Seagram Cup Stakes
Grade III race | |
Location | Woodbine Racetrack Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Inaugurated | 1903 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | www |
Race information | |
Distance | 1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs) |
Surface | Polytrack |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-olds & Up |
Weight | Allowances |
Purse | $115,065 (2016) |
The Chinese Cultural Centre Seagram Cup Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the last week of July/first week of August at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. A Grade III event, it is open to horses Three years old and up. Raced over a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles, the race currently offers a purse of $115,065.
The Seagram Cup was inaugurated at the Old Woodbine Racetrack in 1903. A race on dirt, it was named in honor of owner/breeder Joseph E. Seagram whose Seagram Stables dominated Canadian racing at the time and who had won Canada's most prestigious race, the Queen's Plate, eight consecutive times between 1891 and 1898. With the cessation of Thoroughbred racing at Old Woodbine Racetrack, the Seagram Cup was moved to the new Woodbine Racetrack and in 1959 became a race on turf.
In 1998 the Seagram Cup reverted to being run permanently on dirt with the 2007 edition marking the first time it would be raced on the new synthetic Polytrack surface.
Over the years the Seagram Cup has been contested at various distances:
On dirt:
- 1+1⁄16 miles : 1903–1924 (Old Woodbine Racetrack)
- 1+1⁄2 miles : 1925-26 (Old Woodbine Racetrack)
- 1+1⁄8 miles : 1928–1930 (Old Woodbine Racetrack)
- 1+1⁄16 miles : 1934–1958 (Old Woodbine Racetrack), 1959–1963 and 1998 to present at Woodbine Racetrack
- 1+1⁄4 miles : 1980–1981 Greenwood Raceway
On turf:
- 1+1⁄16 miles : 1959–1963 (Woodbine Racetrack)
- 1+1⁄4 miles : 1964–1979, 1982–1993 (Woodbine Racetrack)
- 1+3⁄8 miles : 1994–1997 (Woodbine Racetrack)
Records[]
Speed record:
- 1:41.40 - (1998) (at 1+1⁄16 miles on dirt)
- 2:00.60 - Sky Classic (1991) (at 1+1⁄4 miles on turf)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 7 - Sandy Hawley (1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1988, 1989, 1996)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 4 - James E. Day (1986, 1988, 1989, 1991)
Most wins by an owner:
- 6 - Sam-Son Farm (1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1996, 2014)
Winners of the Seagram Cup Stakes[]
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
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2021 | Tap It To Win | 4 | Rafael Hernandez | Mark E. Casse | Live Oak Plantation | 1:43.79 |
2020 | Mr Ritz | 5 | Patrick Husbands | Josie Carroll | Earle I Mack | 1:43.28 |
2019 | Mr Ritz | 4 | Patrick Husbands | Josie Carroll | Earle I Mack | 1:42.75 |
2018 | Decorated Soldier | 5 | Gary Boulanger | Norman McKnight | Racer's Edge Inc & Maxis Stable | 1:43.71 |
2017 | Melmich | 6 | Eurico Rosa da Silva | Kevin Attard | Stephen Chesney & Cory Hoffman | 1:43.43 |
2016 | 4 | Luis Contreras | Reade Baker | Gunpowder Farms | 1:42.70 | |
2015 | 4 | Patrick Husbands | Mark E. Casse | Live Oak Plantation | 1:43.33 | |
2014 | 4 | Eurico Rosa Da Silva | Sam-Son Farm | 1:43.35 | ||
2013 | Alpha Bettor | 5 | Daniel J. Vella | Bulldog Racing | 1:43.63 | |
2012 | Alpha Bettor | 4 | Tyler Pizarro | Daniel J. Vella | Bulldog Racing | 1:43.79 |
2011 | 4 | Patrick Husbands | Josie Carroll | 1:44.01 | ||
2010 | 5 | Richard Dos Ramos | Roger Attfield | Ralph L. Johnson | 1:43.57 | |
2009 | 7 | Richard Dos Ramos | Roger Attfield | Haras Santa Maria de Araras | 1:43.84 | |
2008 | Artie Hot | 4 | Emma-Jayne Wilson | 1:43.30 | ||
2007 | Gouldings Green | 6 | Patrick Husbands | Melnyk Racing Stable | 1:43.73 | |
2006 | Gouldings Green | 5 | Corey Lanerie | Melnyk Racing Stable | 1:42.76 | |
2005 | One For Rose | 6 | Emile Ramsammy | Sid Attard | 1:44.18 | |
2004 | One For Rose | 5 | Emile Ramsammy | Sid Attard | 1:44.34 | |
2003 | Wake at Noon | 6 | Emile Ramsammy | 1:42.92 | ||
2002 | Lucky Molar | 7 | Chantal Sutherland | 1:44.51 | ||
2001 | Trajectory | 4 | Ramon Dominguez | H. Graham Motion | Pin Oak Stable | 1:43.97 |
2000 | Guided Tour | 4 | Gary Boulanger | Niall O'Callaghan | Morton Fink | 1:42.04 |
1999 | Brite Adam | 4 | Todd Kabel | R.M.C. Stable | 1:42.57 | |
1998 | Terremoto | 7 | Todd Kabel | Janeane & Arika Everatt | 1:41.40 | |
1997 | Crown Attorney | 4 | Tony & Mary Jane Lamb | 2:15.20 | ||
1996 | Desert Waves | 6 | Sandy Hawley | Mark Frostad | Sam-Son Farm | 2:14.20 |
1995 | Jet Freighter | 4 | Todd Kabel | Fishman/Yu | 2:13.40 | |
1994 | Zester | 5 | Larry Attard | Gil Rowntree | Rodomar/Badali | 2:21.60 |
1993 | Avid Affection | 4 | C.E.C. Farms | 2:02.20 | ||
1992 | Cozzene's Prince | 5 | Dave Penna | Kirby Canada Farm | 2:05.80 | |
1991 | Sky Classic | 4 | Pat Day | James E. Day | Sam-Son Farm | 2:00.60 |
1990 | Twist The Snow | 4 | Larry Attard | 2:02.80 | ||
1989 | King's Deputy | 4 | Sandy Hawley | James E. Day | Sam-Son Farm | 2:01.40 |
1988 | Royal Treasurer | 5 | Sandy Hawley | James E. Day | Sam-Son Farm | 2:03.20 |
1987 | Coryphee | 3 | Brian Swatuk | S. Carnevale | 2:12.40 | |
1986 | Royal Treasurer | 3 | Jack Lauzon | James E. Day | Sam-Son Farm | 2:16.00 |
1985 | Corseque | 4 | 2:03.60 | |||
1984 | Cool Northerner | 3 | F. & P. D'Andrea | 2:03.20 | ||
1983 | Bridle Path | 7 | Macdonald Benson | Windfields Farm | 2:06.00 | |
1982 | Bridle Path | 6 | Macdonald Benson | Windfields Farm | 2:09.40 | |
1981 | Right Role | 4 | Jean Josephson | 2:07.60 | ||
1980 | Driving Home | 3 | 2:04.60 | |||
1979 | Christy's Mount | 6 | Sandy Hawley | D. H. Bunker | 2:07.20 | |
1978 | Regal Embrace | 3 | Sandy Hawley | Macdonald Benson | Windfields Farm | 2:09.00 |
1977 | Hopeful Answer | 4 | W. Preston Gilbride | 2:20.60 | ||
1976 | Momigi | 4 | Sandy Hawley | Koichiro Hayata | 2:07.80 | |
1975 | Good Port | 5 | Gil Rowntree | 2:15.40 | ||
1974 | Fabe Count | 6 | Sandy Hawley | Parkview Stable | 2:02.80 | |
1973 | Twice Lucky | 7 | Hugo Dittfach | Conn Smythe | 2:11.20 | |
1972 | Lord Vancouver | 4 | Lloyd Duffy | W. Preston Gilbride | 2:02.00 | |
1971 | Dance Act | 5 | Robin Platts | Green Hills Farm | 2:03.80 | |
1970 | Yukon Eric | 4 | Hugo Dittfach | Lou Cavalaris, Jr. | Gardiner Farm | 2:02.80 |
1969 | Bye and Near | 6 | Avelino Gomez | Conn Smythe | 2:04.20 | |
1968 | Pine Point | 4 | Fernando Toro | Willow Downs Farm | 2:04.40 | |
1967 | He's A Smoothie | 4 | Avelino Gomez | 2:05.00 | ||
1966 | He's A Smoothie | 3 | 2:05.40 | |||
1965 | Victorian Era | 3 | Avelino Gomez | Lou Cavalaris, Jr. | A. Case, Jr. | 2:04.40 |
1964 | Galindo | 6 | Wayne Harris | John B. Azanza | 2:03.00 | |
1963 | Windy Ship | 6 | 1:45.20 | |||
1962 | Chopavane | 6 | 1:43.80 | |||
1961 | Windy Ship | 4 | Hugo Dittfach | 1:44.20 | ||
1960 | Chopavane | 4 | 1:44.40 | |||
1959 | New Providence | 3 | Avelino Gomez | Gordon J. McCann | Windfields Farm | 1:46.80 |
1958 | Our Sirdar | 4 | Shermanor Farm | 1:45.20 | ||
1957 | Dorenes Lad | 5 | Clifford Bennett | 1:44.20 | ||
1956 | Canadian Champ | 3 | E. A. Rodriguez | 1:46.00 | ||
1955 | Ace Marine | 3 | Yonnie Starr | 1:45.60 |
Earlier winners[]
- 1954 - Verey Light
- 1953 - Teddy's Sister
- 1952 - Bulverde
- 1951 -
- 1950 -
- 1949 - No race
- 1948 - No race
- 1947 - Mugwump
- 1946 - No race
- 1945 - No race
- 1944 - Chance Cross
- 1943 - Tulachmore
- 1942 - No race
- 1941 - McMark
- 1940 - High Honors
- 1939 - Siete Colores
- 1938 - Storm Lass
- 1937 - Sun Power
- 1936 - No race
- 1935 - No race
- 1934 - Prince Fox
- 1933 - No race
- 1932 - No race
- 1931 - No race
- 1930 - Sandy Ford
- 1929 - Jollan
- 1928 - Sir Harry
- 1927 - No race
- 1926 - Harrovan
- 1925 - Edisto
- 1924 - Nancy Langhorne
- 1923 - New Hampshire
- 1922 - Baby Grand
- 1921 - Golden Sphere
- 1920 - No race
- 1919 - No race
- 1918 - No race
- 1917 - No race
- 1916 - Sands of Pleasure
- 1915 - Redland
- 1914 - Privet Petal
- 1913 - Rifle Brigade
- 1912 - Chepontuc
- 1911 - Ganogue
- 1910 - Ta Nun Da
- 1909 - Direct
- 1908 - Photographer
- 1907 - Picaroon
- 1906 - Moonraker
- 1905 - Charles Elwood
- 1904 - Nameoki
- 1903 - Easy Street
See also[]
- Graded stakes races in Canada
- Open mile category horse races
- Recurring sporting events established in 1903
- Woodbine Racetrack
- 1903 establishments in Ontario
- Horse races in Ontario