Play the King Stakes

Last updated
Grass Stakes
Grade II race
Location Woodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario
Inaugurated1987
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website woodbineentertainment.com
Race information
Distance7 furlongs
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds & up
WeightAssigned
Purse CAN$200,000 (since 2005) [1]

The Play the King Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. A Grade II sprint race, it is open to horses age three and older and is run over a distance of seven furlongs on turf. It currently offers a purse of CAN$200,000.

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Inaugurated in 1987 as the Toronto Budweiser Breeders' Cup Handicap, it was competed at a distance of six furlongs on dirt until 1996 when it was shifted to the turf and set at its current distance of seven furlongs. At the same time, the race was renamed in honor of Kinghaven Farms' 1988 Canadian Horse of the Year, Play the King.

The race was run in two divisions in 2000.

Records

Speed record:

Most wins:

Most wins by an owner:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners of the Play The King Stakes

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
2020Not run due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
2019Silent Poet4 Gary Boulanger Nicholas Gonzalez Stronach Stables 1:29.22
2018Mr Havercamp4 Eurico Rosa da Silva Catherine Day PhillipsSean & Dorothy Fitzhenry1:23.94
2017Conquest Panthera5 Patrick Husbands Mark E. Casse Gary Barber1:21.20
2016Glenville Gardens4 Gary Boulanger Sid C. Attard Janice Attard1:20.82
2015Reporting Star5 Luis Contreras Pat Parente Copper Water Thoroughbred1:20.66
2014Kaigun4 Patrick Husbands Mark E. Casse Quintessential Racing/Horse'n Around/Barber1:20.71
2013Dimension (GB)5 David Moran Conor MurphyRiverside Bloodstock1:19.89
2012Big Band Sound5 Tyler Pizarro Daniel J. Vella Kendel D. Standlee1:21.62
2011Havelock4 Jermaine Bridgmohan Darrin Miller Silverton Hill1:21.56
2010Smokey Fire5J C Jones Sid Attard Jim Dandy Stable1:20.83
2009Jungle Wave4 Todd Kabel Sid Attard Tucci Stables1:23.06
2008Just Rushing7 James McAleney Sid Attard Tucci Stables1:19.77
2007 Le Cinquieme Essai 8 Steve Bahen Paul Nielsen William A. Scott1:26.28
2006 Le Cinquieme Essai 7 Steve Bahen Paul Nielsen William A. Scott1:22.79
2005Vanderlin6 Martin Dwyer Andrew Balding J. C. Hitchins et al.1:21.18
2004 Soaring Free 5 Todd Kabel Mark Frostad Sam-Son Farm 1:20.97
2003 Soaring Free 4 Todd Kabel Mark Frostad Sam-Son Farm 1:23.52
2002Zone Judge4 Constant Montpellier Dave Dwyer Winston W. Penny1:20.42
2001Mr. Epperson6 James McKnight Scott H. Fairlie R. & S. Fairlie et al.1:21.84
2000Solitary Dancer4 Mickey Walls David R. Bell John A. Franks 1:22.00
2000Olympian3 Na Somsanith John Cardella Rexdale Stable et al.1:21.68
1999Dawson's Legacy4 Constant Montpellier Norman McKnight J. M. Stritzl Stable1:21.87
1998Skybound4 Robert Landry Mark Frostad Sam-Son Farm 1:21.00
1997Randy Regent3 Sandy Hawley Mark Frostad Sam-Son Farm 1:23.40
1996Jilin4 David Clark John MacKenzie Greenoaks Farm1:23.80
1995King Ruckus5 Todd Kabel Daniel J. Vella Frank Stronach 1:09.80
1994Premier Angel5 Sandy Hawley Dennis M. Erwin William Sorokolit1:10.00
1993Apelia4 Larry Attard Phil England Knob Hill Stable 1:09.20
1992 King Corrie 4 Dave Penna Sherry Noakes Aubrey W. Minshall 1:09.40
1991 King Corrie 3 Pat Day John A. Ross Aubrey W. Minshall 1:09.40
1990Cardel's Ruckus3 Ray Sabourin Joseph Attard C. & D. Arnone1:11.60
1989Confederate Bill4 James McAleney David C. Brown F. McDonnell1:10.00
1988 Play the King 5 Don Seymour Roger Attfield Kinghaven Farms 1:10.40
1987 Play the King 4 Don Seymour Roger Attfield Kinghaven Farms 1:09.20

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References

  1. "Play the King Stakes Profile". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 22 August 2016.