My Dear Stakes
Encyclopedia
The My Dear Stakes is a Canadian
Thoroughbred horse race
run annually in late June at Woodbine Racetrack
in Toronto, Ontario
. Open to two-year-old fillies
, it is contested over a distance of five furlong
s on Polytrack
and currently carries a purse of $150,000.
The race was named for the retrospective American Champion Older Female Horse of 1923, My Dear
, whose greatest performances came at the Old Woodbine Race Course
. Inaugurated at the now defunct Thorncliffe Park Raceway
in Toronto, in 1956 the race was moved to the Old Woodbine Race Course
then the following year to the newly constructed Woodbine Racetrack
. Contested at five furlongs from 1949 through 1968, it was raced at six furlongs from 1969 through 1975. Since 1976 it has been run at its original five furlong distance.
The My Dear Stakes was contested in two divisions in 1953, 1955, 1969, 1979, 1986. There was no race in 1947.
Most wins by an owner:
Most wins by a jockey
:
Most wins by a trainer
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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 in late June 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, Ontario
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...
. Open to two-year-old fillies
Filly
A filly is a young female horse too young to be called a mare. There are several specific definitions in use.*In most cases filly is a female horse under the age of four years old....
, it is contested over a distance of five furlong
Furlong
A furlong is a measure of distance in imperial units and U.S. customary units equal to one-eighth of a mile, equivalent to 220 yards, 660 feet, 40 rods, or 10 chains. The exact value of the furlong varies slightly among English-speaking countries....
s on Polytrack
Polytrack
A synthetic racetrack surface is any kind of surface substance that replaces grass, dirt or sand as the racing surface on a horse racing track. Synthetic surfaces may be desirable over traditional surfaces for several reasons, most prominently the reduction of injuries and possible deaths to horses...
and currently carries a purse of $150,000.
The race was named for the retrospective American Champion Older Female Horse of 1923, My Dear
My Dear III
My Dear was an American Thoroughbred Champion Filly racehorse.Bred by H. Rozier Dulany of Upperville, Virginia, she was out of the mare Bettie Landon and sired by King James, the 1909 retrospective American Champion Older Male Horse. My Dear was a full sister to Admiral Cary T...
, whose greatest performances came at the Old Woodbine Race Course
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...
. Inaugurated at the now defunct Thorncliffe Park Raceway
Thorncliffe Park Raceway
Thorncliffe Park Raceway was a racetrack in Leaside, Ontario, Canada that operated from 1917 until 1952. It was located east of Millwood Road, south of Eglinton Avenue East and north of the CPR railroad tracks. It was the first home of the Prince of Wales Stakes...
in Toronto, in 1956 the race was moved to the Old Woodbine Race Course
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...
then the following year to the newly constructed 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...
. Contested at five furlongs from 1949 through 1968, it was raced at six furlongs from 1969 through 1975. Since 1976 it has been run at its original five furlong distance.
The My Dear Stakes was contested in two divisions in 1953, 1955, 1969, 1979, 1986. There was no race in 1947.
Records
Speed record: (Through 1998, Woodbine times were recorded in fifths of a second. Since 1999 they are in hundredths of a second)- 0:56.73 - Midst (2009) (at current 5 furlong distance)
Most wins by an owner:
- 5 - Stafford Farms (1961, 1962, 1969, 1971, 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:...
:
- 5 - Robin PlattsRobin PlattsRobin 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...
(1969, 1970, 1977, 1979, 1984) - 5 - David ClarkDavid K. ClarkDavid 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...
(1983, 1989, 1999, 2003, 2005) - 5 - Todd KabelTodd KabelTodd 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...
(1991, 1992, 1996, 2002, 2007)
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...
:
- 7 - John Passero (1951, 1955 (2), 1956, 1959, 1961, 1962)
Winners of the My Dear Stakes
Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
2009 | Midst | 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... |
Mark E. Casse | Lets Go Stable | 0:56.73 |
2008 | Juliet's Spirit | Jim McAleney | Steve Asmussen Steve Asmussen Steven Mark Asmussen is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. Born into a horse racing family, his parents, Keith and Marilyn "Sis" Asmussen, are both trainers who operate El Primero Training Center off the Mines Road in Laredo, the seat of Webb County in south Texas... |
Padua Stables | 0:57.86 |
2007 | Dancing Allstar | 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... |
Terry Jordan | Robert Cheema | 0:57.53 |
2006 | Lottacosta | Ray Sabourin | John A. Ross | Jam Jar Racing | 0:57.38 |
2005 | Wannatalkaboutme | 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... |
Nicholas Gonzalez | M.A.D. Racing/Gonzalez | 0:59.52 |
2004 | Quite a Ruckus | James McKnight James McKnight James Edward McKnight is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League. He played for the Seattle Seahawks , the Dallas Cowboys , Miami Dolphins , and the New York Giants . He spent the 1999 season on injured reserve. McKnight played college football at Liberty... |
Mark Casse | Richard & Nancy Kaster | 0:58.12 |
2003 | Nashinda | David Clark David K. Clark David K. Clark is a Champion jockey in Canadian Thoroughbred horse racing. He began riding professionally at Ontario racetracks in 1973 and went on to become one of Canada's most successful jockeys of all-time.Clark won the 1998 Sovereign Award as Canadian Champion Jockey and on July 17 of that... |
Macdonald Benson Macdonald Benson Macdonald "Mac" Benson is a Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame trainer. A resident of Woodbridge, Ontario, Benson came to Canada in 1978 to train for E. P. Taylor's renowned Windfields Farm... |
Augustin Stable | 0:58.12 |
2002 | Handpainted | 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... |
Josie Carroll Josie Carroll Josie Carroll is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse trainer and the first woman trainer to win the Queen's Plate, the oldest thoroughbred horse race in Canada and Canada's most prestigious race.... |
John & Glen Sikura | 0:58.55 |
2001 | Jealous Forum | 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... |
Mark Casse | Mockingbird Farm Inc. | 0:58.79 |
2000 | Caught Out | 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... |
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 | 0:58.28 |
1999 | Sutter Sutter | 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... |
Mike Doyle | Merrick Jones | 0:56.93 |
1998 | Fantasy Lake | 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... |
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... |
Windhaven | 0:58.20 |
1997 | Right Regal | 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.... |
Laurie Silvera Laurie Silvera Laurie Silvera is a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. A resident of Campbellville, Ontario, he has been training professionally since 1975 at racetracks in the Toronto area... |
Silverbrook Farm | 0:58.40 |
1996 | Diablo's Peac | 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... |
Dan 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... |
0:58.00 |
1995 | Rosie O'Greta | Dave Penna Dave Penna David "Dave" Penna was an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who competed in the United States but had his gretest successes in Canada. Born in Auburn, New York, he began his career as a professional rider in 1978 and three years later went to compete at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto... |
Linda Rice | Run For The Roses Inc. | 0:58.60 |
1994 | Petrouchka | Larry Attard Larry Attard Larry Attard is a retired Hall of Fame Champion jockey and current horse trainer in Canadian Thoroughbred horse racing.... |
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... |
0:59.00 |
1993 | Celmis | Dave Penna Dave Penna David "Dave" Penna was an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who competed in the United States but had his gretest successes in Canada. Born in Auburn, New York, he began his career as a professional rider in 1978 and three years later went to compete at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto... |
Mike Doyle | Eaton Hall Farm | 0:59.20 |
1992 | Try In The Sky | 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... |
Laurie Silvera Laurie Silvera Laurie Silvera is a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. A resident of Campbellville, Ontario, he has been training professionally since 1975 at racetracks in the Toronto area... |
Black Forest Stables | 0:59.40 |
1991 | November Snow | 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... |
Laurie Silvera Laurie Silvera Laurie Silvera is a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. A resident of Campbellville, Ontario, he has been training professionally since 1975 at racetracks in the Toronto area... |
Silverbrook Stable | 0:59.40 |
1990 | Primarily | Don Seymour Don Seymour Donald J. Seymour is a Canadian jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who is the only jockey in history to win two Canadian Triple Crowns.... |
Roger Attfield Roger Attfield Roger L. Attfield is a Canadian thoroughbred horse trainer and owner.In his native England, Attfield had become an accomplished international-level equestrian competitor when he emigrated to Canada in 1970... |
Kinghaven Farms Kinghaven Farms Kinghaven Farms is a thoroughbred horse racing stable founded in 1967 by Donald G. "Bud" Willmot. Located in King City, Ontario, north of Toronto, the success of the stable would see it expand to the United States with the acquisition of a farm and training center near Ocala, Florida. Kinghaven... |
0:58.80 |
1989 | Prospective Dolly Prospective Dolly Prospective Dolly is a Thoroughbred racehorse who is best known as a three-time winner of two stakes races. Out of the mare Dolly Deb, she was sired by Prosperous, a stakes winner in Japan who was a son of the very influential sire, Mr. Prospector.A sprint race specialist, Prospective Dolly was... |
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... |
Tony Mattine | N. Clements/M. Rich | 0:58.80 |
1988 | Lady Summerhill | 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.... |
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... |
Summerhill Farms | 1:00.00 |
1987 | Bubba Dulyah | Joe Rocco | Ben Perkins, Jr. | Charlotte C. Polin | 0:58.80 |
1986 | Swingin Nickel | Jeff Lloyd | B. Rice | Bwamazon Farm | 0:59.20 |
1986 | Casereae | Gary Stahlbaum | Mike Doyle | Eaton Hall Farm | 0:59.00 |
1985 | Ice Cream Social | Dan Beckon | Ernie Retamoza | J. Martin | 1:00.60 |
1984 | Deceit Dancer | Robin Platts Robin Platts Robin Platts is a Canadian thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He began his jockey career at age 16 and went on to become the winner of the 1979 Sovereign Award for Outstanding Jockey, a record four-time winner of Canada's most prestigious horse race, the Queen's Plate, and the... |
Gil Rowntree Gil Rowntree Gil H. Rowntree is a Canadian Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer and owner.One of the most successful trainers in Canadian Thoroughbred racing history, Rowntree embarked on his racing career as a jockey in his native Toronto, riding from 1949 through 1951... |
B. K. Y. Stable | 0:59.20 |
1983 | Ada Prospect | 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... |
Gordon Huntley | Schipper/Young/Eaton | 0:58.60 |
1982 | Singing Susan | Rudy Turcotte | George Clarke | Robert Quinichette | 0:59.00 |
1981 | Subdeb | Diane Crump | Don Divine | Sub-Par Stable | 1:00.00 |
1980 | Bude | Brian Swatuk | John Tammaro John J. Tammaro, Jr. John J. Tammaro, Jr. was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Born in Baltimore, Maryland into a horse racing family, John Tammaro was still a young boy when his father died from injuries suffered in a racing accident at Belmont Park... |
Kinghaven Farm | 0:59.60 |
1979 | Gemellion | Brian Swatuk | Mike Doyle | Bo-Teek Farm | 0:59.00 |
1979 | Solartic | 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... |
John Morahan | Douglas Banks | 0:58.60 |
1978 | Miss Chief Royal | Dan Beckon | N. Danysh | E. Lieberman | 0:58.40 |
1977 | Royal North | 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 Farms | 0:57.80 |
1976 | Nurso | Richard Grubb | George M. Carter | Whitco Farm | 0:59.20 |
1975 | Seraphic | 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.... |
Penny Ryan | Bo-Teek Farm | 1:12.80 |
1974 | Hoso | Rudy Turcotte | Frank Merrill, Jr. | Roxie Gian | 1:11.00 |
1973 | Trudie Tudor | Sandy Hawley Sandy Hawley Desmond Sanford "Sandy" Hawley, CM is a Hall of Fame jockey.Sandy Hawley started out as a plumber then later decided to be a jockey. He started his career as a jockey when he was a 17-year-old boy, hotwalking horses at a Toronto racetrack... |
John Morahan | Douglas Banks | 1:10.80 |
1972 | La Prevoyante La Prevoyante La Prevoyante was a Canadian-bred Thoroughbred race horse elected to the Racing Halls of Fame in the United States and Canada. A filly, she was bred and owned by Jean-Louis Lévesque... |
John LeBlanc | Yonnie Starr Yonnie Starr Joseph "Yonnie" Starr was a Canadian Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer about whom the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame says has a "record unmatched in Canadian racing history."... |
Jean-Louis Levesque Jean-Louis Lévesque Jean-Louis Lévesque, was a Canadian entrepreneur, thoroughbred racehorse owner, and philanthropist.... |
1:11.20 |
1971 | Dawn Deluxe | Craig Perret Craig Perret Craig Perret is an American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began riding horses at age five and by seven was riding quarter horses in match races... |
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 Farms | 1:11.60 |
1970 | Movette | 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... |
Jerry C. Meyer | J. Argo & E. Orzel | 1:13.40 |
1969 | Foxy Parent | 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.... |
W. F. Edmiston | W. F. Edmiston | 1:11.60 |
1969 | Tudor Queen Tudor Queen Tudor Queen was a Champion Thoroughbred filly racehorse in Canada and the United States. Her British sire was King of the Tudors, a multiple stakes winner whose wins included the 1953 Sussex Stakes and 1954 Eclipse Stakes. Grandsire Tudor Minstrel won a British Classic, the 1947 2,000 Guineas Stakes... |
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... |
1:21.20 |
1968 | Accumuli | Noel Turcotte | 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."... |
Mrs. F. H. Sherman | 0:58.60 |
1967 | Mink Stole | Herb Hinojosa | Carl Chapman | Angrosa Stable | 0:58.00 |
1966 | Miss Snow Goose | Hugo Dittfach | Arthur Warner | Lanson Farms | 0:59.40 |
1964 | Lady Rhythm | James Fitzsimmons | George M. Carter | J. A. & V. Martin | 1:01.60 |
1963 | Famous Road | Keith Roblnson | 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... |
0:58.20 |
1962 | Cesca | Harlon Dalton | John Passero | Stafford Farms | 0:58.00 |
1961 | Royal Spirit | Al Coy | John Passero | Stafford Farms | 0:59.20 |
1960 | Victoria Regina | Hugo Dittfach | 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... |
1:00.80 |
1959 | Piagal | C. M. Clark | John Passero | W. R. Beasley | 0:58.60 |
1958 | Wonder Where Wonder Where Wonder Where was a Canadian Thoroughbred filly racehorse who was Canada's 1959 Horse of the Year and a Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee.... |
R. Gonzalez | 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."... |
Maloney & 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... |
1:01.00 |
1957 | Tad | Ernie Warme | Gordon Huntley | Kinrara Stable | 0:59.60 |
1956 | Silly Lilly | Herb Lindberg | John Passero | W. R. Beasley | 1:03.00 |
1955 | Dizzy Dora | David Stevenson | John Passero | W. R. Beasley | 0:59.80 |
1955 | Acushla | David Stevenson | John Passero | W. R. Beasley | 1:00.40 |
1954 | Flirt | C. Brown | James C. Bentley | 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... |
0:59.80 |
1953 | Shine Ever | 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... |
1:02.00 |
1953 | My Wind | 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... |
1:02.00 |
1952 | Oriole Lass | M. Mafale | Patrick MacMurchy | Maud McDougald John A. McDougald John Angus "Bud" McDougald was a leading Canadian businessman and owner of Thoroughbred racehorses.Born in Toronto, Ontario, he was universally known by the nickname, "Bud". The son of a wealthy investment banker, after working as a stockbroker for Dominion Securities, in 1945 Bud McDougald... |
0:59.40 |
1951 | French Lace | Alf Bavington | John Passero | Bill Beasley Stable | 1:01.40 |
1950 | Sis Bunty | Pat Remillard | William Thurner | J. M. Dugdale | 1:02.00 |
1949 | Balladette | H. Wallace | F. Sharpe | M. C. Haddix | 1:00.20 |
1948 | Bolaris | Robert Watson | A. Chris | S. Chris | 1:13.40 |
1946 | Lochiel Lass | J. Reynolds | 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... |
1:12.80 |
1945 | Willegivit | J. Cowley | E. Rickard | N. L. Heise | 1:16.40 |
1944 | Sure Delight | Pat Remillard | H. McDonald | Mrs. T. Stevenson | 1:12.80 |
1943 | Sand Storm | S. Denny Birley | Red Barnard | Van Dyke Stable | 1:12.80 |
1942 | Mono Miller | Robert Watson | Robert K. Hodgson | L. McCarthy | 1:13.00 |
1941 | Air Sure | Charlie McTague | M. Nichols | 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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