Prince of Wales Stakes

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This article is about the Canadian Thoroughbred race. For the Group 1 race in England, see Prince of Wales's Stakes. For the race in Australia, see Prince of Wales Stakes (Australia).
Prince of Wales Stakes
Restricted race
Norcliffe by Bob Demuyser.jpg
Norcliffe, winner of the 1976 race
LocationFort Erie Race Track
Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada
Inaugurated1929 (92 years ago) (1929)
Race typeFlat / Thoroughbred
Websiteforterieracing.com/prince-of-wales
Race information
Distance1+3⁄16 mi (1.9 km)
SurfaceDirt
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds
(foaled in Canada)
WeightScale Weight
PurseCDN$400,000

The Prince of Wales Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Fort Erie Race Track in Fort Erie, Ontario. Restricted to only three-year-old horses bred in Canada, it is contested on dirt over a distance of 1+3⁄16 miles (1.9 km; 9+1⁄2 furlongs). In 1959, the Prince of Wales Stakes became the second race in the Canadian Triple Crown series. It follows the June running of the Queen's Plate and precedes the Breeders' Stakes in August.

The race was inaugurated in 1929 at the now defunct Thorncliffe Park Raceway in today's Thorncliffe Park neighbourhood of central east Toronto.

Historical notes[]

In 1959, the E.P. Taylor colt New Providence emerged as a Triple Crown champion in its first year of existence. In the ensuing years, six more three-year-olds have equaled the feat. In 2014, it was decided to grandfather the five horses who had won the series prior to 1959 as well.[1]

According to the racetrack's website, for fans, the most popular winner of the race was the Canadian and American Hall of Fame filly Dance Smartly who went on to win the 1991 Triple Crown.

In 1995 Barbara J. Minshall became the first woman to train the winner of a Canadian Triple Crown race when the Minshall Farms colt Kiridashi won. To date, no female jockey has won the Prince of Wales Stakes, although Francine Villeneuve and lost the 2005 running by a nose to Ablo.

Uniquely, the 2003 edition featured the first "father vs. daughter" match up in a Canadian Triple Crown race, when jockeys David Clark and competed against one another.[2] He finished third aboard Shoal Water, while she brought her horse, , home in sixth position.

From 1959 through 1987 the Prince of Wales Stakes was run on turf. Since inception, it has been contested at four different Ontario racetracks and at various distances:

  • 1+1⁄8 miles : 1929–1930 at Thorncliffe Park Raceway, 1957–1958 at Woodbine Racetrack
  • 1+1⁄16 miles : 1932–1942 and 1947–1952 at Thorncliffe Park Raceway, 1944–1945 and 1953–1955 at Old Woodbine Racetrack, 1956 at Woodbine Racetrack
  • 1+3⁄8 miles : 1959–1975 at Fort Erie Racetrack
  • 1+1⁄2 miles : 1976–1987 at Fort Erie Racetrack
  • 1+3⁄16 miles : 1988–present at Fort Erie Racetrack

Records[]

Speed record: (at current distance of 1+3⁄16 miles)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

  • 9 – E. P. Taylor and/or Windfields Farm (1951, 1952, 1954, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1967, 1972, 1988)

Winners[]

Year
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
2021 Haddassah Gary Boulanger Kevin Attard Al and Bill Ulwelling 1:56.15
2020 Mighty Heart Josie Carroll Lawrence P. Cordes 1:55.59
2019 Ricardo Santana Jr. Steve Asmussen L and N Racing 1:56.56
2018 Wonder Gadot John Velazquez Mark E. Casse Gary Barber 1:58.71
2017 Luis Contreras Jack of Hearts Racing / J.R. Racing Stable Inc. 1:55.63
2016 Luis Contreras Josie Carroll 1:56.76
2015 James S. McAleney Reade Baker 1:56.59
2014 Eurico Rosa da Silva 1:54.58
2013 Miguel Mena Mark E. Casse John C. Oxley 1:55.49
2012 Patrick Husbands Mark E. Casse John C. Oxley 1:57.54
2011 Pender Harbour Luis Contreras & 1:55.74
2010 1:56.45
2009 Mark E. Casse 1:56.74
2008 Harlem Rocker Eibar Coa Todd Pletcher Adena Racing Venture 1:56.46
2007 Todd Kabel Knob Hill Stable 1:55.04
2006 David H. T. James 1:55.87
2005 Ablo Roger Attfield Michael & Phyllis Canino 1:56.90
2004 A Bit O'Gold Jono Jones 1:57.69
2003 Wando † Patrick Husbands 1:55.84
2002 Paul Nielsen William A. Scott 1:56.53
2001 Win City Constant Montpellier Robert P. Tiller 1:56.14
2000 Scatter The Gold Todd Kabel Mark Frostad Sam-Son Farm 1:56.01
1999 Constant Montpellier 1:56.20
1998 Archers Bay Robert Landry Todd Pletcher Melnyk / 1:55.20
1997 Cryptocloser Willie Martinez Mark Frostad Mack / 1:56.00
1996 Mickey Walls Barbara J. Minshall Minshall Farms 1:55.20
1995 Kiridashi Larry Attard Barbara J. Minshall Minshall Farms 1:55.00
1994 Bruce's Mill Craig Perret Mark Frostad Earle I. Mack & partners 1:53.80
1993 Peteski † Dave Penna Roger Attfield Earle I. Mack 1:54.40
1992 Larry Attard Knob Hill Stable 1:57.40
1991 Dance Smartly † Pat Day Jim Day Sam-Son Farm 1:56.60
1990 Izvestia † Don Seymour Roger Attfield Kinghaven Farms 1:56.40
1989 With Approval † Don Seymour Roger Attfield Kinghaven Farms 1:56.80
1988 Regal Classic Sandy Hawley Jim Day Sam-Son/Windfields 2:00.20
1987 Brian Swatuk S. Carnevale 2:39.60
1986 Golden Choice Sanderson / Belanger 2:44.40
1985 Imperial Choice Jim Day Sam-Son Farm 2:34.60
1984 John LeBlanc Sanderson / Norman 2:48.60
1983 John J. Tammaro, Jr. Kinghaven Farms 2:32.00
1982 Runaway Groom Robin Platts Albert J. Coppola 2:38.40
1981 Robin Platts W. Granger FNR Stable 2:34.80
1980 Gil Rowntree 2:34.40
1979 D. Mann 2:33.40
1978 Overskate Robin Platts Gil Rowntree 2:34.40
1977 2:31.80
1976 Norcliffe Jeffrey Fell Roger Attfield Norcliffe Stable 2:30.20
1975 L'Enjoleur Sandy Hawley Yonnie Starr Jean-Louis Lévesque 2:32.40
1974 2:23.40
1973 Sandy Hawley Gil Rowntree 2:16:80
1972 Presidial John LeBlanc Windfields Farm 2:16.60
1971 E. Lieberman 2:15.20
1970 Sandy Hawley 2:19.80
1969 Heliodoro Gustines Horatio Luro J. Hood 2:16.60
1968 Yonnie Starr Jean-Louis Lévesque 2:18.60
1967 Hugo Dittfach Gordon J. McCann Windfields Farm 2:21.20
1966 He's A Smoothie Hugo Dittfach 2:19.00
1965 Jerry C. Meyer Dane Hill Acres 2:22.80
1964 Avelino Gomez M. Long 2:35.00
1963 Canebora † Hugo Dittfach Gordon J. McCann Windfields Farm 2:30.60
1962 Hugo Dittfach Lanson Farm 2:21.20
1961 Gordon J. McCann Windfields Farm 2:29.00
1960 Hugo Dittfach Shermanor Farm 2:19.80
1959 New Providence † Avelino Gomez Gordon J. McCann Windfields Farm 2:18.00
1958 White Apache F. Russell Four L's Stable 1:52.20
1957 E. Roy F. Cook Shermanor Farms 1:59.60
1956 Canadian Champ † 1:46.20
1955 Ace Marine † Yonnie Starr 1:45.20
1954 B. Albert Gordon J. McCann E. P. Taylor 1:46.20
1953 Chain Reaction Mrs. Elodie S. Tomlinson 1:44.40
1952 Gordon J. McCann E. P. Taylor 1:44.80
1951 Gordon J. McCann E. P. Taylor 1:52.20
1950 Parkwood Stable 1:48.80
1949 North Downs Farm 1:45.60
1948 L. Kerr Harry Giddings, Jr. Whittier Park Stock Farm 1:48.40
1947 1:48.20
1946 no race
1945 Uttermost † Robert B. Watson Harry C. Hatch 1:45.00
1944 Robert B. Watson Harry C. Hatch 1:47.00
1943 no race
1942 Charles W. Smith Harry Giddings, Jr. 1:50.40
1941 no race
1940 C. Mitchell J. R. McIntyre 1:49.40
1939 Archworth † C. George McCullagh 1:46.40
1938 no race
1937 M. Maciver H. R. Bain 1:47.80
1936 Frankie Mann Edward Frowde Seagram 1:47.20
1935 no race
1934 no race
1933 John "Red" Pollard Jack Whyte R. E. Webster 1:47.40
1932 Queensway † Frankie Mann Harry Giddings, Jr. 1:52.00
1931 no race
1930 Tedluc Stable 1:55.20
1929 R. Emmett Potts Mrs. W. J. Giblin 1:54.60

A † designates a Triple Crown winner.

Broadcasting[]

TSN owns broadcast rights to the event. It has carried the race intermittently due to the lack of consistent sponsorship; the race will air on TSN in 2018 through a sponsorship with the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Canadian Hall of Fame Honors Early TC Winners". BloodHorse.com. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  2. ^ http://horseracing.about.com/library/weekly/aa071603a.htm,
  3. ^ https://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2018/06/13/prince-of-wales-stakes-at-fort-erie-going-coast-to.html[bare URL]

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