Seagram Cup Stakes

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Seagram Cup Stakes
Grade III race
Location Woodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Inaugurated1903
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website www.woodbineentertainment.com/qct/default.asp
Race information
Distance1+116 miles (8.5 furlongs)
Surface Polytrack
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds & Up
WeightAllowances
Purse$115,065 (2016)

The Chinese Cultural Centre Seagram Cup Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the last week of July/first week of August at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. A Grade III event, it is open to horses Three years old and up. Raced over a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles, the race currently offers a purse of $115,065.

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The Seagram Cup was inaugurated at the Old Woodbine Racetrack in 1903. A race on dirt, it was named in honor of owner/breeder Joseph E. Seagram whose Seagram Stables dominated Canadian racing at the time and who had won Canada's most prestigious race, the Queen's Plate, eight consecutive times between 1891 and 1898. With the cessation of Thoroughbred racing at Old Woodbine Racetrack, the Seagram Cup was moved to the new Woodbine Racetrack and in 1959 became a race on turf.

In 1998 the Seagram Cup reverted to being run permanently on dirt with the 2007 edition marking the first time it would be raced on the new synthetic Polytrack surface.

Over the years the Seagram Cup has been contested at various distances:
On dirt:

On turf:

Records

Speed record:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners of the Seagram Cup Stakes

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
2022War Bomber4Sahin CivaciNorman McKnightBruno Schickedanz1:43.26
2021Tap It To Win4 Rafael Hernandez Mark E. Casse Live Oak Plantation1:43.79
2020Mr Ritz5 Patrick Husbands Josie Carroll Earle I Mack1:43.28
2019Mr Ritz4 Patrick Husbands Josie Carroll Earle I Mack1:42.75
2018Decorated Soldier5 Gary Boulanger Norman McKnightRacer's Edge Inc & Maxis Stable1:43.71
2017Melmich6 Eurico Rosa da Silva Kevin AttardStephen Chesney & Cory Hoffman1:43.43
2016 Breaking Lucky 4 Luis Contreras Reade Baker Gunpowder Farms1:42.70
2015 Florida Won 4 Patrick Husbands Mark E. Casse Live Oak Plantation1:43.33
2014 His Race to Win 4 Eurico Rosa Da Silva Malcolm Pierce Sam-Son Farm 1:43.35
2013Alpha Bettor5 Justin Stein Daniel J. Vella Bulldog Racing1:43.63
2012Alpha Bettor4 Tyler Pizarro Daniel J. Vella Bulldog Racing1:43.79
2011 James Street 4 Patrick Husbands Josie Carroll Eugene Melynyk 1:44.01
2010 Sand Cove 5 Richard Dos Ramos Roger Attfield Ralph L. Johnson1:43.57
2009 Palladio 7 Richard Dos Ramos Roger Attfield Haras Santa Maria de Araras1:43.84
2008Artie Hot4 Emma-Jayne Wilson Nicholas Gonzalez Tucci Stables 1:43.30
2007Gouldings Green6 Patrick Husbands Anthony Reinstedler Melnyk Racing Stable 1:43.73
2006Gouldings Green5 Corey Lanerie Anthony Reinstedler Melnyk Racing Stable 1:42.76
2005 One For Rose 6 Emile Ramsammy Sid Attard Tucci Stables 1:44.18
2004 One For Rose 5 Emile Ramsammy Sid Attard Tucci Stables 1:44.34
2003Wake at Noon6 Emile Ramsammy Abraham Katryan Bruno Schickedanz 1:42.92
2002Lucky Molar7 Chantal Sutherland Mike Wright, Jr. Richard A. Englander 1:44.51
2001Trajectory4 Ramon Dominguez H. Graham Motion Pin Oak Stable 1:43.97
2000Guided Tour4 Gary Boulanger Niall O'Callaghan Morton Fink1:42.04
1999Brite Adam4 Todd Kabel Norman J. McKnight R.M.C. Stable1:42.57
1998Terremoto7 Todd Kabel Beverly Buck Janeane & Arika Everatt1:41.40
1997Crown Attorney4 Steven Bahen John P. MacKenzie Tony & Mary Jane Lamb2:15.20
1996Desert Waves6 Sandy Hawley Mark Frostad Sam-Son Farm 2:14.20
1995Jet Freighter4 Todd Kabel Tony Mattine Fishman/Yu2:13.40
1994Zester5 Larry Attard Gil Rowntree Rodomar/Badali2:21.60
1993Avid Affection4 James McKnight John Cardella C.E.C. Farms2:02.20
1992Cozzene's Prince5 Dave Penna Tino Attard Kirby Canada Farm2:05.80
1991 Sky Classic 4 Pat Day James E. Day Sam-Son Farm 2:00.60
1990Twist The Snow4 Larry Attard Angus McArthur Angus McArthur 2:02.80
1989King's Deputy4 Sandy Hawley James E. Day Sam-Son Farm 2:01.40
1988Royal Treasurer5 Sandy Hawley James E. Day Sam-Son Farm 2:03.20
1987Coryphee3 Brian Swatuk Sam DiPasquale S. Carnevale2:12.40
1986Royal Treasurer3 Jack Lauzon James E. Day Sam-Son Farm 2:16.00
1985Corseque4 Robert King, Jr. David L. Maclean Norcliffe Stables 2:03.60
1984Cool Northerner3 Gary Stahlbaum Jacques Dumas F. & P. D'Andrea2:03.20
1983Bridle Path7 Dan Beckon Macdonald Benson Windfields Farm 2:06.00
1982Bridle Path6 John Paul Souter Macdonald Benson Windfields Farm 2:09.40
1981Right Role4 John Bell Emile Allain Jean Josephson2:07.60
1980Driving Home3 Rick Hedge Glenn Magnusson CFCW Racing Stable 2:04.60
1979Christy's Mount6 Sandy Hawley Dave Brown D. H. Bunker2:07.20
1978 Regal Embrace 3 Sandy Hawley Macdonald Benson Windfields Farm 2:09.00
1977Hopeful Answer4 Gary Stahlbaum Frank Merrill, Jr. W. Preston Gilbride2:20.60
1976 Momigi 4 Sandy Hawley John Morahan Koichiro Hayata2:07.80
1975Good Port5 Richard Grubb Gil Rowntree Stafford Farms 2:15.40
1974Fabe Count6 Sandy Hawley Jerry G. Lavigne Parkview Stable2:02.80
1973Twice Lucky7 Hugo Dittfach Donnie Walker Conn Smythe 2:11.20
1972Lord Vancouver4 Lloyd Duffy Frank Merrill, Jr. W. Preston Gilbride2:02.00
1971Dance Act5 Robin Platts Larry Grant Green Hills Farm2:03.80
1970Yukon Eric4 Hugo Dittfach Lou Cavalaris, Jr. Gardiner Farm 2:02.80
1969Bye and Near6 Avelino Gomez Donnie Walker Conn Smythe 2:04.20
1968Pine Point4 Fernando Toro Red Barnard Willow Downs Farm2:04.40
1967 He's A Smoothie 4 Avelino Gomez Warren Beasley William R. Beasley 2:05.00
1966 He's A Smoothie 3 Sam McComb Warren Beasley William R. Beasley 2:05.40
1965Victorian Era3 Avelino Gomez Lou Cavalaris, Jr. A. Case, Jr.2:04.40
1964Galindo6 Wayne Harris Andrew G. Smithers John B. Azanza2:03.00
1963Windy Ship6 Paul Bohenko Howard C. Hoffman Stafford Farms 1:45.20
1962Chopavane6 Jim Fitzsimmons M. Long Viscount Hardinge 1:43.80
1961Windy Ship4 Hugo Dittfach John Passero Stafford Farms 1:44.20
1960Chopavane4 C. M. Clark M. Long Viscount Hardinge 1:44.40
1959 New Providence 3 Avelino Gomez Gordon J. McCann Windfields Farm 1:46.80
1958Our Sirdar4 Al Coy Red Barnard Shermanor Farm1:45.20
1957Dorenes Lad5 Norman Leid N. Julius Clifford Bennett1:44.20
1956 Canadian Champ 3 E. A. Rodriguez John Passero William R. Beasley 1:46.00
1955 Ace Marine 3 George Walker Yonnie Starr Larkin Maloney 1:45.60

Earlier winners

*In 1954, Queen's Own finished first but was disqualified and set back to second

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