Canadian International Stakes
Encyclopedia
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
.
Part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series, the winner of the 2008 Canadian International automatically qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Turf
.
Since its creation in 1938 as "The Long Branch Championship", the race has undergone changes in the type of surface it is run on as well as its distance, location, and name. From 1939 to 1966 it was called the Canadian International Stakes and notably won in 1938 and 1941 by Bunty Lawless
, the colt voted "Canadian Horse of the Half Century". The race name was modified slightly from 1966 to 1980 when it was known as the Canadian International Championship Stakes. From 1981 through to 1995 the race was known as the Rothmans International for its sponsor, the Canadian subsidiary of Rothmans International plc
. Since 2003 it has been sponsored by Pattison Outdoor Advertising
.
Inaugurated in 1938 on the dirt at Toronto's Long Branch Racetrack, except for consolidation during World War II
it remained there until 1956 when the track closed its doors. Moved to Woodbine Racetrack, in 1958 it became a turf race.
On dirt:
On turf at Woodbine Racetrack:
Since 1958, winners have come from breeding farms
in Canada, the United States
, Ireland
, the United Kingdom
, France
and Argentina
. The Canadian International has been contested by many of the greatest horses, jockeys, and trainers in thoroughbred racing history from around the world. Its success as a North America
n race drawing an international field helped inspire the creation of the Breeders' Cup
races in 1984 which were held at Woodbine in 1996.
Notably, in 1973 the Canadian International was the final race for the great Secretariat
. His 6½ lengths victory is the widest winning margin in the race's history.
Most wins:
Most wins by an owner:
Most wins by a jockey
:
Most wins by a trainer
:
Canadian dollar
The Canadian dollar is the currency of Canada. As of 2007, the Canadian dollar is the 7th most traded currency in the world. It is abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or C$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies...
2 million Grade I
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...
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...
stakes race on Turf
Sod
Sod or turf is grass and the part of the soil beneath it held together by the roots, or a piece of thin material.The term sod may be used to mean turf grown and cut specifically for the establishment of lawns...
for thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...
racehorses three years of age and up held annually in October 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....
.
Part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series, the winner of the 2008 Canadian International automatically qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Turf
Breeders' Cup Turf
The Breeders' Cup Turf is a Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race on turf for three-year-olds and up. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup World Championships. The race's current title sponsor is Emirates Airlines.The forerunner...
.
Since its creation in 1938 as "The Long Branch Championship", the race has undergone changes in the type of surface it is run on as well as its distance, location, and name. From 1939 to 1966 it was called the Canadian International Stakes and notably won in 1938 and 1941 by Bunty Lawless
Bunty Lawless
Bunty Lawless was a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse who in 1951 was voted Canada's "Horse of the Half-Century".Racing during the Great Depression of the 1930s, Bunty Lawless competed for purse money that was very small. At age two, Bunty Lawless finished first or second in all but one of his ten...
, the colt voted "Canadian Horse of the Half Century". The race name was modified slightly from 1966 to 1980 when it was known as the Canadian International Championship Stakes. From 1981 through to 1995 the race was known as the Rothmans International for its sponsor, the Canadian subsidiary of Rothmans International plc
Rothmans International plc
Rothmans International plc was a British tobacco manufacturer. Its brands included Rothmans and Dunhill. Its international headquarters were in Hill Street, London and its international operations were run from Denham Place, Denham Village in Buckinghamshire...
. Since 2003 it has been sponsored by Pattison Outdoor Advertising
Jim Pattison Group
The Jim Pattison Group is Canada’s third largest privately held company and, in a recent survey by the Financial Post, The Jim Pattison Group was ranked as Canada’s 62nd largest company. Jim Pattison, a Vancouver-based entrepreneur is the Chairman, President, CEO, and sole owner of the Jim Pattison...
.
Inaugurated in 1938 on the dirt at Toronto's Long Branch Racetrack, except for consolidation during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
it remained there until 1956 when the track closed its doors. Moved to Woodbine Racetrack, in 1958 it became a turf race.
On dirt:
- 1938-1941 : 1 1/16 miles at Long Branch Racetrack
- 1942-1945 : 1 1/16 miles at Dufferin Racetrack
- 1946-1952 : 1 1/16 miles at Long Branch Racetrack
- 1953-1954 : 1⅛ miles at Long Branch Racetrack
- 1955 1 3/16 miles at Long Branch Racetrack
- 1956-1957 : 1⅝ miles at Woodbine RacetrackWoodbine RacetrackWoodbine 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...
On turf at Woodbine Racetrack:
- 1958-1986 1⅝ miles
- 1987-1993 1½ miles (Out of Chute, inside of main track)
- 1994-present 1½ miles (One full circuit, outside of main track)
Since 1958, winners have come from breeding farms
Stud farm
A stud farm or stud in animal husbandry, is an establishment for selective breeding of livestock. The word "stud" comes from the Old English stod meaning "herd of horses, place where horses are kept for breeding" Historically, documentation of the breedings that occur on a stud farm leads to the...
in Canada, the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Ireland
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...
, the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. The Canadian International has been contested by many of the greatest horses, jockeys, and trainers in thoroughbred racing history from around the world. Its success as a North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
n race drawing an international field helped inspire the creation of the Breeders' Cup
Breeders' Cup
The Breeders' Cup World Championships is an annual series of Thoroughbred horse races, most but not all Grade I, operated by Breeders' Cup Limited, a company formed in 1982. From its inception in 1984 through 2006, it was a single-day event; starting in 2007, it expanded to two days. The location...
races in 1984 which were held at Woodbine in 1996.
Notably, in 1973 the Canadian International was the final race for the great Secretariat
Secretariat (horse)
Secretariat was an American Thoroughbred racehorse, that in 1973 became the first U.S. Triple Crown champion in 25 years, setting new race records in two of the three events in the Series—the Kentucky Derby , and the Belmont Stakes —records that still stand today.Secretariat was sired by Bold...
. His 6½ lengths victory is the widest winning margin in the race's history.
Records
Time record: (Turf)- 1⅝ miles: 2:40.00 - DahliaDahlia (horse)Dahlia was an American-bred Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racemare who won major races in France, England, Ireland, Canada, and the United States...
(1974) - 1½ miles: 2:25.60 - RaintrapRaintrapRaintrap is a British Thoroughbred racehorse. His dam was Juddmonte Farms Suntrap, a daughter of the 1972 Epsom Derby winner, Roberto...
(1994)
Most wins:
- 2 - Bunty LawlessBunty LawlessBunty Lawless was a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse who in 1951 was voted Canada's "Horse of the Half-Century".Racing during the Great Depression of the 1930s, Bunty Lawless competed for purse money that was very small. At age two, Bunty Lawless finished first or second in all but one of his ten...
(1938, 1941) - 2 - SheppertonShepperton (horse)Shepperton was a Canadian Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse. Sired by Sun Craig, his grandsire was Sun Briar, the 1917 American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt who sired such outstanding runners as Firethorn, Pompey, and U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Sun Beau...
(1942, 1943) - 2 - George RoyalGeorge RoyalGeorge Royal was a Canadian Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse. Foaled in Cloverdale, British Columbia, George Royal was sired by Dark Hawk out of the mare Polly Bashaw. His great-grandsire was Hyperion, son of the English Triple Crown Champion Gainsborough.The colt began racing at two at...
(1965, 1966) - 2 - Majesty's PrinceMajesty's PrinceMajesty's Prince was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred at John D. Marsh's farm in Gainesville, Virginia, he was out of the mare Pied Princess, a daughter of 1953 American Horse of the Year and U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Tom Fool...
(1982, 1984)
Most wins by an owner:
- 4 - E. P. TaylorE. P. TaylorEdward Plunket Taylor was a Canadian business tycoon and famous breeder of thoroughbred race horses. Known to his friends as "Eddie", he is universally recorded as "E. P...
/ Windfields FarmWindfields FarmWindfields 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...
(1950, 1951, 1953, 1975) - 3 - Nelson Bunker HuntNelson Bunker HuntNelson Bunker Hunt is an American oil company executive. He is best known as a former billionaire whose fortune collapsed after he and his brother William Herbert Hunt tried but failed to corner the world market in silver. He is also a successful thoroughbred horse breeder.-Personal:Hunt was born...
(1974, 1976, 1977)
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:...
:
- 3 - Robert B. WatsonRobert B. WatsonRobert B. "Bobby" Watson was a Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame jockey. He was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, the son of Helen Booth and her husband, Alexander Watson. In his youth, the family emigrated to Canada where they settled in the city of Toronto, Ontario where Alexander Watson became...
(1942, 1943, 1944)
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...
:
- 3 - Gordon J. McCannGordon J. McCannGordon J. "Pete" McCann was a Canadian Thoroughbred horse trainer. He was born in East York, now part of the city of Toronto. Known to his family as Gordon, in racing circles he was nicknamed Pete....
(1941, 1951, 1953) - 3 - Horatio LuroHoratio LuroHoratio A. Luro was a thoroughbred horse racing trainer in the United States.Born in Argentina into a wealthy family that had been involved with horses for several generations, a suave young Horatio Luro grew up as something of a playboy and maintained this lifestyle after moving to the United...
(1956, 1957, 1971) - 3 - Maurice ZilberMaurice ZilberMaurice Zilber was a thoroughbred horse trainer born and raised in Cairo, Egypt to a Turkish mother and a French-Hungarian father...
(1974, 1976, 1977)
Winners of the Canadian International Stakes
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
| 2011 | Sarah Lynx (FR. filly) | 4 | Christophe Soumillon Christophe Soumillon Christophe Soumillon is a Belgian Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.-Career:Raised in a horse racing family, he is the son of a horse jumping jockey Jean-Marc Soumillon. Christophe Soumillon apprenticed at Chantilly Racecourse in Chantilly, France to Cédric Boutin, and won his first race in... |
John Hammond John E. Hammond John E. Hammond is a Thoroughbred horse trainer in France.Based in Chantilly, Oise, Hammond has trained numerous Group One winners including Montjeu and Suave Dancer both of whom won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, France's most prestigious horse race... |
Mrs. Robert G. Ehrnooth | 2:34.90 |
| 2010 | Joshua Tree | 3 | Colm O'Donoghue Colm O'Donoghue Colm O'Donoughue is an Irish flat jockey.In 2002, while an apprentice rider for the Aidan O'Brien racing stable he was injured and hospitalized after falling during the Dawn Fresh Cream Handicap.... |
Aidan O'Brien Aidan O'Brien Aidan Patrick O'Brien is an Irish horse racing trainer. Since 1996, he has been the private trainer at Ballydoyle Stables near Cashel in County Tipperary for John Magnier and his Coolmore Stud associates.... |
Smith, Magnier and Tabor | 2:32.72 |
| 2009 | Champs Elysees Champs Elysees (horse) Champs Elysees is a retired Thoroughbred racehorse who has competed successfully in Europe and North America.... |
6 | Garrett Gomez Garrett K. Gomez Garrett Keith Gomez is an American thoroughbred jockey.-Early career:Gomez learned to ride by watching his father, Louie, who was a jockey at many tracks in the Southwest United States... |
Robert J. Frankel | Juddmonte Farms Juddmonte Farms Juddmonte Farms is a famous and award-winning horse breeding farm, owned by Prince Khalid Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. A member of the Saudi Arabian royal family the successful businessman presides over the massive conglomerate Mawared... |
2:28.36 |
| 2008 | Marsh Side | 5 | Javier Castellano Javier Castellano Javier Castellano is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.Castellano began his riding career in his native Venezuela in 1996 and in June 1997 moved to the United States where rode at race tracks in southern Florida until 2001 when he moved to race on the New York State racing circuit.In... |
Neil D. Drysdale | Robert S. Evans | 2:28.73 |
| 2007 | Cloudy's Knight Cloudy's Knight Cloudy's Knight is an American Thoroughbred racehorse.Out of Northern Dancer's grandadaughter, Cloudy Spot, he was sired by the 1980 American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt, Lord Avie... |
7 | Ramsey Zimmerman | Frank J. Kirby | S J Stables LLC | 2:27.71 |
| 2006 | Collier Hill Collier Hill Collier Hill is a British Thoroughbred racehorse. He was bred by the prominent American sportsman George W. Strawbridge, Jr. who was involved in both steeplechase and flat racing and who raced in Europe and the United States.... |
8 | Dean McKeown Dean McKeown Dean Russell McKeown is a currently bannedBritish Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He embarked on his professional career as a teenager, earning his first win in 1977. While never a Champion jockey, McKeown has won a number of important Conditions races in the United Kingdom including three... |
Alan Swinbank | R. Hall, D. Abell, R. Crowe | 2:37.34 |
| 2005 | Relaxed Gesture Relaxed Gesture Relaxed Gesture is a thoroughbred racehorse known for winning the $2 million Canadian International Stakes in 2005. A chestnut stallion, he was bred and raced by Walter Haefner's Moyglare Stud Farm... |
4 | Corey Nakatani Corey Nakatani Corey S. Nakatani is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He got his big break in 1990 when he rode Itsallgreektome to win big stakes races.Nakatani currently resides at Belmont Park... |
Christophe Clement Christophe Clement Christophe Clement is a Thoroughbred horse trainer in the United States.- Racing background :Christophe Clement initially acquired his training skills from father Miguel, a leading trainer in France, Christophe later worked for the prominent French racing family of trainer Alec Head... |
Moyglare Stud | 2:32.64 |
| 2004 | Sulamani Sulamani Sulamani is an Irish-bred Thoroughbred race horse who competed and won in Dubai, Europe and North America.A great-grandson of English Triple Crown champion, Nijinsky, he made his racing debut in April 2002 at age three and finished seventh. Racing in France, he went on to win the prestigious Prix... |
5 | Frankie Dettori Frankie Dettori Lanfranco "Frankie" Dettori, MBE is an Italian horse racing jockey and celebrity. Dettori has been Champion Jockey on three occasions and has ridden the winners of more than 500 Group races.. He has had many successes in his role of stable jockey to Godolphin Racing... |
Saeed bin Suroor Saeed bin Suroor Saeed bin Suroor , is a horse racing trainer. Formerly a policeman, he took out his training license in 1994 and the following year was appointed as the trainer for Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin operation.... |
Godolphin | 2:28.64 |
| 2003 | Phoenix Reach | 3 | Martin Dwyer Martin Dwyer Martin Dwyer is an English Derby winning flat racing jockey having won the 2006 Vodafone Derby upon Sir Percy. This was his second classic success after winning the Epsom Oaks aboard Casual Look in 2003... |
Andrew Balding | Winterbeck Manor Stud | 2:33.62 |
| 2002 | Ballingarry Ballingarry (horse) Ballingarry is a Thoroughbred racehorse who competed for owners in Europe and North America. Bred and raced by the principals of Coolmore Stud, he was named for the village of Ballingarry in the southern part of County Tipperary in Ireland. In October 2002, he was sold to an American racing... |
3 | Michael Kinane Michael Kinane Michael J. Kinane is a former flat racing jockey. He had a 34-year career, retiring on 8 December 2009.... |
T. J. Comerford | Coolmore Stud Coolmore Stud Coolmore Stud, in Fethard, South Tipperary in Ireland, is the world's largest breeding operation of thoroughbred racehorses. It was established in 1975.... |
2:31.68 |
| 2001 | Mutamam | 6 | Richard Hills | Alec Stewart | Shadwell Racing Shadwell Racing Shadwell Racing is the Thoroughbred horse racing operations of Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai.Introduced to Thoroughbred flat racing while a student in the United Kingdom, Sheikh Hamdan established his first racing stable there in 1981... |
2:28.46 |
| 2000 | Mutafaweq Mutafaweq Mutafaweq is a Thoroughbred racehorse who raced successfully in England, Germany, and Canada.Raced by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's Godolphin Racing, Mutafaweq was a winner of four Group One races in three different countries before being retired from racing at the end of his 2001 campaign... |
4 | Frankie Dettori Frankie Dettori Lanfranco "Frankie" Dettori, MBE is an Italian horse racing jockey and celebrity. Dettori has been Champion Jockey on three occasions and has ridden the winners of more than 500 Group races.. He has had many successes in his role of stable jockey to Godolphin Racing... |
Saeed bin Suroor Saeed bin Suroor Saeed bin Suroor , is a horse racing trainer. Formerly a policeman, he took out his training license in 1994 and the following year was appointed as the trainer for Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin operation.... |
Godolphin | 2:27.62 |
| 1999 | Thornfield Thornfield Thornfield is a Canadian Thoroughbred Champion racehorse. Regally bred by Steve Stavro's Knob Hill Farm, he was sired by Eclipse and Sovereign Award and Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee Sky Classic, a son of the English Triple Crown winner, Nijinsky... |
5 | Richard Dos Ramos Richard Dos Ramos Richard Anthony Dos Ramos is a Canadian jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. He grew up in Malton, Ontario where his family emigrated when he was young... |
Phil England | 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... |
2:32.39 |
| 1998 | Royal Anthem Royal Anthem (horse) Royal Anthem is a retired Thoroughbred racehorse and active sire bred in the United States.-Background:A son of Theatrical, Royal Anthem's grandsire was Nureyev and his damsire was U.S... |
3 | Gary Stevens | Henry Cecil Henry Cecil Sir Henry Richard Amherst Cecil is a successful English horse racing trainer who has had many winners in the Epsom Derby, 1,000 Guineas and 2,000 Guineas, Epsom Oaks and the St. Leger Stakes.... |
The Thoroughbred Corp. The Thoroughbred Corp. The Thoroughbred Corporation is a Thoroughbred horse racing and breeding operation established in 1994 by principal partner Prince Ahmed bin Salman of the Saudi Arabian royal family... |
2:29.60 |
| 1997 | Chief Bearhart Chief Bearhart Chief Bearhart is a retired Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse and active sire. A turf specialist, he won six Sovereign Awards and was voted American Champion Male Turf Horse for 1997.-Background:... |
4 | Jose Santos José Santos Jose Abon Santos is a retired Chilean thoroughbred jockey who has been honored by the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in the United States.-Career:... |
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... |
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... |
2:29.00 |
| 1996 | 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... |
4 | Gary Stevens | Michael Stoute Michael Stoute Sir Michael Ronald Stoute is a Barbadian British thoroughbred horse trainer in flat racing. Stoute, whose father was the Chief of police for Barbados, left the island in 1964 at the age of 19 to become an assistant to trainer Pat Rohan and began training horses on his own in 1972... |
Sheikh Mohammed Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum , also Sheikh Mohammed, , is the Prime Minister and Vice President of the United Arab Emirates , and absolute monarch of Dubai.-Personal life and education:... |
2:33.20 |
| 1995 | Lassigny | 4 | Pat Day Pat Day Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991... |
William I. Mott | Prince Sultan al Kabeer | 2:29.80 |
| 1994 | Raintrap Raintrap Raintrap is a British Thoroughbred racehorse. His dam was Juddmonte Farms Suntrap, a daughter of the 1972 Epsom Derby winner, Roberto... |
4 | Robbie Davis Robbie Davis Robbie Glen Davis is a retired American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.-Early life:Davis grew up in a single parent household forced onto welfare, something that would impact him for the rest of his life.... |
André Fabre André Fabre André Fabre is a French thoroughbred horse racing trainer.The son of a diplomat, Fabre graduated from university with a law degree but then decided to pursue a career in thoroughbred horse racing. He began by working in the stables as a groom then as a schooling rider... |
Juddmonte Farms Juddmonte Farms Juddmonte Farms is a famous and award-winning horse breeding farm, owned by Prince Khalid Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. A member of the Saudi Arabian royal family the successful businessman presides over the massive conglomerate Mawared... |
2:25.60 |
| 1993 | Husband | 3 | Cash Asmussen Cash Asmussen Cash Asmussen is an American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. Born Brian Keith Asmussen, in 1977 he legally changed his name to "Cash". From a Texas horse racing family, his parents, Keith and Marilyn "Sis" Asmussen, operate a ranch in Laredo, Texas... |
John Fellows | Keswick Stables | 2:36.40 |
| 1992 | Snurge * | 5 | Richard Quinn | Paul Cole Paul Cole Paul F. I. Cole is a British racehorse trainer. Since 1987 he has been based at Whatcombe Estate in Oxfordshire, the former stables of Dick Dawson and Arthur Budgett.... |
Martyn Arbib Martyn Arbib Sir Martyn Arbib is a British businessman who led the Perpetual fund management company very successfully during the late 20th century, unusually based in Henley-on-Thames, England rather than London.Martyn Arbib attended Felsted School.... |
2:39.00 |
| 1991 | Sky Classic Sky Classic Sky Classic is a Canadian Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse. A son of U.K. Triple Crown champion Nijinsky, in 1989 Sky Classic won the Sovereign Award for Champion 2-Year-Old Male Horse in Canada but injuries kept him out for the most of the 1990 racing season.Back racing on grass in 1991, Sky... |
4 | Pat Day Pat Day Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991... |
Jim Day Jim Day James E. "Jim" Day is a Canadian Olympic equestrian show jumping champion and thoroughbred horse trainer.... |
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... |
2:27.80 |
| 1990 | French Glory | 4 | Pat Eddery Pat Eddery Patrick James John "Pat" Eddery is a former flat racing jockey. Pat's father Jimmy Eddery was a jockey, as is his brother Paul Eddery.-Career:... |
André Fabre André Fabre André Fabre is a French thoroughbred horse racing trainer.The son of a diplomat, Fabre graduated from university with a law degree but then decided to pursue a career in thoroughbred horse racing. He began by working in the stables as a groom then as a schooling rider... |
Juddmonte Farms Juddmonte Farms Juddmonte Farms is a famous and award-winning horse breeding farm, owned by Prince Khalid Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. A member of the Saudi Arabian royal family the successful businessman presides over the massive conglomerate Mawared... |
2:34.80 |
| 1989 | Hodges Bay | 4 | Jean Cruguet Jean Cruguet Jean Cruguet is an French-American thoroughbred horse racing jockey who won the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing.... |
Willard C. Freeman | George E. Robb | 2:33.80 |
| 1988 | Infamy | 4 | Ray Cochrane Ray Cochrane Ray Cochrane is a retired horse racing jockey and current sports agent.He was the winning jockey in three of the five British Classic Races: the Oaks Stakes, 1,000 Guineas Stakes and Epsom Derby Stakes... |
Luca Cumani Luca Cumani Luca M. Cumani is an Italian thoroughbred horse trainer. He has trained at Bedford House Stables in Newmarket, England since 1976... |
Gerald W. Leigh | 2:29.00 |
| 1987 | River Memories River Memories River Memories is a Thoroughbred racehorse who competed successfully in France and North America.Bred and raced by Alan Clore, River Memories raced in France at age two and three... |
3 | Chris McCarron Chris McCarron Christopher John "Chris" McCarron is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He is currently working as a racing analyst for TVG Network.... |
Robert Collet Robert Collet Robert Collet is a French thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Robert Collet was one of the first European trainers to win a Breeders' Cup race when he won the 1986 edition of the Breeders' Cup Mile at Hollywood Park Racetrack with Last Tycoon... |
Alan Clore | 2:32.80 |
| 1986 | Southjet | 3 | Jose Santos José Santos Jose Abon Santos is a retired Chilean thoroughbred jockey who has been honored by the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in the United States.-Career:... |
Angel Penna, Sr. Angel Penna, Sr. Angel A. Penna, Sr. was an Argentine-born U. S. Racing Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse trainer. Penna was an international trainer who worked and raced on three continents... |
Dogwood Stable Dogwood Stable Dogwood Stable is an American Thoroughbred racehorse partnership founded in 1969 by W. Cothran "Cot" Campbell of Aiken, South Carolina.The pioneers of thoroughbred partnerships, the operation's stated policy is to acquire moderately priced, young horses... |
2:54.60 |
| 1985 | Nassipour Nassipour Nassipour was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and a Leading sire in Australia. Bred in Kentucky by the Aga Khan, his sire Blushing Groom was the 1977 European Champion Three-Year-old and who would be the 1989 Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland. Nassipour's dam was Alama, a daughter of the... |
5 | Jean-Luc Samyn Jean-Luc Samyn Jean-Luc Samyn is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.The son of a pastry chef, Jean-Luc Samyn was one of three children. At age thirteen, he went to work for the stable of trainer John Cunnington at Chantilly, a racecourse about north of Paris city center... |
Stephen L. DiMauro | Dogwood Stable Dogwood Stable Dogwood Stable is an American Thoroughbred racehorse partnership founded in 1969 by W. Cothran "Cot" Campbell of Aiken, South Carolina.The pioneers of thoroughbred partnerships, the operation's stated policy is to acquire moderately priced, young horses... |
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| 1984 | Majesty's Prince Majesty's Prince Majesty's Prince was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred at John D. Marsh's farm in Gainesville, Virginia, he was out of the mare Pied Princess, a daughter of 1953 American Horse of the Year and U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Tom Fool... |
5 | Laffit Pincay, Jr. Laffit Pincay, Jr. Laffit Alejandro Pincay, Jr. is a flat racing's all-time winningest jockey. He competed primarily in the United States.-Career:... |
Joseph B. Cantey | John D. Marsh | 2:42.80 |
| 1983 | All Along All Along All Along was a champion Thoroughbred racemare that was foaled in France. She was one of the top fillies of the last part of the 20th century, racing mostly in Europe.-Background:... |
4 | Walter Swinburn Walter Swinburn Walter R. Swinburn is a retired flat racing jockey who competed in Great Britain and Ireland as well as internationally.Swinburn was born in Oxford... |
Patrick Biancone Patrick Biancone Patrick Louis Biancone is a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He is currently based in the United States, but enjoyed success in both Europe and Hong Kong earlier in his career... |
Daniel Wildenstein Daniel Wildenstein Daniel Leopold Wildenstein was a French art dealer and scholar, as well as a leading thoroughbred race horse owner and breeder.... |
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| 1982 | Majesty's Prince Majesty's Prince Majesty's Prince was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred at John D. Marsh's farm in Gainesville, Virginia, he was out of the mare Pied Princess, a daughter of 1953 American Horse of the Year and U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Tom Fool... |
3 | Eddie Maple Eddie Maple Edward Retz "Eddie" Maple is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. One of eight brothers and sisters, he was an older brother to jockey Sam Maple who won more than 2,500 races. He began riding horses at age 12 and won his first race as a professional at 17... |
Joseph B. Cantey | John D. Marsh | 2:49.40 |
| 1981 | Open Call | 3 | Jorge Velasquez Jorge Velasquez Jorge Velásquez is a thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey.Jorge Velasquez career in thoroughbred racing began in his native Panama but as a teenager moved to the United States... |
John M. Gaver, Jr. | Greentree Stable Greentree Stable Greentree Stable, in Red Bank, New Jersey, was a major American thoroughbred horse racing stable and breeding farm established in 1914 by Payne Whitney of the Whitney family of New York City. Payne Whitney operated a horse farm and stable at Saratoga Springs, New York with his brother Harry Payne... |
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| 1980 | Great Neck | 4 | Mike Venezia Mike Venezia Michael Joseph Venezia was an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who was killed in a racing accident.... |
Jan H. Nerud | Tartan Stable | 2:42.60 |
| 1979 | Golden Act Golden Act Golden Act was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Sired by Gummo, a grandson of Nasrullah who was a son of the extremely important sire, Nearco, he was out of the mare Golden Shore.... |
3 | 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... |
Loren Rettele | W. Oldknow/R. W. Phipps | 2:48.60 |
| 1978 | Mac Diarmida Mac Diarmida Mac Diarmida was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse.-Background:Mac Diarmida was bred by John Hartigan at his Cashel Stud farm in Ocala, Florida. Sired by Minnesota Mac, he was out of the mare Flying Tammie, a daughter of the 1958 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner, Tim Tam.As a... |
3 | Jean Cruguet Jean Cruguet Jean Cruguet is an French-American thoroughbred horse racing jockey who won the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing.... |
Scotty Schulhofer Flint S. Schulhofer Flint S. "Scotty" Schulhofer was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Schulhofer was born into a racing family in Aiken, South Carolina, where his father owned a racing stable as well as a riding academy... |
Jerome M. Torsney | 2:41.20 |
| 1977 | Exceller Exceller Exceller is widely considered one of the best horses to race in the United States not to win a year-end championship. Despite his exemplary achievements as a racehorse, and his unique accomplishment in being the only horse to ever defeat two Triple Crown winners in the same race , Exceller is now... |
4 | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Maurice Zilber Maurice Zilber Maurice Zilber was a thoroughbred horse trainer born and raised in Cairo, Egypt to a Turkish mother and a French-Hungarian father... |
Nelson Bunker Hunt Nelson Bunker Hunt Nelson Bunker Hunt is an American oil company executive. He is best known as a former billionaire whose fortune collapsed after he and his brother William Herbert Hunt tried but failed to corner the world market in silver. He is also a successful thoroughbred horse breeder.-Personal:Hunt was born... |
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| 1976 | Youth Youth (horse) Youth was an American-bred French Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred and raced by Texas oilman, Nelson Bunker Hunt, Youth was sired by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Ack Ack... |
3 | 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... |
Maurice Zilber Maurice Zilber Maurice Zilber was a thoroughbred horse trainer born and raised in Cairo, Egypt to a Turkish mother and a French-Hungarian father... |
Nelson Bunker Hunt Nelson Bunker Hunt Nelson Bunker Hunt is an American oil company executive. He is best known as a former billionaire whose fortune collapsed after he and his brother William Herbert Hunt tried but failed to corner the world market in silver. He is also a successful thoroughbred horse breeder.-Personal:Hunt was born... |
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| 1975 | Snow Knight Snow Knight Snow Knight was a Thoroughbred racehorse who won Britain's most prestigious race in 1974, the Epsom Derby, then the following year earned an Eclipse Award as the American Champion Male Turf Horse.-Background:... |
4 | Jorge Velasquez Jorge Velasquez Jorge Velásquez is a thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey.Jorge Velasquez career in thoroughbred racing began in his native Panama but as a teenager moved to the United States... |
MacKenzie Miller MacKenzie Miller Mackenzie Todd Miller was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer and owner/breeder. During his forty-six year career, he conditioned seventy-two stakes winners, including four Eclipse Award champions.... |
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... |
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| 1974 | Dahlia Dahlia (horse) Dahlia was an American-bred Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racemare who won major races in France, England, Ireland, Canada, and the United States... |
4 | Lester Piggott Lester Piggott Lester Keith Piggott is a retired English professional jockey, popularly known as "The Long Fellow". With 4,493 career wins, including nine Epsom Derby victories, he is one of the most well-known English flat racing jockeys of all time.... |
Maurice Zilber Maurice Zilber Maurice Zilber was a thoroughbred horse trainer born and raised in Cairo, Egypt to a Turkish mother and a French-Hungarian father... |
Nelson Bunker Hunt Nelson Bunker Hunt Nelson Bunker Hunt is an American oil company executive. He is best known as a former billionaire whose fortune collapsed after he and his brother William Herbert Hunt tried but failed to corner the world market in silver. He is also a successful thoroughbred horse breeder.-Personal:Hunt was born... |
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| 1973 | Secretariat Secretariat (horse) Secretariat was an American Thoroughbred racehorse, that in 1973 became the first U.S. Triple Crown champion in 25 years, setting new race records in two of the three events in the Series—the Kentucky Derby , and the Belmont Stakes —records that still stand today.Secretariat was sired by Bold... |
3 | Eddie Maple Eddie Maple Edward Retz "Eddie" Maple is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. One of eight brothers and sisters, he was an older brother to jockey Sam Maple who won more than 2,500 races. He began riding horses at age 12 and won his first race as a professional at 17... |
Lucien Laurin Lucien Laurin Lucien Laurin was a French-Canadian jockey and Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse trainer.-Life and career:... |
Meadow Stable Penny Chenery Helen Bates "Penny" Chenery Tweedy is an American sportswoman who bred and raced Secretariat, the 1973 winner of the Triple Crown... |
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| 1972 | Droll Role Droll Role Droll Role was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Owned and bred by John M. Schiff, his sire was the great runner and U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Tom Rolfe, a son of the undefeated European superstar, Ribot... |
4 | Braulio Baeza Braulio Baeza Braulio Baeza is an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He began racing in 1955 and in 1960, at the urging of agent Camilo Marin, moved to compete in the United States where at the Keeneland Race Course he won the very first he competed in.Braulio Baeza's success in America was... |
Thomas J. Kelly Thomas Joseph Kelly Thomas Joseph Kelly is a United States Racing Hall of Fame trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses as well as an owner and breeder.... |
John M. Schiff John M. Schiff John Mortimer Schiff was an American banker and national president of the Boy Scouts of America from 1951 to 1956.-Biography:... |
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| 1971 | One For All | 5 | Ron Turcotte Ron Turcotte Ron Joseph Morel Turcotte, CM is a Hall of Fame thoroughbred race horse jockey best known as the rider of Secretariat, winner of the U.S. Triple Crown in 1973.... |
Horatio Luro Horatio Luro Horatio A. Luro was a thoroughbred horse racing trainer in the United States.Born in Argentina into a wealthy family that had been involved with horses for several generations, a suave young Horatio Luro grew up as something of a playboy and maintained this lifestyle after moving to the United... |
John A. Bell lll | 2:45.20 |
| 1970 | Drumtop Drumtop Drumtop was an American Thoroughbred horse racing mare purchased as a yearling for $47,000 who won close to half a million dollars in racing against both females and males and who in 1971 broke three track records:... |
4 | Chuck Baltazar | Roger Laurin Roger Laurin Roger Laurin is a trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses in the United States and Canada. He has trained Champions Numbered Account, the 1971 American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly, and Chief's Crown, the 1984 American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt and Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner.-A family business:Roger... |
James B. Moseley | 2:50.80 |
| 1969 | Vent du Nord * | 4 | Rudy L. Turcotte | Al Scotti | Emanuel Mittman | 2:47.20 |
| 1968 | Frenetico | 4 | 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... |
Lou Cavalaris, Jr. | Gardiner Farm | 2:49.20 |
| 1967 | He's A Smoothie He's A Smoothie He's A Smoothie was a Canadian Thoroughbred Champion and Hall of Fame racehorse who set track records on both dirt and turf. Bred and raced by William R. Beasley, his sire was the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Round Table. His dam was Ratine, a daughter of Bahram, the Aga Khan's 1935 British... |
4 | Samuel McComb | Warren Beasley | William R. Beasley | 2:59.60 |
| 1966 | George Royal George Royal George Royal was a Canadian Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse. Foaled in Cloverdale, British Columbia, George Royal was sired by Dark Hawk out of the mare Polly Bashaw. His great-grandsire was Hyperion, son of the English Triple Crown Champion Gainsborough.The colt began racing at two at... |
5 | Ismael Valenzuela Ismael Valenzuela Ismael "Milo" Valenzuela was a Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He was one of 22 children born to parents who had immigrated to the United states. Shortly after Ismael Valenzuela's birth, the family returned to their native Mexico... |
Donald Richardson | Hammond & Hall | 2:42.40 |
| 1965 | George Royal George Royal George Royal was a Canadian Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse. Foaled in Cloverdale, British Columbia, George Royal was sired by Dark Hawk out of the mare Polly Bashaw. His great-grandsire was Hyperion, son of the English Triple Crown Champion Gainsborough.The colt began racing at two at... |
4 | Johnny Longden Johnny Longden John Eric Longden was an American Hall of Fame jockey. He was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England but his father wanted to build a better life for his family so in 1909 emigrated to Canada, settling in Taber, Alberta. By 1912 Longden Sr. had saved enough money to send for his wife and young son... |
Donald Richardson | Hammond & Hall | 3:05.40 |
| 1964 | Will I Rule | 4 | Ron Turcotte Ron Turcotte Ron Joseph Morel Turcotte, CM is a Hall of Fame thoroughbred race horse jockey best known as the rider of Secretariat, winner of the U.S. Triple Crown in 1973.... |
Joe Nash | Fitz Eugene Dixon, Jr. Fitz Eugene Dixon, Jr. Fitz Eugene Dixon, Jr. was an American educator, sportsman, and philanthropist.-Biography:He was the son of banker Fitz Eugene Dixon, Sr. and his wife Eleanor Widener, a member of the wealthy Philadelphia Widener family. His grandfather, George D. Widener, and uncle, Harry Elkins Widener, had both... |
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| 1963 | The Axe II | 5 | John L. Rotz John L. Rotz John L. Rotz is a retired American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey and an active World Champion in Western riding competitions.... |
John M. Gaver, Sr. John M. Gaver, Sr. John Milton Gaver, Sr. was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Born in Mt. Airy, Maryland, John Gaver graduated from Princeton University then worked as a prep school language teacher before eventually embarking on a career in Thoroughbred racing. In 1929, James G... |
Greentree Stable Greentree Stable Greentree Stable, in Red Bank, New Jersey, was a major American thoroughbred horse racing stable and breeding farm established in 1914 by Payne Whitney of the Whitney family of New York City. Payne Whitney operated a horse farm and stable at Saratoga Springs, New York with his brother Harry Payne... |
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| 1962 | El Bandito | 5 | Ray Broussard Ray Broussard Raywood J. Broussard was an American jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing."Ray" Broussard was born in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, home to a large number of persons of Acadian ancestry and an area that would produce a number of other Cajun jockeys including Eddie Delahoussaye, Randy... |
Joseph H. Pierce, Jr. | Edward Seltzer | 2:50.80 |
| 1961 | Our Jeep | 4 | Sam Boulmetis, Sr. Sam Boulmetis, Sr. Samuel A. Boulmetis, Sr. is a retired American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who was inducted in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1973... |
Oleg Dubassoff | John M. Schiff John M. Schiff John Mortimer Schiff was an American banker and national president of the Boy Scouts of America from 1951 to 1956.-Biography:... |
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| 1960 | Rocky Royale | 4 | Kenneth Church Kenneth Church Kenneth Church is a retired jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.In his early teens, Church began riding ponies and in 1946 got a job as an exercise rider at Old Woodbine Race Course in Toronto, Ontario. The following year, he was offered a chance to apprentice for future U.S... |
Paul L. Kelley | Spring Hill Farm James D. Norris James Dougan Norris was an American sports businessman, with interests in boxing, ice hockey, and horse racing. He was the son of James E. Norris and half-brother of Bruce Norris and is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame.Born in Chicago, Norris served as a Lieutenant with the United States Navy... |
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| 1959 | Martini II | 5 | Charles Clark | Harry Trotsek | Hasty House Farm | 2:56.00 |
| 1958 | Jack Ketch Jack Ketch (horse) Jack Ketch was a thoroughbred racehorse. Raced at age two under trainer Stephen Quirke, son of Irish champion jockey, Martin Quirke, Jack Ketch won the Maher Nursery Handicap. At age three, the colt won three important Irish races including the Classic 2,000 Guineas.In 1958, Jack Ketch was sold to... |
4 | Johnny Sellers Johnny Sellers Johnny Sellers was an American jockey. Born in Los Angeles, but raised in Oklahoma, he began his professional career in 1955 and between 1959 and 1968 rode in six Kentucky Derbys. He won the prestigious race aboard Carry Back in 1961 then riding the colt to victory in the Preakness Stakes... |
Harry Trotsek | Hasty House Farm | 2:46.60 |
| 1957 | Spinney | 4 | Juan Sanchez | Horatio Luro Horatio Luro Horatio A. Luro was a thoroughbred horse racing trainer in the United States.Born in Argentina into a wealthy family that had been involved with horses for several generations, a suave young Horatio Luro grew up as something of a playboy and maintained this lifestyle after moving to the United... |
Louis R. Rowan Louis R. Rowan Louis R. Rowan was an American businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder.A native of California, Rowan was educated in England. In 1968, along with Clement L. Hirsch and Dr. Jack Robbins, he co-founded the Oak Tree Racing Association at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California... |
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| 1956 | Eugenia II | 4 | Juan Sanchez | Horatio Luro Horatio Luro Horatio A. Luro was a thoroughbred horse racing trainer in the United States.Born in Argentina into a wealthy family that had been involved with horses for several generations, a suave young Horatio Luro grew up as something of a playboy and maintained this lifestyle after moving to the United... |
W. Arnold Hanger | 2:43.40 |
| 1955 | Park Dandy | 5 | Bobby Ussery Bobby Ussery Robert Nelson "Bobby" Ussery is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. His first race as a professional jockey came at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans on November 22, 1951 where he rode Reticule to victory in the Thanksgiving Handicap. By the end of the decade... |
P. Brady | William J. Beattie | 2:00.80 |
| 1954 | Resilient | 4 | B. Green | H. W. Williams | Killian Farms | 1:54.00 |
| 1953 | Navy Page | 3 | Nick Shuk Nick Shuk Nicholas "Nick" Shuk was an American jockey in thoroughbred horse racing. He began his career in 1948 as a contract rider for Art Rooney, owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers football team. In the 1950s, Shuk won the Maryland jockey title seven times and was the leading jockey at Delaware Park... |
Gordon J. McCann Gordon J. McCann Gordon J. "Pete" McCann was a Canadian Thoroughbred horse trainer. He was born in East York, now part of the city of Toronto. Known to his family as Gordon, in racing circles he was nicknamed Pete.... |
E. P. Taylor E. P. Taylor Edward Plunket Taylor was a Canadian business tycoon and famous breeder of thoroughbred race horses. Known to his friends as "Eddie", he is universally recorded as "E. P... |
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| 1952 | Beau Dandy | 7 | Anthony Licata | R. Anderson | Mrs. D. J. Kennedy | 1:46.00 |
| 1951 | Bull Page Bull Page Bull Page was a Canadian Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse and an important sire.Bred by Woodvale Farm in Kentucky, he was out of the mare Our Page, winner of the important Spinaway Stakes in 1942 and a daughter of the 1929 American Horse of the Year and U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Blue... |
4 | Jose Vina | Gordon J. McCann Gordon J. McCann Gordon J. "Pete" McCann was a Canadian Thoroughbred horse trainer. He was born in East York, now part of the city of Toronto. Known to his family as Gordon, in racing circles he was nicknamed Pete.... |
E. P. Taylor E. P. Taylor Edward Plunket Taylor was a Canadian business tycoon and famous breeder of thoroughbred race horses. Known to his friends as "Eddie", he is universally recorded as "E. P... |
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| 1950 | Nephisto | 3 | Pat Remillard | Arthur Brent | E. P. Taylor E. P. Taylor Edward Plunket Taylor was a Canadian business tycoon and famous breeder of thoroughbred race horses. Known to his friends as "Eddie", he is universally recorded as "E. P... |
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| 1949 | Arise Arise (horse) Arise was an Canadian Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse. He was sired by the 1936 Santa Anita Derby winner, He Did, a son of the 1928 Preakness Stakes winner, Victorian. Out of the dam Coralie B., his damsire Apprehension was a grandson of English Triple Crown champion, Rock Sand.Arise was... |
3 | Douglas Dodson Douglas Dodson Douglas Allan Dodson was a Champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.Douglas Dodson was born in Pickardville, Alberta, Canada, the son of James Floyd and Emma Dodson. His family moved to a ranch in Elk River, Idaho when he was still a child and as a small boy he learned to ride horses... |
James C. Bentley | Addison Stable | 1:46.80 |
| 1948 | Canada's Teddy | 4 | David H. Prater | Morris Fishman | Mrs. Morris Fishman | 1:48.00 |
| 1947 | Brown Hostess | 4 | Len Stroud | William Thurner | Charles H. Hemstead | 1:46.20 |
| 1946 | Kingarvie Kingarvie Kingarvie was a Canadian Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse. Owned and bred by the renowned automobile pioneer, Col. Sam McLaughlin, he was out of the mare, Forsworn. He was sired by Teddy Wrack who was a son of Bull Dog, a Champion American sire whose progeny included the very important Bull Lea... |
3 | Johnny Dewhurst | Arthur Brent | Parkwood Stable Parkwood Stable Parkwood Stable was a thoroughbred racing stable founded in the early 1930s and expanded to include a breeding farm near Toronto, Ontario in 1937. Owned by the wealthy automobile maker Col... |
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| 1945 | Tulachmore | 5 | Pat Remillard | W. MacDonald | MacDonald Stable | 1:55.40 |
| 1944 | Be Brief | 4 | Robert B. Watson Robert B. Watson Robert B. "Bobby" Watson was a Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame jockey. He was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, the son of Helen Booth and her husband, Alexander Watson. In his youth, the family emigrated to Canada where they settled in the city of Toronto, Ontario where Alexander Watson became... |
Cecil Howard Cecil Howard Cecil Howard is a former pornographic film director.His aliases have included Howard Winters, Ward Summers and Umberto Corleone.-Awards:*1984 AVN Award – Best Director – Scoundrels... |
Harry C. Hatch Harry C. Hatch Harold Clifford "Harry" Hatch was a self-made millionaire industrialist from Prince Edward County, Ontario specializing in the business of wine and spirits.... |
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| 1943 | Shepperton Shepperton (horse) Shepperton was a Canadian Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse. Sired by Sun Craig, his grandsire was Sun Briar, the 1917 American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt who sired such outstanding runners as Firethorn, Pompey, and U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Sun Beau... |
4 | Robert B. Watson Robert B. Watson Robert B. "Bobby" Watson was a Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame jockey. He was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, the son of Helen Booth and her husband, Alexander Watson. In his youth, the family emigrated to Canada where they settled in the city of Toronto, Ontario where Alexander Watson became... |
Fred H. Schelke | Fred H. Schelke | 1:51.80 |
| 1942 | Shepperton Shepperton (horse) Shepperton was a Canadian Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse. Sired by Sun Craig, his grandsire was Sun Briar, the 1917 American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt who sired such outstanding runners as Firethorn, Pompey, and U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Sun Beau... |
3 | Robert B. Watson Robert B. Watson Robert B. "Bobby" Watson was a Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame jockey. He was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, the son of Helen Booth and her husband, Alexander Watson. In his youth, the family emigrated to Canada where they settled in the city of Toronto, Ontario where Alexander Watson became... |
Fred H. Schelke | Fred H. Schelke | 1:52.40 |
| 1941 | Bunty Lawless Bunty Lawless Bunty Lawless was a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse who in 1951 was voted Canada's "Horse of the Half-Century".Racing during the Great Depression of the 1930s, Bunty Lawless competed for purse money that was very small. At age two, Bunty Lawless finished first or second in all but one of his ten... |
6 | Tom Aimers | Gordon J. McCann Gordon J. McCann Gordon J. "Pete" McCann was a Canadian Thoroughbred horse trainer. He was born in East York, now part of the city of Toronto. Known to his family as Gordon, in racing circles he was nicknamed Pete.... |
Willie F. Morrissey | 1:49.20 |
| 1940 | Cerisse | 7 | H. Meybell | A. Bennie | A. J. Halliwell | 1:46.00 |
| 1939 | Sir Marlboro | 3 | Charlie McTague | W. Coburn | 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... |
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| 1938 | Bunty Lawless Bunty Lawless Bunty Lawless was a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse who in 1951 was voted Canada's "Horse of the Half-Century".Racing during the Great Depression of the 1930s, Bunty Lawless competed for purse money that was very small. At age two, Bunty Lawless finished first or second in all but one of his ten... |
3 | Tom Aimers | Jack Anderson | Willie F. Morrissey | 1:45.80 |
- In 1969 Tradesman won but was disqualified and placed last.
- In 1992 Wiorno finished first but was disqualified and placed third.