The Jacques Cartier 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 since 1954 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....

. Run in mid April, the sprint race

Sprint (race)

Sprints are short running events in athletics and track and field. Races over short distances are among the oldest running competitions. The first 13 editions of the Ancient Olympic Games featured only one event—the stadion race, which was a race from one end of the stadium to the other...

 is open to horses aged four and older and is run over a distance of six furlongs on Polytrack synthetic dirt.

Inaugurated in 1954 at the now defunct 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...

 in Toronto, the Jacques Cartier Stakes is named in honour of the French

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...

 explorer, Jacques Cartier

Jacques Cartier

Jacques Cartier was a French explorer of Breton origin who claimed what is now Canada for France. He was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawrence River, which he named "The Country of Canadas", after the Iroquois names for the two big...

. It was raced at Woodbine Racetrack from 1956 through 1967 after which it was hosted by Fort Erie Racetrack through 1975. In 1976 the race returned to Greenwood Raceway where it remained through 1993. It returned to its prest location at Woodbine Racetrack in 1994.

The race was run in two divisions in 1984.

Since inception it has been contested at various distances:

• 6 furlongs : 1954-1975, 1994-present
• 6.5 furlongs : 1976
• 7 furlongs : 1977-1993

Records

Speed record: (Through 1998, Woodbine times were recorded in fifths of a second. Since 1999 they are in hundredths of a second)

• 1:08.62 - Disfunction (2009) (at current distance of 6 furlongs)

Most wins:

• 2 - 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...
  
   (1961, 1962)
• 2 - E. Day (1965, 1966)
• 2 - Park Romeo (1976, 1977)
• 2 - Overskate
  Overskate
  Overskate was a Canadian Thoroughbred Champion Hall of Fame racehorse. Sired by Nodouble out of the dam Overstate who was a descendant of the great sire Princequillo as well as Man o' War, Overskate was foaled at his owner's farm in Port Elgin, Ontario.A small but versatile horse, Overskate raced...
  
   (1979, 1980)
• 2 - Wake At Noon (2001, 2002)

Most wins by an owner:

• 4 - 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...
  
   (1973, 1990, 1995, 2000)

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:...

:

• 6 - 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...
  
   (1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1973, 1977)
• 6 - 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...
  
   (1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1987)

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 - Lou Cavalaris, Jr. (1967, 1968, 1974, 1975)
• 4 - 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...
  
   (1978, 1979, 1980, 1986)

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2011	Essence Hit Man	4		Audre Cappuccitti	Audre and Gordon Cappuccitti	1:08.16
2010	Hollywood Hit	4	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...	Daniel O'Callaghan	Peter Redekop	1:08.99
2009	Disfunction	5	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....	Julia Carey	JMJ's Stable & Weila Ye	1:08.62
2008	Legal Move	4	Simon Husbands Simon Husbands Simon Husbands is a jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.Husbands began racing in his native Barbados in the mid nineteen eighties then a few years later relocated to Fort Erie Racetrack in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada where he earned his first North American win in 1990...	Mark Casse	Woodford Racing LLC	1:08.63
2007	Stradivinsky	4	Emma-Jayne Wilson Emma-Jayne Wilson Emma-Jayne Wilson is a Sovereign and Eclipse Award-winning jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. The daughter of a computer programmer and a corporate marketing executive, she began taking riding lessons as a girl of nine...	Malcolm Pierce	Live Oak Plantation Racing	1:09.68
2006	Judiths Wild Rush	5	James S. 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...	Reade Baker	Tenenbaum Racing	1:09.17
2005	Ministers Wild Cat	5	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...	Scott H. Fairlie	I. & M. Cowan et al	1:09.67
2004	Chris's Bad Boy	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....	Vito Armata	Alpine Stable	1:08.75
2003	Rare Friends	4	Patrick Husbands Patrick Husbands Patrick Husbands is a Barbadian jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. The son of a jockey, he began riding as a young boy, turning professional in his home country where he rode successfully until emigrating to Toronto, Ontario in 1994.Racing out of Woodbine Racetrack, in 2003 Husbands won the...	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, Jr.	1:11.22
2002	Wake At Noon	5	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....	Abraham R. Katryan	Bruno Schickedanz	1:10.26
2001	Wake At Noon	4	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...	Abraham R. Katryan	Bruno Schickedanz	1:09.53
2000	Randy Regent	6	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...	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...	1:10.00
1999	Transferred	4	Na Somsanith	Thomas R. Bowden	Colebrook Farm	1:10.00
1998	Cache In	5	Mickey Walls Mickey Walls Mickey K. Walls is a retired Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who was a Champion in both the United States and Canada....	David R. Bell	M. Oslanski & G. Smith	1:10.40
1997	Kiridashi Kiridashi Kiridashi is a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse.-Background:He was bred, raced and trained by members of the Minshall family. Out of the mare, Sharp Briar, his sire was Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Bold Ruckus. Grandsire Boldnesian was also the grandsire of the 1977 U.S...	5	Mickey Walls Mickey Walls Mickey K. Walls is a retired Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who was a Champion in both the United States and Canada....	Barbara Minshall	Minshall Farms	1:09.80
1996	Demaloot Demashoot	6	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...	Daniel J. Vella Daniel J. Vella Daniel J. "Dan" Vella is a Canadian Champion Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Dan Vella was introduced to Thoroughbred horse racing by an uncle who owned horses and, after graduating from High School, went to work at a racetrack in his native Toronto...	Frank Stronach Frank Stronach Frank Stronach, CM is an Austrian-Canadian businessman. He is the founder of Magna International, an international automotive parts company based in Aurora, Ontario, Canada, and Magna Entertainment Corp., which specializes in horse-racing entertainment...	1:09.40
1995	Double Glow	4	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...	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...	1:10.60
1994	King Ruckus	4	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...	Daniel J. Vella Daniel J. Vella Daniel J. "Dan" Vella is a Canadian Champion Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Dan Vella was introduced to Thoroughbred horse racing by an uncle who owned horses and, after graduating from High School, went to work at a racetrack in his native Toronto...	Frank Stronach Frank Stronach Frank Stronach, CM is an Austrian-Canadian businessman. He is the founder of Magna International, an international automotive parts company based in Aurora, Ontario, Canada, and Magna Entertainment Corp., which specializes in horse-racing entertainment...	1:08.80
1993	Lordly Ruckus	4	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...	Debiie Lockhurst	C. M. Stubbs	1:23.40
1992	Megas Vukefalos	4	Mickey Walls Mickey Walls Mickey K. Walls is a retired Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who was a Champion in both the United States and Canada....	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...	1:24.60
1991	Host Master	5	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....	Emile M. Allain	Arosa Stables	1:25.20
1990	Regal Intention Regal Intention Regal Intention is a Canadian Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. A grandson of Northern Dancer, he was out of the mare, Tiffany Tam and sired by the important Vice Regent who also sired his stablemate and arch rival, Regal Classic....	5	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...  & 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...	1:23.80
1989	Overpeer	5	Robert King, Jr.	Trevor Swan Trevor Swan Trevor Winchester Swan was an Australian economist. He is best known for his work on the neoclassical model of economic growth, published simultaneously with that of Robert Solow, for his work on integrating internal and external balance, represented by the Swan diagram and for pioneering work in...	J. D. Cameron	1:24.80
1988	Bravest Shot	4	Irwin Driedger	Debi Lockhurst	Lorraine Stubbs	1:27.60
1987	Play the King Play the King Play the King was a Canadian Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred and raced by Kinghaven Farms of King City, Ontario, he was sired by King of Spain, a descendant of the very important sire, Nearco. His dam was Whisper whose sire Laugh Aloud was a son of U.S...	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...	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...	1:24.00
1986	Ten Gold Pots	5	Dan Beckon	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	1:24.00
1985	Aeronotic	4	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:* * *...	D. McCullough	Speedy Racing Stable	1:25.20
1984	My Only Love	7	Gary Stahlbaum	Phil England	Phil England (lessee)	1:25.20
1984	Sir Khaled	4	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...	Bill Marko	Reliable Stable & Bill Marko	1:26.20
1983	Regent Cat	5	Gary Stahlbaum	Phil England	Stieglan & Alexander	1:25.20
1982	Frost King Frost King Frost King is a Canadian Thoroughbred Champion and Hall of Fame racehorse. Bred by Ted Smith of Rockwood, Ontario, he was sired by Manhattan Handicap winner, Ruritania. His dam was Native Flower whose sire, Restless Native, was a son of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Native Dancer....	4	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....	Bill Marko	Ted Smith & Bill Marko	1:25.40
1981	Someolio Man	4	Brian Swatuk	George M. Carter	J. Terdik	1:26.20
1980	Overskate Overskate Overskate was a Canadian Thoroughbred Champion Hall of Fame racehorse. Sired by Nodouble out of the dam Overstate who was a descendant of the great sire Princequillo as well as Man o' War, Overskate was foaled at his owner's farm in Port Elgin, Ontario.A small but versatile horse, Overskate raced...	5	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...	Stafford Farm Stafford Farm Stafford Farm is a 100 acre farm in the Glendale section of Voorhees, New Jersey. In 1773, it was originally settled by the son of John Stafford, on nearby Short Hills Farm in Cherry Hill. John Stafford was George Washington's personal guard during the American Revolutionary War...	1:24.40
1979	Overskate Overskate Overskate was a Canadian Thoroughbred Champion Hall of Fame racehorse. Sired by Nodouble out of the dam Overstate who was a descendant of the great sire Princequillo as well as Man o' War, Overskate was foaled at his owner's farm in Port Elgin, Ontario.A small but versatile horse, Overskate raced...	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...	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...	Stafford Farm Stafford Farm Stafford Farm is a 100 acre farm in the Glendale section of Voorhees, New Jersey. In 1773, it was originally settled by the son of John Stafford, on nearby Short Hills Farm in Cherry Hill. John Stafford was George Washington's personal guard during the American Revolutionary War...	1:25.40
1978	Sound Reason	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...	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...	Stafford Farm Stafford Farm Stafford Farm is a 100 acre farm in the Glendale section of Voorhees, New Jersey. In 1773, it was originally settled by the son of John Stafford, on nearby Short Hills Farm in Cherry Hill. John Stafford was George Washington's personal guard during the American Revolutionary War...	1:25.60
1977	Park Romeo	6	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...	Jerry G. Lavigne	Parkview Stable	1:28.20
1976	Park Romeo	5	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....	Jerry G. Lavigne	Parkview Stable	1:19.40
1975	Conversation	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 Farms	1:11.20
1974	Henry Tudor	5	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 Farms	1:13.40
1973	Amber Stone	5	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...	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...	1:10.00
1972	Step In Time	5	G. Gordon	Edward Mann	Valecrest Farm	1:13.40
1971	Aintee So Daintee	5	James Kelly	Edward Mann	Valecrest Farm	1:10.00
1970	Regal Dancer	6	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...	Frank Merrill, Jr.	S. Rotenberg	1:10.20
1969	Bow Shannon	4	G. Gibb	J. Gomez	Mrs. J. Cerullo	1:12.40
1968	Lady Taj	4	Richard Grubb	Lou Cavalaris, Jr.	Gardiner & Golden West Farm	1:11.80
1967	Victorian Era	5	Hugo Dittfach	Lou Cavalaris, Jr.	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...	1:10.80
1966	E. Day	6	Noel Turcotte	Hume E. M. Pollock	Hume E. M. Pollock	1:10.60
1965	E. Day	5	Pat Remillard	Hume E. M. Pollock	Hume E. M. Pollock	1:10.40
1964	Roman Banquet	5	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...	S. U. Ross	E. C. Pasquale	1:10.80
1963	Jammmed Lucky	5	Keith Robinson	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."...	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...	1:11.00
1962	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...	5	George Gubbins George Gubbins George Gubbins is a retired Canadian jockey. He began his professional riding career in 1953 in Toronto where he competed at Greenwood Raceway and Woodbine Racetrack until 1974, with several years missed due to accidents. In addition he competed at Fort Erie Racetrack and at Blue Bonnets Raceway...	Robert S. Bateman	William R. Beasley	1:14.00
1961	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...	4	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...	Robert S. Bateman	William R. Beasley	1:10.60
1960	Theo Geo	4	G. Gordon	B. S. Chris	Mrs. B. S. Chris	1:13.20
1959	Top Tourn	6	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...	J. Hornsby	McMacken Stable	1:14.80
1958	Nearctic Nearctic (horse) Nearctic was an Canadian-bred Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred by E. P. Taylor, he was out of the Irish mare Lady Angela, a daughter of the British Champion sire Hyperion...	4	Ben Sorensen	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....	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...	1:09.80
1957	Censor	4	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...	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....	Winnifred 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...	1:10.20
1956	Beau Bunty	5	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...	B. S. Chris	Mrs. B. S. Chris	1:12.00
1955	Canadiana Canadiana (horse) Canadiana was the first Canadian-bred racehorse to earn more than $100,000 Canadian. She was bred by E. P. Taylor at his National Stud near Oshawa, Ontario. Sired by Taylor's stallion, Chop Chop who would go on to sire three more Queen's Plate winners, her dam Iribelle was also owned by Taylor...	5	T. Johnson	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...	1:11.60
1954	Blue Scooter	4	T. Johnson	F. Higgins	J. R. Mclntyre	1:11.40