Charlie Barley Stakes

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Charlie Barley Stakes
Overnight stakes race
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Location Woodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Inaugurated2001
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website www.woodbineentertainment.com
Race information
Distance1 mile (8 furlongs)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds
WeightAssigned
Purse$77,440 (2016)

The Charlie Barley Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early July at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Therace is open to three-year-old horses and is contested on turf over a distance of one mile (eight furlongs). [1]

Contents

Inaugurated in 2001, it was raced at a distance of one and one sixteenth miles in the first year. The race is named for the 1989 Canadian Champion Male Turf Horse, Charlie Barley.

Records

Speed record:

Most wins by an owner:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners

Year
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
2016Conquest Enforcer Patrick Husbands Mark E. Casse Conquest Stables1:33.63
2015Samuel Dechamplain Emma-Jayne Wilson Mike Doyle Eaton Hall Farm1:34.73
2014Stacked Deck Chantal Sutherland Barb Minshall Bruce Lunsford1:33.45
2013 Sky Commander*DQ Justin Stein Mark Casse DCK Racing1:34:35
2012 Hammers Terror Patrick Husbands Mike Stidham Terry Hamilton1:33.21
2011 Clement Rock Luis Contreras Mark E. Casse Melnyk Racing Stables 1:36.59
2010 So Elite Corey Fraser Mark Casse Woodford Racing/Westrock Stables1:34.72
2009Stylish Citizen James McAleney John A. Ross Casanova Stud Enterprises1:40.60
2008 Marlang Richard Dos Ramos Debbie England Gus Schickedanz 1:35.66
2007Ice Bear David Clark Macdonald Benson Augustin Stable 1:33.82
2006 Seaside Retreat Patrick Husbands Mark E. Casse William S. Farish III 1:34.21
2005Gamblers Slew Rui Pimentel Jody Hammett Herbert W. Chambers1:33.64
2004Dalavin Patrick Husbands Audre Cappuccitti Audre & Gordon Cappuccitti1:33.02
2003Moonshine Hall Patrick Husbands Anthony Reinstedler Eugene Melnyk 1:33.27
2002 Portcullis Slade Callaghan Mark Frostad Sam-Son Farm 1:33.92
2001Strut The Stage Todd Kabel Mark Frostad Sam-Son Farm 1:40.90

(*Sky Commander won when Golden Sabre was disqualified)

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References

  1. "Charlie Barley Stakes history at Woodbine Entertainment" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-04. Retrieved 2010-05-20.