Durham Cup Stakes

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Durham Cup Stakes
Grade III race
LocationWoodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Inaugurated1906
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Websitewww.woodbineentertainment.com/qct/default.asp
Race information
Distance1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs)
SurfaceTapeta synthetic dirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-years-old & up
WeightAssigned
PurseC$150,000 (since 2007)[1]

The Durham Cup Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Run in mid October, the Grade III race is open to horses age three and older. Raced over a distance of 1+1⁄8 miles on Tapeta synthetic dirt, it currently offers a current purse of C$150,000.

The race was first run in 1906 as the Durham Cup Handicap at Old Woodbine Racetrack. It remained there until the track was closed and replaced by the new Woodbine racetrack. Since inception it has been contested at various distances:

  • 1+3⁄4 miles : 1906-1951
  • 1+1⁄4 miles : 1952-1979
  • 1+1⁄8 miles : 1980–present

In 1992, Francine Villeneuve became the first female jockey to win the race.

Records[]

Speed record: (Through 1998, Woodbine times were recorded in fifths of a second. Since 1999 they are in hundredths of a second)

  • On Synthetic dirt surface:
    • 1:48.33 - Golden Sabre (2015)
  • On natural dirt:
    • 1:48.58 - Deputy Inxs (1999)

Most wins:

Most wins by an owner:

  • 4 - Joseph E. Seagram (1906, 1908, 1909, 1910)
  • 4 - Seagram Stable (1926, 1928, 1929, 1932)
  • 4 - Windfields Farm (1962, 1966, 1971, 1973)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners[]

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
2021 Special Forces 6 Justin Stein Kevin Attard Soli Mehta & Partner 1:42.36
2020 Salute With Honor 4 Patrick Husbands Mark Casse Live Oak Plantation 1:42.35
2019 The Great Day 4 Patrick Husbands Arnaud Delacour Lael Stable 1:49.68
2018 Lookin At Eight 4 Jerome Lermyte Mark Casse Barber, Oxley et al 1:50.55
2017 Melmich 6 Eurico Rosa da Silva Kevin Attard Chesney & Hoffman 1:49.86
2016 6 Alan Garcia Roger Attfield Kirk/Bates/Riordan 1:49.10
2015 5 Emma-Jayne Wilson Sam-Son Farm 1:48.33
2014 4 Luis Contreras Josie Carroll Melnyk Racing Stables 1:49.23
2013 James Street 6 Patrick Husbands Josie Carroll Melnyk Racing Stables 1:50.14
2012 Delegation 3 Patrick Husbands Mark E. Casse Gary Barber 1:50.60
2011 City Wolf 4 Emma-Jayne Wilson Reade Baker Stronach Stables 1:50.38
2010 Southdale 4 Jim McAleney Ian Black Roderick Ferguson 1:51.36
2009 Pool Play 4 Patrick Husbands Mark E. Casse William S. Farish IV 1:49.24
2008 6 Richard Dos Ramos Roger Attfield Haras S. M. de Araras 1:49.29
2007 Leonnatus Anteas 3 Jono Jones Knob Hill Stable 1:49.55
2006 Barracuda Boy 5 Emma-Jayne Wilson Stronach Stable 1:50.49
2005 Cryptograph 4 Todd Kabel Pin Oak Stable 1:52.51
2004 Norfolk Knight 5 Hugo Dittfach Margaret Squires 1:51.56
2003 Parose 9 Jono Jones John Atto 1:53.16
2002 Dream Launcher 4 Richard Dos Ramos 1:52.45
2001 6 Robert Landry Roger Attfield 1:51.71
2000 Kiss A Native 3 Mickey Walls Stronach Stable 1:49.58
1999 Deputy Inxs 8 1:48.58
1998 Northern Sky 6 1:51.80
1997 Northern Sky 5 1:49.20
1996 Basqueian 5 Todd Kabel Daniel J. Vella Frank Stronach 1:51.60
1995 Basqueian 4 Todd Kabel Daniel J. Vella Frank Stronach 1:51.20
1994 Basqueian 3 Shane Sellers Daniel J. Vella Frank Stronach 1:50.40
1993 4 Richard Dos Ramos Knob Hill Stable 1:50.40
1992 Twist The Snow 6 Francine Villeneuve 1:51.40
1991 Candid Cameron 4 Dave Penna J. D. Cameron 1:52.20
1990 Take Account † 4 Don Seymour Roger Attfield Kinghaven Farms 1:50.80
1990 Imperial Colony † 5 Robin Platts Roger Attfield Kinghaven Farms 1:50.80
1989 Steady Power 5 Don Seymour Roger Attfield Kinghaven Farms 1:51.00
1988 Steady Zephyr 4 Bayshore Racing 1:51.80
1987 Triple Wow 4 Don Seymour Roger Attfield Kinghaven Farms 1:52.60
1986 Key to the Moon 5 Lloyd Duffy Gil Rowntree B. K. Y. Stable 1:50.00
1985 4 Gil Rowntree B. K. Y. Stable 1:50.40
1984 Pax Nobiscum 4 Kingfield Farm 1:52.80
1983 Jacksboro 4 Larry Attard Nelson Bunker Hunt 1:51.40
1982 Le Grand Seigneur 4 Yonnie Starr Jean-Louis Levesque 1:51.80
1981 4 Robin Platts 1:52.20
1980 Foreign Control 5 B. C. Stable 1:49.60
1979 Foreign Control 4 Gardiner & B. C. Stable 2:04.60
1978 Lucky Conn 5 Conn Smythe 2:02.80
1977 Hopeful Answer 4 W. Preston Gilbride 2:02.40
1976 Brilliant Sandy 4 Lloyd Duffy Jerry C. Meyer Smith/Willow Downs 2:04.20
1975 Butterbump 4 Brian Swatuk 2:10.20
1974 Fabiusand 4 L. Buzit 2:03.40
1973 Minsky 5 Sandy Hawley Windfields Farm 2:03.00
1972 Twice Lucky 5 Avelino Gomez Conn Smythe 2:10.00
1971 Minsky 3 Sandy Hawley Windfields Farm 2:02.20
1970 4 Larry Grant Green Hills Farm 2:03.40
1969 Battling 5 Lloyd Duffy J. Moir, Jr. L. J. Hempel 2:03.20
1968 Hammer Kopf 4 2:07.20
1967 He's A Smoothie 4 Avelino Gomez 2:04.60
1966 4 Avelino Gomez Lou Cavalaris, Jr. Windfields Farm 2:02.60
1965 4 Sidney J. Langill 2:02.20
1964 Judo King 3 Hugo Dittfach J. Lankinen B. J. Thibodeau 2:03.80
1963 Already Dia 4 W. Trevenew P. J. Rock 2:03.20
1962 3 Horatio Luro Windfields Farm 2:02.40
1961 Hidden Treasure 4 2:02.60
1960 Windy Ship 3 Charles Boland S. Couch Emcee Stable 2:07.40
1959 Ali's Pride 5 Pine Tree Stable 2:10.20
1958 Our Sirdar 4 Shermanor Farms 2:05.20
1957 Hartney 6 C. O'Brien K. R. Marshall 2:12.00
1956 Lawday 3 2:04.00
1955 Ace Marine 3 Yonnie Starr 2:05.20
1954 Queen's Own 3 T. Johnson Gordon J. McCann E. P. Taylor 2:04.00
1953 Chain Reaction 3 Mrs. Elodie Tomlinson 2:03.20
1952 Bennington 3 2:05.40
1951 no race
1950 Lady's Lover 3 R. Buisson 3:00.40
1949 5 J. Stewart Parkwood Stable 3:04.00
1948 North York 6 H. Lahman 3:09.00
1947 Palermo 4 J. Dewhurst R. Anderson D. J. Kennedy 3:01.40
1946 no race
1945 Broom Time 4 Chris Rogers T. Frost J. E. Frost 3:01.00
1944 Maginot Line 5 Bobby Watson G. Hay L. H. Appleby 3:02.00
1943 Teeworth 5 R. Leavitt N. Northwood N. Northwood 3:03.60
1942 Attrisius 4 J. Smith Riverdale Stable 3:05.20
1941 Curwen 4 Bobby Watson Harry C. Hatch 3:10.00
1940 Sea General 4 C. W. Smith Harry Giddings, Jr. 3:00.00
1939 Donosiris 5 Albert Schmidl Parkwood Stable 3:07.00
1938 Hainault Maid 4 Aalbert Schmidl A. Robinson T. F. Montague 3:04.00
1937 Monsweep 4 William H. Bringloe Harry C. Hatch 3:05.20
1936 Royal Vintage 6 A. Sansone M. J. Sansone 3:00.60
1935 Donstick 3 S. Young William H. Bringloe Harry C. Hatch 3:03.20
1934 Shady Well 5 Edward F. Seagram 3:04.80
1933 Shady Well 4 Tommy Luther Edward F. Seagram 3:03.20
1932 Shady Well 3 William H. Bringloe Seagram Stable 3:02.60
1931 Pat Gaiety 4 A. Ridgway C. McKee T. M. Glassco 3:03.60
1930 Lindsay 4 Frankie Mann J. Given J. C. Fletcher 3:04.80
1929 Beau of the West 8 Whitey Abel John Whyte Seagram Stable 3:03.40
1928 Beau of the West 7 William Donohue Seagram Stable 3:05.60
1927 Cloth Hall 5 John Maiben E. Doyle T. Riddell 3:01.60
1926 Duchess 4 H. Erickson William H. Bringloe Seagram Stable 3:03.60
1925 Thorndyke 4 F. Hynes Thorncliffe Stable 3:06.60
1924 Procyon 5 H. Thomas John O. Burttschell P. G. Christopher 3:05.20
1923 Hallucination 3 Henry McDaniel J. K. L. Ross 3:02.00
1922 Procyon 3 Mark Fator W. Martin P. G. Christopher 3:00.00
1921 4 Merritt C. Buxton G. Walker 3:03.60
1920 Bugle March 4 Harold Thurber T. Riddell 3:09.00
1919 no race
1918 no race
1917 no race
1916 Copper King 3 Ted Rice M. Gorman P. Gorman 3:03.00
1915 Fair Montague 3 C. Miller 3:02.60
1914 Prince Philsthorpe 5 J. Metcalfe C. Hanson Capital City Stable 3:09.40
1913 3 Harry Giddings, Jr. 3:05.20
1912 Calumny 3 D. McCarthy J. D. Gorman J. D. Gorman 3:07.00
1911 Denham 7 Thomas J. Healey Valley Farm Stable 3:10.60
1910 Seismic 5 Barry Littlefield Joseph E. Seagram 3:10.60
1909 Seismic 4 Barry Littlefield Joseph E. Seagram 3:05.60
1908 Inferno 6 Barry Littlefield Joseph E. Seagram 3:06.20
1907 Kelpie 3 W. Mulcahy Valley Farm Stable 3:05.80
1906 Inferno 4 Barry Littlefield Joseph E. Seagram 3:02.00
* In 1990 there was a dead heat for first.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Durham Cup Stakes Profile". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
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