- Jockey Club of Canada
The Jockey Club of Canada was formed in 1973 to oversee
thoroughbred horse racing inCanada . Based inToronto ,Ontario , the club is responsible for the annualSovereign Award s program and the Canadian Graded Stakes Committee.Founding members:
*Colonel Charles "Bud" Baker
*Douglas Banks
*Warren Beasley
*Richard A. N. Bonnycastle
*Charles F. W. Burns
*Arthur B. Christopher
*Harry J. Carmichael
*George C. Frostad
*George R. Gardiner
*W. Preston Gilbride
* Caryl Nicholas Charles Hardinge, 4th Viscount Hardinge
*George C. Hendrie
* Charles John "Jack" Jackson
* Sydney J. "Jim" Langill
*Jean-Louis Levesque
*Frank M. McMahon
* John Angus "Bud" McDougald
*J. E. Frowde Seagram
*Frank H. Sherman
*Conn Smythe
*E. P. Taylor
* Donald G. "Bud" WillmotCanadian Graded Stakes Committee
Each year, the Club's Canadian Graded Stakes Committee meets to review open
Thoroughbred horse race s. To be eligible forgraded stakes race status, a race must offer a minimum purse in an amount determined by the Committee. As at 2008, there are thirty-seven Canadian graded stakes races of which all but five are run at Toronto'sWoodbine Racetrack .External links
* [http://www.jockeyclubcanada.com/ The Jockey Club of Canada official website]
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