Dominion Day Stakes
Grade III race | |
Location | Woodbine Racetrack Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Inaugurated | 1953 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | www |
Race information | |
Distance | 1+1⁄4 miles (10 furlongs) |
Surface | Tapeta synthetic dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-olds and up |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | CAD$150,000 |
The Dominion Day Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually in July at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. A Grade III event currently offering a purse of CAD$150,000 +, it is open to horses aged three years and up. The race was run at a distance of 1+1⁄8 miles from its inception until 1983 when it was changed to its present 1+1⁄4 miles format. It was raced on dirt until 2007 when a polytrack surface was installed. In 2016, the surface was changed to Tapeta synthetic turf.[1]
Inaugurated in 1953 at the Old Woodbine Racetrack, it remained there until the track closed in 1955.
The race celebrates Dominion Day, the birth of the Canadian Confederation on July 1, 1867.
Ace Marine, one of Canada's greatest runners, and its 1955 Horse of the Year, won this race in 1956. In 1972, Canada's 1973 Horse of the Year, Kennedy Road, took the Dominion. The Canadian Champion Three-Year-Old colt of 1972, Nice Dancer, won it in 1973. The 1980 Canadian Horse of the Year as well as the 1980 Champion Older Female in Canada & the USA, plus the 1981 Champion Older Female in Canada, Glorious Song, won it twice—in 1980 & 1981. In 1984, the 1984 Canadian Champion Three-Year-Old colt, Key to the Moon, won the Dominion, and in 1990, (by the U.S. Triple Crown winner Affirmed) who was the 1989 Champion Grass horse in Canada, came home the winner. 1996 Canadian Horse of the Year, has also won the Dominion Day Stakes twice: 1996 & 1999.
Among other past winners, the 1963 and 2006 editions of the Dominion Day Stakes were won by Kentucky Derby winners, Decidedly and Funny Cide respectively.
Records[]
Time record: (at current 1+1⁄4 miles distance)
- 2:01.15 - (2003)
Most wins:
- 2 - (1968, 1969)
- 2 - Glorious Song (1980, 1981)
- 2 - (1996, 1999)
- 2 - (2016, 2017)
Most wins by an owner:
- 5 - Frank Stronach (1980, 1981, 1984, 1989, 2003)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 5 - Todd Kabel (1994, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2007)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 4 - Roger L. Attfield (1995, 2001, 2003, 2011)
- 3 - Lou Cavalaris, Jr. (1964, 1966, 1975)
- 3 - Barbara Minshall (1996, 1998, 1999)
- 3 - Mark Casse (2009, 2013, 2014)
Winners of the Dominion Day Stakes since 1979[]
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
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2021 | Mighty Heart | 4 | Daisuke Fukumoto | Josie Carroll | Lawrence Cordes | 1:43.33 |
2019 | Are You Kidding Me | 9 | Rafael Manuel Hernandez | Roger L. Attfield | Kirk/Bates/Riordan | 2:04.28 |
2018 | Tiz A Slam | 4 | Steven Ronald Bahen | Roger L. Attfield | Chiefswood Stable | 2:03.11 |
2017 | 6 | Eurico Rosa da Silva | Chesney/Hoffman | 2:03.48 | ||
2016 | 5 | Eurico Rosa da Silva | Chesney/Hoffman | 2:04.06 | ||
2015 | 5 | Alan Garcia | Todd Pletcher | Twin Creeks Racing Stable | 2:01.93 | |
2014 | 4 | Patrick Husbands | Mark E. Casse | John C. Oxley | 2:03.32 | |
2013 | 4 | Luis Contreras | Mark E. Casse | Gary Barber | 2:01.51 | |
2012 | 4 | Emma-Jayne Wilson | Reade Baker | Stronach Stables | 2:04.11 | |
2011 | 4 | Luis Contreras | Roger L. Attfield | Stronach Stables | 2:03.47 | |
2010 | 4 | Tyler Pizarro | Bill Mott | WinStar Farm | 2:03.65 | |
2009 | 5 | Patrick Husbands | Mark E. Casse | Melnyk Racing Stables | 2:03.63 | |
2008 | 4 | David Clark | Sid C. Attard | 2:04.99 | ||
2007 | True Metropolitan | 5 | Todd Kabel | Bob Cheema | 2:04.20 | |
2006 | Funny Cide | 6 | Richard Migliore | Barclay Tagg | Sackatoga Stable | 2:02.41 |
2005 | A Bit O'Gold | 4 | Jono Jones | The Two Bit Racing Stable | 2:07.55 | |
2004 | Mobil | 4 | Todd Kabel | 2:03.34 | ||
2003 | 4 | Todd Kabel | Roger Attfield | Stronach Stables | 2:01.15 | |
2002 | 4 | Jesus Castanon | Thomas F. Proctor | Glen Hill Farm | 2:03.01 | |
2001 | A Fleet's Dancer | 6 | Richard Dos Ramos | Roger Attfield | Cam Allard | 2:05.69 |
2000 | 5 | R. F. & J. E. Shaw | 2:04.41 | |||
1999 | 7 | Richard Dos Ramos | Barbara J. Minshall | Minshall Farms | 2:01.38 | |
1998 | 5 | Mickey Walls | Barbara J. Minshall | Minshall Farms | 2:03.30 | |
1997 | 4 | Todd Kabel | 2:01.20 | |||
1996 | 4 | Mickey Walls | Barbara J. Minshall | Minshall Farms | 2:03.20 | |
1995 | 4 | Dave Penna | Roger Attfield | Kinghaven Farms | 2:04.10 | |
1994 | 4 | Todd Kabel | V. Polsinelli & J.Malawski | 2:02.40 | ||
1993 | 6 | J. D. Cameron | 2:04.00 | |||
1992 | Rainbows For Life | 4 | Jack Lauzon | Jim Day | Sam-Son Farm | 2:02.20 |
1991 | 4 | Dave Penna | J. D. Cameron | 2:03.30 | ||
1990 | 4 | Robin Platts | King Caledon Farm | 2:03.10 | ||
1989 | 4 | Lloyd Duffy | Gil Rowntree | Stronach Stables | 2:02.40 | |
1988 | 4 | Julie Krone | William I. Mott | Bertram R. Firestone | 2:03.20 | |
1987 | Gold Alert | 4 | Pat Day | Mrs. J. A. McDougald | 2:05.20 | |
1986 | Key to the Moon | 5 | Lloyd Duffy | Gil Rowntree | B. K. Y. Stable | 2:04.10 |
1985 | Let's Go Blue | 4 | Larry Attard | Jim Dandy Stable | 2:03.00 | |
1984 | Norwick | 5 | Stronach Stables | 2:04.30 | ||
1983 | Frost King | 5 | Robin Platts | Ted Smith & Bill Marko | 2:04.20 | |
1982 | 5 | Brian Swatuk | Paddockhurst Stable | 1:50.10 | ||
1981 | Glorious Song | 5 | Robin Platts | F. Stronach & N.B. Hunt | 1:48.00 | |
1980 | Glorious Song | 4 | John LeBlanc | F. Stronach & N.B. Hunt | 1:50.10 | |
1979 | 6 | Fernando Toro | G. Caroli | 1:51.20 |
Earlier winners[]
- 1978 -
- 1977 - Coverack
- 1976 - Big Destiny
- 1975 - Double Quill
- 1974 - Selari Spirit
- 1973 - Nice Dancer
- 1972 - Kennedy Road
- 1971 - Dance Act
- 1970 - Amber Orbit
- 1969 - Bye and Near
- 1968 - Bye and Near
- 1968 - Bright Monarch
- 1967 - Stevie B. Good
- 1966 - Victorian Era
- 1965 -
- 1964 - Vindent de Paul
- 1963 - Decidedly
- 1962 - Wise Command
- 1961 - Mooney
- 1960 -
- 1959 - Biscayne
- 1958 - Marshal Ney
- 1957 - Grand Canyon
- 1956 - Ace Marine
- 1955 - Sampan
- 1954 - Chain Reaction
- 1953 - Mr. Willie
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Mauntah, Richard. "Woodbine ready to showcase new Tapeta racing surface". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
External links[]
- Graded stakes races in Canada
- Open middle distance horse races
- Woodbine Racetrack
- Recurring sporting events established in 1953
- 1953 establishments in Ontario