Swynford Stakes
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Swynford Stakes is a Canadian
Thoroughbred horse race
held annually in late September at Woodbine Racetrack
in Toronto
, Ontario
. One of the track's top races for North American
two-year-olds, it is raced on dirt over a distance of seven furlong
s.
Inaugurated in 1956 at Greenwood Raceway
as a race for horses aged three and up, in 1967 it was moved to Woodbine Racetrack where it was modified to its current status as a race restricted to two-year-olds.
In 1982, the Swynford Stakes was won by Sunny's Halo
who went on to win the 1983 Kentucky Derby
. The 1997 Belmont Stakes
winner Touch Gold
ran second to Holzmeister in the 1996 running of the Swynford.
Since inception, the Swynford Stakes has been run at various distances:
At Greenwood Raceway:
At Woodbine Racetrack:
1986-1995 : 6½ furlongs
1996 to present : 7 furlongs
Most wins by a jockey
:
Most wins by a trainer
:
Most wins by an owner:
*Run in two divisions in 1973.
Canada
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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...
held annually in late September 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....
. One of the track's top races for North American
North American
North American generally refers to an entity, people, group, or attribute of North America, especially of the United States and Canada together.-Culture:*North American English, a collective term used to describe American English and Canadian English...
two-year-olds, it is raced on dirt over a distance of seven 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.
Inaugurated in 1956 at Greenwood Raceway
Greenwood Raceway
Greenwood Raceway is a defunct horse racing facility in Toronto.Inaugurated in 1874 as Woodbine Race Course at the foot of Woodbine Avenue and Lake Ontario, it was owned and operated by two gentlemen named Pardee and Howell. Within a few years financial problems resulted in the property reverting...
as a race for horses aged three and up, in 1967 it was moved to Woodbine Racetrack where it was modified to its current status as a race restricted to two-year-olds.
In 1982, the Swynford Stakes was won by Sunny's Halo
Sunny's Halo
Sunny's Halo was a Thoroughbred racehorse who became only the second Canadian-bred to win the Kentucky Derby and who as of 2006 is the all-time leading sire by progeny earnings in the state of Texas....
who went on to win the 1983 Kentucky Derby
Kentucky Derby
The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is one and a quarter mile at Churchill Downs. Colts and geldings carry...
. The 1997 Belmont Stakes
Belmont Stakes
The Belmont Stakes is an American Grade I stakes Thoroughbred horse race held every June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. It is a 1.5-mile horse race, open to three year old Thoroughbreds. Colts and geldings carry a weight of 126 pounds ; fillies carry 121 pounds...
winner Touch Gold
Touch Gold
Touch Gold is an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known as the winner of the Classic Belmont Stakes in which he ended Silver Charm's bid for the U.S.Triple Crown....
ran second to Holzmeister in the 1996 running of the Swynford.
Since inception, the Swynford Stakes has been run at various distances:
At Greenwood Raceway:
- 1956 : 6 furlongs
- 1957 : 6½ furlongs
- 1958-1960 : 7 furlongs
- 1961-1966 : 1 mile
At Woodbine Racetrack:
- 1967-1970 : 5 furlongs
- 1971-1972 : 5½ furlongs
- 1973-1975 : 6 furlongs
- 1976-1979 : 5 furlongs
- 1980-1985 : 7 furlongs
1986-1995 : 6½ furlongs
1996 to present : 7 furlongs
Records
Speed record: (at current distance of 7 furlongs)- 1:23.00 - Holzmeister (1996) (recorded in fractions of 1/5 seconds)
- 1:23.02 - Turf WarTurf WarTurf War is a reality television series hosted by Ahmed Hassan, which began airing March 8, 2010. Season two began airing on April 11, 2011....
(2007)
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...
(1968, 1971, 1976, 1978, 1992)
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 - Frank H. Merrill, Jr. (1961, 1972, 1974)
- 3 - Mark Casse (1999, 2002, 2007)
Most wins by an owner:
- 2 - Lanson Farms (1956, 1960)
- 2 - 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...
(1958, 1987) - 2 - Stafford Farms (1976, 1978)
Winners of the Swynford Stakes
Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
2009 | Ghost Fleet | 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... |
Sid C. Attard Sid C. Attard Sid C. Attard is a Canadian horse trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing. Members of his family emigrated to Canada in the 1960s where older brothers Joseph and Tino Attard became racehorse trainers and Larry became one of the top jockeys in the country and a member of the Canadian Horse Racing... |
Jim Dandy Stable | 1:23.20 |
2008 | Mine That Bird Mine That Bird Mine That Bird is a retired American racehorse. He is best known for being one of only nine geldings to win the Kentucky Derby, and the second gelding to win the race since 1929... |
Chantal Sutherland Chantal Sutherland Chantal Sutherland is a Canadian model, television personality and jockey in North American Thoroughbred horse racing. She is referred to as the Danica Patrick of horse racing... |
David Cotey David Cotey David Cotey is a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. Near the beginning of the 1990s, he formed the nom de course Dominion Bloodstock to purchase and race Thoroughbreds with partners Hugh Galbraith and Derek Ball... |
Dominion Bloodstock et al. | 1:23.52 |
2007 | Turf War Turf War Turf War is a reality television series hosted by Ahmed Hassan, which began airing March 8, 2010. Season two began airing on April 11, 2011.... |
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 | Woodford Racing LLC | 1:23.02 |
2006 | Barilko | Constant Montpellier | David Dwyer | David Dwyer | 1:24.65 |
2005 | Bear Character | Jim McAleney James S. McAleney James S. "Jim" McAleney is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.A native of Fort St. John, British Columbia, Jim McAleney began his career as a jockey in Western Canada where in 1986 at Northlands Park in Edmonton, Alberta he got his first win. The following year, he competed in the West as... |
Dale Greenwood | Bear Stables Ltd. | 1:23.83 |
2004 | What's Up Dude | 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... |
Mike Mareina | Kuehne Racing | 1:24.67 |
2003 | Winter Whiskey | Jono Jones Jonathan C. Jones Jonathan C. "Jono" Jones is a jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who has won each of the Canadian Triple Crown races.... |
Catherine Day Phillips | Ten Goal Racing et al. | 1:25.08 |
2002 | Added Edge | 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 | Robert Wilson/Valor Team Valor Team Valor Stable LLC is an American Thoroughbred horse racing stable based in Versailles, Kentucky. It was founded by Barry Irwin and Jeff Siegel who create partnerships with racing enthusiasts to race Thoroughbred horses at major racing venues, primarily in North America.In early July 2007,... |
1:23.33 |
2001 | Rare Friends | 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... |
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... |
F. DiGiulio, Jr. & 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... |
1:25.83 |
2000 | Highland Legacy | 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.... |
Steve Owens | Empress Stable | 1:23.64 |
1999 | Exciting Story | Emile Ramsammy Emile Ramsammy Emile Ramsammy is a Canadian thoroughbred horse racing Champion jockey. He had more than 500 victories racing in the Caribbean before emigrating to Canada in the early 1990s.... |
Mark E. Casse | Mockingbird Farm | 1:23.05 |
1998 | Riddell's Creek | James McKnight | Beverly Buck | Clausen/Buck/Buck | 1:25.00 |
1997 | Thunder Bow | 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... |
Rita A. Schnitzler | J. M. Stritzl Stable | 1:25.40 |
1996 | Holzmeister | Robert Landry | 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... |
1:23.00 |
1995 | Hard Rock Crossing | 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.... |
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... |
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... /Norseman Stable |
1:17.20 |
1994 | Talkin Man Talkin Man Talkin Man is a Thoroughbred racehorse bred in Ontario by two of that country's leading owner/breeders, Arthur and Helen Stollery's Angus Glen Farm and Bud Willmot's Kinghaven Farms.... |
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 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... / Stollery |
1:16.60 |
1993 | Pulled Through | Larry Attard Larry Attard Larry Attard is a retired Hall of Fame Champion jockey and current horse trainer in Canadian Thoroughbred horse racing.... |
Tino Attard | Tanya Attard / Dav Stable | 1:17.20 |
1992 | Reach The Gold | 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 A. Ross | Huntington Stud Farm | 1:18.60 |
1991 | Frosted Spy | 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.... |
Frank Passero, Jr. | Pedigree/Sunny Acre | 1:19.40 |
1990 | Dark Brew | D. Pugh | J. Wilson | Smith / Wilson | 1:17.40 |
1989 | Dandy Shine | 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. R. MacKinnon | J. Royle | 1:18.00 |
1988 | Mercedes Won | 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.... |
Arnold Fink | Chris Spencer | 1:17.00 |
1987 | Silver Deputy Silver Deputy Silver Deputy is a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse best known as a top sire in North America. He was a son of Deputy Minister who was an Eclipse and Sovereign Award winning runner and the 1997/98 Leading sire in North America. His dam was Silver Valley, a daughter of Mr... |
Irwin Driedger | Mac Benson Macdonald Benson Macdonald "Mac" Benson is a Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame trainer. A resident of Woodbridge, Ontario, Benson came to Canada in 1978 to train for E. P. Taylor's renowned Windfields Farm... |
Windfields Farm Windfields Farm Windfields Farm is a six square kilometre thoroughbred horse breeding farm founded by businessman E. P. Taylor in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. The first stable and breeding operation of E. P. Taylor originated with a property near the city of Toronto known as Parkwood Stable when it was owned by... |
1:17.20 |
1986 | Bell Lap | Jack Lauzon Jack M. Lauzon Jack M. Lauzon is a retired Canadian Thoroughbred horse racing jockey whom The Blood-Horse magazine called "one of the most respected riders in Canada."... |
R. Papa | Carravetta / Rundle | 1:19.00 |
1985 | Color Me Smart | 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:* * *... |
James E. Day | Sam-Son Farm Sam-Son Farm Sam-Son Farm is a thoroughbred horse racing stable with farms locations in Milton, Ontario, Canada and Ocala, Florida. Originating in the 60's by Ernie Samuel, it began as a home for hunter/jumper horses... |
1:27.00 |
1984 | Rulers Sceptre | Gary Stahlbaum | Joe Attard | N. Dickinson | 1:24.60 |
1983 | Let's Go Blue | Sid Fenech | Janet Bedford | Jim Dandy Stable | 1:24.20 |
1982 | Sunny's Halo Sunny's Halo Sunny's Halo was a Thoroughbred racehorse who became only the second Canadian-bred to win the Kentucky Derby and who as of 2006 is the all-time leading sire by progeny earnings in the state of Texas.... |
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... |
David Cross, Jr. | David J. Foster | 1:23.80 |
1981 | Son of Briartic Son of Briartic Son of Briartic was a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse, Bred by Canada's most prominent horsemen, E. P. Taylor, he was out of the mare Tabola, a daughter of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Round Table... |
Dave Dennie | Jerry Lavigne | Paddockhurst Stable | 1:23.60 |
1980 | Native Fisher | 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 | S. Young & A. Fisher | 1:26.20 |
1979 | Classic Joker | George HoSang | Brian Ottaway | Mrs. C. McCullough | 0:58.60 |
1978 | Port Master | 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 | 0:59.00 |
1977 | Buck Mountain | Gary Stahlbaum | Jim Roberts | S. Brener | 0:58.40 |
1976 | Sound Reason | 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 | 0:58.60 |
1975 | First | 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:* * *... |
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.... |
1:11.60 |
1974 | Greek Answer | W. Green W. Green W. Green was an English cricketer who played for Surrey. He was a right-arm medium-pace bowler.Green made a single first-class appearance, against Derbyshire in 1883. He scored a single run in each innings in which he batted, and took one catch.... |
Frank Merrill, Jr. | W. P. Gilbride | 1:10.40 |
1973 | Bedknob | Richard Grubb | Gordon Huntley | R. Papa | 1:09.20 |
1973 | Amazing Journey | 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... |
Jerry C. Meyer | Vallelonga Stable | 1:11.40 |
1972 | Sunny South | 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. | Mrs. C. Hardwicke | 1:04.00 |
1971 | Jewel Prince | 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... |
Carl F. Chapman | Garden City Stable | 1:04.40 |
1970 | Overproof | Chris Rogers Chris Rogers (jockey) Christopher J. Rogers was a Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame jockey about whom the great U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Eddie Arcaro called "one of the most complete riders he had ridden against or watched." According to the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame, "Many horsemen consider Rogers... |
E. Harbourne | V. Martin, Jr. | 0:58.00 |
1969 | Andy The Great | Llloyd Duffy | W. F. Edmiston | W. F. Edmiston | 0:59.60 |
1968 | Moss Lodge | 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... |
C. S. Softley | C. S. Softley | 0:59.80 |
1967 | Great Cohoes | R. Ferraro | J. Rufrano | A. J. Castellani | 0:58.80 |
1966 | Sunstruck Sunstruck Sunstruck is a 1972 British-Australian comedy film directed by James Gilbert and starring Harry Secombe, Maggie Fitzgibbon and John Meillon. A Welsh schoolteacher decides to emigrate to Australia for a better life but ends up working in a school in a dead-end town... |
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... |
Lou Cavalaris, Jr. | Hillcrest Stable | 1:36.40 |
1965 | President Jim | 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... |
Lou Cavalaris, Jr. | Gardiner Farm | 1:36.80 |
1964 | Folk Dancer | 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.... |
Jerry C. Meyer | E. B. Seedhouse | 1:38.60 |
1963 | Lord Quillo | Sam McComb | Edward Mann | Sarto Desnoyers | 1:38.20 |
1962 | Strongboy | Jim Fitzsimmons | N. Julius | J. E. F. Seagram | 1:37.80 |
1961 | Moony | Avelino Gomez Avelino Gomez Avelino Gomez was a Cuban-born Hall of Fame jockey in American and Canadian thoroughbred horse racing.Born in Havana, Gomez began a career as a jockey at the urging of a family member... |
Frank Merrill, Jr. | Roxie Gian & Tosch | 1:37.40 |
1960 | Anita's Son | Pat Remillard | Arthur H. Warner | Lanson Farm | 1:27.20 |
1959 | Kitty Girl | 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... |
1:25.00 |
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... |
Ben Sorensen | Gordon McCann | 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... |
1:25.20 |
1957 | Canadian Champ Canadian Champ Canadian Champ was a Canadian Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse who in 1956 won the three races that would become the Canadian Triple Crown Championship in 1959... |
Dave Stevenson | John Passero | William R. Beasley | 1:24.40 |
1956 | Fleet Path | H. B. Wilson | Arthur H. Warner | Lanson Farm | 1:11.00 |
*Run in two divisions in 1973.