Maple Leaf Stakes

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Maple Leaf Stakes
Grade III Stakes race
Location Woodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario
Inaugurated1892
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website www.woodbineentertainment.com/qct/default.asp
Race information
Distance1+14 miles (10 furlongs)
Surface Polytrack
Trackleft-handed
Qualification Fillies & Mares, 3-Years-Old & Up
WeightAllowances
Purse$150,000

The Maple Leaf Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Run during the first part of November, the Grade III Maple Leaf is open to fillies aged three or older. Raced over a distance of one and one-quarter miles on Polytrack synthetic dirt, it currently offers a purse of $150,000.

Contents

Inaugurated in 1892, the Maple Leaf Stakes has been competed at a variety of distances. Since 1956, when the new Woodbine Racetrack hosted the event, the race distance have been set as follows:

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 1+14 miles)

Most wins:

Most wins by an owner:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners of the Maple Leaf Stakes since 1959

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
2023Millie Girl5Rafael M. HernandezCatherine Day PhillipsKingfield Racing Stable, Braconcrest Inc. & Apricot Valley Thoroughbreds2:03.53
2022Il Malocchio4Sahin CivaciMartin DrexlerFranco Meli2:02.55
2021Skygaze5 Patrick Husbands Mark E. Casse Tracy Farmer2:03.65
2020Heavenly Cause5Rafael M. Hernandez Mark E. Casse Gary Barber & John C. Oxley 2:03.24
2019Lift Up5 Patrick Husbands Michael Dickinson Augustin Stable2:04.23
2018A. A. Azula's Arch3 Omar Moreno Kevin AttardA & A Farms2:05.23
2017Gamble's Ghost4 Eurico Rosa da Silva Josie CarrollIvan Dalos2:04.70
2016Ice Festival4David MoranSid Attard Stronach Stables 2:03.25
2015Flipcup4 Luis Contreras William I. Mott Team Penney/Wachtel Stable/Brous Stable2:03.42
2014Strut the Course4 Luis Contreras Barb Minshall John Unger2:02.74
2013Moonlight Beauty7 Gary Boulanger John P. LeBlanc, Jr. William Gierkink2:04.89
2012Smart Sting4 Eurico Rosa da Silva Roger Attfield Stronach Stables 2:03.77
2011Masked Maiden3 Omar Moreno Mark E. Casse Nuckols Farm/D. Oxley2:04.96
2010Pachattack4 Chantal Sutherland Gerard Butler M. V. Deegan2:02.18
2009Serenading5 Patrick Husbands Josie Carroll Hill 'n' Dale Equine Holdings/Glenn Sikura 2:06.19
2008Tell It as It Is4 Emma-Jayne Wilson James Smith Cinnamont Stable2:04.99
2007Like A Gem4 Emma-Jayne Wilson Daniel J. Vella Hillsbrook Farms2:03.51
2006Howaboutrightnow3 Emma-Jayne Wilson Mark E. Casse Norm Casse2:07.66
2005Ballroom Deputy4 Dino Luciani Josie Carroll Padua Stables 2:05.77
2004 One For Rose 5 Emile Ramsammy Sid C. Attard Tucci Stables 2:04.87
2003 One For Rose 4 Emile Ramsammy Sid C. Attard Tucci Stables 2:03.50
2002Lady Shari3 Constant Montpellier David Cotey Dominion Bloodstock 2:06.22
2001Catch The Ring4 Robert Landry Mark Frostad Sam-Son Farm 2:03.62
2000On A Soapbox4 Gary Boulanger Niall O'Callaghan Gary A. Tanaka 2:05.94
1999With Flair3 David Clark Mark Frostad Sam-Son Farm 2:05.54
1998No Foul Play4 Steve Bahen Margaret Spencer Margaret Spencer 2:06.20
1997Blue and Red5 Todd Kabel Sid C. Attard Jim Dandy Stable 2:04.60
1996 Wings of Erin 4 Jim McAleney Thomas O'Keefe Roberts / Matthews2:09.00
1995 Wings of Erin 3K. Willey Thomas O'Keefe Roberts / Matthews2:02.60
1994 Smiles With A Fist 4 Dave Penna Michelle Bonte Gierkink / Bonte2:05.80
1993 Dance For Donna 4 Robert Landry Sherry Noakes Aubrey W. Minshall 2:07.00
1992 Adorned 5 Robert Landry Macdonald Benson Windfields Farm 2:05.80
1991 Musical Respite 3 Daniel J. David R. WrightSheehan Farms2:06.40
1990 Star Standing 3P. Johnson Peter M. Vestal M. J. Ryan2:05.80
1989 One For Bert 4 Jim McAleney John Cardella M. & N. Nosowenko2:07.60
1988 Arcroyal 4 Don Seymour Roger Attfield Kinghaven Farms 2:09.20
1987 Triple Wow 4 Don Seymour Roger Attfield Kinghaven Farms 2:08.20
1986 Gypsy Sunshine 3 Irwin Driedger Gerry Belanger Trillium Stable2:08.60
1985 In My Cap 3 Irwin Driedger James E. Day Sam-Son Farm 2:07.00
1984 Sintrillium 6 Brian Swatuk Conrad Cohen Frank Stronach 2:08.80
1983 Sintrillium 5 Brian Swatuk Conrad Cohen Frank Stronach 2:10.60
1982 Eternal Search 4 Brian Swatuk Edward Mann Jim Dandy Stable 2:09.80
1981 Quantra 3 George HoSang Jerry G. Lavigne Paddockhurst Stable2:07.80
1980 Orphanella 4 J. Paul Souter A. Wick Aubrey W. Minshall 2:05.80
1979 Glorious Song 3 John LeBlanc Fred H. Loschke Frank Stronach 2:08.80
1978 Male Strike 4 Jim Walford John Cardella M. M. Anaka2:08.00
1977 Bye Bye Paris 4 Jeffrey Fell Donnie Walker Conn Smythe 2:05.40
1976 Bye Bye Paris 3 Jeffrey Fell Donnie Walker Conn Smythe 2:03.80
1975 Lovely Sunrise 4 Brian Swatuk Donnie Walker Conn Smythe 2:06.20
1974 Lovely Sunrise 3 John LeBlanc Donnie Walker Conn Smythe 2:04.00
1973 Musketeer Miss 3 John Bell Pat Remillard Mrs. J. A. McDougald 2:09.40
1972 Lauries Dancer 4 Sandy Hawley James C. Bentley Helen G. Stollery 2:07.60
1971 Page Me Doll 4D. Thomas Glenn Magnusson J. W. Wright2:05.20
1970 Not Too Shy 4 Sandy Hawley Donnie Walker Conn Smythe 2:10.60
1969 Not Too Shy 3 Brian Swatuk Donnie Walker Conn Smythe 2:05.20
1968 Hometown News 3 Richard Grubb Gil Rowntree Stafford Farms 2:07.40
1967 Hinemoa 4 Avelino Gomez Paul Cooper Doug Banks2:06.40
1966 Hinemoa 3 Wayne Harris Paul Cooper Doug Banks2:06.20
1965 Lady Victoria 3 Jim Fitzsimmons R. Richards Windfields Farm 1:45.60
1964 Ciboulette 3 Eric Walsh Duke Campbell Jean-Louis Levesque 1:39.40
1963 Court Royal 4 Jim Fitzsimmons N. Julius J. E. Frowde Seagram 1:40.00
1962 Golden Turkey 4H. BolinWilfrid L. SaylesA. G. Hedges1:41.60
1961 Golden Turkey 3B. DeSpiritoWilfrid L. SaylesA. G. Hedges1:38.20
1960 Skinny Minny 3 Al Coy John Passero William R. Beasley 1:38.20
1959 Wonder Where 3 Al Coy Yonnie Starr Maloney & Smythe 1:44.60


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