attfield Roger Attfield Roger L. Attfield is a Canadian thoroughbred horse trainer and owner.In his native England, Attfield had become an accomplished international-level equestrian competitor when he emigrated to Canada in 1970... |
Kinghaven Farms Kinghaven Farms Kinghaven Farms is a thoroughbred horse racing stable founded in 1967 by Donald G. "Bud" Willmot. Located in King City, Ontario, north of Toronto, the success of the stable would see it expand to the United States with the acquisition of a farm and training center near Ocala, Florida. Kinghaven... |
1:44.40 | |||||||
| 1991 | Bolulight | Don Seymour Don Seymour Donald J. Seymour is a Canadian jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who is the only jockey in history to win two Canadian Triple Crowns.... |
Roger Attfield Roger Attfield Roger L. Attfield is a Canadian thoroughbred horse trainer and owner.In his native England, Attfield had become an accomplished international-level equestrian competitor when he emigrated to Canada in 1970... |
Kinghaven Farms Kinghaven Farms Kinghaven Farms is a thoroughbred horse racing stable founded in 1967 by Donald G. "Bud" Willmot. Located in King City, Ontario, north of Toronto, the success of the stable would see it expand to the United States with the acquisition of a farm and training center near Ocala, Florida. Kinghaven... |
1:43.60 | |||||||
| 1990 | Very Formal | Sandy Hawley Sandy Hawley Desmond Sanford "Sandy" Hawley, CM is a Hall of Fame jockey.Sandy Hawley started out as a plumber then later decided to be a jockey. He started his career as a jockey when he was a 17-year-old boy, hotwalking horses at a Toronto racetrack... |
James E. Day | Sam-Son Farm Sam-Son Farm Sam-Son Farm is a thoroughbred horse racing stable with farms locations in Milton, Ontario, Canada and Ocala, Florida. Originating in the 60's by Ernie Samuel, it began as a home for hunter/jumper horses... |
1:44.60 | |||||||
| 1989 | With Approval With Approval With Approval was a Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Canadian Triple Crown in 1989 under jockey Don Seymour. He finished second in the 1990 Breeders' Cup Turf and the Arlington Million.... |
Don Seymour Don Seymour Donald J. Seymour is a Canadian jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who is the only jockey in history to win two Canadian Triple Crowns.... |
Roger Attfield Roger Attfield Roger L. Attfield is a Canadian thoroughbred horse trainer and owner.In his native England, Attfield had become an accomplished international-level equestrian competitor when he emigrated to Canada in 1970... |
Kinghaven Farms Kinghaven Farms Kinghaven Farms is a thoroughbred horse racing stable founded in 1967 by Donald G. "Bud" Willmot. Located in King City, Ontario, north of Toronto, the success of the stable would see it expand to the United States with the acquisition of a farm and training center near Ocala, Florida. Kinghaven... >1:43.00 |
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| 1988 | Regal Classic Regal Classic Regal Classic is a Canadian Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred by Sam-Son Farm, he was by the highly successful sire, Vice Regent and out of Sam-Son Farm's foundation mare, No Class... |
Sandy Hawley Sandy Hawley Desmond Sanford "Sandy" Hawley, CM is a Hall of Fame jockey.Sandy Hawley started out as a plumber then later decided to be a jockey. He started his career as a jockey when he was a 17-year-old boy, hotwalking horses at a Toronto racetrack... |
James E. Day | Sam-Son Sam-Son Farm Sam-Son Farm is a thoroughbred horse racing stable with farms locations in Milton, Ontario, Canada and Ocala, Florida. Originating in the 60's by Ernie Samuel, it began as a home for hunter/jumper horses... /Windfields Windfields Farm Windfields Farm is a six square kilometre thoroughbred horse breeding farm founded by businessman E. P. Taylor in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. The first stable and breeding operation of E. P. Taylor originated with a property near the city of Toronto known as Parkwood Stable when it was owned by... |
1:45.00 | |||||||
| 1987 | Duckpower | Dave Penna Dave Penna David "Dave" Penna was an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who competed in the United States but had his gretest successes in Canada. Born in Auburn, New York, he began his career as a professional rider in 1978 and three years later went to compete at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto... |
James E. Day | Sam-Son Farm Sam-Son Farm Sam-Son Farm is a thoroughbred horse racing stable with farms locations in Milton, Ontario, Canada and Ocala, Florida. Originating in the 60's by Ernie Samuel, it began as a home for hunter/jumper horses... |
1:44.00 | |||||||
| 1986 | Wolark | Lloyd Duffy Lloyd Duffy Lloyd Duffy is a retired Canadian Champion jockey in Thoroughbred flat horse racing who uniquely is also a licensed driver of harness racing horses.... |
Pat Collins | Knob Hill Stable Knob Hill Stable Knob Hill Stable was a Canadian Thoroughbred horse racing and breeding operation established by Toronto businessman, Steve Stavro.The stable bred and raced a number of champions such as Canadian Horse of the Year honourees, Benburb and Thornfield. In 1992, Steve Stavro was voted a Sovereign Award... |
1:45.40 | |||||||
| 1985 | Regal Remark * | Irwin Driedger | James E. Day | Sam-Son Farm Sam-Son Farm Sam-Son Farm is a thoroughbred horse racing stable with farms locations in Milton, Ontario, Canada and Ocala, Florida. Originating in the 60's by Ernie Samuel, it began as a home for hunter/jumper horses... |
1:46.60 | |||||||
| 1985 | Fighting Champ * | Larry Attard Larry Attard Larry Attard is a retired Hall of Fame Champion jockey and current horse trainer in Canadian Thoroughbred horse racing.... |
Bill Marko | Romeo/ Marcello | 1:46.60 | |||||||
| 1984 | Key to the Moon Key to the Moon Key to the Moon was a Canadian Thoroughbred Champion racehorse.-Background:Bred and raced by Bahnam K. Yousif, he was sired by Wajima, the 1975 American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse... |
Robin Platts Robin Platts Robin Platts is a Canadian thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He began his jockey career at age 16 and went on to become the winner of the 1979 Sovereign Award for Outstanding Jockey, a record four-time winner of Canada's most prestigious horse race, the Queen's Plate, and the... |
Gil Rowntree Gil Rowntree Gil H. Rowntree is a Canadian Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer and owner.One of the most successful trainers in Canadian Thoroughbred racing history, Rowntree embarked on his racing career as a jockey in his native Toronto, riding from 1949 through 1951... |
B. K. Y. Stable | 1:45.20 | |||||||
| 1983 | Pax Nobiscum | Robin Platts Robin Platts Robin Platts is a Canadian thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He began his jockey career at age 16 and went on to become the winner of the 1979 Sovereign Award for Outstanding Jockey, a record four-time winner of Canada's most prestigious horse race, the Queen's Plate, and the... |
Dinny Day | Kingfield Farms | 1:45.60 | |||||||
| 1982 | Brave Regent | David Clark David K. Clark David K. Clark is a Champion jockey in Canadian Thoroughbred horse racing. He began riding professionally at Ontario racetracks in 1973 and went on to become one of Canada's most successful jockeys of all-time.Clark won the 1998 Sovereign Award as Canadian Champion Jockey and on July 17 of that... |
Macdonald Benson Macdonald Benson Macdonald "Mac" Benson is a Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame trainer. A resident of Woodbridge, Ontario, Benson came to Canada in 1978 to train for E. P. Taylor's renowned Windfields Farm... |
Windfields Farm Windfields Farm Windfields Farm is a six square kilometre thoroughbred horse breeding farm founded by businessman E. P. Taylor in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. The first stable and breeding operation of E. P. Taylor originated with a property near the city of Toronto known as Parkwood Stable when it was owned by... |
1:45.20 | |||||||
| 1981 | Le Grand Seigneur | Dan Beckon | Yonnie Starr Yonnie Starr Joseph "Yonnie" Starr was a Canadian Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer about whom the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame says has a "record unmatched in Canadian racing history."... |
Jean-Louis Levesque Jean-Louis Lévesque Jean-Louis Lévesque, was a Canadian entrepreneur, thoroughbred racehorse owner, and philanthropist.... |
1:44.60 | |||||||
| 1980 | My Only Love | David Clark David K. Clark David K. Clark is a Champion jockey in Canadian Thoroughbred horse racing. He began riding professionally at Ontario racetracks in 1973 and went on to become one of Canada's most successful jockeys of all-time.Clark won the 1998 Sovereign Award as Canadian Champion Jockey and on July 17 of that... |
Phil England | Mrs. M. Sutherland | 1:44.60 | |||||||
| 1979 | Flashing Eagle | Hugo Dittfach | Emile M. Allain | B. K. Y. Stable | 1:42.80 | |||||||
| 1978 | Lucky Colonel S | Sandy Hawley Sandy Hawley Desmond Sanford "Sandy" Hawley, CM is a Hall of Fame jockey.Sandy Hawley started out as a plumber then later decided to be a jockey. He started his career as a jockey when he was a 17-year-old boy, hotwalking horses at a Toronto racetrack... |
Donnie Walker | Conn Smythe Conn Smythe Constantine Falkland Cary Smythe MC was a Canadian businessman, soldier and sportsman in ice hockey and horse racing. He is best known as the principal owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League from 1927 to 1961 and as the builder of Maple Leaf Gardens... |
1:46.60 | |||||||
| 1977 | Strategic Command | Jeffrey Fell Jeffrey Fell Jeffrey J. Fell is a retired jockey and a Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee who was also a successful rider in the United States.-References:* * *... |
Jerry C. Meyer | Grovetree Stable et al. | 1:43.60 | |||||||
| 1976 | Laissez-Passer | Jeffrey Fell Jeffrey Fell Jeffrey J. Fell is a retired jockey and a Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee who was also a successful rider in the United States.-References:* * *... |
Jacques Dumas | Jean-Louis Levesque Jean-Louis Lévesque Jean-Louis Lévesque, was a Canadian entrepreneur, thoroughbred racehorse owner, and philanthropist.... |
1:44.20 | |||||||
| 1975 | Big Destiny | Richard Grubb | David C. Cross, Jr. | David J. Foster | 1:25.00 | |||||||
| 1974 | Instead of Roses | Robin Platts Robin Platts Robin Platts is a Canadian thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He began his jockey career at age 16 and went on to become the winner of the 1979 Sovereign Award for Outstanding Jockey, a record four-time winner of Canada's most prestigious horse race, the Queen's Plate, and the... |
Arthur H. Warner | Sam-Son Farm Sam-Son Farm Sam-Son Farm is a thoroughbred horse racing stable with farms locations in Milton, Ontario, Canada and Ocala, Florida. Originating in the 60's by Ernie Samuel, it began as a home for hunter/jumper horses... |
1:21.80 | |||||||
| 1973 | Sunny South | Robin Platts Robin Platts Robin Platts is a Canadian thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He began his jockey career at age 16 and went on to become the winner of the 1979 Sovereign Award for Outstanding Jockey, a record four-time winner of Canada's most prestigious horse race, the Queen's Plate, and the... |
Frank H. Merrill, Jr. | W. P. Gilbride | 1:24.80 | |||||||
| 1972 | Henry Tudor | Sandy Hawley Sandy Hawley Desmond Sanford "Sandy" Hawley, CM is a Hall of Fame jockey.Sandy Hawley started out as a plumber then later decided to be a jockey. He started his career as a jockey when he was a 17-year-old boy, hotwalking horses at a Toronto racetrack... |
Lou Cavalaris, Jr. | Gardiner Farms | 1:24.20 | |||||||
| 1971 | Briartic | Richard Grubb | J. Mort Hardy | Bennett Farms | 1:22.80 | |||||||
| 1970 | Two Violins | R. Armstrong | Lou Cavalaris, Jr. | Gardiner Farm | 1:23.20 | |||||||
| 1969 | Jumpin Joseph Jumpin Joseph Jumpin Joseph is a Canadian Thoroughbred Champion racehorse. He was bred by William Beasley and raced by his son, Warren... |
Avelino Gomez Avelino Gomez Avelino Gomez was a Cuban-born Hall of Fame jockey in American and Canadian thoroughbred horse racing.Born in Havana, Gomez began a career as a jockey at the urging of a family member... |
Warren Beasley | Warren Beasley | 1:22.80 | |||||||
| 1968 | Big Blunder | James Fitzsimmons | Arthur H. Warner | Lanson Farm | 1:23.60 | |||||||
| 1967 | Cool Reception Cool Reception Cool Reception is a Canadian Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse. During his two-year-old racing season, trainer Carl Chapman retired and the colt's conditioning was taken over by Lou Cavalaris, Jr... |
Walter Blum Walter Blum Walter "Mousey" Blum is a retired Hall of Fame jockey.A horse racing fan from boyhood, in his teens Blum began working as a racetrack hotwalker. Despite being blind in his right eye from the age of two, in 1953 he embarked on a career as a jockey, riding his first winner on July 29 at Saratoga... |
Lou Cavalaris, Jr. | Margaret Seitz/Joan Reid | 1:42.60 | |||||||
| 1966 | Stevie B. Good | Eric Walsh | B. Puccini | E. C. Pasquale | 1:44.20 | |||||||
| 1965 | Victorian Era | Wayne Harris Wayne Harris (jockey) Wayne Harris is a retired Canadian jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who competed in Canada and the United States and who is best known for winning Canada's most prestigious race, the 1968 Queen's Plate.... |
Lou Cavalaris, Jr. | A. Case | 1:43.80 | |||||||
| 1964 | Ice Jam | Avelino Gomez Avelino Gomez Avelino Gomez was a Cuban-born Hall of Fame jockey in American and Canadian thoroughbred horse racing.Born in Havana, Gomez began a career as a jockey at the urging of a family member... |
Frank H. Merrill, Jr. | E. B. Seedhouse | 1:59.00 | |||||||
| 1963 | Sunny | D. Pruiett | Robert S. Bateman | William R. Beasley | 1:51.20 | |||||||
| 1962 | King Gorm | Hugo Dittfach | Richard Townrow | Lanson Farm | 1:45.00 | |||||||
| 1961 | Wise Command | John R. Adams | Les Lear Les Lear Leslie Lear was a National Football League and Canadian Football League player and coach as well as a owner and trainer of Thoroughbred race horse.-Football:... |
Les Lear Les Lear Leslie Lear was a National Football League and Canadian Football League player and coach as well as a owner and trainer of Thoroughbred race horse.-Football:... |
1:45.60 | |||||||
| 1960 | Hidden Treasure Hidden Treasure Hidden Treasure is a Canadian Champion Thoroughbred racehorse who was voted Horse of the Year in 1961. Bred and raced by prominent horseman, Bill Beasley, he was sired by the 1953 Kentucky Derby winner, Dark Star... |
Al Coy | John Passero | William R. Beasley | 1:37.80 | |||||||
| 1959 | Anita's Son | Hugo Dittfach | Arthur H. Warner | Lanson Farm | 1:36.80 | |||||||
| 1958 | Foxy Phil | R. McLaughlin | Arthur H. Warner | Lanson Farm | 1:37.60 | |||||||
| 1957 | Tender Morsel | E. A. Rodriguez Eugene A. Rodriguez Eugene A. Rodriguez was a Cuban-born jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.Born in Matanzas, Cuba, Rodriguez began his career in racing at Oriental Park in Havana, a racetrack which in 1980 would induct him in their Hall of Fame... |
E. Odorico | J. Applebaum | 1:55.20 | |||||||
| 1956 | Compactor | T. Johnson | Richard Townrow | J. Tomlinson | 1:45.80 | |||||||
- 1964 Jammed Lively finished first but was disqualified and set back to third.
- In 1985 there was a dead heatTie (draw)To tie or draw is to finish a competition with identical or inconclusive results. The word "tie" is usually used in North America for sports such as American football. "Draw" is usually used in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Commonwealth of Nations and it is usually used for sports such as...
for first.