Grey Stakes

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Grey Stakes
Grade III race
LocationWoodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Inaugurated1906
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Websitewww.woodbineentertainment.com/qct/default.asp
Race information
Distance1 1/16 miles (8.5 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
(Polytrack since 2006)
Trackleft-handed
QualificationTwo-year-olds
WeightAllowances
Purse$114,045 (approx) (2015)

The Grey Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the first week of October at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto. A Grade III, it is open to two-year-old horses and is raced on dirt at a distance of 1+116 miles. Since 2006, the dirt racing surface at Woodbine Racetrack has been the synthetic Polytrack.

Inaugurated as the Grey Stakes at the Old Woodbine Racetrack in 1906, it was named in honor of the then Governor General of Canada, Earl Grey. Over the years it has been run at various distances:

  • 1 mile : 1906-1929 (Old Woodbine Racetrack)
  • 1 mile 70 yards : 1930-1955 (Old Woodbine Racetrack)
  • 1+116 miles : 1956 to present at Woodbine Racetrack

J. K. L. Ross, owner of the first United States Triple Crown Champion, Sir Barton, won this race five years in a row with future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer, Henry McDaniel. In 1926 Henry McDaniel added another win, making him the leader among all winning trainers.

Notable horses who have won the race includes future Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductees Horometer (1933), Kennedy Road (1970), Sunny's Halo (1982), and Sky Classic (1989). Dancer's Image won the 1967 race and went on to capture the following year's Kentucky Derby, as did Mine That Bird in 2009. Since the creation of the Breeder's Cup races in 1984, Macho Uno is the only horse to have won the Grey Stakes then gone on to win that year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile.

Famous horses who did not win the Grey Stakes include Display who ran second in 1925 but was the ensuing year's Preakness Stakes winner. As well, the 1997 Belmont Stakes winner Touch Gold finished third in the 1996 running of the Grey Stakes.

Records[]

Time record: (at current 1+116 miles distance)

  • 1:43.20 - (1997)

Most wins by an owner:

Most wins by a jockey:

  • 5 - (1937, 1943, 1947, 1961, 1963)
  • 5 - Dave Penna (1982, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1995)

Most wins by a trainer:

  • 6 - (1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926)

Winners of the Grey Stakes since 1956[]

Year
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
2021 God of Love Rafael Hernandez Mark Casse Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Gary Barber 1:44.20
2019 Chapalu Patrick Husbands Arnaud Delacour EA Seltzer, BS Anderson 1:44.50
2018 Solidify Emma-Jayne Wilson Reade Baker Paul Braverman & Timothy Pinch 1:43.90
2017 Archaggelos Rafael M. Hernandez Michael W. Dickinson Monticule LLC 1:44.56
2016 Patrick Husbands Mark Casse Live Oak Plantation 1:43.38
2015 Jesse M. Campbell 1:44.31
2014 International Star Michael J. Maker Kenneth & Sarah Ramsey 1:45.15
2013 Luis Contreras Josie Carroll Ivan Dalos 1:44.80
2012 Eurico Rosa Da Silva Tucci Stables 1:43.98
2011 Luis Contreras Mark Casse John C. Oxley 1:44.55
2010 Blue Laser Mark Casse WinStar Farm 1:45.78
2009 Bear Tough Guy Eurico Rosa da Silva Reade Baker Bear Stables 1:45.34
2008 Mine That Bird Chantal Sutherland David Cotey Cotey/D. Ball/HGHR Inc. 1:44.45
2007 Jeremy Rose H. Graham Motion Earle I. Mack 1:46.59
2006 Patrick Husbands Mark E. Casse Charles Laloggia 1:45.56
2005 Robert Landry Eoin G. Harty Darley Stable 1:46.50
2004 Todd Kabel Mark Frostad Sam-Son Farm 1:47.79
2003 Jim McAleney John A. Franks 1:46.74
2002 Wando Richard Migliore 1:45.10
2001 Mickey Walls Pin Oak Stable 1:47.03
2000 Macho Uno Jerry D. Bailey Joe Orseno Stronach Stable 1:44.13
1999 Patrick Husbands Lor Stables 1:45.12
1998 Constant Montpellier Dominion Bloodstock et al. 1:46.20
1997 Robert Landry Daniel J. Vella Frank Stronach 1:43.20
1996 Todd Kabel Daniel J. Vella Frank Stronach 1:45.00
1995 Dave Penna Tri-Colour Racing Stable 1:46.60
1994 Talkin Man Robert Landry Roger Attfield Kinghaven / 1:46.60
1993 Robert Landry Daniel J. Vella Frank Stronach 1:46.00
1992 Dave Penna A. Schmidt 1:46.20
1991 Mickey Walls Roger Attfield Kinghaven Farms 1:47.40
1990 Stephen L. DiMauro Robert J. Sullivan 1:46.20
1989 Sky Classic Sandy Hawley James E. Day Sam-Son Farm 1:46.00
1988 Mercedes Won Lloyd Duffy Chris Spencer 1:45.60
1987 Regal Classic Dave Penna James E. Day Sam-Son Farm 1:45.00
1986 Dave Penna James E. Day Sam-Son Farm 1:47.40
1985 David Clark Arthur H. Warner Victura Farm 1:47.80
1984 Dauphin Fabuleux Jeffrey Fell James E. Day Sam-Son Farm 1:45.40
1983 Gil Rowntree B. K. Y. Stable 1:45.00
1982 Sunny's Halo Dave Penna David C. Cross Jr. David J. Foster 1:45.40
1981 John Spencer 1:46.00
1980 Robin Platts John J. Tammaro, Jr. Kinghaven Farms 1:44.20
1979 Meadowview Stable 1:46.20
1978 M. Clapperton S. C. S. Stable 1:44.40
1977 W. Woods J. Kelly M. Martin 1:52.80
1976 Chris Rogers Krever Farm 1:47.20
1975 David Clark Whittaker Stable 1:47.40
1974 Jeffrey Fell Mutual Enterprises 1:44.80
1973 Robin Platts A. B. Roks 1:46.40
1972 J. Moseley Mrs. R. L. Feinberg 1:44.00
1971 Brian Swatuk Gil Rowntree 1:44.40
1970 Kennedy Road Sandy Hawley James C. Bentley 1:47.20
1969 Chris Rogers Earl Harbourne V. Martin Jr. 1:52.60
1968 Jumpin Joseph Brian Swatuk 1:46.80
1967 Dancer's Image Avelino Gomez Lou Cavalaris, Jr. Peter D. Fuller 1:48.20
1966 Avelino Gomez Jerry C. Meyer Willow Downs Farm 1:45.20
1965 Titled Hero Avelino Gomez 1:47.20
1964 John LeBlanc Mrs. S. Thomas 1:48.40
1963 1:45.00
1962 George Gubbins 1:44.20
1961 Don G. Ross 1:45.20
1960 Harry Trotsek 1:45.20
1959 George Gubbins 1:50.40
1958 C. M. Clark Arthur H. Warner Lanson Farm 1:48.80
1957 Billie Fisk J. Brown I. Tenney 1:47.40
1956 1:45.00
  • In 1963 Bimini Bill finished first but was disqualified and set back to second.
  • In 1999 Exciting Story won but was disqualified and placed fifth.

Earlier winners[]

  • 1955 - Compactor
  • 1954 - Senator Jim
  • 1953 - King Maple
  • 1952 - Avella
  • 1951 - I'm Sandy
  • 1950 - Argyle
  • 1949 - Mighty Nice
  • 1948 - Avona
  • 1947 - Dymoke
  • 1946 - Watch Wrack
  • 1945 - Hyperhelio
  • 1944 - Dune
  • 1943 - Green Bush
  • 1942 - Gallant Foe
  • 1941 - Air Sure
  • 1940 - Jascarf
  • 1939 - Second Helping
  • 1938 - Peterhof
  • 1937 - Poona
  • 1936 - Aldwych
  • 1935 - Abbatoro
  • 1934 - Brannon
  • 1933 - Horometer
  • 1932 - Tractable
  • 1931 - Dark Mission
  • 1930 - Irish Maiden
  • 1929 - Sweet Sentiment
  • 1928 - Butter John
  • 1927 - Solace
  • 1926 - Willie K.
  • 1925 - Penstick
  • 1924 - Caduceus
  • 1923 - Turnberry
  • 1922 - Prismar
  • 1921 - Marble
  • 1920 - Our Flag
  • 1919 - No race (World War I)
  • 1918 - No race (World War I)
  • 1917 - No race (World War I)
  • 1916 - Arravan
  • 1915 - Candle
  • 1914 - Lady Curzon
  • 1913 - Hodge
  • 1912 - Leochares
  • 1911 - Aldebaran
  • 1910 - Picolata
  • 1909 - Penn
  • 1908 - Arondack
  • 1907 - Dredger
  • 1906 - Glimmer

See also[]

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