Prince of Wales Stakes
Encyclopedia
The Prince of Wales Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race
run annually at Fort Erie Race Track
in Fort Erie, Ontario
. Restricted to three-year-old horses bred in Canada, it is contested on dirt over a distance of a mile and three sixteenths (9.5 furlong
s). In 1959, the Prince of Wales Stakes became the second race in the Canadian Triple Crown
series. It follows the June running of the Queen's Plate
and precedes the Breeders' Stakes
in August.
The race was inaugurated in 1929 at the now defunct Thorncliffe Park Raceway
in today's Thorncliffe Park
neighbourhood of central east Toronto
.
emerged as a Triple Crown champion in its first year of existence and in the ensuing years, six more three-year-olds have equaled the feat.
According to the racetrack's website, for fans, the most popular winner of the race was the Canadian
and American Hall of Fame
filly Dance Smartly
who went on to win the 1991 Triple Crown.
From 1959 through 1987 the Prince of Wales Stakes was run on turf
. Since inception, it has been contested at four different Ontario racetracks and at various distances:
Most wins by a jockey
:
Most wins by a trainer
:
Most wins by an owner:
A † designates a Triple Crown
winner.
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 at Fort Erie Race Track
Fort Erie Race Track
Fort Erie Race Track is a horse racing facility in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada built by the Fort Erie Jockey Club and inaugurated on June 16, 1897....
in Fort Erie, Ontario
Fort Erie, Ontario
Fort Erie is a town on the Niagara River in the Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada. It is located directly across the river from Buffalo, New York....
. Restricted to three-year-old horses bred in Canada, it is contested on dirt over a distance of a mile and three sixteenths (9.5 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). In 1959, the Prince of Wales Stakes became the second race in the Canadian Triple Crown
Canadian Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
The Canadian Triple Crown is a series of three Thoroughbred horse races run annually in Canada which is open to three-year-old horses foaled in Canada...
series. It follows the June running of the Queen's Plate
Queen's Plate
The Queen's Plate is Canada's oldest thoroughbred horse race. It is run at a distance of 1¼ miles for 3-year-old thoroughbred horses foaled in Canada. The race takes place each summer in June or July at Woodbine Racetrack, Etobicoke , Ontario...
and precedes the Breeders' Stakes
Breeders' Stakes
The Breeders' Stakes is a Canadian stakes race for Thoroughbred race horses first run in 1889. Since 1959 it has been the third race in the Canadian Triple Crown for three-year-olds...
in August.
The race was inaugurated in 1929 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 today's Thorncliffe Park
Thorncliffe Park
Thorncliffe Park is a densely populated, multicultural neighbourhood in central east Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in the former Borough of East York. East York merged with five other municipalities and a regional government in 1998 to form the new "City of Toronto"...
neighbourhood of central east 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...
.
Historical notes
The E.P. Taylor colt New ProvidenceNew Providence (horse)
New Providence is a Thoroughbred racehorse who in 1959 became the first official winner of the Canadian Triple Crown.Retired to stud duty at owner E. P...
emerged as a Triple Crown champion in its first year of existence and in the ensuing years, six more three-year-olds have equaled the feat.
According to the racetrack's website, for fans, the most popular winner of the race was the Canadian
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....
and American Hall of Fame
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers...
filly Dance Smartly
Dance Smartly
Dance Smartly was a Champion Thoroughbred Canadian and U.S. Hall of Fame racemare who went undefeated in 1991 while winning the Canadian Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing and becoming the first horse bred in Canada to ever win a Breeders' Cup race.Bred in Ontario by Sam-Son Farm, the bay mare...
who went on to win the 1991 Triple Crown.
From 1959 through 1987 the Prince of Wales Stakes was run on turf
Grass
Grasses, or more technically graminoids, are monocotyledonous, usually herbaceous plants with narrow leaves growing from the base. They include the "true grasses", of the Poaceae family, as well as the sedges and the rushes . The true grasses include cereals, bamboo and the grasses of lawns ...
. Since inception, it has been contested at four different Ontario racetracks and at various distances:
- 1⅛ miles : 1929–1930 at Thorncliffe Park RacewayThorncliffe Park RacewayThorncliffe 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...
, 1957–1958 at Woodbine RacetrackWoodbine RacetrackWoodbine Racetrack is a Canadian racetrack for Thoroughbred horse races located at 555 Rexdale Blvd. in the city of Toronto, Ontario. It is the only horseracing track in North America which stages, or is capable of staging, thoroughbred and standardbred horseracing programs on the same day... - 1 1/16 miles : 1932–1942 and 1947–1952 at Thorncliffe Park Raceway, 1944–1945 and 1953–1955 at Old Woodbine RacetrackGreenwood RacewayGreenwood 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...
, 1956 at Woodbine Racetrack - 1⅜ miles : 1959–1975 at Fort Erie Racetrack
- 1½ miles : 1976–1987 at Fort Erie Racetrack
- 1 3/16 miles : 1988–present at Fort Erie Racetrack
Records
Speed record: (at current distance of 1 3/16 miles)- 1:53.80 – Bruce's Mill (1994)
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 – Hugo Dittfach (1960, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1967)
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 – Gordon J. McCannGordon J. McCannGordon J. "Pete" McCann was a Canadian Thoroughbred horse trainer. He was born in East York, now part of the city of Toronto. Known to his family as Gordon, in racing circles he was nicknamed Pete....
(1951, 1952, 1954, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1967)
Most wins by an owner:
- 9 – E. P. TaylorE. P. TaylorEdward Plunket Taylor was a Canadian business tycoon and famous breeder of thoroughbred race horses. Known to his friends as "Eddie", he is universally recorded as "E. P...
and/or 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...
(1951, 1952, 1954, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1967, 1972, 1988)
Winners
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
|
| 2011 | Pender Harbour | Luis Contreras | Mike De Paulo | Denny Andrews Robert Giffin |
1:55.74 | |
| 2010 | Golden Moka | Anthony Stephen | Brian A. Lynch | Good Friends Stable | 1:56.45 | |
| 2009 | Gallant | Corey Fraser | Mark E. Casse | Woodford Racing LLC | 1:56.74 | |
| 2008 | Harlem Rocker Harlem Rocker Harlem Rocker is a Grade I winning Canadian thoroughbred racehorse owned by Adena Springs Racing Venture, a partnership headed by Frank Stronach. He was bred by Adena Springs at their Aurora, Ontario division... |
Eibar Coa Eibar Coa Eibar Coa Monteverde is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. A five-time judo champion in his teens, he attended jockey school from 1989 to 1991 then began his professional riding career in 1992... |
Todd Pletcher Todd Pletcher Todd Pletcher is a leading American thoroughbred horse trainer. He has won four consecutive Eclipse Awards as outstanding Trainer of the Year, while topping the leader board in purse earnings in 2004, 2005, and 2006. His horse Super Saver won the 2010 Kentucky Derby, the first of his 24 horses... |
Adena Racing Venture | 1:56.46 | |
| 2007 | Alezzandro | 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... |
Kevin Attard | 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... |
1:55.04 | |
| 2006 | Shillelagh Slew | Dino Luciani | Michael P. DePaulo | David H. T. James | 1:55.87 | |
| 2005 | Ablo | Gerry Olguin | 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... |
Michael & Phyllis Canino | 1:56.90 | |
| 2004 | A Bit O'Gold A Bit O'Gold A Bit O'Gold is a Canadian Thoroughbred Champion racehorse.Out of the mare, Annasan, A Bit O'Gold was sired by Grade I winner Gold Fever, a son of the 1987 American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt, Forty Niner.... |
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 | Kingfield Racing Stables | 1:57.69 | |
| 2003 | Wando Wando (horse) Wando is a Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Canadian Triple Crown in 2003. The chestnut stallion, raced with moderate success as a four-year-old then was retired on the 12th of May 2005 to stand at stud at Lane's End Farm near Lexington, Kentucky.Of Wando's 23 starts, he won 11, placed in 2,... † |
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 Keogh | Gus Schickedanz | 1:55.84 | |
| 2002 | Le Cinquieme Essai | Brian Bochinski | Paul Nielsen | William A. Scott | 1:56.53 | |
| 2001 | Win City Win City Win City is a retired Canadian Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. The grandson of U.S. Triple Crown champion, Seattle Slew, he was bred for a $5,000 stud fee by the father and son team of Frank Digiulio, Sr. and Jr. who owned his mare, Winsfordan.In 2001, Win City won six important stakes races... |
Constant Montpellier | 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 Di Giulio, Jr. | 1:56.14 | |
| 2000 | Scatter The Gold | 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... |
1:56.01 | |
| 1999 | Gandria | Constant Montpellier | James Cheadle | Arosa Farm | 1:56.20 | |
| 1998 | Archers Bay Archers Bay Archers Bay was a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse known for winning the first two legs of the 1998 Canadian Triple Crown. He was sired by Silver Deputy and out of the stakes-winning mare, Adorned, a daughter of the 1975 French Derby winner, Val de l'Orne.In the 1998 Canadian Triple Crown series,... |
Robert Landry | Todd Pletcher Todd Pletcher Todd Pletcher is a leading American thoroughbred horse trainer. He has won four consecutive Eclipse Awards as outstanding Trainer of the Year, while topping the leader board in purse earnings in 2004, 2005, and 2006. His horse Super Saver won the 2010 Kentucky Derby, the first of his 24 horses... |
Melnyk Eugene Melnyk Eugene Melnyk is a Ukrainian Canadian businessman who now resides in Barbados. He is the current owner, governor, and chairman of the Ottawa Senators professional ice hockey club of the National Hockey League . He also owns the Mississauga St. Michael's Majors junior-age ice hockey club... / Bristow |
1:55.20 | |
| 1997 | Cryptocloser Cryptocloser Cryptocloser was a Canadian Thoroughbred Champion racehorse. He was sired by multiple Grade I winner Cryptoclearance, and his damsire was Northern Dancer's son, Vice Regent. The colt was owned in partnership by American businessman and future United States Ambassador to Finland Earle I. Mack, and... |
Willie Martinez Willie Martinez (jockey) Willie Martinez is a jockey in North American Thoroughbred horse racing.Martinez was born in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico, but emigrated to the United States in 1988 to work as a hotwalker and groom for his sister's godfather at Finger Lakes Race Track in Farmington, New York... |
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... |
Mack Earle I. Mack Earle Irving Mack is an American businessman and former United States Ambassador to Finland.-Education:Mack graduated from Drexel University with a B.S. in 1959. He then went on to attend Fordham School of Law. In 1992 Mack was one of first 100 alumni inducted into the newly formed Drexel 100... / Sorokolit |
1:56.00 | |
| 1996 | Stephanotis | 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 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 | 1:55.20 | |
| 1995 | 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... |
Larry Attard Larry Attard Larry Attard is a retired Hall of Fame Champion jockey and current horse trainer in Canadian Thoroughbred horse racing.... |
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 | 1:55.00 | |
| 1994 | Bruce's Mill | 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... |
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... |
Earle I. Mack Earle I. Mack Earle Irving Mack is an American businessman and former United States Ambassador to Finland.-Education:Mack graduated from Drexel University with a B.S. in 1959. He then went on to attend Fordham School of Law. In 1992 Mack was one of first 100 alumni inducted into the newly formed Drexel 100... & partners |
1:53.80 | |
| 1993 | Peteski Peteski Peteski was a Hall of Fame Champion Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Canadian Triple Crown in 1993. He was sired by the U.S. Triple Crown winner Affirmed, and was out of the mare Vive, a daughter of Nureyev.... † |
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... |
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... |
Earle I. Mack Earle I. Mack Earle Irving Mack is an American businessman and former United States Ambassador to Finland.-Education:Mack graduated from Drexel University with a B.S. in 1959. He then went on to attend Fordham School of Law. In 1992 Mack was one of first 100 alumni inducted into the newly formed Drexel 100... |
1:54.40 | |
| 1992 | Benburb | 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... |
1:57.40 | |
| 1991 | Dance Smartly Dance Smartly Dance Smartly was a Champion Thoroughbred Canadian and U.S. Hall of Fame racemare who went undefeated in 1991 while winning the Canadian Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing and becoming the first horse bred in Canada to ever win a Breeders' Cup race.Bred in Ontario by Sam-Son Farm, the bay mare... † |
Pat Day Pat Day Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991... |
Jim Day Jim Day James E. "Jim" Day is a Canadian Olympic equestrian show jumping champion and thoroughbred horse trainer.... |
Sam-Son Farm Sam-Son Farm Sam-Son Farm is a thoroughbred horse racing stable with farms locations in Milton, Ontario, Canada and Ocala, Florida. Originating in the 60's by Ernie Samuel, it began as a home for hunter/jumper horses... |
1:56.60 | |
| 1990 | Izvestia Izvestia (horse) Izvestia was a Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Canadian Triple Crown in 1990. A descendant of Nearco, his damsire Personality was the 1970 Co-American Horse of the Year. Owned and bred by Kinghaven Farms, the colt began racing in the United States, winning two Graded stakes races at the... † |
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... |
1:56.40 | |
| 1989 | With Approval With Approval With Approval was a Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Canadian Triple Crown in 1989 under jockey Don Seymour. He finished second in the 1990 Breeders' Cup Turf and the Arlington Million.... † |
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... |
1:56.80 | |
| 1988 | Regal Classic Regal Classic Regal Classic is a Canadian Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred by Sam-Son Farm, he was by the highly successful sire, Vice Regent and out of Sam-Son Farm's foundation mare, No Class... |
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... |
Jim Day Jim Day James E. "Jim" Day is a Canadian Olympic equestrian show jumping champion and thoroughbred horse trainer.... |
Sam-Son 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 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... |
2:00.20 | |
| 1987 | Coryphee | Brian Swatuk | Sam DiPasquale | S. Carnevale | 2:39.60 | |
| 1986 | Golden Choice Golden Choice Golden Choice is a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning Canada's most prestigious horse race, the Queen's Plate. Sired by Val de l'Orne, the 1975 Prix du Jockey Club winner, his damsire was Barachois, a son of Northern Dancer... |
Vincent Bracciale, Jr. | Michael Tammaro | Sanderson / Belanger | 2:44.40 | |
| 1985 | Imperial Choice Imperial Choice Imperial Choice is a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred by E. P. Taylor at his Windfields Farm, his dam was Your My Choice, whose sire Barachois was a son of the 20th Century's most important sire, Northern Dancer... |
Irwin Driedger | Jim Day Jim Day James E. "Jim" Day is a Canadian Olympic equestrian show jumping champion and thoroughbred horse trainer.... |
Sam-Son Farm Sam-Son Farm Sam-Son Farm is a thoroughbred horse racing stable with farms locations in Milton, Ontario, Canada and Ocala, Florida. Originating in the 60's by Ernie Samuel, it began as a home for hunter/jumper horses... |
2:34.60 | |
| 1984 | Val Dansant | John LeBlanc | Gerry Belanger | Sanderson / Norman | 2:48.60 | |
| 1983 | Archdeacon | Vincent Bracciale, Jr. | John J. Tammaro, Jr. 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 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... |
2:32.00 | |
| 1982 | Runaway Groom Runaway Groom Runaway Groom was a Canadian Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred by Gardiner Farms in Caledon, Ontario, Runaway Groom was sired by the prominent Nearco descendant Blushing Groom out of the mare Yonnie Girl. He was purchased as a yearling at the Fasig-Tipton sale in Kentucky by New Yorker... |
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 DiMario | Albert J. Coppola | 2:38.40 | |
| 1981 | Cadet Corps | 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... |
W. Granger | FNR Stable | 2:34.80 | |
| 1980 | Allan Blue | Joey Belowus | 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 | 2:34.40 | |
| 1979 | Mass Rally | George HoSang | Duke Campbell | D. Mann | 2:33.40 | |
| 1978 | 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... |
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 | 2:34.40 | |
| 1977 | Dance In Time | Gary Stahlbaum | Frank H. Merrill, Jr. | Viscount Hardinge | 2:31.80 | |
| 1976 | Norcliffe Norcliffe Norcliffe was a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse. He was sired by U.S. Hall of Fame Champion Buckpasser out of the mare Drama School by Northern Dancer.Owned by Charles Baker's Norcliffe Stable, he was trained by Roger Attfield... |
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:* * *... |
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... |
Norcliffe Stable | 2:30.20 | |
| 1975 | L'Enjoleur L'Enjoleur L'Enjoleur was a Canadian Thoroughbred race horse. Bred and owned by prominent Montreal businessman Jean-Louis Lévesque, L'Enjoleur was sired by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Buckpasser, a son of another Hall of Famer, Tom Fool... |
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... |
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 Lévesque Jean-Louis Lévesque Jean-Louis Lévesque, was a Canadian entrepreneur, thoroughbred racehorse owner, and philanthropist.... |
2:32.40 | |
| 1974 | Rushton's Corsair | James Kelly | Glen Magnusson | Aubrey W. Minshall | 2:23.40 | |
| 1973 | Tara Road | 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... |
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 | 2:16:80 | |
| 1972 | Presidial Présidial The Présidial was a judicial tribunal of the French Ancien Régime, set up in January 1551 by Henry II of France and suppressed by a decree of the National Assembly in 1790.... |
John LeBlanc | Roy Johnson | 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... |
2:16.60 | |
| 1971 | New Pro Escar | James Kelly | Andrew G. Smithers | E. Lieberman | 2:15.20 | |
| 1970 | Almoner | 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 G. Lavigne | Parkview Stable | 2:19.80 | |
| 1969 | Sharp-Eyed Quillo | Heliodoro Gustines Heliodoro Gustines Heliodoro Gustines in is a retired Panamanian-born jockey and horse trainer. In 1967, TIME magazine called him "The best grass-course rider in the United States."Although Gustines is best known as a jockey on many of U.S... |
Horatio Luro Horatio Luro Horatio A. Luro was a thoroughbred horse racing trainer in the United States.Born in Argentina into a wealthy family that had been involved with horses for several generations, a suave young Horatio Luro grew up as something of a playboy and maintained this lifestyle after moving to the United... |
J. Hood | 2:16.60 | |
| 1968 | Rouletabille | Richard Grubb | 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 Lévesque Jean-Louis Lévesque Jean-Louis Lévesque, was a Canadian entrepreneur, thoroughbred racehorse owner, and philanthropist.... |
2:18.60 | |
| 1967 | Battling | 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... |
2:21.20 | |
| 1966 | He's A Smoothie He's A Smoothie He's A Smoothie was a Canadian Thoroughbred Champion and Hall of Fame racehorse who set track records on both dirt and turf. Bred and raced by William R. Beasley, his sire was the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Round Table. His dam was Ratine, a daughter of Bahram, the Aga Khan's 1935 British... |
Hugo Dittfach | Warren Beasley | William R. Beasley | 2:19.00 | |
| 1965 | Good Old Mort | Sam McComb | Jerry C. Meyer | Dane Hill Acres | 2:22.80 | |
| 1964 | Canadillis | 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... |
M. Long | Viscount Hardinge | 2:35.00 | |
| 1963 | Canebora Canebora Canebora is a Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Canadian Triple Crown in 1963 and was voted the Sovereign Award for Horse of the Year.... † |
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... |
2:30.60 | |
| 1962 | King Gorm | Hugo Dittfach | Richard Townrow | Lanson Farm | 2:21.20 | |
| 1961 | Song of Even | Jim Fitzsimmons | 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... |
2:29.00 | |
| 1960 | Bulpamiru | Hugo Dittfach | Red Barnard | Shermanor Farm | 2:19.80 | |
| 1959 | New Providence New Providence (horse) New Providence is a Thoroughbred racehorse who in 1959 became the first official winner of the Canadian Triple Crown.Retired to stud duty at owner E. P... † |
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.... |
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... |
2:18.00 | |
| 1958 | White Apache | Don Hale | F. Russell | Four L's Stable | 1:52.20 | |
| 1957 | Our Sirdar | E. Roy | F. Cook | Shermanor Farms | 1:59.60 | |
| 1956 | 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... |
David Stevenson | John Passero | William R. Beasley | 1:46.20 | |
| 1955 | Ace Marine Ace Marine Ace Marine was a Canadian Thoroughbred Champion racehorse who in 1955 won the three races that four years later were officially designated the Canadian Triple Crown... |
George Walker | 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."... |
Larkin Maloney | 1:45.20 | |
| 1954 | Queen's Own | B. Albert | 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... |
1:46.20 | |
| 1953 | Chain Reaction Chain Reaction (horse) Chain Reaction was a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse who in 1953 won two of the three races that would become part of the Canadian Triple Crown series and who set and equaled two track records.... |
Nick Combest | Richard Townrow | Mrs. Elodie S. Tomlinson | 1:44.40 | |
| 1952 | Acadian | 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... |
1:44.80 | |
| 1951 | Major Factor | Alf Bavington | 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... |
1:52.20 | |
| 1950 | Nephisto | Johnny Dewhurst | Arthur Brent | Parkwood Stable Parkwood Stable Parkwood Stable was a thoroughbred racing stable founded in the early 1930s and expanded to include a breeding farm near Toronto, Ontario in 1937. Owned by the wealthy automobile maker Col... |
1:48.80 | |
| 1949 | Victory Arch | Pat Remillard | Robert K. Hodgson | North Downs Farm | 1:45.60 | |
| 1948 | Lord Fairmond | L. Kerr | Harry Giddings, Jr. Harry Giddings, Jr. Harry Giddings, Jr. was a Canadian owner, breeder, and trainer of thoroughbred racehorses. He was born in Trafalgar Township in Halton County, Ontario now at the outskirts of the city of Oakville... |
Whittier Park Stock Farm | 1:48.40 | |
| 1947 | Burboy | Robert Fisher | Robert Rushton | Bur-fit Stable | 1:48.20 | |
| 1946 | no race | |||||
| 1945 | Uttermost Uttermost Uttermost was a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse who in 1945 won the three races that would later form the official Canadian Triple Crown series.Bred and raced by liquor magnate, Harry C... |
Robert B. Watson Robert B. Watson Robert B. "Bobby" Watson was a Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame jockey. He was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, the son of Helen Booth and her husband, Alexander Watson. In his youth, the family emigrated to Canada where they settled in the city of Toronto, Ontario where Alexander Watson became... |
Cecil Howard | Harry C. Hatch Harry C. Hatch Harold Clifford "Harry" Hatch was a self-made millionaire industrialist from Prince Edward County, Ontario specializing in the business of wine and spirits.... |
1:45.00 | |
| 1944 | Ompalo | Robert B. Watson Robert B. Watson Robert B. "Bobby" Watson was a Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame jockey. He was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, the son of Helen Booth and her husband, Alexander Watson. In his youth, the family emigrated to Canada where they settled in the city of Toronto, Ontario where Alexander Watson became... |
Cecil Howard | Harry C. Hatch Harry C. Hatch Harold Clifford "Harry" Hatch was a self-made millionaire industrialist from Prince Edward County, Ontario specializing in the business of wine and spirits.... |
1:47.00 | |
| 1943 | no race | |||||
| 1942 | Ten to Ace | Charles W. Smith | Harry Giddings, Jr. Harry Giddings, Jr. Harry Giddings, Jr. was a Canadian owner, breeder, and trainer of thoroughbred racehorses. He was born in Trafalgar Township in Halton County, Ontario now at the outskirts of the city of Oakville... |
Harry Giddings | 1:50.40 | |
| 1941 | no race | |||||
| 1940 | Horse | Pat Remillard | C. Mitchell | J. R. McIntyre | 1:49.40 | |
| 1939 | Archworth | Sydney Denny Birley | Mark Cowell | C. George McCullagh | 1:46.40 | |
| 1938 | no race | |||||
| 1937 | Cease Fire | Charley Critchfield | M. Maciver | H. R. Bain | 1:47.80 | |
| 1936 | Samoan | Frankie Mann | Johnny Thorpe | Edward Frowde Seagram | 1:47.20 | |
| 1935 | no race | |||||
| 1934 | no race | |||||
| 1933 | Syngo | John "Red" Pollard | Jack Whyte Jack Whyte Jack Whyte is a Scottish-Canadian novelist of historical fiction. Born and raised in Scotland, Whyte has been living in Canada since 1967. He resides in Kelowna, British Columbia.... |
R. E. Webster | 1:47.40 | |
| 1932 | Queensway | Frankie Mann | Harry Giddings, Jr. Harry Giddings, Jr. Harry Giddings, Jr. was a Canadian owner, breeder, and trainer of thoroughbred racehorses. He was born in Trafalgar Township in Halton County, Ontario now at the outskirts of the city of Oakville... |
Robert W. R. Cowie | 1:52.00 | |
| 1931 | no race | |||||
| 1930 | Spearhead | Earl Steffen | George Strate | Tedluc Stable | 1:55.20 | |
| 1929 | Lion Hearted | Henry Little | R. E. Potts | Mrs. W. J. Giblin | 1:54.60 | |
A † designates a Triple Crown
Canadian Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
The Canadian Triple Crown is a series of three Thoroughbred horse races run annually in Canada which is open to three-year-old horses foaled in Canada...
winner.