Achievement Stakes

Horseraces infobox
class = Restricted Stakes
horse race = Achievement Stakes


caption =
location = Woodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
inaugurated = 1953
race type = Thoroughbred - Flat racing
website = [http://www.woodbineentertainment.com/qct/default.asp www.woodbineentertainment.com]
distance = 6 furlongs
track = Polytrack, left-handed
qualification = Three-year-olds
weight = Allowances
purse = $150,000
bonuses = The Achievement Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. An allowance race restricted to three-year-old horses foaled in the province of Ontario, it is held on the July 1 Canada Day holiday and run on Polytrack synthetic dirt over a distance of six furlongs. The race currently offers a purse of $150,000.

First run as the Achievement Handicap at the Fort Erie Racetrack in 1953, over the years the event has been run on both dirt and turf and at a variety of distances:
* 11/16 miles on dirt : 1953-1957, 1968-1979 (Fort Erie Racetrack)
* 1 mile on turf : 1958 (Fort Erie Racetrack), 1959-1966 (Woodbine Racetrack)
* 1 mile on turf : 1967 (Fort Erie Racetrack)
* 7 furlongs on dirt : 1980 (Woodbine Racetrack), 1981-1993 (Greenwood Raceway)
* 6 furlongs on dirt : 1994 to present (Woodbine Racetrack)

Records

Speed record:
* 1:08.33 - Tothemoonandback (2006) (at current distance of six furlongs)

Most wins by an owner:
* 5 - Edward P. and/or Winnifred Taylor and/or Windfields Farm (1954, 1955, 1957, 1961, 1979)

Most wins by a jockey:
* 6 - Sandy Hawley (1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1979, 1990)

Most wins by a trainer:
* 4 - Roger Attfield (1976, 1987, 1989, 1993)

Winners of the Achievement Stakes

References

* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?search_bar=stakes&query_type=stakes&field=view&id=95 Achievement Stakes at Pedigree Query]