- Nijinsky Stakes
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Grade II race
Nijinsky StakesLocation Woodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario, CanadaInaugurated 1998 Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing Website Woodbine Racetrack Race information Distance 1⅛ miles (9 furlongs) Track Grass, left-handed Qualification Three-year-olds & Up Weight Assigned Purse $300,000 The Nijinsky Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race held annually on the last Sunday of August at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario.
The Grade II race is open to horses aged three years and up and is run on Woodbine Racetrack's E. P. Taylor Turf Course at a distance of one and one eight miles. The race currently offers a purse of $300,000.
Inaugurated as the Hong Kong Jockey Club Trophy Stakes in 1998, it was raced during the third week of July on turf at a distance of 1⅜ miles. In 2002, the Chinese Cultural Centre sponsored the race and it was renamed the Chinese Cultural Centre Stakes. In 2006, the race was renamed the Nijinsky Stakes and the Chinese Cultural Centre assumed sponsorship for the Seagram Cup Stakes .
The race honors the great Canadian-born Nijinsky, the 1970 English Triple Crown champion and a son of Canada's most famous horse, Northern Dancer.
Originally run at 1⅜ miles, as the Nijinsky Stakes it was contested at 1½ miles in 2006 and 2007. In 2008 and 2009 it was run at 1¼ miles and beginning in 2010 at 1⅛ miles.
Records
Time record: (at current distance of 1¼ miles)
- 2:00.60 - Seaside Retreat (2008) (new stakes and course record)
Most wins by a horse
- 2 - Windwards Islands (2010, 2011)
Most wins by an owner:
- 5 - Sam-Son Farm (2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2011)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 2 - Todd Kabel (2003, 2004)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 5 - Mark Frostad (2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2011)
Winners of the Nijinsky Stakes
Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Time 2011 Windward Islands 7 Emma-Jayne Wilson Mark Frostad Sam-Son Farm 1:49.82 2010 Windward Islands 6 Chantal Sutherland Sam-Son Farm 1:53.58 2009 Rahy's Attorney 5 Slade Callaghan Ian Black Ellie-Boje Farm, et al. 2:08.42 2008 Seaside Retreat 5 Patrick Husbands Mark E. Casse William S. Farish IV 2:00.60 2007 Last Answer 7 Emile Ramsammy Michael Keogh Gus Schickedanz 2:31.25 2006 Rush Bay 4 David Clark Tom Amoss Mueller Thoroughbred Stable 2:33.89 2005 A Bit O'Gold 4 Jono Jones Catherine Day Phillips The Two Bit Racing Stable 2:15.94 2004 Shoal Water 4 Todd Kabel Mark Frostad Sam-Son Farm 2:12.37 2003 Strut The Stage 5 Todd Kabel Mark Frostad Sam-Son Farm 2:13.85 2002 Strike Smartly 5 Laurie Gulas Mark Frostad Sam-Son Farm 2:13.16 2001 Allende 4 Na Somsanith Macdonald Benson Augustin Stable 2:16.98 2000 Quiet Resolve 5 Robby Albarado Mark Frostad Sam-Son Farm 2:13.20 1999 Crown Attorney 6 Mickey Walls John MacKenzie Tony & Mary Jane Lamb 2:18.53 1998 Buck's Boy 5 Earlie Fires P. Noel Hickey Quarter B. Farm 2:15.40 Categories:- Turf races in Canada
- Graded stakes races in Canada
- Open middle distance horse races
- Woodbine Racetrack
- Recurring events established in 1998
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