Ontario Derby
Grade III race | |
Location | Woodbine Racetrack Toronto, Ontario |
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Inaugurated | 1972 |
Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
Website | www |
Race information | |
Distance | 1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs) |
Surface | Tapeta synthetic dirt |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-olds |
Weight | Allowances |
Purse | C$150,000 (2015)[1] |
The Ontario Derby is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid-October at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. A Grade III stakes since 2012, it is open to three-year-old horses. Raced over a distance of 1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs) on Tapeta, the Ontario Derby currently offers a purse of C$150,000.
Inaugurated in 1972 as the Colonel R. S. McLaughlin Handicap, the race was renamed the Ontario Derby for the 2003 running. Originally contested at 1+3⁄16 miles, it was changed to its current 1+1⁄8-mile distance in 1992.
Records[]
Speed record: (Through 1998, times were recorded in fifths of a second. Since 1999 they are in hundredths of a second)
- 1:48.30 – Ami's Gizmo (2016) (at current distance of 1+1⁄8 miles on Tapeta) – new track record[2]
- 1:49.38 – Sand Cove (2008) (at current distance of 1+1⁄8 miles on Polytrack)
- 1:49.45 – Kiss A Native (2000) (at current distance of 1+1⁄8 miles on natural dirt)
Most wins by an owner:
- 3 – Sam-Son Farm (1974, 1987, 2013)
- 2 – Frank Stronach (1983, 1994)
- 2 – Frank DiGiulio, Jr. (1989, 2001)
- 2 – Minshall Farms (1995, 1996)
- 2 – Gus Schickedanz (1999, 2003)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 5 – Sandy Hawley (1972, 1975, 1977, 1989, 1991)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 4 – Roger Attfield (1976, 1986, 2005, 2008)
Winners of the Ontario Derby[]
Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
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2021 | Frosted Over | Mark Casse | Gary Barber | 1:50.50 | |
2020 | Field Pass | Michael J. Maker | Three Diamonds Farm | 1:48.35 | |
2019 | Global Access | Patrick Husbands | Michael J. Trombetta | Live Oak Plantation | 1:48.24 |
2018 | Lookin To Strike | Gary Boulanger | Mark E. Casse | Gary Barber | 1:49.30 |
2017 | Tiz a Slam | Eurico Rosa Da Silva | Roger L. Attfield | Chiefswood Stable | 1:51.57 |
2016 | Ami's Gizmo | Luis Contreras | Josie Carroll | Ivan Dalos | 1:48.30 |
2015 | Lucky Lindy | Robby Albarado | Mark R. Frostad | Augustin Stable | 1:50.64 |
2014 | Florida Won | Patrick Husbands | Mark E. Casse | Live Oak Plantation | 1:50.80 |
2013 | Eurico Rosa Da Silva | Sam-Son Farm | 1:50.71 | ||
2012 | Patrick Husbands | Mark E. Casse | John C. Oxley | 1:50.56 | |
2011 | Mike E. Smith | Mike Maker | Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey | 1:50.32 | |
2010 | Stately Victor | Mike Maker | Thomas F. Conway | 1:50.51 | |
2009 | Emile Ramsammy | Uphill Stable | 1:50.79 | ||
2008 | Richard Dos Ramos | Roger Attfield | Ralph Johnson | 1:49.38 | |
2007 | Eurico Rosa Da Silva | Carlo & Lou Tucci | 1:51.19 | ||
2006 | David James | 1:51.65 | |||
2005 | Richard Dos Ramos | Roger Attfield | Haras Santa Maria de Araras | 1:50.67 | |
2004 | A Bit O'Gold | Jono Jones | The Two Bit Racing Stable | 1:53.18 | |
2003 | Mobil | Todd Kabel | 1:51.99 | ||
2002 | Ken & Mike Ham | 1:52.19 | |||
2001 | Win City | Constant Montpellier | 1:51.54 | ||
2000 | Mickey Walls | John A. Franks | 1:49.45 | ||
1999 | Emile Ramsammy | 1:50.71 | |||
1998 | Jim McAleney | J. Karalakis/T. Almbanis | 1:50.60 | ||
1997 | R.M.C. Stable | 1:52.00 | |||
1996 | Mickey Walls | Barbara J. Minshall | Minshall Farms | 1:51.60 | |
1995 | Kiridashi | Larry Attard | Barbara J. Minshall | Minshall Farms | 1:50.40 |
1994 | Robert Landry | Daniel J. Vella | Frank Stronach | 1:51.40 | |
1993 | Mickey Walls | 1:50.60 | |||
1992 | Robin Platts | M/M Marvin Malmuth | 1:51.20 | ||
1991 | Sandy Hawley | Willard C. Freeman | John W. Meriwether | 1:58.80 | |
1990 | Brian Swatuk | Steve Wong | 1:58.80 | ||
1989 | Sandy Hawley | Robert P. Tiller | Frank DiGiulio Sr. & Jr. | 1:57.60 | |
1988 | Jack Lauzon | Clocker / Sunlight | 1:58.60 | ||
1987 | Larry Attard | James E. Day | Sam-Son Farm | 1:59.40 | |
1986 | Robin Platts | Roger Attfield | Kinghaven Farms | 1:57.60 | |
1985 | Lloyd Duffy | Paddockhurst Stable | 2:00.80 | ||
1984 | Gil Rowntree | B. K. Y. Stable | 1:58.20 | ||
1983 | Frank Stronach | 1:58.60 | |||
1982 | F. & P. D'Andrea | 1:57.20 | |||
1981 | Frost King | Lloyd Duffy | Ted Smith/ | 2:00.00 | |
1980 | Gil Rowntree | 1:56.20 | |||
1979 | Gil Rowntree | 2:00.60 | |||
1978 | Terfloth Farm | 1:57.40 | |||
1977 | Sandy Hawley | George McCullough | 2:03.00 | ||
1976 | Norcliffe | Jeffrey Fell | Roger Attfield | 1:58.80 | |
1975 | L'Enjoleur | Sandy Hawley | Yonnie Starr | Jean-Louis Levesque | 1:57.20 |
1974 | Chris Rogers | Arthur H. Warner | Sam-Son Farm | 1:55.80 | |
1973 | W. Green | Harvey Tenenbaum | 1:56.60 | ||
1972 | Nice Dancer | Sandy Hawley | Tom Morton / Harlequin | 1:56.40 |
* In 1996 Steady Climb finished first but was disqualified and set back to second place.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Ontario Derby Stakes Profile". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ "Chart for 2016 Ontario Derby". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
External links[]
Categories:
- Graded stakes races in Canada
- Flat horse races for three-year-olds
- Recurring sporting events established in 1972
- Woodbine Racetrack
- 1972 establishments in Ontario