Canadian International Stakes

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Canadian International Stakes
Grade 1 race
CanIntlStakesLogo.jpg
LocationWoodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Canada
Inaugurated1938
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
WebsiteCanadian International Stakes
Race information
Distance1+1⁄2 miles
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
Qualification3-Years-Old & Up
WeightWeight-For-Age
PurseCA$600,000[1]

The Canadian International Stakes is a Grade I stakes race for thoroughbred racehorses three years of age and up on Turf. It is held annually in October at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[2] The current purse is CA$800,000[3]

Since its creation in 1938, the race has undergone many changes including the conditions, track surface, distance, location, and name. The first renewal was run as the Long Branch Championship, held at the Long Branch Racetrack in Etobicoke. and was restricted to Canadian-bred three-year-olds. In 1939, it was renamed the Canadian International Stakes and was restricted to Canadian-owned horses. In 1940, the race was opened to horses of all ages, though the owner still had to be a Canadian resident. In 1954, the eligibility was revised to ages three and up with no residence restriction.[4] The race name was modified slightly from 1966 to 1980 when it was known as the Canadian International Championship Stakes. From 1981 through to 1995 the race was known as the Rothmans International for its sponsor, the Canadian subsidiary of Rothmans International plc. Since 2003 it has been sponsored by Pattison Outdoor Advertising.[1]

Inaugurated in 1938 on the dirt at Toronto's Long Branch Racetrack, except for consolidation during World War II it remained there until 1956 when the track closed its doors. Moved to Woodbine Racetrack in 1956, in 1958 it became a turf race.[5]

On dirt:

  • 1938–1941 : 1+1⁄16 miles at Long Branch Racetrack
  • 1942–1945 : 1+1⁄16 miles at Dufferin Racetrack
  • 1946–1952 : 1+1⁄16 miles at Long Branch Racetrack
  • 1953–1954 : 1+1⁄8 miles at Long Branch Racetrack
  • 1955 1+3⁄16 miles at Long Branch Racetrack
  • 1956–1957 : 1+5⁄8 miles at Woodbine Racetrack

On turf at Woodbine Racetrack:

  • 1958–1986 1+5⁄8 miles
  • 1987–1993 1+1⁄2 miles (Out of Chute, inside of main track)
  • 1994–present 1+1⁄2 miles (One full circuit, outside of main track)

Since 1958, winners have come from breeding farms in Canada, the United States, Ireland, the United Kingdom, France and Argentina. The Canadian International has been contested by many of the greatest horses, jockeys, and trainers in thoroughbred racing history from around the world. Its success as a North American race drawing an international field helped inspire the creation of the Breeders' Cup races in 1984 which were held at Woodbine in 1996.

The Canadian International has been won by many notable horses. The most renowned renewal was in 1973 when the Canadian International was the final race for Secretariat. His 6+1⁄2 lengths victory is the widest winning margin in the race's history.[6] Other famous winners include Bunty Lawless, voted "Canadian Horse of the Half Century", who won in 1938 and 1941.[7] In 1974, Dahlia was the first European-based horse to win the race, becoming the first horse to win Group / Grade One stakes in England, France, Ireland, Canada and the U.S.[8]

Since Eclipse Award voting began in 1971, eight winners of the International were named Champion turf horse for that year: Secretariat (1973), Dahlia (1974), Snow Knight (1975), Youth (1976), Mac Diarmida (1978), All Along (1983), Singspiel (1996) and Chief Bearhart (1997).[9]

In 2005, the purse for the race was increased to $2 million to help attract European horses who did not choose to enter the Breeders' Cup Turf. The purse was reduced to $1.5 million in 2011, then to $1 million in 2013 and to $800,000 in 2017.[1]

Records[]

Time record: (Turf)

  • 1+5⁄8 miles: 2:40.00 – Dahlia (1974)
  • 1+1⁄2 miles: 2:25.60 – Raintrap (1994)

Most wins:

Most wins by an owner:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners[]

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Dist.
(m)
(t) / (d) 		Time
 Win$
 Ref
2021 Walton Street 7 Frankie Dettori Charles Appleby Godolphin 11⁄2 M (t) 2:29.07 $360,000 [10]
2020 Not run due to the COVID-19 pandemic, at Woodbine rescheduled racing program, the race replaced by Northern Dancer Turf Stakes[11]
2019 Desert Encounter 7 Andrea Atzeni Abdulla Al Mansoori 11⁄2 M (t) 2:28.62 $480,000 [12]
2018 Desert Encounter 6 Andrea Atzeni Abdulla Al Mansoori 11⁄2 M (t) 2:28.88 $480,000 [13]
2017 5 Eurico Rosa Da Silva Wayne Spalding/Faron McCubbins 11⁄2 M (t) 2:34.37 $480,000 [14]
2016 4 Stéphane Pasquier Niarchos family 11⁄2 M (t) 2:30.87 $600,000 [15]
2015 4 Ryan Moore Michael Stoute Saeed Suhail 11⁄2 M (t) 2:29.26 $600,000 [16]
2014 Hillstar 4 Ryan Moore Michael Stoute Evelyn de Rothschild 11⁄2 M (t) 2:29.00 $600,000 [17]
2013 Joshua Tree 6 Ryan Moore Ed Dunlop K. K. Nabooda/K. Albahou 11⁄2 M (t) 2:35.45 $600,000 [18]
2012 Joshua Tree 5 Frankie Dettori Marco Botti K. K. Nabooda/K. Albahou 11⁄2 M (t) 2:30.89 $900,000 [19]
2011 4 Christophe Soumillon John Hammond Mrs. Robert G. Ehrnooth 11⁄2 M (t) 2:34.90 $900,000 [20]
2010 Joshua Tree 3 Colm O'Donoghue Aidan O'Brien D. Smith, S. Magnier, M. Tabor 11⁄2 M (t) 2:32.72 $1,200,000 [21]
2009 Champs Elysees 6 Garrett Gomez Robert J. Frankel Juddmonte Farms 11⁄2 M (t) 2:28.36 $1,200,000 [22]
2008 5 Javier Castellano Neil D. Drysdale 11⁄2 M (t) 2:28.73 $1,200,000 [23]
2007 Cloudy's Knight 7 S J Stables LLC 11⁄2 M (t) 2:27.71 $1,200,000 [24]
2006 Collier Hill 8 Dean McKeown Alan Swinbank R. Hall, D. Abell, R. Crowe 11⁄2 M (t) 2:37.34 $1,200,000 [25]
2005 Relaxed Gesture 4 Corey Nakatani Christophe Clement Moyglare Stud 11⁄2 M (t) 2:32.64 $1,200,000 [26]
2004 Sulamani 5 Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin 11⁄2 M (t) 2:28.64 $900,000 [27]
2003 Phoenix Reach 3 Martin Dwyer Andrew Balding 11⁄2 M (t) 2:33.62 $900,000 [28]
2002 Ballingarry 3 Michael Kinane Aidan O'Brien Coolmore Stud 11⁄2 M (t) 2:31.68 $900,000 [29]
2001 6 Richard Hills Shadwell Racing 11⁄2 M (t) 2:28.46 $900,000 [30]
2000 Mutafaweq 4 Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin 11⁄2 M (t) 2:27.62 $900,000 [31]
1999 Thornfield 5 Richard Dos Ramos Knob Hill Stable 11⁄2 M (t) 2:32.39 $936,000 [32]
1998 Royal Anthem 3 Gary Stevens Henry Cecil The Thoroughbred Corp. 11⁄2 M (t) 2:29.60 $630,000 [33]
1997 Chief Bearhart 4 José A. Santos Mark Frostad Sam-Son Farm 11⁄2 M (t) 2:29.00 $600,000 [34]
1996 Singspiel 4 Gary Stevens Michael Stoute Sheikh Mohammed 11⁄2 M (t) 2:33.20 $600,000 [35]
1995 4 Pat Day William I. Mott Prince Sultan al Kabeer 11⁄2 M (t) 2:29.80 $653,250 [36]
1994 Raintrap 4 Robbie Davis André Fabre Juddmonte Farms 11⁄2 M (t) 2:25.60 $606,900 [37]
1993 3 Cash Asmussen 11⁄2 M (t) 2:36.40 $623,100 [38]
1992 Snurge * 5 Richard Quinn Paul Cole Martyn Arbib 11⁄2 M (t) 2:39.00 $636,000 [39]
1991 Sky Classic 4 Pat Day Jim Day Sam-Son Farm 11⁄2 M (t) 2:27.80 $624,750 [40]
1990 4 Pat Eddery André Fabre Juddmonte Farms 11⁄2 M (t) 2:34.80 $619,650
1989 4 Jean Cruguet Willard C. Freeman 11⁄2 M (t) 2:33.80 $575,400
1988 4 Ray Cochrane Luca Cumani 11⁄2 M (t) 2:29.00 $508,680
1987 River Memories 3 Chris McCarron Robert Collet 11⁄2 M (t) 2:32.80 $456,900
1986 3 José A. Santos Angel Penna Sr. Dogwood Stable 15⁄8 M (t) 2:54.60 $421,500
1985 Nassipour 5 Jean-Luc Samyn Stephen A. DiMauro Dogwood Stable 15⁄8 M (t) 2:48.20 $360,000
1984 Majesty's Prince 5 Laffit Pincay Jr. 15⁄8 M (t) 2:42.80 $360,000
1983 All Along 4 Walter Swinburn Patrick Biancone Daniel Wildenstein 15⁄8 M (t) 2:45.00 $312,210
1982 Majesty's Prince 3 Eddie Maple 15⁄8 M (t) 2:49.40 $251,790
1981 3 Jorge Velásquez John M. Gaver Jr. Greentree Stable 15⁄8 M (t) 2:53.40 $185,250
1980 4 Mike Venezia Tartan Stable 15⁄8 M (t) 2:42.60 $120,000
1979 Golden Act 3 Sandy Hawley / 15⁄8 M (t) 2:48.60 $120,000
1978 Mac Diarmida 3 Jean Cruguet Scotty Schulhofer 15⁄8 M (t) 2:41.20 $111,180
1977 Exceller 4 Ángel Cordero Jr. Maurice Zilber Nelson Bunker Hunt 15⁄8 M (t) 2:52.40 $116,100
1976 Youth 3 Sandy Hawley Maurice Zilber Nelson Bunker Hunt 15⁄8 M (t) 2:48.00 $114,600
1975 Snow Knight 4 Jorge Velásquez MacKenzie Miller Windfields Farm 15⁄8 M (t) 2:43.20 $113,220
1974 Dahlia 4 Lester Piggott Maurice Zilber Nelson Bunker Hunt 15⁄8 M (t) 2:40.00 $91,650
1973 Secretariat 3 Eddie Maple Lucien Laurin Meadow Stable 15⁄8 M (t) 2:41.80 $92,755
1972 Droll Role 4 Braulio Baeza Thomas J. Kelly John M. Schiff 15⁄8 M (t) 2:51.80 $52,330
1971 5 Ron Turcotte Horatio Luro 15⁄8 M (t) 2:45.20 $41,550
1970 Drumtop 4 Chuck Baltazar Roger Laurin 15⁄8 M (t) 2:50.80 $39,900
1969 * 4 15⁄8 M (t) 2:47.20 $45,000
1968 4 Robin Platts Lou Cavalaris Jr. Gardiner Farm 15⁄8 M (t) 2:49.20 $30,900
1967 He's A Smoothie 4 15⁄8 M (t) 2:59.60 $34,500
1966 George Royal 5 Ismael Valenzuela Hammond & 15⁄8 M (t) 2:42.40 $32,700
1965 George Royal 4 Johnny Longden Hammond & 15⁄8 M (t) 3:05.40 $35,800
1964 4 Ron Turcotte Fitz Eugene Dixon Jr. 15⁄8 M (t) 2:47.80 $34,800
1963 5 John L. Rotz John M. Gaver Sr. Greentree Stable 15⁄8 M (t) 2:41.00 $35,600
1962 5 Ray Broussard Joseph H. Pierce Jr. 15⁄8 M (t) 2:50.80 $35,700
1961 4 Sam Boulmetis Sr. John M. Schiff 15⁄8 M (t) 2:45.80 $32,500
1960 4 Kenneth Church Spring Hill Farm 15⁄8 M (t) 2:42.20 $35,400
1959 5 Harry Trotsek 15⁄8 M (t) 2:56.00 $33,000
1958 Jack Ketch 4 Johnny Sellers Harry Trotsek 15⁄8 M (t) 2:46.60 $34,900
1957 4 Horatio Luro Louis R. Rowan 15⁄8 M (d) 2:46.20 $42,300
1956 4 Horatio Luro 15⁄8 M (d) 2:43.40 $42,700
1955 5 Bobby Ussery P. Brady 13⁄16 M (d) 2:00.80 $34,524
1954 4 H. W. Williams Killian Farms 11⁄8 M (d) 1:54.00 $23,075
1953 3 Nick Shuk Gordon J. McCann E. P. Taylor 11⁄8 M (d) 1:53.20 $10,875
1952 7 R. Anderson Wilma Kennedy 11⁄16 M (d) 1:46.00 $5,225
1951 Bull Page 4 Gordon J. McCann E. P. Taylor 11⁄16 M (d) 1:49.00 $5,090
1950 3 E. P. Taylor 11⁄16 M (d) 1:46.80 $4,810
1949 Arise 3 Douglas Dodson 11⁄16 M (d) 1:46.80 $4,800
1948 4 Mrs. Morris Fishman 11⁄16 M (d) 1:48.00 $3,910
1947 4 Charles H. Hemstead 11⁄16 M (d) 1:46.20 $2,550
1946 Kingarvie 3 Parkwood Stable 11⁄16 M (d) 1:51.40 $2,770
1945 5 11⁄16 M (d) 1:55.40 $2,900
1944 4 Robert B. Watson Harry C. Hatch 11⁄16 M (d) 1:47.60 $1,768
1943 Shepperton 4 Robert B. Watson Fred H. Schelke 11⁄16 M (d) 1:51.80 $3,326
1942 Shepperton 3 Robert B. Watson Fred H. Schelke 11⁄16 M (d) 1:52.40 $1,876
1941 Bunty Lawless 6 Gordon J. McCann 11⁄16 M (d) 1:49.20 $3,354
1940 7 Harry Meynell A. Bennie Art J. Halliwell 11⁄16 M (d) 1:46.00 $1,400
1939 3 Conn Smythe 11⁄16 M (d) 1:48.00 $2,450
1938 Bunty Lawless 3 11⁄16 M (d) 1:45.80 $2,125
  • In 1969 Tradesman won but was disqualified and placed last.
  • In 1992 Wiorno finished first but was disqualified and placed third.

See also[]

References[]

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  2. ^ Thoroughbred racing news at Woodbine Entertainment Archived 2009-12-16 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ http://www.woodbineentertainment.com/canadianinternational/RaceTrackNewsPage.aspx?NewsId=163914b3-8a02-492f-897f-2859f6b83fbb
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  5. ^ Canadian International Stakes details 1938–2001 Archived March 23, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ October 29, 1973 New York Times
  7. ^ "Bunty Lawless". Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Dahlia". Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
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  11. ^ Woodbine postpones Pattison International thoroughbred race for a year
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  37. ^ "1994 Rothmans Ltd. International Stakes Grade 1 - (race 9)". Equibase. 16 October 1994. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  38. ^ "1993 Rothmans Ltd. International Stakes Grade 1 - (race 8)". Equibase. 17 October 1993. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  39. ^ "1992 Rothmans Ltd. International Stakes Grade 1 - (race 8)". Equibase. 18 October 1992. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  40. ^ "1991 Rothmans Ltd. International Stakes Grade 1 - (race 8)". Equibase. 20 October 1991. Retrieved 24 August 2021.

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