Achievement Stakes
{{Infobox horseraces
| class = Restricted Stakes
| horse race = Achievement Stakes
| image =
| caption =
| location = Woodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| inaugurated = 1953
| race type = Thoroughbred - Flat racing
| website = {{URL|http://www.woodbineentertainment.com/qct/default.asp}}
| distance = 6 furlongs
| surface = All weather synthetic dirt
| track = left-handed
| qualification = Three-year-olds and up
| weight = Allowances
| purse = $75,000
| bonuses =
}}
The Achievement Stakes was a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. An allowance race restricted to three-year-old horses foaled in the province of Ontario, it was run on Tapeta synthetic dirt over a distance of six furlongs.
First run as the Achievement Handicap at the Fort Erie Race Track in 1953, over the years the event was run on both dirt and turf and at a variety of distances:
- {{frac|1|1|16}} miles on dirt : 1953–1957, 1968-1979 (Fort Erie Race Track)
- 1 mile on turf : 1958 (Fort Erie), 1959-1966 (Woodbine Racetrack)
- 1 mile on turf : 1967 (Fort Erie)
- 7 furlongs on dirt : 1980 (Woodbine Racetrack), 1981-1993 (Greenwood Raceway)
- 6 furlongs on dirt : 1994 to 2018 (Woodbine Racetrack)
In 2019, the race was replaced by the Greenwood Stakes.{{cite web |title=Woodbine Announces 2019 Stakes Schedule |url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/232188/woodbine-announces-2019-stakes-schedule |website=www.bloodhorse.com |access-date=17 June 2021}}
Records
Speed record:
- 1:08.33 - Tothemoonandback (2006) (at current distance of six furlongs)
Most wins by an owner:
- 5 - Edward P. and/or Winnifred Taylor and/or Windfields Farm (1954, 1955, 1957, 1961, 1979)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 6 - Sandy Hawley (1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1979, 1990)
- 6 - David Clark (1980, 1985, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2008)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 5 - Robert Tiller (1975, 2002, 2004, 2017, 2018)
Winners
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| style="width:30px" | Year ! style="width:110px" | Winner ! style="width:110px" | Jockey ! style="width:120px" | Trainer ! Owner ! style="width:25px" | Time |
|---|
| 2018
|Entourage Stables |1:09.00 |
| 2017
|Entourage Stables |1:08.76 |
| 2016
|Calgary Cat |Kevin Attard |Stephen Chesney & Cory S. Hoffman |1:10.66 |
| 2015
|Calgary Cat |Kevin Attard |Stephen Chesney & Cory S. Hoffman |1:08.95 |
| 2014
|Eighty Nine Red |Michael P. De Paulo |John Russell & George Schramm |1:10.28 |
| 2013
|Black Hornet |Justin Stein |Pat Parente |Joey Gee Thoroughbreds, Aldo Ventresca, Pat Parente |1:09.46 |
| 2012
|Jenna's Wabbit |George Newland |Fortunato Galati |1:11.16 |
| 2011
|Eternal Rule |Donald A. Myers |1:09.43 |
| 2010
|Essence Hit Man |Larry Cappuccitti |A and G Racing Stable |1:10.01 |
| 2009
|El Brujo |Windways Farm Limited |1:09.21 |
| 2008
|Stuck in Traffic |M.A.D Racing/Martha Gonzalez |1:08.62 |
| 2007
|Legal Move |1:10.49 |
| 2006
|Jim Aston, Robert Smithen, et al. |1:08.33 |
| 2005
|Quick In Deed |Kelynack Racing Stable |1:11.68 |
| 2004
|Twisted Wit |Ralph Davis |1:08.99 |
| 2003
|Majestic Wisdom |Majestic Thoroughbreds |1:11.06 |
| 2002
|Rare Friends |Frank Digiulio Jr. & Robert Tiller |1:10.98 |
| 2001
|Millennium Allstar |Meehan/Sue Leslie & Curtis Joseph |1:11.51 |
| 2000
|Wake At Noon |1:10.33 |
| 1999
|Sir Lloyd |L. Simpson et al. |1:10.11 |
| 1998
|Vice n' Friendly |Jim & Alice Sapara |1:10.80 |
| 1997
|John The Magician |R.M.C. Stable |1:10.40 |
| 1996
|Laredo |1:10.40 |
| 1995
|Honky Tonk Tune |1:11.80 |
| 1994
|O'Martin |Kingsbrook Farm |1:12.40 |
| 1993
|Bold Anthony |Pedigree Farm |1:26.00 |
| 1992
|Blitzer |1:27.40 |
| 1991
|Canadian Silver |Pinejoy Stable |1:24.60 |
| 1990
|Native Factor |1:24.60 |
| 1989
|Key Spirit |1:25.80 |
| 1988
|1:25.20 |
| 1987
|1:23.60 |
| 1986
|Silent Link |F. H. Sherman |1:26.20 |
| 1985
|Pre Emptive Strike |R. R. Kennedy/B. J. Cullen |1:26.20 |
| 1984
|Scootch Over Ice |A. J. May |1:27.20 |
| 1983
|Bompago |Carl Cardella et al. |1:27.20 |
| 1982
|Black Rule |Mrs. J. Josephson |1:26.40 |
| 1981
|T. Smith & B. Marko |1:25.60 |
| 1980
|My Only Love |Mrs. M. Sutherland |1:23.00 |
| 1979
|1:44.20 |
| 1978
|1:43.60 |
| 1977
|Pro Consul |Mrs. George McCullough |1:43.80 |
| 1976
|Norcliffe Stable |1:44.40 |
| 1975
|Near the High Sea |J. Laist & E. Fryman |1:44.60 |
| 1974
|Native Aid |1:46.20 |
| 1973
|Come In Dad |H. Tenenbaum |1:43.20 |
| 1972
|Tom Morton & Harlequin |1:42.80 |
| 1971
|Chatty Cavalier |1:42.20 |
| 1970
|Parkview Stable |1:44.60 |
| 1969
|1:42.60 |
| 1968
|Phelodie |1:44.40 |
| 1967
|Willow Downs Farm |1:39.00 |
| 1966
|1:35.40 |
| 1965
|Victorian Era |A. Case |1:36.00 |
| 1964
|1:37.00 |
| 1963
|Son Blue |Wilfred J. Farr |1:36.00 |
| 1962
|Sun Dan |Wilfred J. Farr |1:36.80 |
| 1961
|Song of Even |1:37.00 |
| 1960
|Naughty Flirt |1:42.60 |
| 1959
|1:38.60 |
| 1958
|Foxy Phil |C. O'Brien |1:39.60 |
| 1957
|Chopadette |1:44.80 |
| 1956
|1:47.00 |
| 1955
|Board of Trade |1:48.20 |
| 1954
|Queen's Own |1:44.60 |
| 1953
|Mrs. Elodie Tomlinson |1:44.00 |