Breeders' Stakes

Turf race infobox
class = Restricted
horse race = Breeders' Stakes


caption = Third leg in the Canadian Triple Crown
location = Woodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
inaugurated = 1889
race type = Thoroughbred - Flat racing
website = [http://www.woodbineentertainment.com/woodbine/ Woodbine Racetrack]
distance = 1½ miles (12 furlongs)
track = Grass, left-handed
qualification = Three-year-olds
(foaled in Canada)
weight = Scale Weight
purse = $500,000
bonuses = 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. Held annually in August at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, the Breeders' Stakes follows the June running of the Queen's Plate and the July Prince of Wales Stakes.

At a distance of one-and-a-half miles, the Breeders' Stakes is the longest of the three Triple Crown races and unlike the first two that are run on a dirt racetrack, the Breeders' Stakes is raced on turf.

In 2004, Catherine Day Phillips became the first woman trainer to win the Breeders' Stakes.

A Triple Crown champion emerged in its first year of existence and in the ensuing 46 years, six more three-year-olds have equalled the feat. Five horses have won the first two legs of the Triple Crown but lost on the grass in the Breeders' Stakes. They are:
*1970: Almoner finished second to Mary of Scotland (1970)
*1975: L'Enjoleur finished third to Momigi (1975)
*1976: Norcliffe finished fifth to Tiny Tinker (1976)
*1986: Golden Choice finished third to Carotene (1986)
*2000: Scatter The Gold finished third to Lodge Hill (2000)

The 1994 edition was held at 1 5/8 miles at Fort Erie Race Track due to a $12 million reconstruction of the Woodbine Turf course.

Records

Speed record: (Through 1998, Woodbine times were recorded in fifths of a second. Since 1999 they are in hundredths of a second)
* 2:26 2/5 - Charlie's Dewan (1995)

Most wins by a jockey:
* 4 - Sandy Hawley (1988, 1979, 1976, 1972)
* 4 - Robin Platts (1983, 1982, 1978, 1974)

Most wins by a trainer:
* 7 - Roger Attfield (2001, 1999, 1998, 1993, 1990, 1989, 1986)

Most wins by an owner:
*5 - E. P. Taylor/Windfields Farm (1984, 1979, 1963, 1961, 1959)
*5 - Kinghaven Farms (1995, 1990, 1989, 1986, 1983)
*5 - Sam-Son Farm (2002, 1996, 1991, 1988, 1987)

Winners of the Breeders' Stakes

A † designates a Triple Crown winner.