Grade III race | |
Location | Woodbine Racetrack Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Inaugurated | 1954 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | www |
Race information | |
Distance | 6 furlongs |
Surface | Tapeta |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Four-Years-Old & Up |
Weight | Allowances |
Purse | Can$150,000 |
Bonuses | $30,000 Ontario-bred |
The Jacques Cartier Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually since 1954 at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Run near the beginning of the Woodbine spring meeting, the sprint race is open to horses aged four and older and is run over a distance of six furlongs on Tapeta synthetic dirt. In 2019, it became a Grade III stakes race and the purse has been subsequently increased to Can$150,000 with an additional $30,000 available for Ontario-bred horses. [1]
Inaugurated in 1954 at the now defunct Greenwood Raceway in Toronto, the Jacques Cartier Stakes is named in honour of the French explorer, Jacques Cartier. It was raced at Woodbine Racetrack from 1956 through 1967 after which it was hosted by Fort Erie Racetrack through 1975. In 1976 the race returned to Greenwood Raceway where it remained through 1993. It returned to its prest location at Woodbine Racetrack in 1994.
The race was run in two divisions in 1984.
Since inception it has been contested at various distances:
Speed record:(Through 1998, Woodbine times were recorded in fifths of a second. Since 1999 they are in hundredths of a second)
Most wins:
Most wins by an owner:
Most wins by a jockey:
Most wins by a trainer:
Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
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2023 | Anarchist | 4 | Luis Contreras | Josie Carroll | Ilium Stables | 1:08.96 |
2022 | Arzak | 4 | Kazushi Kimura | Michael Trombetta | Sonata Stable | 1:08.91 |
2021 | Souper Stonehenge | 5 | Patrick Husbands | Mark E. Casse | Live Oak Plantation | 1:08.89 |
2020 | Pink Lloyd | 8 | Rafael Manuel Hernandez | Robert P. Tiller | Entourage Stables | 1:09.61 |
2019 | Pink Lloyd | 7 | Eurico Rosa Da Silva | Robert P. Tiller | Entourage Stables | 1:08.55 |
2018 | Pink Lloyd | 6 | Eurico Rosa Da Silva | Robert P. Tiller | Entourage Stables | 1:08.05 |
2017 | Pink Lloyd | 5 | Eurico Rosa Da Silva | Robert P. Tiller | Entourage Stables | 1:08.62 |
2016 | Passion for Action | 4 | Eurico Rosa Da Silva | Michael P. De Paulo | Benjamin Hutzel | 1:09.75 |
2015 | Calgary Cat | 5 | Eurico Rosa Da Silva | Kevin Attard | Chesney/Hoffman | 1:08.98 |
2014 | Dan the Tin Man | 4 | David Garcia | Ricky Griffith | Debmar Stables | 1:09.75 |
2013 | Essence Hit Man | 6 | Jesse M. Campbell | Sylvain Pion | A & G Racing Stable | 1:08.83 |
2012 | Essence Hit Man | 5 | Jesse M. Campbell | Audre Cappuccitti | Audre & Gordon Cappuccitti | 1:09.26 |
2011 | Essence Hit Man | 4 | Jesse M. Campbell | Audre Cappuccitti | Audre and Gordon Cappuccitti | 1:08.16 |
2010 | Hollywood Hit | 4 | James McAleney | Daniel O'Callaghan | Peter Redekop | 1:08.99 |
2009 | Disfunction | 5 | Emile Ramsammy | Julia Carey | JMJ's Stable & Weila Ye | 1:08.62 |
2008 | Legal Move | 4 | Simon Husbands | Mark Casse | Woodford Racing LLC | 1:08.63 |
2007 | Stradivinsky | 4 | Emma-Jayne Wilson | Malcolm Pierce | Live Oak Plantation Racing | 1:09.68 |
2006 | Judiths Wild Rush | 5 | James S. McAleney | Reade Baker | Tenenbaum Racing | 1:09.17 |
2005 | Ministers Wild Cat | 5 | Todd Kabel | Scott H. Fairlie | I. & M. Cowan et al. | 1:09.67 |
2004 | Chris's Bad Boy | 7 | Jono Jones | Vito Armata | Alpine Stable | 1:08.75 |
2003 | Rare Friends | 4 | Patrick Husbands | Robert P. Tiller | Frank Digiulio, Jr. | 1:11.22 |
2002 | Wake At Noon | 5 | Emile Ramsammy | Abraham R. Katryan | Bruno Schickedanz | 1:10.26 |
2001 | Wake At Noon | 4 | David Clark | Abraham R. Katryan | Bruno Schickedanz | 1:09.53 |
2000 | Randy Regent | 6 | Todd Kabel | Mark Frostad | Sam-Son Farm | 1:10.00 |
1999 | Transferred | 4 | Na Somsanith | Thomas R. Bowden | Colebrook Farm | 1:10.00 |
1998 | Cache In | 5 | Mickey Walls | David R. Bell | M. Oslanski & G. Smith | 1:10.40 |
1997 | Kiridashi | 5 | Mickey Walls | Barbara Minshall | Minshall Farms | 1:09.80 |
1996 | Demaloot Demashoot | 6 | Todd Kabel | Daniel J. Vella | Frank Stronach | 1:09.40 |
1995 | Double Glow | 4 | Sandy Hawley | Mark Frostad | Sam-Son Farm | 1:10.60 |
1994 | King Ruckus | 4 | Todd Kabel | Daniel J. Vella | Frank Stronach | 1:08.80 |
1993 | Lordly Ruckus | 4 | Robert Landry | Debiie Lockhurst | C. M. Stubbs | 1:23.40 |
1992 | Megas Vukefalos | 4 | Mickey Walls | Phil England | Knob Hill Stable | 1:24.60 |
1991 | Host Master | 5 | Don Seymour | Emile M. Allain | Arosa Stables | 1:25.20 |
1990 | Regal Intention | 5 | Sandy Hawley | James E. Day | Sam-Son Farm & Windfields Farm | 1:23.80 |
1989 | Overpeer | 5 | Robert King, Jr. | Trevor Swan | J. D. Cameron | 1:24.80 |
1988 | Bravest Shot | 4 | Irwin Driedger | Debi Lockhurst | Lorraine Stubbs | 1:27.60 |
1987 | Play the King | 4 | Robin Platts | Roger Attfield | Kinghaven Farms | 1:24.00 |
1986 | Ten Gold Pots | 5 | Dan Beckon | Gil Rowntree | B. K. Y. Stable | 1:24.00 |
1985 | Aeronotic | 4 | Jeffrey Fell | D. McCullough | Speedy Racing Stable | 1:25.20 |
1984 | My Only Love | 7 | Gary Stahlbaum | Phil England | Phil England (lessee) | 1:25.20 |
1984 | Sir Khaled | 4 | Richard Dos Ramos | Bill Marko | Reliable Stable & Bill Marko | 1:26.20 |
1983 | Regent Cat | 5 | Gary Stahlbaum | Phil England | Stieglan & Alexander | 1:25.20 |
1982 | Frost King | 4 | Lloyd Duffy | Bill Marko | Ted Smith & Bill Marko | 1:25.40 |
1981 | Someolio Man | 4 | Brian Swatuk | George M. Carter | J. Terdik | 1:26.20 |
1980 | Overskate | 5 | Robin Platts | Gil Rowntree | Stafford Farm | 1:24.40 |
1979 | Overskate | 4 | Robin Platts | Gil Rowntree | Stafford Farm | 1:25.40 |
1978 | Sound Reason | 4 | Robin Platts | Gil Rowntree | Stafford Farm | 1:25.60 |
1977 | Park Romeo | 6 | Avelino Gomez | Jerry G. Lavigne | Parkview Stable | 1:28.20 |
1976 | Park Romeo | 5 | Lloyd Duffy | Jerry G. Lavigne | Parkview Stable | 1:19.40 |
1975 | Conversation | 4 | Robin Platts | Lou Cavalaris, Jr. | Gardiner Farms | 1:11.20 |
1974 | Henry Tudor | 5 | Robin Platts | Lou Cavalaris, Jr. | Gardiner Farms | 1:13.40 |
1973 | Amber Stone | 5 | Avelino Gomez | Arthur H. Warner | Sam-Son Farm | 1:10.00 |
1972 | Step In Time | 5 | G. Gordon | Edward Mann | Valecrest Farm | 1:13.40 |
1971 | Aintee So Daintee | 5 | James Kelly | Edward Mann | Valecrest Farm | 1:10.00 |
1970 | Regal Dancer | 6 | Sandy Hawley | Frank Merrill, Jr. | S. Rotenberg | 1:10.20 |
1969 | Bow Shannon | 4 | G. Gibb | J. Gomez | Mrs. J. Cerullo | 1:12.40 |
1968 | Lady Taj | 4 | Richard Grubb | Lou Cavalaris, Jr. | Gardiner & Golden West Farm | 1:11.80 |
1967 | Victorian Era | 5 | Hugo Dittfach | Lou Cavalaris, Jr. | Windfields Farm | 1:10.80 |
1966 | E. Day | 6 | Noel Turcotte | Hume E. M. Pollock | Hume E. M. Pollock | 1:10.60 |
1965 | E. Day | 5 | Pat Remillard | Hume E. M. Pollock | Hume E. M. Pollock | 1:10.40 |
1964 | Roman Banquet | 5 | Nick Shuk | S. U. Ross | E. C. Pasquale | 1:10.80 |
1963 | Jammed Lucky | 5 | Keith Robinson | Yonnie Starr | Conn Smythe | 1:11.00 |
1962 | Hidden Treasure | 5 | George Gubbins | Robert S. Bateman | William R. Beasley | 1:14.00 |
1961 | Hidden Treasure | 4 | Avelino Gomez | Robert S. Bateman | William R. Beasley | 1:10.60 |
1960 | Theo Geo | 4 | G. Gordon | B. S. Chris | Mrs. B. S. Chris | 1:13.20 |
1959 | Top Tourn | 6 | Avelino Gomez | J. Hornsby | McMacken Stable | 1:14.80 |
1958 | Nearctic | 4 | Ben Sorensen | Gordon J. McCann | Windfields Farm | 1:09.80 |
1957 | Censor | 4 | Avelino Gomez | Gordon J. McCann | Winnifred Taylor | 1:10.20 |
1956 | Beau Bunty | 5 | Avelino Gomez | B. S. Chris | Mrs. B. S. Chris | 1:12.00 |
1955 | Canadiana | 5 | T. Johnson | Gordon J. McCann | E. P. Taylor | 1:11.60 |
1954 | Blue Scooter | 4 | T. Johnson | F. Higgins | J. R. Mclntyre | 1:11.40 |
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