Fury Stakes

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Fury Stakes
Restricted race
Location Woodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Inaugurated1956
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website web.archive.org/web/20100316214346/http://www.woodbineentertainment.com:80/qct/default.asp
Race information
Distance 7 furlongs
SurfaceTapeta
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-years-old, foaled in Ontario
WeightAssigned
Purse$114,375 (2016)

The Fury Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Run in late April, the stakes race is open to three-Year-Old fillies who were foaled in the Province of Ontario. Raced over a distance of seven furlongs on Polytrack synthetic dirt, it currently offers a purse of $123,375.

The Fury Stakes was first run in 1956 at Fort Erie Racetrack in Fort Erie, Ontario as a 6 12 furlong sprint race. In 1970, the race was shifted to Woodbine Racetrack. Since inception it has been contested at various distances:

Winners since 1999

Year
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
OwnerTime
2016Tiz ImaginaryLuis Contreras Michael J. Doyle Windhaven Farms1:25.43
2015London Tower Alan Garcia Steve Owens Steve Owens1:22.43
2014Wild Catomine Gary Boulanger Mark Casse John C. Oxley 1:22.42
2013Spring in the Air Patrick Husbands Mark Casse John C. Oxley 1:23.51
2012Northern Passion Luis Contreras Mark Casse John C. Oxley 1:22.78
2011Roxy Gap Patrick Husbands Mark Casse Melnyk Racing Stables 1:22.95
2010Resentless Chantal Sutherland Ian HowardDonald Ross1:21.66
2009Woodsmoke Tyler Pizarro Mike Keogh Gus Schickedanz 1:22.67
2008Rumbling Cloud Emma-Jayne Wilson Sid C. Attard Veronica Attard1:11.46
2007Like Mom Like Sons Patrick Husbands Sid C. Attard Norseman Racing Stable1:09.68
2006Atlas Shrugs Corey Fraser Reade Baker C. Roberts & J. Pepper1:11.65
2005Wholelottabourbon David Clark Nicholas Gonzalez MAD Racing & Martha Gonzalez1:12.89
2004 Eye of the Sphynx Todd Kabel Mark Frostad Sam-Son Farm 1:23.32
2003Elusive Thought Jim McAleney Reade Baker R. Baker & J. Maine1:24.10
2002Gonetofarr Jim McAleney Reade Baker George Farr1:22.86
2001Treasureinmyhand Gary Boulanger Mark Frostad Sam-Son Farm 1:24.74
2000Catch The Ring Robert Landry Mark Frostad Sam-Son Farm 1:24.02
1999Touch Dial Mickey Walls Tino Attard Stronach Stables 1:23.11

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