Sky Classic Stakes

Turf race infobox
class = Grade II
horse race = Sky Classic Stakes


caption =
location = Woodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario flagicon|Canada
inaugurated = 1902
race type = Thoroughbred - Flat racing
website = [http://www.woodbineentertainment.com/woodbine/ Woodbine Racetrack]
distance = 1⅜ miles (11 furlongs)
track = Grass, left-handed
qualification = Three-year-olds & Up
weight = Assigned
purse = $300,000
bonuses = The Sky Classic Stakes is a Canadian Grade II Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Raced in mid to late September on turf over a distance of 1⅜ miles (11 Furlongs), it is open to horses three years of age and older. In recent years it has become a major prep race for local horses looking to go on to run against the best horses from around the world in Woodbine's $2 million Canadian International.

Renamed in 1995 to honor Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Sky Classic, the race was first run at the Old Woodbine Racetrack in 1902 as the Jockey Club Cup Handicap. It was raced on dirt from inception until 1956 but became a turf race the following year when moved to the new Woodbine racing facility. Over the years, it has been run at various distances:

On dirt:
*1902-1903 : 2 miles
*1904-1905 : 2 1/16 miles
*1906-1926 : 2 1/4 miles
*1927-1931 : 1 1/2 miles
*1936-1951 : 1 1/8 miles
*1952-1956 : 1 1/4 miles

On turf:
*1957-1989 : 1 1/4 miles
*1990-1994 : 1 1/8 miles
*1995 : 1 mile
*1996 : 1 1/16 miles
*1997 to present : 1 3/8 miles

Records

Time record: (at current 1⅜ miles on turf)
* 2:13.05 - Dawson's Legacy (1999)

Most wins:
* 2 - Sotemia (1911, 1912)
* 2 - Harrovian (1924, 1925)
* 2 - Carney's Point (1974, 1975)
* 2 - Chief Bearhart (1997, 1998)

Most wins by an owner:
* 5 - Sam-Son Farm (1991, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2004)

Most wins by a jockey:
* 4 - Robin Platts (1974, 1975, 1980, 1981)

Most wins by a trainer:
* 4 - Lou Cavalaris, Jr. (1966, 1974, 1975, 1990)

Winners of the Sky Classic Stakes since 1969

*Run in two divisions in 1994.

Earlier winners

*1968 - Petit Duc
*1967 - Pretko
*1966 - Orbiter
*1965 - Quick Pitch
*1964 - Greek Form
*1963 - Mr. Sometime *
*1963 - Bronze Babu *
*1962 - El Bandito
*1961 - Prompt Hero
*1960 - Merry Top II
*1959 - Sailor's Guide
*1958 - Grey Monarch
*1957 - Kitty Girl
*1956 - Ballydonnell
*1955 - Hickory Hill
*1954 - Unbranded
*1953 - Risque Rouge
*1952 - Freedom Wins
*1951 - Harahome
*1950 - Beau Dandy
*1949 - Double Briar
*1948 - Yellowknife
*1947 - Vice Admiral

*1946 - Ferry Pilot
*1945 - Westport Point
*1944 - Bon Jour
*1943 - Teeworth
*1941 - No race
*1942 - No race
*1940 - High Honors
*1939 - Filisteo
*1938 - Sun Power
*1937 - Teddy Haslam
*1936 - Temptestuous
*1932 - No race
*1933 - No race
*1934 - No race
*1935 - No race
*1931 - Khorasan
*1930 - Yarn
*1929 - Frisius
*1928 - Sir Harry
*1927 - Display
*1926 - Harrovian
*1925 - Harrovian
*1924 - Horologe

*1923 - My Dear
*1922 - Parisian Diamond
*1921 - Louis
*1920 - Exterminator
*1917 - No race
*1918 - No race
*1919 - No race
*1916 - Fair Mac
*1915 - Rancher
*1914 - Great Britain
*1913 - Airey
*1912 - Sotemia
*1911 - Sotemia
*1910 - Duke of Roanoke
*1909 - Azo
*1908 - Cave Adsum
*1907 - Kelpie
*1906 - Alma Dufour
*1905 - War Whoop
*1904 - Persistence II
*1903 - Wire In
*1902 - Orontas

*In 1963 there was a dead heat for first.

References

* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?search_bar=stakes&query_type=stakes&field=view&id=2736 Jockey Club Cup Handicap at Pedigree Queery]