Canadian Stakes

Turf race infobox
class = Grade II
horse race = Canadian Stakes


caption =
location = Woodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
inaugurated = 1955
race type = Thoroughbred - Flat racing
website = [http://www.woodbineentertainment.com/qct/default.asp www.woodbineentertainment.com]
distance = 1⅛ miles (9 furlongs)
track = Grass, left-handed
qualification = Fillies & Mares, 3-years-old & up
weight = Assigned
purse = $300,000
bonuses = The Canadian Stakes is a Canadian Grade II Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Run in mid September, it is a Grade II event open to fillies and mares, three years of age and older. It is raced on turf over a distance of "about" 1⅛ miles.

Known as the Canadian Handicap until 2006, it was inaugurated at the now defunct Greenwood Raceway in 1955 as a 1¹/16 mile race on dirt and was open to horses of either sex, aged three and older. In 1964, the event was transfrerred to Woodbine Racetrack where in 1970 it became a race on the grass for fillies and mares only.

In 1996, the race was run on dirt and was split into two divisions in 1982 through 1985 and again in 1989.

Records

Most wins:
* 2 - Classic Stamp (2004, 2005)

Most wins by an owner:
* 3 - Sam-Son Farm (1989, 1991, 1998)

Most wins by a jockey:
* 5 - Robin Platts (1975, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986)

Most wins by a trainer:
* 2 - Ted Mann (1965, 1977)
* 2 - J. Mort Hardy (1968, 1983)
* 2 - Donnie Walker (1970, 1985)
* 2 - David C. Brown (1978, 1993)
* 2 - Yonnie Starr (1980, 1981)
* 2 - Michael J. Doyle (1984, 1986)
* 2 - Roger Attfield (1984, 1994)
* 2 - James E. Day (1989, 1991)
* 2 - David R. Bell (1990, 1997)
* 2 - Todd Pletcher (2006, 2008)

Winners of the Canadian Stakes

References

* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?search_bar=stakes&query_type=stakes&field=view&id=521 The Canadian Stakes at Pedigree Query]