The Vice Regent Stakes is a Canadian

Canada

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 Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse race

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 run annually since 1997 at the end of August 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

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An Ontario Sire Stakes

Ontario Sire Stakes

The Ontario Sire Stakes is a category of Canadian Thoroughbred and Standardbred horse race. For Thoroughbred horse races, the race is restricted to horses of either sex sired by a stallion standing in the Province of Ontario for his entire season the year of conception and registered with the...

, it is a restricted race for three-year-olds raced over a distance of one mile (8 furlongs) on Turf

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 and currently carries a purse of $125,000.

The race was named to honor Vice Regent, the important Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame

Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame

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

 sire

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. Vice Regent's son Randy Regent, won the inaugural running in 1997 in record time that stood until 2008.

Records

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

• 1:33.76 - Sand Cove (2008)

Most wins by an owner:

• 2 - RMC Stable (2001, 2005)

Most wins by a jockey

Jockey

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• 2 - Na Somsanith (1999, 2001)
• 2 - Ray Sabourin (2002, 2004)
• 2 - 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....
  
   (2003, 2005)

Most wins by a trainer

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• No trainer has won this race more than once.

Winners

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2009	Guipago	Tyler Pizarro Tyler Pizarro Tyler Pizarro is a Canadian Champion jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing based at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto.The son of former jockey Jorge Pizarro, his mother Donna is a trainer at Woodbine Racetrack...	Analisa M. Delmas	Fieldstone Farms	1:34.33
2008	Sand Cove	Slade Callaghan Slade Callaghan Slade Callaghan is a jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.Considered tall for a jockey at 5' 8", Callaghan competed in his native Barbados where his success led him to relocate in 1994 to a base at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Canada.Among his victories, Callaghan captured the 2002 Breeders'...	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...	Ralph Johnson	1:33.76
2007	Rahy's Attorney Rahy's Attorney Rahy's Attorney is a Canadian Thoroughbred Champion racehorse. A turf specialist, he is a Grade 1 winner and has won the Bunty Lawless Stakes on three occasions....	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...	Ian Black	Ellie Boje Farm et al.	1:36.20
2006	Another Ascot	Constant Montpellier	Michael DePaulo	California Stable	1:38.09
2005	Decew Falls	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....	Mike Keogh	RMC Stable	1:39.38
2004	Archers Bow	Ray Sabourin	Michael J. Wright	S. J. Anstey et al.	1:40.83
2003	Tusayan	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...	L. 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...  / S. Kilambi	1:36.97
2002	Mighty Quinn	Ray Sabourin	Malcolm Pierce	Windways Farm/Quinn Stable	1:37.34
2001	Indian Dan	Na Somsanith	John A. Ross	RMC Stable	1:36.83
2000	High Speed Travel	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...	Barbara J. Minshall Barbara J. Minshall Barbara J. Minshall is a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse trainer and owner who has competed both in Canada and the United States. She is the widow of Aubrey W. Minshall, the successful breeder and owner of the Minshall Farms near Hillsburgh, Ontario...	Minshall Farms	1:37.01
1999	Ruxsh	Na Somsanith	Earl Barnett	Jal Dastur	1:37.40
1998	Goldmart Prince	Kelly MacKay	Wray I. Lawrence	Goldmart Farms	1:35.60
1997	Randy Regent	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...	1:35.20