Nearctic Stakes
| Grade II race | |
| Location | Woodbine Racetrack Toronto, Ontario |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1973 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | woodbineentertainment.com |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 6 furlong sprint |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-year-olds and up |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | $250,000 (2021) |
The Nearctic Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid October at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. The Grade II sprint is raced on turf over a distance of six furlongs and currently offers a purse of $232,290.
Previously a Grade II race, it was upgraded to Grade I status for 2010 but has returned to Grade II.
Inaugurated in 1973 to honor Windfield's Farms champion Nearctic, the 1958 Canadian Horse of the Year, Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee, and sire of the 20th Century's most important sire, Northern Dancer.
The Nearctic Stakes was raced on dirt until 1995 when it was shifted to the Turf.
Records[]
Speed record on turf:
- 1:07.60 - Wild Zone (1996)
Speed record on dirt:
- 1:09.00 - Megas Vukefalos (1992)
Most wins:
- 2 - Play The King (1987, 1988)
- 2 - Wild Zone (1995, 1996)
Most wins by an owner:
- 3 - Sam-Son Farm (1978, 1989, 2003)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 4 - Robin Platts (1973, 1974, 1975, 1979)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 3 - Daniel J. Vella (1990, 1994, 1995)
Winners of the Nearctic Stakes[]
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Avie's Flatter | 5 | Luis Contreras | Josie Carroll | Ivan Dalos | 1:10.52 |
| 2020 | Silent Poet | 5 | Stronach Stables | 1:08.57 | ||
| 2019 | City Boy | 5 | Jesse Campbell | Est of Gustav Schickedanz & Donald Howard | 1:08.18 | |
| 2018 | Hembree | 4 | Irad Ortiz | Michael Maker | Three Diamonds Farm | 1:08.95 |
| 2017 | Field of Courage | 5 | Luis Contreras | Mark E. Casse | Quintessential Racing, FL | 1:12.07 |
| 2016 | Calgary Cat | 6 | Luis Contreras | Steven Chesney & Cory Hoffman | 1:08.32 | |
| 2015 | Bye Bye Bernie | 5 | 1:09.00 | |||
| 2014 | Caspar Netscher (GB) | 5 | Charles Wentworth | 1:08.97 | ||
| 2013 | Phil's Dream | 5 | Buttigieg Training Centre | 1:10.83 | ||
| 2012 | Next Question | 4 | Ramon Dominguez | Michael J. Trombetta | Three Diamonds Farm | 1:09.32 |
| 2011 | Regally Ready | 4 | Corey Nakatani | Steve Asmussen | 1:11.35 | |
| 2010 | Serious Attitude | 4 | Garrett Gomez | & | 1:09.1 | |
| 2009 | Field Commission | 4 | Julien Leparoux | Daniel J. Vella | E. Selzer & D. J. Vella | 1:09.23 |
| 2008 | 6 | Scott A. Lake | Ben Mondello & Adam Russo | 1:09.11 | ||
| 2007 | 5 | Javier Castellano | Rob Ry Farm & Jayne Marie Slysz | 1:08.04 | ||
| 2006 | 3 | Patrick Valenzuela | Peter Miller | Gary & Cecil Barber | 1:12.41 | |
| 2005 | 4 | Corey Nakatani | Christophe Clement | Moyglare Stud | 1:12.14 | |
| 2004 | 4 | Jim McAleney | Pin Oak Stable | 1:09.36 | ||
| 2003 | Soaring Free | 4 | Todd Kabel | Mark Frostad | Sam-Son Farm | 1:07.73 |
| 2002 | Nuclear Debate | 7 | David R. Flores | Herrick Racing | 1:07.86 | |
| 2001 | 6 | R & S. Fairlie et al. | 1:08.86 | |||
| 2000 | 6 | Brice Blanc | Neil D. Drysdale | Shadwell Racing | 1:11.07 | |
| 1999 | 4 | Emile Ramsammy | 1:10.19 | |||
| 1998 | 5 | Richard Dos Ramos | Farrugia & Buttigieg | 1:08.20 | ||
| 1997 | 5 | David Clark | Greenoaks Farm | 1:08.60 | ||
| 1996 | 6 | Robert Landry | Mrs. Augustus Riggs IV & Stronach | 1:07.60 | ||
| 1995 | 5 | Shane Sellers | Daniel J. Vella | Mrs. Augustus Riggs IV & Stronach | 1:08.40 | |
| 1994 | 4 | Todd Kabel | Daniel J. Vella | Frank Stronach | 1:09.60 | |
| 1993 | 5 | Dave Penna | Dogwood Stable | 1:09.40 | ||
| 1992 | 4 | Don Seymour | Knob Hill Stable | 1:09.00 | ||
| 1991 | 5 | Dave Penna | Shadwell Racing | 1:10.00 | ||
| 1990 | 4 | Brian Swatuk | Daniel J. Vella | Knob Hill Stable | 1:10.00 | |
| 1989 | Regal Intention | 4 | Jack Lauzon | James E. Day | Sam-Son Farm | 1:10.20 |
| 1988 | Play The King | 5 | Don Seymour | Roger Attfield | Kinghaven Farms | 1:10.00 |
| 1987 | Play The King | 4 | Don Seymour | Roger Attfield | Kinghaven Farms | 1:09.80 |
| 1986 | New Connection | 5 | Dave Penna | J. Douglas Cameron | 1:10.60 | |
| 1985 | 4 | Gerry E. Going | 1:11.40 | |||
| 1984 | 4 | Jean Lapointe | 1:09.80 | |||
| 1983 | 4 | Richard Dos Ramos | Gordon F. Hall | 1:11.20 | ||
| 1982 | 7 | Brian Swatuk | Susan Cohen | 1:10.20 | ||
| 1981 | 3 | Laurie Silvera | Gordon F. Hall | 1:10.60 | ||
| 1980 | La Voyageuse | 5 | Yonnie Starr | Jean-Louis Levesque | 1:09.80 | |
| 1979 | 4 | Robin Platts | Pel-Gam-Ski Stable | 1:10.20 | ||
| 1978 | 3 | James E. Day | Sam-Son Farm | 1:09.80 | ||
| 1977 | 4 | Sandy Hawley | Roger E. Leslie | 1:10.60 | ||
| 1976 | 5 | Lloyd Duffy | 1:12.60 | |||
| 1975 | 3 | Robin Platts | Gil Rowntree | 1:11.00 | ||
| 1974 | 5 | Robin Platts | Lou Cavalaris, Jr. | Gardiner Farm | 1:11.20 | |
| 1973 | 4 | Robin Platts | Lou Cavalaris, Jr. | Gardiner Farm | 1:10.40 |
See also[]
Categories:
- Graded stakes races in Canada
- Turf races in Canada
- Open sprint category horse races
- Breeders' Cup Challenge series
- Woodbine Racetrack
- Recurring sporting events established in 1973
- 1973 establishments in Ontario