Canadian Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing

The Canadian Triple Crown is a series of three Thoroughbred horse races run annually in Canada which is open to three-year-old horses foaled in Canada. Established in 1959, the series is unique in that it shares the same distances as its American counterpart but is contested on three different track surfaces.^[1]

The first leg, the Queen's Plate, is contested at 1¼ miles on Tapeta at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, whereas the Prince of Wales Stakes in July is a 1³/16 mile event run on dirt at Fort Erie Race Track in Fort Erie, Ontario. The final leg is the 1½ mile Breeders' Stakes in August, which is run on turf over one full lap of the E. P. Taylor Turf Course at Woodbine.

The Canadian Triple Crown shares another characteristic with its American counterpart – all of the races in both series are open to geldings. This differs from the situation in Europe, where many important flat races, notably the British and all but one of the French classics, bar geldings.

Since 2014, all of the races in the Canadian Triple Crown have been televised by TSN.^[2]

Winners of the Triple Crown[]

Twelve horses are officially recognized as winning the Canadian Triple Crown:^[3]^[4]^[5]

Champions (before 1959):

Year	Winner	Jockey Queen's Plate	Jockey Prince of Wales Stakes	Jockey Breeders' Stakes	Trainer	Owner
1932	Queensway	Frankie Mann	Frankie Mann	Frankie Mann	Harry Giddings, Jr.
1939	Archworth					C. George McCullagh
1945	Uttermost	Robert B. Watson	Robert B. Watson	Robert B. Watson		Harry C. Hatch
1955	Ace Marine				Yonnie Starr
1956	Canadian Champ			Eugene Rodriguez

Champions (since 1959):

Year	Winner	Jockey Queen's Plate	Jockey Prince of Wales Stakes	Jockey Breeders' Stakes	Trainer	Owner
1959	New Providence	Bobby Ussery	Avelino Gomez	Avelino Gomez	Pete McCann	Windfields Farm
1963	Canebora	Manuel Ycaza	Hugo Dittfach	Manuel Ycaza	Pete McCann	Windfields Farm
1989	With Approval	Don Seymour	Don Seymour	Don Seymour	Roger Attfield	Kinghaven Farms
1990	Izvestia	Don Seymour	Don Seymour	Don Seymour	Roger Attfield	Kinghaven Farms
1991	Dance Smartly	Pat Day	Pat Day	Pat Day	James E. Day	Sam-Son Farm
1993	Peteski	Craig Perret	Dave Penna	Craig Perret	Roger Attfield	Earle I. Mack
2003	Wando	Patrick Husbands	Patrick Husbands	Patrick Husbands

Individual race winners[]

Key for full list of race winners
	Denotes winners of the Canadian Triple Crown
	Denotes winners of the Queen's Plate and the Prince of Wales Stakes but not the Breeders' Stakes
	Denotes other winners of any other combination of 2 out of the 3 Canadian Triple Crown races

Canadian Triple Crown
Year	Queen's Plate	Prince of Wales Stakes	Breeders' Stakes
1860	Don Juan
1861
1862
1863
1864	^♥
1865	^♥
1866
1867	^♥
1868	^♥
1869
1870
1871	^♥
1872
1873	^♥
1874	^♥
1875
1876	^♥
1877	^♥
1878
1879	^♥
1880	^♥
1881
1882	^♥
1883
1884
1885
1886	^♥
1887
1888
1889			^♥
1890	^♥
1891			Victorious
1892
1893
1894			^♥
1895			Bonniefield
1896			^♥
1897
1898	^♥
1899	^♥		Butter Scotch^♥
1900
1901			John Ruskin
1902	^♥		Lyddite^♥
1903
1904
1905	Inferno		^♥
1906			Slaughter
1907			^♥
1908			Seismic
1909	^♥
1910			Parmer
1911	St. Bass		St. Bass
1912			^♥
1913			Hearts of Oak
1914			Beehive
1915
1916			Mandarin
1917	Belle Mahone^♥		^♥
1918			no race
1919	^♥		no race
1920			St. Paul
1921			Herendesy
1922	^♥
1923
1924			^♥
1925	^♥		^♥
1926			^♥
1927	^♥
1928	^♥		Young Kitty^♥
1929	Shorelint
1930	Aymond
1931		no race	Froth Blower
1932	Queensway^♥	Queensway^♥	Queensway^♥
1933
1934	Horometer	no race	Horometer
1935	^♥	no race	^♥
1936			Samoan
1937			^♥
1938	Bunty Lawless	no race	^♥
1939	Archworth	Archworth	Archworth
1940	Willie the Kid		Hood
1941	Budpath	no race	^♥
1942		Ten to Ace	Shepperton
1943	^♥	no race
1944
1945	Uttermost	Uttermost	Uttermost
1946	Kingarvie	no race	Windfields
1947
1948			Last Mark
1949		^♥
1950			Nephisto
1951		Major Factor
1952	Epigram		^♥
1953	Canadiana^♥	Chain Reaction	Chain Reaction
1954			Queen's Own
1955	Ace Marine	Ace Marine	Ace Marine
1956	Canadian Champ	Canadian Champ	Canadian Champ
1957	Lyford Cay
1958
1959	New Providence	New Providence	New Providence
1960	Victoria Park	^♥	Hidden Treasure
1961	Blue Light	^♥	Song of Even^♥
1962	Flaming Page^♥		Crafty Lace
1963	Canebora	Canebora	Canebora
1964	Northern Dancer
1965			Good Old Mort
1966	Titled Hero	He's A Smoothie	Titled Hero
1967	Jammed Lovely^♥
1968	Merger
1969	Jumpin Joseph
1970		Almoner	^♥
1971	Kennedy Road		^♥
1972			Nice Dancer
1973	Royal Chocolate
1974
1975	L'Enjoleur	L'Enjoleur	Momigi^♥
1976	Norcliffe	Norcliffe
1977			Dance in Time
1978	Regal Embrace	Overskate	Overskate
1979	Steady Growth
1980
1981	Fiddle Dancer Boy
1982	Son of Briartic	Runaway Groom	Runaway Groom
1983
1984	Key to the Moon		^♥
1985	La Lorgnette^♥	Imperial Choice
1986	Golden Choice	Golden Choice	Carotene^♥
1987			^♥
1988	Regal Intention	Regal Classic
1989	With Approval	With Approval	With Approval
1990	Izvestia	Izvestia	Izvestia
1991	Dance Smartly^♥	Dance Smartly^♥	Dance Smartly^♥
1992	Alydeed
1993	Peteski	Peteski	Peteski
1994	Basqueian		Basqueian
1995	Regal Discovery	Kiridashi
1996			Chief Bearhart
1997	Awesome Again	Cryptocloser
1998	Archers Bay	Archers Bay	^♥
1999	Woodcarver	^♥	^♥
2000	Scatter the Gold	Scatter the Gold
2001	Dancethruthedawn^♥	Win City	^♥
2002
2003	Wando	Wando	Wando
2004		A Bit O'Gold	A Bit O'Gold
2005	Wild Desert		Jambalaya
2006
2007	Mike Fox
2008	Not Bourbon	Harlem Rocker
2009	Eye of the Leopard
2010	Big Red Mike
2011	^♥	Pender Harbour	Pender Harbour
2012		^♥	^♥
2013
2014	Lexie Lou^♥
2015	Shaman Ghost
2016
2017	^♥
2018	Wonder Gadot^♥	Wonder Gadot^♥
2019			Tone Broke
2020	Mighty Heart	Mighty Heart
2021

Notes

The Canadian Triple Crown was officially established in 1959
^♥ indicates filly

Notes[]

In 2011, Luis Contreras became the first jockey to sweep the Triple Crown races with different horses. He won the Queen's Plate on Inglorious and the next two races on Pender Harbour.^[6]

In 2020, trainer won all three legs of the Canadian Triple Crown with Mighty Heart winning the Queen's Plate and Prince of Wales Stakes and winning the Breeders' Stakes.

References[]

^ "Canada's Triple Crown - About.com, A part of The New York Times Company". Archived from the original on 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2012-01-27.
^ Fink, James (June 9, 2014). Prince of Wales race gets TV coverage across Canada. Business First. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
^ "WEG, Hall of Fame announces grandfathering of Canadian Triple Crown winners". Woodbine Entertainment Group. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
^ "WEG, Hall of Fame Announces Grandfathering of Canadian Triple Crown Winners". Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
^ "Canadian Hall of Fame Honors Early Triple Crown Winners". Blood-Horse. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
^ "Luis Contreras claims Sovereign Award as Canadian racing's top jockey | Toronto Star". thestar.com. Retrieved 30 June 2016.

External links[]

[1] "Canada's Triple Crown - About.com, A part of The New York Times Company". Archived from the original on 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2012-01-27.

[2] Fink, James (June 9, 2014). Prince of Wales race gets TV coverage across Canada. Business First. Retrieved June 9, 2014.

[3] "WEG, Hall of Fame announces grandfathering of Canadian Triple Crown winners". Woodbine Entertainment Group. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2014.

[4] "WEG, Hall of Fame Announces Grandfathering of Canadian Triple Crown Winners". Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2014.

[5] "Canadian Hall of Fame Honors Early Triple Crown Winners". Blood-Horse. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2014.

[6] "Luis Contreras claims Sovereign Award as Canadian racing's top jockey | Toronto Star". thestar.com. Retrieved 30 June 2016.

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