- Display Stakes
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Ungraded Stakes race Display Stakes Location Woodbine Racetrack
Toronto, OntarioInaugurated 1956 Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing Website www.woodbineentertainment.com Race information Distance 11/16 miles (8.5 furlongs) Track Polytrack, left-handed Qualification Two-year-olds Weight Allowances Purse $150,000 The Display Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Contested on Polytrack synthetic dirt over a distance of 11/16 miles (8.5 furlongs), it is open to two-year-old horses. Raced during the latter part of November, the ungraded stakes race offers a purse of $150,000.
Inaugurated in 1956 at Toronto's Old Woodbine Race Course as a sprint race, it was named for American Walter J. Salmon's colt Display, winner of the 1926 Preakness Stakes and who frequently raced in Canada where he won a number of important races.
The Display stakes was run in two divisions in 1959. There was no race in 1993. Since inception, it has been contested at various distances:
- 6 furlongs : 1956 at Old Woodbine Race Course
- 7 furlongs : 1957-1958 at Old Woodbine Race Course
- 8 furlongs (1 mile) : 1959-1960 Old Woodbine Race Course, 1977-1992 at Greenwood Raceway
- 8.5 furlongs (11/16 miles) : 1969-1976 at Greenwood Raceway, 1994 to present at Woodbine Racetrack
- 9 furlongs (1 1/8 miles) : 1961-1963 at Old Woodbine Race Course
- 9.5 durlongs: 1964-1968 at Greenwood Raceway
Records
Speed record: (Through 1998, times were recorded in fifths of a second. Since 1999 they are in hundredths of a second)
- 1:43.04 - Gigawatt (2002)
Most wins by an owner:
- 4 - Stafford Farms (1962, 1967, 1972, 1978)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 4 - Patrick Husbands (1999, 2002, 2005, 2010)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 4 - Gil Rowntree (1967, 1972, 1978, 1983)
Winners of the Display Stakes
Year Winner Jockey Trainer Owner Time 2010 Tiz Blessed Patrick Husbands Chad Brown G&M West 1:44.23 2009 Bear's Hard Ten Eurico Rosa da Silva Reade Baker Bear Stables 1:44.39 2008 Patena Robert Landry Josie Carroll J. & G. Sikura/D. Dilall 1:44.72 2007 Discreet Commander Constant Montpellier Arthur Silvera David Rowbotham et al. 1:45.20 2006 Jiggs Coz David Clark Sid C. Attard Jim Dandy Stable 1:45.90 2005 Seaside Retreat Patrick Husbands Mark E. Casse William S. Farish, Jr. 1:43.90 2004 One Smooth Ride Constant Montpellier David Cotey Dominion Bloodstock 1:47.92 2003 Judiths Wild Rush Dino Luciani Scott Fairlie Tenenbaum Racing 1:43.59 2002 Gigawatt Patrick Husbands Mark E. Casse Stonerside Stable 1:43.04 2001 Tails Of The Crypt Jake Barton John A. Ross Jam Jar Racing Stables 1:44.62 2000 Brushing Bully Emile Ramsammy Tino Attard Stronach Stables 1:44.34 1999 Precise End Patrick Husbands Mark E. Casse Mockingbird Farm Inc. 1:47.30 1998 Taos Ricky Griffith Grant Pearce Lynne Hindmarsh 1:47.80 1997 Promiscuous Mickey Walls Macdonald Benson Augustin Stable 1:44.80 1996 Air Cool Robin Platts Thomas R. Bowden Colebrook Farms 1:47.80 1995 Northernprospector Lloyd Duffy P. County Rainbow Valley Farm 1:43.80 1994 One Lift Laurie Gulas John DiGiovanni Derose/DiGiovanni 1:46.40 1993 no race 1992 Bold Anthony Robert King, Jr. K. Sheehan Pedigree Farm 1:41.20 1991 Judge Carson Todd Kabel Robert P. Tiller G. J. Meyers 1:38.00 1990 Carey The Belle Larry Attard T. Danks T. P. Campbell 1:38.40 1989 Briar Bush Larry Attard R. Wright P. A. Sherwood 1:37.40 1988 With Approval James McAleney Roger Attfield Kinghaven Farms 1:40.20 1987 Beau Genius Richard Dos Ramos Gerry Belanger J. Shiewitz/D. Davidson 1:39.60 1986 Orderofexcellence Dan Beckon D. Lockhurst A. Clarkson/ P. Barr 1:39.60 1985 Ice Over Gunnar Lindberg Sid C. Attard Mrs. J. Raymond 1:40.00 1984 Corncobs Royalty Irwin Driedger James E. Day Sam-Son Farm 1:38.80 1983 Key to the Moon Robin Platts Gil Rowntree B. K. Y. Stable 1:40.80 1982 Gone To Royalty Yvon Turcotte Jacques Dumas Pierre L. Levesque 1:40.00 1981 Fraud Squad Dan Beckon Bill Marko Seedhouse/McPhillips 1:41.00 1980 Regal Stafford Hugo Dittfach C. C. Hopmans, Jr. Est. Conn Smythe 1:40.20 1979 Decent Davey Robin Platts David C. Cross, Jr. David J. Foster 1:39.00 1978 Cougar Kitten Joey Belowus Gil Rowntree Stafford Farms 1:40.60 1977 High Roller Dan Beckon J. Lankinen R. A. Kennedy/J. Indig 1:39.20 1976 Lucky North Man Jeffrey Fell Donnie Walker Conn Smythe 1:45.80 1975 Bay Streak David Clark Gordon M. Huntley Whittaker Stable 1:46.60 1974 Silverbatim Jeffrey Fell Gordon M. Huntley Mutual Enterprises 1:45.60 1973 Obverse Lloyd Duffy Jerry C. Meyer D. H. L. Buntain 1:47.20 1972 Selari Spirit Ted Colangelo Gil Rowntree Stafford Farms 1:43.60 1971 Sky High's Son Sandy Hawley J. Mort Hardy Prime Acres Stable 1:46.60 1970 Chatty Cavalier R. Armstrong Lou Cavalaris, Jr. Gardiner Farm 1:43.80 1969 Taipo Sandy Hawley A. Chris E. B. George 1:45.60 1968 Jumpin Joseph Brian Swatuk Robert S. Bateman Warren Beasley 2:08.60 1967 Ovation Hugo Dittfach Gil Rowntree Stafford Farms 2:04.00 1966 Green Stinger Eric Walsh P. Goddard W. D. Hatch 1:58.00 1965 Garden's Ace John LeBlanc W. VonRichthofen Garden City Stable 2:06.00 1964 Flyalong Clifford Potts Duke Campbell T. Hays / D. Weldon 2:00.60 1963 French Wind Hugo Dittfach J. Sanchez Windfields Farm 1:56.60 1962 Cesca Harlon Dalton John Passero Stafford Farms 1:51.20 1961 Puss'n Boots Chris Rogers Frank Merrill, Jr. R. & W. Gian 1:53.00 1960 Ramblin Wreck Al Coy Robert S. Bateman William R. Beasley 1:39.20 1959 Naughty Flirt Armand Viola Edward Mann Gardiner & Bell 1:39.20 1959 Hidden Treasure C. M. Clark John Passero William R. Beasley 1:37.60 1958 Bull Vic Al Coy Yonnie Starr Maloney & Smythe 1:25.80 1957 Drummond Al Coy Morris Fishman H. Clifford Hatch 1:25.40 1956 Flying Atom Alex Wick C. W. Lawson C. W. Lawson 1:12.00 References
Categories:- Ungraded stakes races in Canada
- Flat horse races for two-year-olds
- Recurring sporting events established in 1956
- Woodbine Racetrack
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