Highlander Stakes

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Highlander Stakes
Grade I race
LocationWoodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario Canada
Inaugurated1954
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Websitewoodbineentertainment.com
Race information
Distance6 furlongs (1,200 m) sprint
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-years-old & up
WeightAllowance conditions
Purse$250,000 (since 2017)[1]

The Highlander Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Run in mid to late June, the Grade I race is open to horses aged three and older. Raced over a distance of six furlongs on turf, it currently offers a purse of $250,000.

Inaugurated in 1954 as the Highlander Handicap at Toronto's Greenwood Raceway, it was moved to Woodbine Racetrack in 1957. The race was contested on dirt through 2003 when it was moved to the turf for the 2004 edition. It has been run at a distance of six furlongs except for 1957 and 1958 when it was run at seven furlongs.

The race was upgraded to Grade II status for 2010, fell to a Grade III, and restored as a Grade II event in 2014.[1] In 2018, the Jockey Club of Canada moved it to Grade I status.[2]

Records[]

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

  • 1:07.13 - Long On Value (2018)

Most wins:

  • 2 - (2010, 2011)
  • 2 - (1979, 1980)
  • 2 - (2000, 2002)
  • 2 - Soaring Free (2004, 2005)
  • 2 - (2007, 2009)

Most wins by an owner:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

  • 4 - Lou Cavalaris, Jr. (1959, 1964, 1969, 1977)

Winners[]

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
2021 Silent Poet 6 Justin Stein Nicholas Rodriguez Stronach Stables 1:07.98
2020 Not run due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2019 Wet Your Whistle 4 Alex Cintron Michael J. Trombetta David W. Palmer 1:07.88
2018 Long On Value 7 Florent Geroux Brad H. Cox Madaket Stables, Ten Strike Racing, Steveh Laymon 1:07.13
2017 6 Javier Castellano Brad H. Cox Abdullah Saeed Almaddah 1:07.59
2016 4 Eurico da Silva Benjamin Hutzel 1:08.05
2015 6 Alan Garcia Reade Baker Susan & Jim Hill 1:07.18
2014 6 Eurico da Silva Menary/Cox 1:07.78
2013 4 Luis Contreras Reade Baker Susan & Jim Hill 1:10.46
2012 7 Eurico da Silva Sid Attard Jim Dandy Stable 1:07.77
2011 5 Luis Contreras Sid Attard Norseman Racing Stable 1:09.00
2010 4 Chantal Sutherland Sid Attard Norseman Racing Stable 1:08.17
2009 6 Jeremy Rose Edith R. Dixon 1:08.26
2008 6 Javier Castellano Rob Ry Farm/Jayne Marie Slysz 1:08.02
2007 4 Patrick Husbands Edith R. Dixon 1:08.53
2006 4 Terra Farm 1:07.87
2005 Soaring Free 6 Todd Kabel Mark Frostad Sam-Son Farm 1:08.03
2004 Soaring Free 5 Todd Kabel Mark Frostad Sam-Son Farm 1:08.72
2003 4 Todd Kabel Robert P. Tiller 1:09.53
2002 5 Emile Ramsammy 1:09.72
2001 6 R. & S. Fairlie et al. 1:10.65
2000 3 David Clark 1:10.38
1999 4 Mickey Walls S. Sesook & D. Yarush 1:09.08
1998 3 Neil Poznansky Rainbow End Racing et al. 1:09.60
1997 7 Todd Kabel Kenny, O'Leary et al. 1:09.40
1996 4 Robert Landry Roger Attfield Kinghaven Farms 1:09.60
1995 4 Dave Penna I. Jamieson 1:10.40
1994 * 4 Robert Landry Frank Montrose Ridge Rock Farm 1:09.80
1994 End Sweep * 3 Chris McCarron Harry T. Mangurian Jr. 1:09.80
1993 4 Robert Landry Dennis M. Erwin William A. Sorokolit Sr. 1:10.80
1992 4 Dave Penna 1:09.60
1991 5 Mickey Walls Big Bux Stable 1:10.80
1990 3 Brian Swatuk Frank Stronach 1:09.80
1989 4 Jim McAleney J. Stewart / M. Upton 1:09.20
1988 3 David Clark Linmac Farms 1:09.40
1987 Play The King 4 Don Seymour Roger Attfield Kinghaven Farms 1:09.20
1986 4 Rose Hill Farms 1:10.60
1985 4 Brian Swatuk Est. C. E. Pickering 1:10.40
1984 3 Jack Lauzon John Tammaro Jr. Kinghaven Farms 1:09.40
1983 4 Edward B. Seedhouse 1:09.80
1982 5 Larry Attard Tom Campbell 1:10.60
1981 3 Brian Swatuk Laurie Silvera Gordon F. Hall 1:08.80
1980 5 James E. Day Sam-Son Farm 1:09.20
1979 4 James E. Day Sam-Son Farm 1:09.60
1978 5 James E. Day Sam-Son Farm 1:09.80
1977 5 Jeffrey Fell Lou Cavalaris Jr. Gardiner Farm 1:10.00
1976 4 Robin Platts Gil Rowntree 1:10.00
1975 4 Sandy Hawley Parkview Stable 1:10.20
1974 4 Samuel G. Dixon J. O. Pallett 1:11.20
1973 3 Arthur H. Warner Sam-Son Farm 1:10.00
1972 4 James Kelly Bennett Farms 1:09.40
1971 6 James Kelly Andrew Smithers Calvin H. Sturrock 1:10.00
1970 5 Prime Acres Stable 1:10.40
1969 5 Johnny Sellers Lou Cavalaris Jr. Gardiner Farm 1:10.80
1968 5 Wayne Chambers Parkview Stable 1:11.00
1967 5 Stan U. Ross Blue-C-Stable 1:09.60
1966 6 Hume E. M. Pollock 1:10.80
1965 4 John LeBlanc 1:10.40
1964 6 P. Maxwell Lou Cavalaris Jr. Hillcrest Stable 1:10.60
1963 5 George C. Frostad 1:10.40
1962 6 Harrel Bolin W. Moorhead G. R. Woodrow 1:10.60
1961 5 Hugo Dittfach Arthur H. Warner Lanson Farm 1:09.20
1960 5 W. Marsh Les Lear Singer & Lear 1:10.20
1959 5 Lou Cavalaris Jr. P. Del Greco 1:10.60
1958 4 Johnny Longden J. L. Applebaum 1:22.00
1957 4 1:23.40
1956 6 James C. Bentley B. R. Steen 1:10.60
1955 Canadiana 5 T. Johnson Gordon J. McCann E. P. Taylor 1:11.20
1954 6 A. Nash John Calhoun Green Valley Stable 1:10.20
* In 1994 there was a dead heat for first.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Highlander Stakes Profile". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Jockey Club of Canada Graded Stakes Committee Announces Upgrades for 2018". The Jockey Club Canada. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
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