Nijinsky Stakes (Canada)
Grade II race | |
Location | Woodbine Racetrack Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Inaugurated | 1998 |
Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
Website | Woodbine Racetrack |
Race information | |
Distance | 1+1⁄2 miles (12 furlongs) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-olds & Up |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | CAN$175,000 added (since 2013)[1] |
The Nijinsky Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto. Since 2009, it has been run in late July. The Grade II race is open to horses aged three years and up and is run on Woodbine Racetrack's E. P. Taylor Turf Course at a distance of one and one eight miles. The race currently offers a purse of CAD$175,000 added.[1]
Inaugurated as the Hong Kong Jockey Club Trophy Stakes in 1998, it was raced during the third week of July on turf at a distance of 1+3⁄8 miles. In 2002, the Chinese Cultural Centre sponsored the race and it was renamed the Chinese Cultural Centre Stakes. In 2006, the race was renamed the Nijinsky Stakes and the Chinese Cultural Centre assumed sponsorship for the Seagram Cup Stakes .
The race honors the Canadian-born Nijinsky, the 1970 English Triple Crown champion and a son of Canada's most famous horse and most important sire of the 20th century, Northern Dancer.
Records[]
Time record:
- 2:24.45 @ 1 1/2 miles : Tiz A Slam (2019)
- 2:12.37 @ 1 3/8 miles : Shoal Water (2004)
- 2:00.60 @ 1 1/4 miles : Seaside Retreat (2008) (new course record)
- 1:45.28 @ 1 1/8 miles : So Long George (2013)
Most wins by a horse
- 2 – (2014, 2016)
- 2 – (2010, 2011)
- 2 – (2018, 2019)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 3 – Todd Kabel (2003, 2004, 2012)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 6 – Mark Frostad (2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011)
Most wins by an owner:
- 8 – Sam-Son Farm (2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2016)
Winners[]
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Dist. (Miles) |
Time |
Win$ |
Gr. |
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2020 | Not run due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | ||||||||
2019 | Tiz a Slam | 5 | Roger Attfield | Chiefswood Stable (Robert & Mark Krembil) | 11⁄2 | 2:24.45 | $132,930 | G2 | |
2018 | Tiz a Slam | 4 | Roger Attfield | Chiefswood Stable (Robert & Mark Krembil) | 11⁄2 | 2:29.06 | $105,000 | G2 | |
2017 | Dragon Bay | 4 | Gary Boulanger | McLellan/McLellan/Simon | 11⁄4 | 2:02.10 | $105,000 | G2 | |
2016 | 6 | Eurico Rosa Da Silva | Sam-Son Farm | 11⁄8 | 1:49.18 | $144,000 | G2 | ||
2015 | Are You Kidding Me | 5 | Alan Garcia | Roger L. Attfield | Kirk/Bates/Riordan | 11⁄8 | 1:46.59 | $120,000 | G2 |
2014 | 4 | Eurico Rosa Da Silva | Sam-Son Farm | 11⁄8 | 1:45.74 | $144,000 | G2 | ||
2013 | So Long George | 4 | Emma-Jayne Wilson | Up Hill Stable | 11⁄8 | 1:45.28 | $120,000 | G2 | |
2012 | Riding the River | 5 | Todd Kabel | David Cotey | Dominion Bloodstock/HGHR/Linmac Farm | 11⁄8 | 1:48.05 | $180,000 | G2 |
2011 | 7 | Emma-Jayne Wilson | Mark Frostad | Sam-Son Farm | 11⁄8 | 1:49.82 | $180,000 | G2 | |
2010 | 6 | Chantal Sutherland | Mark Frostad | Sam-Son Farm | 11⁄8 | 1:53.58 | $180,000 | G2 | |
2009 | Rahy's Attorney | 5 | Slade Callaghan | Ellie-Boje Farm, et al. | 11⁄4 | 2:08.42 | $207,000 | G2 | |
2008 | Seaside Retreat | 5 | Patrick Husbands | Mark E. Casse | William S. Farish IV | 11⁄4 | 2:00.60 | $180,000 | G2 |
2007 | Last Answer | 7 | Emile Ramsammy | 11⁄2 | 2:31.25 | $180,000 | G2 | ||
2006 | Rush Bay | 4 | David Clark | Tom Amoss | Mueller Thoroughbred Stable | 11⁄2 | 2:33.89 | $180,000 | G2 |
2005 | A Bit O'Gold | 4 | Jono Jones | 13⁄8 | 2:15.94 | $205,920 | G2 | ||
2004 | Shoal Water | 4 | Todd Kabel | Mark Frostad | Sam-Son Farm | 13⁄8 | 2:12.37 | $199,980 | G2 |
2003 | Strut The Stage | 5 | Todd Kabel | Mark Frostad | Sam-Son Farm | 13⁄8 | 2:13.85 | $198,540 | G2 |
2002 | Strike Smartly | 5 | Mark Frostad | Sam-Son Farm | 13⁄8 | 2:13.16 | $201,780 | G2 | |
2001 | Allende | 4 | Macdonald Benson | Augustin Stable | 13⁄8 | 2:16.98 | $164,100 | G2 | |
2000 | Quiet Resolve | 5 | Robby Albarado | Mark Frostad | Sam-Son Farm | 13⁄8 | 2:13.20 | $169,950 | G2 |
1999 | Crown Attorney | 6 | Mickey Walls | Tony & Mary Jane Lamb | 13⁄8 | 2:18.53 | $132,360 | ||
1998 | Buck's Boy | 5 | Earlie Fires | Quarter B. Farm (George Bunn) | 13⁄8 | 2:15.40 | $131,640 |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b "Statistics – Nijinsky Stakes". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- Turf races in Canada
- Graded stakes races in Canada
- Open middle distance horse races
- Woodbine Racetrack
- Recurring events established in 1998
- 1998 establishments in Ontario