Restricted Stakes race | |
Location | Woodbine Racetrack Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Inaugurated | 1956 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | web |
Race information | |
Distance | 7 furlongs |
Surface | Tapeta |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-olds, foaled in Ontario |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $150,000 |
The Queenston Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Run in early May, the stakes race is open to three-year-old horses 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 $150,000.
The Queenston Stakes was first run in 1956 at Fort Erie Racetrack in Fort Erie, Ontario as a 5+1⁄2 furlong sprint race. From 1976 through 1979 the race was hosted by Greenwood Raceway then in 1980 it was moved to Woodbine Racetrack. Since inception, it has been run at various distances:
The race was run in two divisions in 1960, 1961, and 1976.
Speed record:(Through 1998, Woodbine times were recorded in fifths of a second. Since 1999 they are in hundredths of a second)
Most wins by a jockey:
Most wins by a trainer:
Most wins by an owner:
Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
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2010 | Essence Hit Man | Chantal Sutherland | Audre Cappuccitti | Audre & Gordon Cappuccitti | 1:20.97 |
2009 | El Brujo | Patrick Husbands | Malcolm Pierce | Windways Farm | 1:22.17 |
2008 | Not Bourbon | Jono Jones | Roger Attfield | Charles E. Fipke | 1:21.86 |
2007 | Jiggs Coz | David Clark | Sid C. Attard | Jim Dandy Stable | 1:24.42 |
2006 | Atlas Shrugs | Corey Fraser | Reade Baker | C. Roberts & J. Pepper | 1:24.12 |
2005 | Verne's Baby | Emile Ramsammy | Sid C. Attard | G B Stable | 1:23.40 |
2004 | Twisted Wit | David Clark | Robert P. Tiller | Rolph A. Davis | 1:23.38 |
2003 | Mobil | Todd Kabel | Michael Keogh | Gus Schickedanz | 1:24.26 |
2002 | Shaws Creek | Jake Barton | John A. Ross | Jam Jar Racing | 1:23.46 |
2001 | Win City | Constant Montpellier | Robert P. Tiller | Frank DiGiulio, Sr. & Jr. | 1:24.13 |
2000 | Wake At Noon | David Clark | Abraham R. Katryan | Bruno Schickedanz | 1:21.64 |
1999 | Woodcarver | Mickey Walls | Mike Keogh | Gus Schickedanz | 1:22.84 |
1998 | Zap Happy | Todd Kabel | Robert P. Tiller | Laser Quest & Partners | 1:22.80 |
1997 | Randy Regent | Todd Kabel | Mark Frostad | Sam-Son Farm | 1:23.40 |
1996 | Victor Cooley | Emile Ramsammy | Mark Frostad | Windways Farm | 1:23.40 |
1995 | Tethra | Dave Penna | Josie Carroll | Eaton Hall Farm | 1:21.40 |
1994 | Parental Pressure | Dave Penna | Fred H. Loschke | Hammer Kopf/Corrente/partners | 1:23.20 |
1993 | How Should I Know | James McKnight | Kathy Patton-Casse | Kathy Patton-Casse | 1:23.60 |
1992 | San Romano | Mickey Walls | Phil England | Knob Hill Stable | 1:24.40 |
1991 | Bolulight | Don Seymour | Roger Attfield | Kinghaven Farms | 1:22.40 |
1990 | Spencer Gorge | Robin Platts | Gil Rowntree | F. H. Sherman | 1:24.00 |
1989 | Domasca Dan | Ray Sabourin | Robert P. Tiller | F. DiGiulio, Sr. & F. DiGiulio, Jr. | 1:23.40 |
1988 | Regal Intention | Jack Lauzon | James E. Day | Sam-Son Farm | 1:23.20 |
1987 | Afleet | Gary Stahlbaum | Phil England | Richard R. Kennedy | 1:22.80 |
1986 | Control Zone | Jeffrey Fell | Roger Attfield | Kinghaven Farms | 1:24.40 |
1985 | Regal Snow | Daniel David | W. F. Edmiston | W. F. Edmiston | 1:24.00 |
1984 | New Connection | Dave Penna | Trevor Swan | J. D. Cameron | 1:23.20 |
1983 | Feu D'Enfer | Yvon Turcotte | Jacques Dumas | Jean-Louis Lévesque | 1:25.60 |
1982 | Brave Regent | J. Paul Souter | Macdonald Benson | Windfields Farm | 1:23.60 |
1981 | Frost King | Lloyd Duffy | Bill Marko | Ted Smith & Bill Marko | 1:23.20 |
1980 | My Only Love | David Clark | Phil England | Mrs. M. Sutherland | 1:23.80 |
1979 | Lover's Answer | George HoSang | Brian Ottaway | Brodie Stable | 1:25.00 |
1978 | Maple Grove | Jim Walford | Alex Bankuti | E. & F. Racing Stable | 1:25.40 |
1977 | Sound Reason | Robin Platts | Gil Rowntree | Stafford Farms | 1:25.00 |
1976 | Hopeful Answer | Jeffrey Fell | Frank Merrill, Jr. | W. P. Gilbride | 1:19.60 |
1976 | Maitre de Danse | J. Long | George M. Carter | V. Martin Jr. | 1:20.00 |
1975 | Hagelin | Richard Grubb | Gil Rowntree | Stafford Farms | 1:12.20 |
1974 | Amber Herod | Robin Platts | Gil Rowntree | Stafford Farms | 1:10.40 |
1973 | Symmetric | Noel Turcotte | Carl F. Chapman | H. A. Grant | 1:12.20 |
1972 | Henry Tudor | Robin Platts | Lou Cavalaris, Jr. | Gardiner Farm | 1:13.00 |
1971 | Coco la Terreur | D. Thomas | Yonnie Starr | Jean-Louis Lévesque | 1:12.00 |
1970 | Dance To Market | Chris Rogers | E. Harbourne | V. Martin, Jr. | 1:11.80 |
1969 | Jumpin Joseph | Avelino Gomez | Warren Beasley | Warren Beasley | 1:11.60 |
1968 | Rouletabille | Richard Grubb | Yonnie Starr | Jean-Louis Lévesque | 1:13.00 |
1967 | Ette Rule | Jim Fitzsimmons | E. Harbourne | The Pheasant Stable | 1:13.40 |
1966 | Stevie B. Good | Eric Walsh | B. Pucccini | E. C. Pasquale | 1:11.60 |
1965 | Victorian Era | Wayne Harris | Lou Cavalaris, Jr. | Allen Case | 1:11.40 |
1964 | Peacock Pike | Avelino Gomez | J. MacKinnon | J. H. - J. C. MacKinnon | 1:11.60 |
1963 | Sea Service | W. A. Peake | Alfred I. Taylor | D. G. Ross | 1:10.60 |
1962 | Burnt Roman | John R. Adams | K. Nicholds | Keane & Waggoner | 1:12.40 |
1961 | Bourbon Blue | Cliff Potts | J. MacKinnon | J. & J. MacKinnon | 1:08.60 |
1961 | Crown Attorney | Hugo Dittfach | Arthur H. Warner | Lanson Farm | 1:08.20 |
1960 | Men at Play | Cliff Potts | Yonnie Starr | Larkin Maloney & Conn Smythe | 1:12.40 |
1960 | Royal Win | Cliff Potts | Yonnie Starr | Conn Smythe | 1:11.80 |
1959 | Anita's Son | Hugo Dittfach | Arthur H. Warner | Lanson Farm | 1:05.20 |
1958 | Silver Ship | Pat Remillard | Gordon Huntley | Gordon F. Hall | 0:58.40 |
1957 | Faultless Maid | Len Pong | W. Mooney | W. R. Wesley | 1:06.00 |
1956 | Dining Alone | David Stevenson | Frank Merrill, Jr. | M. L. Wilson | 1:06.60 |
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