Maple Leaf Stakes
Grade III Stakes race | |
Location | Woodbine Racetrack Toronto, Ontario |
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Inaugurated | 1892 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | www |
Race information | |
Distance | 1+1⁄4 miles (10 furlongs) |
Surface | Polytrack |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Fillies & Mares, 3-Years-Old & Up |
Weight | Allowances |
Purse | $150,000 |
The Maple Leaf Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Run during the first part of November, the Grade III Maple Leaf is open to fillies aged three or older. Raced over a distance of one and one-quarter miles on Polytrack synthetic dirt, it currently offers a purse of $150,000.
Inaugurated in 1892, the Maple Leaf Stakes has been competed at a variety of distances. Since 1956, when the new Woodbine Racetrack hosted the event, the race distance have been set as follows:
- 1+1⁄16 miles : 1956-1958 at Woodbine Racetrack, 1959 and 1965 at Greenwood Raceway
- 1 mile : 1960-1964 at Greenwood Raceway
- 1+1⁄4 miles : 1966-1993 at Greenwood Raceway and since 1994 at Woodbine Racetrack
Records[]
Speed record: (at current distance of 1+1⁄4 miles)
- 2:02.18 - Pachattack (2010)
Most wins:
- 2 - (1926, 1927)
- 2 - Shady Well (1932, 1933)
- 2 - (1941, 1942)
- 2 - (1945, 1946)
- 2 - (1951, 1952)
- 2 - (1961, 1962)
- 2 - (1966, 1967)
- 2 - (1969, 1970)
- 2 - (1974, 1975)
- 2 - (1976, 1977)
- 2 - (1983, 1984)
- 2 - (1995, 1996)
- 2 - One For Rose (2003, 2004)
Most wins by an owner:
- 7 - Conn Smythe (1959, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977)
- 6 - (1891, 1894, 1896, 1899, 1900, 1902)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 5 - Brian Swatuk (1969, 1975, 1982, 1983, 1984)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 6 - (1969, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977)
- won the Maple Leaf Stakes four times as a jockey (1934,1936, 1942, 1949) and then again as a trainer in 1973.
Winners of the Maple Leaf Stakes since 1959[]
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
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2021 | Skygaze | 5 | Patrick Husbands | Mark Casse | Tracy Farmer | 2:03.65 |
2020 | Heavenly Cause | 5 | Rafael Hernandez | Mark Casse | Gary Barber & John C. Oxley | 2:03.24 |
2019 | Lift Up | 5 | Patrick Husbands | Michael Dickinson | Augustin Stable | 2:04.23 |
2018 | A A Azula's Arch | 3 | Kevin Attard | A & A Farms | 2:05.23 | |
2017 | Gamble's Ghost | 4 | Eurico Rosa da Silva | Josie Carroll | Ivan Dalos | 2:04.70 |
2016 | Ice Festival | 4 | David Moran | Sid Attard | Stronach Stables | 2:03.25 |
2015 | Flipcup | 4 | Luis Contreras | William I. Mott | Team Penney/Wachtel Stable/Brous Stable | 2:03.42 |
2014 | Strut the Course | 4 | Luis Contreras | John Unger | 2:02.74 | |
2013 | Moonlight Beauty | 7 | Gary Boulanger | William Gierkink | 2:04.89 | |
2012 | Smart Sting | 4 | Eurico da Silva | Roger Attfield | Stronach Stables | 2:03.77 |
2011 | Masked Maiden | 3 | Mark Casse | Nuckols Farm/D. Oxley | 2:04.96 | |
2010 | Pachattack | 4 | Chantal Sutherland | M. V. Deegan | 2:02.18 | |
2009 | Serenading | 5 | Patrick Husbands | Josie Carroll | Hill 'n' Dale Equine Holdings/ | 2:06.19 |
2008 | Tell It as It Is | 4 | Emma-Jayne Wilson | Cinnamont Stable | 2:04.99 | |
2007 | Like A Gem | 4 | Emma-Jayne Wilson | Daniel J. Vella | Hillsbrook Farms | 2:03.51 |
2006 | Howaboutrightnow | 3 | Emma-Jayne Wilson | Mark E. Casse | Norm Casse | 2:07.66 |
2005 | Ballroom Deputy | 4 | Josie Carroll | 2:05.77 | ||
2004 | One For Rose | 5 | Emile Ramsammy | Sid C. Attard | 2:04.87 | |
2003 | One For Rose | 4 | Emile Ramsammy | Sid C. Attard | 2:03.50 | |
2002 | Lady Shari | 3 | Constant Montpellier | David Cotey | Dominion Bloodstock | 2:06.22 |
2001 | Catch The Ring | 4 | Robert Landry | Mark Frostad | Sam-Son Farm | 2:03.62 |
2000 | On A Soapbox | 4 | Gary Boulanger | Niall O'Callaghan | Gary A. Tanaka | 2:05.94 |
1999 | With Flair | 3 | David Clark | Mark Frostad | Sam-Son Farm | 2:05.54 |
1998 | No Foul Play | 4 | Margaret Spencer | Margaret Spencer | 2:06.20 | |
1997 | Blue and Red | 5 | Todd Kabel | Sid C. Attard | 2:04.60 | |
1996 | 4 | Jim McAleney | Thomas O'Keefe | Roberts / Matthews | 2:09.00 | |
1995 | 3 | K. Willey | Thomas O'Keefe | Roberts / Matthews | 2:02.60 | |
1994 | 4 | Dave Penna | Gierkink / Bonte | 2:05.80 | ||
1993 | 4 | Robert Landry | 2:07.00 | |||
1992 | 5 | Robert Landry | Macdonald Benson | Windfields Farm | 2:05.80 | |
1991 | 3 | R. Wright | Sheehan Farms | 2:06.40 | ||
1990 | 3 | P. Johnson | M. J. Ryan | 2:05.80 | ||
1989 | 4 | Jim McAleney | M. & N. Nosowenko | 2:07.60 | ||
1988 | 4 | Don Seymour | Roger Attfield | Kinghaven Farms | 2:09.20 | |
1987 | 4 | Don Seymour | Roger Attfield | Kinghaven Farms | 2:08.20 | |
1986 | 3 | Trillium Stable | 2:08.60 | |||
1985 | 3 | James E. Day | Sam-Son Farm | 2:07.00 | ||
1984 | 6 | Brian Swatuk | Frank Stronach | 2:08.80 | ||
1983 | 5 | Brian Swatuk | Frank Stronach | 2:10.60 | ||
1982 | Eternal Search | 4 | Brian Swatuk | 2:09.80 | ||
1981 | 3 | Paddockhurst Stable | 2:07.80 | |||
1980 | 4 | A. Wick | 2:05.80 | |||
1979 | Glorious Song | 3 | John LeBlanc | Frank Stronach | 2:08.80 | |
1978 | 4 | M. M. Anaka | 2:08.00 | |||
1977 | 4 | Jeffrey Fell | Conn Smythe | 2:05.40 | ||
1976 | 3 | Jeffrey Fell | Conn Smythe | 2:03.80 | ||
1975 | 4 | Brian Swatuk | Conn Smythe | 2:06.20 | ||
1974 | 3 | John LeBlanc | Conn Smythe | 2:04.00 | ||
1973 | 3 | Mrs. J. A. McDougald | 2:09.40 | |||
1972 | Lauries Dancer | 4 | Sandy Hawley | James C. Bentley | 2:07.60 | |
1971 | 4 | D. Thomas | J. W. Wright | 2:05.20 | ||
1970 | 4 | Sandy Hawley | Conn Smythe | 2:10.60 | ||
1969 | 3 | Brian Swatuk | Conn Smythe | 2:05.20 | ||
1968 | 3 | Gil Rowntree | 2:07.40 | |||
1967 | 4 | Avelino Gomez | Doug Banks | 2:06.40 | ||
1966 | 3 | Wayne Harris | Doug Banks | 2:06.20 | ||
1965 | 3 | R. Richards | Windfields Farm | 1:45.60 | ||
1964 | Ciboulette | 3 | Jean-Louis Levesque | 1:39.40 | ||
1963 | 4 | N. Julius | 1:40.00 | |||
1962 | 4 | H. Bolin | Wilfrid L. Sayles | A. G. Hedges | 1:41.60 | |
1961 | 3 | B. DeSpirito | Wilfrid L. Sayles | A. G. Hedges | 1:38.20 | |
1960 | 3 | 1:38.20 | ||||
1959 | Wonder Where | 3 | Yonnie Starr | & Smythe | 1:44.60 |
- In 1973 Sharp Quill finished first but was disqualified and set back to second.
- In 1994, Plenty Of Sugar finished first but was disqualified and set back to third.
Earlier winners[]
- 1958 - Windy Answer
- 1957 - Turn Me Loose
- 1956 - Air Page
- 1955 - Festivity
- 1954 - June Brook
- 1953 - Winter Lady
- 1952 - Teddy's Sister
- 1951 - Teddy's Sister
- 1950 - Filsis
- 1949 - Tab Wales
- 1948 - Ascendant
- 1947 - Yellowknife
- 1946 - Floral Gift
- 1945 - Floral Gift
- 1944 - Sister Pat
- 1943 - Patruska
- 1942 - Passa Grille
- 1941 - Passa Grille
- 1940 - Koracan
- 1939 - Budsis
- 1938 - Mona Bell
- 1937 - Fore Isus
- 1936 - Ladymuch
- 1935 - Chickpen
- 1934 - Candy Feast
- 1933 - Shady Well
- 1932 - Shady Well
- 1931 - Step Off
- 1930 - Lindsay
- 1929 - Dance Circle
- 1928 - Best Bonnett
- 1927 -
- 1926 -
- 1925 - Tricky Take Off
- 1924 - Vrana
- 1923 - Prismar
- 1922 - Affectation
- 1921 - Sudor
- 1920 - Ostara
- 1915 - Lady Curzon
- 1914 - Dark Rosaleen
- 1913 - Sarolta
- 1912 - Amberite
- 1911 - Bride Lane
- 1910 - Frolic
- 1909 - Mendip
- 1908 - Cannie Maid
- 1907 - Sea Wall
- 1906 - Fair Havana
- 1905 - Maid of Barrie
- 1904 - Loupanga
- 1903 - Prodigality
- 1902 -
- 1901 - Lady Berkley
- 1900 - Barley Sugar
- 1899 - Toddle Ladle
- 1898 - Violent
- 1897 - Downright
- 1896 - Melcha
- 1895 - Waterflow
- 1894 - Nancy Lee
- 1893 - Bonnie Bluff
- 1892 - Queen Mary
See also[]
References[]
Categories:
- Ungraded stakes races in Canada
- Middle distance horse races for fillies and mares
- Recurring events established in 1892
- Woodbine Racetrack
- 1892 establishments in Canada