Connaught Cup Stakes
Grade II race | |
Location | Woodbine Racetrack Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Inaugurated | 1912 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | woodbine |
Race information | |
Distance | 7 furlongs (0.88 mi) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Four-Year-Olds & Up |
Weight | Allowances |
Purse | $197,050 (2021) |
The Connaught Cup Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Run in late May, the Grade II race is open to horses aged four and older. Raced over a distance of seven furlongs on turf, it currently offers a purse of $196,750.[1]
The Connaught Cup was first run in 1912 on dirt at Toronto's Old Woodbine Race Course. As a result of World War I, there was no race held in 1918 and 1919 and it was not run in 1930. The Great Depression saw much consolidation in the horse racing industry with track owners reducing the number of races run and the amount of the purses being offered. The Connaught Cup was suspended after the 1932 running and was not revived until 1952. In 1956 it was moved to the newly built Woodbine Racetrack where in 1958 it was converted to a turf race.[2]
It was run in two divisions in 1984.
Since inception, the race has been contested at various distances:
On dirt:
- 1+1⁄16 miles : 1912 through 1955 at Old Woodbine Race Course, 1956-1957 at Woodbine Racecourse
On turf:
- 7 furlongs : beginning 2010 at Woodbine Racetrack
- 1 mile : 1994 at Fort Erie Racetrack
- 1+1⁄16 miles : 1958-1963, 1980–93, 1995-2009 at Woodbine Racetrack
- 1+1⁄8 miles : 1964-1966, 1979 at Woodbine Racetrack, 1967-1978 at Fort Erie Racetrack
Records[]
Speed record: (at present distance of 7 furlongs)
- 1:19.40 - Tower of Texas (2017)
Most wins:
- 2 - (1912, 1913)
- 2 - (1955, 1956)
- 2 - (1964, 1965)
- 2 - (1968, 1969)
- 2 - (1981, 1984)
- 2 - Kiridashi (1997, 1998)
- 2 - (2012, 2013)
Most wins by an owner:
- 5 - J. K. L. Ross (1916, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1927)
- 5 - (1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 8 - Robin Platts (1968, 1969, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1988, 1992)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 5 - Gil Rowntree (1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980)
Winners[]
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time | ||||
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2021 | Avie's Flatter | 5 | Luis Contreras | Josie Carroll | Ivan Dalos | 1:20.99 | ||||
2020 | Silent Poet | 5 | Stronach Stables | 1:23.62 | ||||||
2019 | El Tormenta | 4 | Luis Contreras | Sam-Son Farm | 1:20.29 | |||||
2018 | Caribou Club | 4 | Gary Boulanger | Thomas F. Proctor | Glen Hill Farm | 1:20.22 | ||||
2017 | Tower of Texas | 6 | Eurico Rosa Da Silva | Roger Attfield | Thomas F. Van Meter II & Scott Dilworth | 1:19.40 | ||||
2016 | (GB) | 8 | Riverside Bloodstock | 1:21.84 | ||||||
2015 | 6 | Gary Boulanger | Mark Casse | John Oxley | 1:22.64 | |||||
2014 | 5 | Richard S. Kaster & Frederick C. Wieting | 1:19.53 | |||||||
2013 | 5 | Eurico Rosa Da Silva | John Menary & Gail Cox | 1:20.54 | ||||||
2012 | 4 | Eurico Rosa Da Silva | John Menary & Gail Cox | 1:20.69 | ||||||
2011 | 4 | Jim McAleney | Ian Black | Hat Trick Stable/Kinghaven Farms | 1:25.72 | |||||
2010 | 4 | Patrick Husbands | Mark Frostad | Sam-Son Farms | 1:19.83 | |||||
2009 | 3 | Patrick Husbands | Melnyk Racing Stables | 1:38.99 | ||||||
2008 | Rahy's Attorney | 4 | Slade Callaghan | Ellie-Boje Farm | 1:39.53 | |||||
2007 | 6 | David Clark | Roger Attfield | Gary A. Tanaka | 1:45.05 | |||||
2006 | 4 | Javier Castellano | Holly Rincon | 1:39.67 | ||||||
2005 | 6 | Paul Nielsen | William J. Scott | 1:40.79 | ||||||
2004 | 7 | Jim McAleney | Reade Baker | Rich Meadow Farm (W. James Hindman) | 1:40.24 | |||||
2002 | Quiet Resolve | 7 | Todd Kabel | Mark Frostad | Sam-Son Farm | 1:40.88 | ||||
2001 | 5 | Emile Ramsammy | Roger Attfield | Prince Fahd Salman | 1:47.49 | |||||
2001 | 4 | Robbie Davis | William I. Mott | Allen E. Paulson Trust | 1:48.17 | |||||
2000 | 4 | Emile Ramsammy | Stronach Stables | 1:43.78 | ||||||
1999 | 6 | Slade Callaghan | John Kom-Tong | 1:40.57 | ||||||
1998 | Kiridashi | 6 | Todd Kabel | Barbara J. Minshall | Minshall Farms | 1:39.80 | ||||
1997 | Kiridashi | 5 | Mickey Walls | Barbara J. Minshall | Minshall Farms | 1:40.00 | ||||
1996 | 5 | Todd Kabel | Harry T. Mangurian, Jr. | 1:40.20 | ||||||
1995 | 4 | Todd Kabel | Fishman/Peter/Yu | 1:39.20 | ||||||
1994 | 6 | 1:35.00 | ||||||||
1993 | Rainbows For Life | 5 | Jack Lauzon | James E. Day | Pin Oak/Sam-Son | 1:43.40 | ||||
1992 | 5 | Robin Platts | Kirby Canada Farm | 1:42.60 | ||||||
1991 | Sky Classic | 4 | Pat Day | James E. Day | Sam-Son Farm | 1:41.20 | ||||
1990 | With Approval | 4 | Don Seymour | Roger Attfield | Kinghaven Farms | 1:41.60 | ||||
1989 | 4 | Kent Desormeaux | Knob Hill Stable | 1:46.20 | ||||||
1988 | Grey Classic | 5 | Robin Platts | James E. Day | Sam-Son Farm | 1:44.00 | ||||
1987 | 4 | Lloyd Duffy | R. Doe & B. Hutzel | 1:45.20 | ||||||
1986 | Corseque | 5 | 1:43.40 | |||||||
1985 | 4 | Dave Penna | Maud McDougald | 1:44.40 | ||||||
1984 | 4 | Laurie Silvera | Silverbrook Stable | 1:44.20 | ||||||
1984 | 8 | David Clark | Macdonald Benson | Windfields Farm | 1:43.40 | |||||
1983 | Fiddle Dancer Boy | 5 | David Clark | James C. Bentley | John B. W. Carmichael | 1:46.00 | ||||
1982 | Frost King | 4 | Lloyd Duffy | Ted Smith/Bill Marko | 1:48.00 | |||||
1981 | 5 | Macdonald Benson | Windfields Farm | 1:42.60 | ||||||
1980 | 4 | Gil Rowntree | 1:42.00 | |||||||
1979 | 4 | Robin Platts | Gil Rowntree | 1:49.40 | ||||||
1978 | * | 4 | Robin Platts | Gil Rowntree | 1:50.80 | |||||
1977 | 5 | John LeBlanc | Hammer Kopf Farm | 1:51.40 | ||||||
1976 | Royal Chocolate | 6 | Robin Platts | Gil Rowntree | 1:50.40 | |||||
1975 | 4 | Robin Platts | Gil Rowntree | 1:50.20 | ||||||
1974 | 6 | Sandy Hawley | Parkview Stable | 1:48.80 | ||||||
1973 | 4 | Lloyd Duffy | 1:50.20 | |||||||
1972 | 4 | Brian Swatuk | Bennett Farms | 1:48.60 | ||||||
1971 | 5 | Sandy Hawley | Lou Cavalaris, Jr. | Gardiner Farm | 1:49.00 | |||||
1970 | 5 | R. Armstrong | W. H. Moorhead | Paison Stable | 1:50.00 | |||||
1969 | 5 | Robin Platts | Lou Cavalaris, Jr. | Gardiner Farm | 1:51.00 | |||||
1968 | 4 | Robin Platts | Lou Cavalaris, Jr. | Gardiner Farm | 1:49.00 | |||||
1967 | 4 | B. Puccini | E. C. Pasquale | 1:48.40 | ||||||
1966 | 4 | Avelino Gomez | Lou Cavalaris, Jr. | A. Case | 1:50.80 | |||||
1965 | 5 | 1:50.80 | ||||||||
1964 | 4 | 1:51.00 | ||||||||
1963 | 3 | George Gubbins | S. U. Ross | E. C. Pasquale | 1:44.60 | |||||
1962 | 4 | Hugo Dittfach | 1:48.80 | |||||||
1961 | Hidden Treasure | 4 | 1:43.20 | |||||||
1960 | 4 | Avelino Gomez | J. S. Evans | 1:43.80 | ||||||
1959 | White Apache | 4 | F. Russell | Four L's Stable | 1:43.80 | |||||
1958 | 4 | S. Caplan | C. Bordonaro | 1:47.60 | ||||||
1957 | 4 | Avelino Gomez | Gordon J. McCann | Winnifred Taylor | 1:45.00 | |||||
1956 | 5 | C. Brown | John Hornsby | McMacken Stable | 1:44.80 | |||||
1955 | 4 | John Hornsby | McMacken Stable | 1:44.40 | ||||||
1954 | Chain Reaction | 4 | Elodie S. Tomlinson | 1:45.00 | ||||||
1953 | 4 | F. Robinson | E. Elman | 1:47.00 | ||||||
1933 | - 1952 | Race not held | ||||||||
1932 | 4 | William H. Bringloe | Seagram Stables | 1:46.40 | ||||||
1931 | 5 | Frankie Mann | Harry Giddings, Jr. | Mount Royal Stable (Kenneth T. Dawes et al) | 1:45.80 | |||||
1930 | Race not held | |||||||||
1929 | 4 | John Maiben | William H. Bringloe | Seagram Stables | 1:49.20 | |||||
1928 | 4 | T. Burns | G. Alexandra | J. E. Smallman | 1:49.60 | |||||
1927 | 4 | R. Fisher | J. K. L. Ross | 1:49.80 | ||||||
1926 | Goldbeater | 4 | John Maiben | James Boden | Donat Raymond | 1:47.20 | ||||
1925 | 6 | B. Kennedy | William H. Bringloe | Seagram Stables | 1:49.20 | |||||
1924 | 3 | Edward Scobie | Henry McDaniel | J. K. L. Ross | 1:46.40 | |||||
1923 | 5 | Whitey Abel | Kirkfield Stable | 1:45.40 | ||||||
1922 | 4 | Clarence Turner | Henry McDaniel | J. K. L. Ross | 1:49.60 | |||||
1921 | 6 | Harold Thurber | G. Hennessy | G. Macfarlane | 1:47.60 | |||||
1920 | 5 | Earl Sande | J. K. L. Ross | 1:48.60 | ||||||
1918 | - 1919 | Race not held | ||||||||
1917 | 3 | Lee Mink | E. Trotte | R. E. Millett | 1:48.60 | |||||
1916 | 4 | Linus McAtee | W. Fred Presgrave | J. K. L. Ross | 1:47.20 | |||||
1915 | 4 | James Smyth | John S. Hendrie | 1:47.40 | ||||||
1914 | 4 | Albert Claver | Henry McDaniel | Robert T. Davies | 1:47.20 | |||||
1913 | 7 | Willie Knapp | Robert T. Davies | 1:47.00 | ||||||
1912 | 6 | E. Martin | C. Patterson | Robert T. Davies | 1:48.40 |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Equibase. "Chart of the 2017 Connaught Cup Stakes" (PDF).
- ^ "Woodbine Thoroughbred Stakes Results 2017" (PDF). Ontario Racing. 2017-04-01. Retrieved 2018-12-17.
- Graded stakes races in Canada
- Turf races in Canada
- Flat horse races for four-year-olds
- Recurring events established in 1912
- Woodbine Racetrack
- Fort Erie Race Track
- 1912 establishments in Ontario