The Singspiel Stakes is a Canadian

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

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, 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....

. run during the latter part of June on the same card as 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...

, as of 2008 it carries Grade III

Graded stakes race

A graded stakes race is a term applied since 1973 by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to thoroughbred horse races in the United States and Canada to describe races that derive their name from the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay...

 status. The race is open to horses aged three and older and is contested over a distance of 1½ miles on turf

Grass

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. It currently offers a purse of $150,000.

Inaugurated in 2005, the race was named for Irish

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

-bred Singspiel

Singspiel (horse)

Singspiel was an Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse. The Bay horse was out of the Eclipse Award winner and Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame mare, Glorious Song...

, who won the prestigious Canadian International Stakes

Canadian International Stakes

The Canadian International Stakes is a $2 million Grade I Canadian stakes race on Turf for thoroughbred racehorses three years of age and up held annually in October at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario....

 at Woodbine Racetrack in 1996 and who was a son of the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame

Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame

The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame was established in 1976 at the Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario to honor those who have made a significant contribution to the sport of harness and thoroughbred horse racing in Canada....

 filly, Glorious Song

Glorious Song

Glorious Song was a Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse who was a Champion in Canada and the United States and became an important broodmare. Bred by the prominent horseman E. P. Taylor at his Windfields Farm in Oshawa, Ontario, she was sired by Halo and out of the mare Ballade, who also produced...

.

Records

Speed record:

• 2:27.15 - Jambalaya
  Jambalaya (horse)
  Jambalaya is a Canadian Thoroughbred gelding racehorse. He was sired by Langfuhr, a Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee...
  
   (2006)

Most wins:

• 2 - Musketier (2009, 2011)

Most wins by a jockey

Jockey

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:

• 2 - Jono Jones
  Jonathan C. Jones
  Jonathan C. "Jono" Jones is a jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who has won each of the Canadian Triple Crown races....
  
   (2006, 2007)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 4 - 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...
  
   (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011)

Winners of the Singspiel Stakes

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2011	Musketier	9	John Velazquez	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...	Stella Perdomo	2:29.54
2010	Spice Route	6		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...	Harlequin Ranches	2:27.74
2009	Musketier	7	Jono Jones Jonathan C. Jones Jonathan C. "Jono" Jones is a jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who has won each of the Canadian Triple Crown 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...	Johanna Louise Glen-Teven	2:27.41
2008	Mission Approved	4	Ramon Dominguez	Gary Contessa	William F. Coyro, Jr.	2:30.63
2007	Pellegrino	8	Jono Jones Jonathan C. Jones Jonathan C. "Jono" Jones is a jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who has won each of the Canadian Triple Crown 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...	Gary A. Tanaka	2:27.79
2006	Jambalaya Jambalaya (horse) Jambalaya is a Canadian Thoroughbred gelding racehorse. He was sired by Langfuhr, a Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee...	4	Jono Jones Jonathan C. Jones Jonathan C. "Jono" Jones is a jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who has won each of the Canadian Triple Crown races....	Catherine Day Phillips	Todd & Catherine D. Phillips	2:27.15
2005	Daddy Cool	7	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...	Sean Smullen	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...	2:27.66