Breeders' Stakes
| Restricted race | |
 Third leg in the Canadian Triple Crown | |
| Location | Woodbine Racetrack Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1889 |
| Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
| Website | woodbine.com/breeders-stakes |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1+1⁄2 miles (12 furlongs) |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-year-olds (foaled in Canada) |
| Weight | Colt/Gelding: 126 lbs (57.2 kg) Filly: 121 lb (55 kg) |
| Purse | CDN$500,000[1] |
2018 Breeders' Stakes winner
The Breeders' Stakes is a stakes race for Thoroughbred race horses foaled in Canada, first run in 1889. Since 1959, it has been the third race in the Canadian Triple Crown for three-year-olds. Held annually in August at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, the Breeders' Stakes follows the June running of the Queen's Plate and the July running of the Prince of Wales Stakes. At a distance of one-and-a-half miles, the Breeders' Stakes is the longest of the three Triple Crown races and is the only jewel raced on turf (the Queen's Plate is raced on Tapeta synthetic dirt and the Prince of Wales on a traditional dirt track).[2]
History[]
In 1959, the Canadian Triple Crown was created and then won by New Providence. Six more three-year-olds, including the filly Dance Smartly, have since equalled the feat, with four of them doing so in a five-year period from 1989 to 1993.[2]
Five horses have won the first two legs of the Triple Crown but lost on the grass in the Breeders' Stakes. They are:[3]
- 1970: finished second to (1970)
- 1975: L'Enjoleur finished third to Momigi (1975)
- 1976: Norcliffe finished fifth to (1976)
- 1986: Golden Choice finished third to Carotene (1986)
- 2000: Scatter The Gold finished third to (2000)
In 1973 Saskatoon native, made history aboard Singing Spirit. Though she finished 11th, she became the first female jockey to compete in one of the Canadian Triple Crown races.[4] In 1999, 26 years after Phipps landmark race, rode to victory in the Breeders' Stakes, becoming the first female jockey to win a Canadian Triple Crown race.[5]
In 2004, became the first woman trainer to win the Breeders' Stakes.[6]
The 1994 renewal was held at Fort Erie Race Track[7] while the Woodbine turf course was undergoing renovations.[8]
Since 1957, the race has been run at 1+1⁄2 miles. Earlier renewals were held at:[9]
- 9 furlongs — 1889-1924, 1952-1956
- 8.5 furlongs — 1925-1951
The greatest longshot to win the race was Miami Deco in 2010, who paid $132.10 for a $2 win bet.[3] The slowest time ever recorded was 2:50 by Crowning Honors in 1985 when the rain turned the course into a "swamp".[10]
Records[]
Speed record: (Through 1998, Woodbine times were recorded in fifths of a second. Since 1999 they are in hundredths of a second)
- 2:26 2/5 – (1995)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 5 – Patrick Husbands (2003, 2006, 2007, 2015, 2021)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 9 – Roger Attfield (2015, 2009, 2001, 1999, 1998, 1993, 1990, 1989, 1986)
Most wins by an owner:
- 9 - Joseph E. Seagram (1889, 1891, 1895, 1901, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1916)
Winners[]
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Dist. (Miles) |
Time |
Win$ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | British Royalty | 3 | Patrick Husbands | Barbara J. Minshall | Bruce Lunsford | 1-1/2 m | 2:34.00 | $400,000 |
| 2020 | Belichick | 3 | Luis Contreras | Josie Carroll | NK Racing & LNJ Foxwoods | 1-1/2 m | 2:32.51 | $240,000 |
| 2019 | Tone Broke | 3 | Rafael Hernandez | Steve Asmussen | L and N Racing LLC (Lee, Michael & Andrew Levinson & Don Nelson) | 1-1/2 m | 2:30.43 | $240,000 |
| 2018 | Neepawa | 3 | Jerome Lermyte | Mark E. Casse | Chiefswood Stable | 1-1/2 m | 2:31.18 | $240,000 |
| 2017 | Channel Maker | 3 | Rafael Hernandez | William I. Mott | Joey Gee Thoroughbreds, etc | 1-1/2 m | 2:29.70 | $240,000 |
| 2016 | 3 | 1-1/2 m | 2:29.45 | $300,000 | ||||
| 2015 | 3 | Patrick Husbands | Roger Attfield | Charles E. Fipke | 1-1/2 m | 2:29.28 | $300,000 | |
| 2014 | 3 | Luis Contreras | Josie Carroll | 1-1/2 m | 2:30.12 | $300,000 | ||
| 2013 | 3 | Eurico Rosa da Silva | Sam-Son Farm | 1-1/2 m | 2:28.69 | $300,000 | ||
| 2012 | 3 | Alex Solis | Mark Frostad | 1-1/2 m | 2:30.90 | $300,000 | ||
| 2011 | Pender Harbour | 3 | Luis Contreras | Dennis Andrews, Sandra Lazaruk, Robert & Roberta Giffin | 1-1/2 m | 2:36.31 | $300,000 | |
| 2010 | 3 | Richard Dos Ramos | 1-1/2 m | 2:34.24 | $300,000 | |||
| 2009 | 3 | Jono Jones | Roger Attfield | Charles E. Fipke | 1-1/2 m | 2:29.39 | $300,000 | |
| 2008 | 3 | Richard Dos Ramos | 1-1/2 m | 2:28.58 | $300,000 | |||
| 2007 | Marchfield | 3 | Patrick Husbands | Mark E. Casse | Melnyk Racing Stables | 1-1/2 m | 2:29.50 | $300,000 |
| 2006 | 3 | Patrick Husbands | Stronach Stables | 1-1/2 m | 2:28.66 | $300,000 | ||
| 2005 | Jambalaya | 3 | Jono Jones | 1-1/2 m | 2:27.86 | $300,000 | ||
| 2004 | A Bit O'Gold | 3 | Jono Jones | 1-1/2 m | 2:27.15 | $300,000 | ||
| 2003 | Wando † | 3 | Patrick Husbands | 1-1/2 m | 2:28.03 | $300,000 | ||
| 2002 | 3 | Slade Callaghan | Mark Frostad | Sam-Son Farm | 1-1/2 m | 2:29.80 | $300,000 | |
| 2001 | 3 | Jim McAleney | Roger Attfield | M. & P. Canino, W. Werner, R. Attfield | 1-1/2 m | 2:29.90 | $300,000 | |
| 2000 | 3 | Mike E. Smith | Todd Pletcher | Melnyk & R. Bristow Farm | 1-1/2 m | 2:28.97 | $300,000 | |
| 1999 | 3 | Roger Attfield | M. & P. Canino, W. Werner, R. Attfield | 1-1/2 m | 2:28.45 | $195,000 | ||
| 1998 | 3 | Robert Landry | Roger Attfield | Anderson & Ferguson | 1-1/2 m | 2:30.20 | $180,000 | |
| 1997 | 3 | R. M. C. Stable | 1-1/2 m | 2:35.60 | $175,860 | |||
| 1996 | Chief Bearhart | 3 | Mickey Walls | Mark Frostad | Sam-Son Farm | 1-1/2 m | 2:28.60 | $171,120 |
| 1995 | 3 | Craig Perret | Mark Frostad | Kinghaven Farms et al. | 1-1/2 m | 2:26.40 | $182,700 | |
| 1994 | Basqueian | 3 | Jack Lauzon | Daniel J. Vella | Frank Stronach | 1-1/2 m | 2:47.80 | $149,739 |
| 1993 | Peteski † | 3 | Craig Perret | Roger Attfield | Earle I. Mack | 1-1/2 m | 2:30.40 | $137,549 |
| 1992 | 3 | Don Seymour | Daniel J. Vella | Frank Stronach | 1-1/2 m | 2:35.60 | $180,000 | |
| 1991 | Dance Smartly † | 3 | Pat Day | Jim Day | Sam-Son Farm | 1-1/2 m | 2:31.40 | $182,140 |
| 1990 | Izvestia † | 3 | Don Seymour | Roger Attfield | Kinghaven Farms | 1-1/2 m | 2:33.40 | $183,600 |
| 1989 | With Approval † | 3 | Don Seymour | Roger Attfield | Kinghaven Farms | 1-1/2 m | 2:29.00 | $199,159 |
| 1988 | 3 | Sandy Hawley | Jim Day | Sam-Son Farm | 1-1/2 m | 2:30.60 | $103,500 | |
| 1987 | 3 | Dave Penna | Jim Day | Sam-Son Farm | 1-1/2 m | 2:30.00 | $105,480 | |
| 1986 | Carotene | 3 | Richard Dos Ramos | Roger Attfield | Kinghaven Farms | 1-1/2 m | 2:32.60 | $67,140 |
| 1985 | 3 | Brian Swatuk | Arthur H. Warner | Victura Farm | 1-1/2 m | 2:50.00 | $65,280 | |
| 1984 | 3 | David Clark | Macdonald Benson | Windfields Farm | 1-1/2 m | 2:32.60 | $65,940 | |
| 1983 | 3 | Robin Platts | John J. Tammaro Jr. | Kinghaven Farms | 1-1/2 m | 2:32.40 | $66,480 | |
| 1982 | Runaway Groom | 3 | Robin Platts | Albert J. Coppola | 1-1/2 m | 2:32.20 | $49,725 | |
| 1981 | 3 | D. Mann | 1-1/2 m | 2:48.80 | $40,464 | |||
| 1980 | 3 | Fernand Audet & René & Pierre Benoit | 1-1/2 m | 2:31.60 | $33,360 | |||
| 1979 | 3 | Sandy Hawley | Macdonald Benson | Windfields Farm | 1-1/2 m | 2:29.60 | $30,400 | |
| 1978 | Overskate | 3 | Robin Platts | Gil Rowntree | Stafford Farm | 1-1/2 m | 2:29.40 | $32,000 |
| 1977 | 3 | 1-1/2 m | 3:01.60 | $32,650 | ||||
| 1976 | 3 | Sandy Hawley | 1-1/2 m | 2:31.20 | $32,500 | |||
| 1975 | Momigi | 3 | Koichiro Hayata | 1-1/2 m | 2:38.20 | $32,000 | ||
| 1974 | 3 | Robin Platts | Lou Cavalaris Jr. | Gardiner Farm | 1-1/2 m | 2:30.80 | $32,250 | |
| 1973 | 3 | Wayne Green | Harvey Tenenbaum | 1-1/2 m | 2:33.60 | $27,910 | ||
| 1972 | Nice Dancer | 3 | Sandy Hawley | Tom Morton & Harlequin | 1-1/2 m | 2:35.80 | $24,960 | |
| 1971 | 3 | Beatrice Latimer | 1-1/2 m | 2:28.00 | $26,230 | |||
| 1970 | 3 | Lou Cavalaris Jr. | Gardiner Farm | 1-1/2 m | 2:38.40 | $26,420 | ||
| 1969 | 3 | John LeBlanc | Joseph "Yonnie" Starr | 1-1/2 m | 2:29.00 | $23,980 | ||
| 1968 | 3 | John LeBlanc | Joseph "Yonnie" Starr | Frank H. Sherman | 1-1/2 m | 2:30.00 | $19,120 | |
| 1967 | 3 | Avelino Gomez | Jerry C. Meyer | Willow Downs Farm (Saul Wagman) | 1-1/2 m | 2:32.20 | $18,940 | |
| 1966 | Titled Hero | 3 | Avelino Gomez | Peter K. Marshall | 1-1/2 m | 2:31.40 | $16,500 | |
| 1965 | 3 | Jerry C. Meyer | Dane Hill Acres | 1-1/2 m | 2:43.00 | $15,650 | ||
| 1964 | 3 | Dick Armstrong | 1-1/2 m | 2:33.60 | $17,350 | |||
| 1963 | Canebora † | 3 | Manuel Ycaza | Gordon J. McCann | Windfields Farm | 1-1/2 m | 2:32.20 | $16,450 |
| 1962 | Crafty Lace | 3 | Ron Turcotte | J. D. Mooney | Jeremy M. Jacobs | 1-1/2 m | 2:52.00 | $18,150 |
| 1961 | 3 | Gordon J. McCann | Windfields Farm | 1-1/2 m | 2:31.60 | $17,550 | ||
| 1960 | Hidden Treasure | 3 | 1-1/2 m | 2:34.40 | $16,150 | |||
| 1959 | New Providence † | 3 | Avelino Gomez | Gordon J. McCann | Windfields Farm | 1-1/2 m | 2:39.80 | $8,370 |
| 1958 | 3 | Hugo Dittfach | Arthur H. Warner | Lanson Farm | 1+1⁄4 m | 2:03.60 | $6,350 | |
| 1957 | 3 | C. O'Brien | E. Hall | Miss C. B. Armstrong | 1+1⁄4 m | 2:04.00 | $7,450 | |
| 1956 | Canadian Champ | 3 | Eugene Rodriguez | 1-1/8 m | 1:52.00 | $8,000 | ||
| 1955 | Ace Marine | 3 | Joseph "Yonnie" Starr | 1-1/8 m | 1:51.40 | $3,830 | ||
| 1954 | 3 | Ted Johnson | Gordon J. McCann | E. P. Taylor | 1-1/8 m | 1:56.40 | $3,700 | |
| 1953 | Chain Reaction | 3 | Elodie S. Tomlinson | 1-1/8 m | 1:51.60 | $3,970 | ||
| 1952 | 3 | Anthony Licata | Four L's Stable | 1-1/8 m | 1:53.60 | $4,050 | ||
| 1951 | 3 | Medway Stable (Jack Smallman) | 1-1/16 m | 1:45.60 | $4,320 | |||
| 1950 | 3 | Parkwood Stable | 1-1/16 m | 1:43.60 | $4,100 | |||
| 1949 | 3 | Robert Keane | 1-1/16 m | 1:46.00 | $3,485 | |||
| 1948 | 3 | Frankie Dougherty | James G. Fair | James G. Fair | 1-1/16 m | 1:50.20 | $3,540 | |
| 1947 | 3 | Robert B. Watson | Molly Fishman | 1-1/16 m | 1:44.60 | $3,435 | ||
| 1946 | Windfields | 3 | E. P. Taylor | 1-1/16 m | 1:45.40 | $3,240 | ||
| 1945 | Uttermost | 3 | Robert B. Watson | Harry C. Hatch | 1-1/16 m | 1:46.60 | $3,500 | |
| 1944 | 3 | Joe Cowley | T. Frost | J. E. Frost | 1-1/16 m | 1:46.20 | $3,350 | |
| 1943 | 3 | Robert B. Watson | William E. MacDonald | MacDonald Stable | 1-1/16 m | 1:47.60 | $3,685 | |
| 1942 | Shepperton | 3 | Robert B. Watson | 1-1/16 m | 1:46.80 | $,320 | ||
| 1941 | 3 | Henry Palaez | J. Smith | Riverdale Stable | 1-1/16 m | 1:49.80 | $3,365 | |
| 1940 | 3 | C. Mitchell | J. R. McIntyre | 1-1/16 m | 1:47.20 | $3,460 | ||
| 1939 | Archworth | 3 | Mark R. Cowell | C. George McCullagh | 1-1/16 m | 1:48.40 | $2,430 | |
| 1938 | 3 | Cosgrave Stable | 1-1/16 m | 1:46.40 | $2,435 | |||
| 1937 | 3 | Erindale Stable | 1-1/16 m | 1:48.80 | $2,030 | |||
| 1936 | 3 | Edward Frowde Seagram | 1-1/16 m | 1:46.80 | $2,220 | |||
| 1935 | 3 | Edward Frowde Seagram | 1-1/16 m | 1:49.00 | $2,630 | |||
| 1934 | Horometer | 3 | Frankie Mann | Harry Giddings Jr. | Samuel McLaughlin | 1-1/16 m | 1:47.80 | $2,585 |
| 1933 | 3 | John Mattioli | Thorncliffe Stable | 1-1/16 m | 1:51.60 | $2,675 | ||
| 1932 | Queensway | 3 | Frankie Mann | Harry Giddings Jr. | 1-1/16 m | 1:48.20 | $2,410 | |
| 1931 | 3 | Frankie Mann | Harry Giddings Jr. | 1-1/16 m | 1:47.80 | $3.390 | ||
| 1930 | 3 | Thorncliffe Stable | 1-1/16 m | 1:49.60 | $3,420 | |||
| 1929 | 3 | John Maiben | William H. Bringloe | Seagram Stables | 1-1/16 m | 1:49.60 | $3,420 | |
| 1928 | 3 | William H. Bringloe | Seagram Stables | 1-1/16 m | 1:49.20 | $3,365 | ||
| 1927 | 3 | K. Moore | Fred Fox | Josephine Glassco | 1-1/16 m | 1:51.40 | $3,505 | |
| 1926 | 3 | H. Guy Bedwell | J. K. L. Ross | 1-1/16 m | 1:48.80 | $3,585 | ||
| 1925 | 3 | T. Wilson | J. W. Barbour | J. P. White | 1-1/16 m | 1:48.80 | $3,460 | |
| 1924 | 3 | H. Guy Bedwell | J. K. L. Ross | 1-1/8 m | 1:56.60 | $2,745 | ||
| 1923 | 3 | E. Smallwood | Thorncliffe Stable | 1-1/8 m | 1:58.00 | $2,490 | ||
| 1922 | 3 | A. Gantner | Brookdale Stable | 1-1/8 m | 1:56.60 | $2,375 | ||
| 1921 | 3 | A. Richcreek | Brookdale Stable | 1-1/8 m | 1:56.00 | $1,535 | ||
| 1920 | 3 | Harry Giddings Jr. | 1-1/8 m | 1:56.00 | $1,620 | |||
| 1918 | - 1919 | Race not held | ||||||
| 1917 | 3 | Lee Mink | Brookdale Stable | 1-1/8 m | 2:00.00 | $1,800 | ||
| 1916 | 3 | Arthur Pickens | Barry Littlefield | Joseph E. Seagram | 1-1/8 m | 1:58.20 | $1,660 | |
| 1915 | 3 | Ted Rice | Charles Millar | 1-1/8 m | 1:56.00 | $1,790 | ||
| 1914 | 3 | C. Peak | Harry Giddings Jr. | 1-1/8 m | 1:56.60 | $1,770 | ||
| 1913 | 3 | J. Wilson | Harry Giddings Jr. | 1-1/8 m | 1:56.40 | $1,420 | ||
| 1912 | 3 | S. Mumford | C. A. Crew | 1-1/8 m | 2:04.00 | $930 | ||
| 1911 | St. Bass | 3 | Eddie Dugan | Harry Giddings Jr. | 1-1/8 m | 1:56.60 | $835 | |
| 1910 | 3 | J. Wilson | Valley Farm Stable | 1-1/8 m | 1:59.60 | $805 | ||
| 1909 | 3 | P. Goldstein | Barry Littlefield | Joseph E. Seagram | 1-1/8 m | 1:58.20 | $880 | |
| 1908 | 3 | Carroll H. Shilling | Barry Littlefield | Joseph E. Seagram | 1-1/8 m | 1:58.40 | $860 | |
| 1907 | 3 | R. McDaniel | Barry Littlefield | Joseph E. Seagram | 1-1/8 m | 1:56.40 | $905 | |
| 1906 | 3 | Barry Littlefield | Joseph E. Seagram | 1-1/8 m | 1:56.40 | $830 | ||
| 1905 | Will King | 3 | E. Walsh | Nathaniel Dyment | 1-1/8 m | 2:00.50 | $860 | |
| 1904 | 3 | Kirkfield Stable | 1-1/8 m | 2:01.50 | $920 | |||
| 1903 | 3 | Mr. Munro | 1-1/8 m | 2:02.00 | $890 | |||
| 1902 | 3 | T. Walker | 1-1/8 m | 2:00.50 | $710 | |||
| 1901 | 3 | Harry Vititoe | Joseph E. Seagram | 1-1/8 m | 2:04.20 | $620 | ||
| 1900 | The Provost | 3 | Mr. Ballard | 1-1/8 m | 2:03.50 | $570 | ||
| 1899 | 3 | Mr. Mason | 1-1/8 m | 2:03.00 | $470 | |||
| 1898 | 3 | E. James | 1-1/8 m | 2:04.00 | $460 | |||
| 1897 | 3 | Mr. Songer | C. Leighton | Miss E. Jones | 1-1/8 m | 2:02.20 | $430 | |
| 1896 | Melcha | 3 | G. Flint | 1-1/8 m | 2:05.50 | $510 | ||
| 1895 | 3 | A. Booker | Joseph E. Seagram | 1-1/8 m | 2:09.75 | 460 | ||
| 1894 | 3 | G. Flint | B. Alcock | 1-1/8 m | 2:09.20 | $490 | ||
| 1893 | 3 | Mr. Shauer | B. Alcock | 1-1/8 m | 2:09.50 | $480 | ||
| 1892 | 3 | F. Regan | T. H. Hodgens | 1-1/8 m | 2:14.20 | $410 | ||
| 1891 | 3 | M. Gorman | Joseph E. Seagram | 1-1/8 m | 2:01.50 | $370 | ||
| 1890 | 3 | Mr. Snyder | Charles Phair | 1-1/8 m | n/a | $365 | ||
| 1889 | 3 | Mr. Bowman | Joseph E. Seagram | 1-1/8 m | 2:04.50 | $325 | ||
A † designates a Triple Crown winner.
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