Breeders' Stakes
{{Short description|Canadian Thoroughbred horse race}}
{{hatnote|Not to be confused with the Breeders' Cup.}}
{{Infobox horseraces
| class = Restricted
| horse race = Breeders' Stakes
| image = BreedersStakesLogo.jpg
| caption = Third leg in the Canadian Triple Crown
| location = Woodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| inaugurated = {{start date and age|1889|p=y}}
| race type = Flat / Thoroughbred
| website = {{nowrap|{{url|https://woodbine.com/events/breeders-stakes|woodbine.com/breeders-stakes}}}}
| distance = {{frac|1|1|2}} miles (12 furlongs)
| surface = Turf
| track = Left-handed
| qualification = Three-year-olds
(foaled in Canada)
| weight = Colt/Gelding: 126 lbs (57.2 kg)
Filly: {{convert|121|lb|kg|abbr=on}}
| purse = CDN$500,000{{cite web|title=2016 Thoroughbred Stakes Fact Book|url=http://www.woodbineentertainment.com/Woodbine/Horsepeople/Thoroughbred/Documents/2016%20Thoroughbred%20Stakes%20Book.pdf|website=www.woodbineentertainment.com|access-date=14 July 2016|page=23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917224830/http://www.woodbineentertainment.com/Woodbine/Horsepeople/Thoroughbred/Documents/2016%20Thoroughbred%20Stakes%20Book.pdf|archive-date=17 September 2016|url-status=dead}}
| bonuses =
}}
File:Jerome Lermyte on Neepawa, 2018 Breeders' Stakes winner.jpg
The Breeders' Stakes is a stakes race for Thoroughbred race horses foaled in Canada, first run in 1889. Since 1959, it has been the third race in the Canadian Triple Crown for three-year-olds. Held annually in October at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, the Breeders' Stakes follows the August running of the King's Plate and the September running of the Prince of Wales Stakes. At a distance of one-and-a-half miles, the Breeders' Stakes is the longest of the three Triple Crown races and is the only jewel raced on turf (the King's Plate is raced on Tapeta synthetic dirt and the Prince of Wales on a traditional dirt track).{{cite web|title=Canada's Triple Crown|url=http://horseracing.about.com/od/triplecrown2000/a/aacanadiantc.htm|website=horseracing.about.com|access-date=14 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816041348/http://horseracing.about.com/od/triplecrown2000/a/aacanadiantc.htm|archive-date=16 August 2016|url-status=dead}}
History
In 1959, the Canadian Triple Crown was created and then won by New Providence. Six more three-year-olds, including the filly Dance Smartly, have since equalled the feat, with four of them doing so in a five-year period from 1989 to 1993.
Six horses have won the first two legs of the Triple Crown but lost on the grass in the Breeders' Stakes. They are:{{cite web|title=Breeders' Stakes Facts (From 1959, the inception of the Triple Crown)|url=http://www.woodbineentertainment.com/Woodbine/RaceTrackNewsPage.aspx?NewsId=02668025-7ac5-42b3-91f2-792625d5eb3f|website=www.woodbineentertainment.com|access-date=14 July 2016}}
- 1970: Almoner finished second to Mary of Scotland (1970)
- 1975: L'Enjoleur finished third to Momigi (1975)
- 1976: Norcliffe finished fifth to Tiny Tinker (1976)
- 1986: Golden Choice finished third to Carotene (1986)
- 2000: Scatter The Gold finished third to Lodge Hill (2000)
- 2020: Mighty Heart finished seventh to Belichick (2020)
In 1973 Saskatoon native, Joan Phipps made history aboard Singing Spirit. Though she finished 11th, she became the first female jockey to compete in one of the Canadian Triple Crown races.{{cite web|last1=Mitchell|first1=Kevin|title=Joan Phipps|url=http://www.pressreader.com/canada/the-starphoenix/20150814/281522224820239|via=PressReader|publisher=The StarPhoenix|access-date=14 July 2016}} In 1999, 26 years after Phipps landmark race, Laurie Gulas rode Free Vacation to victory in the Breeders' Stakes, becoming the first female jockey to win a Canadian Triple Crown race.{{cite web|last1=Smith|first1=Beverley|title=Jockeying for position in a stable of men|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/jockeying-for-position-in-a-stable-of-men/article1354767/|website=The Globe and Mail|access-date=14 July 2016}}
In 2004, Catherine Day Phillips became the first woman trainer to win the Breeders' Stakes.{{cite web|title=Day Phillips First Female Trainer to Win Breeders' Stakes|url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/174553/day-phillips-first-female-trainer-to-win-breeders-stakes|website=bloodhorse.com|access-date=14 July 2016}}
The 1994 renewal was held at Fort Erie Race Track{{cite web|title=Chart of the 1994 Breeders' Stakes|url=https://www.equibase.com/premium/chartEmb.cfm?track=FE&raceDate=08/21/1994&cy=CAN&rn=10|website=equibase.com|access-date=14 July 2016}} while the Woodbine turf course was undergoing renovations.{{cite web|title=History Woodbine|url=http://www.woodbineentertainment.com/corporate/ourcompany/Pages/History.aspx|website=www.woodbineentertainment.com|access-date=14 July 2016|archive-date=19 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919063250/http://www.woodbineentertainment.com/corporate/ourcompany/Pages/History.aspx|url-status=dead}}
Since 1957, the race has been run at {{frac|1|1|2}} miles. Earlier renewals were held at:{{cite web|title=Breeders' Stakes Data|url=http://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?query_type=stakes&search_bar=stakes&field=view&id=33|website=www.pedigreequery.com|access-date=14 July 2016}}
- 9 furlongs — 1889-1924, 1952-1956
- 8.5 furlongs — 1925-1951
The greatest longshot to win the race was Miami Deco in 2010, who paid $132.10 for a $2 win bet. The slowest time ever recorded was 2:50 by Crowning Honors in 1985 when the rain turned the course into a "swamp".{{cite news|last1=Mauntah|first1=Richard|title=History of Breeders' Stakes is a mixed bag|url=http://www.torontosun.com/2014/08/12/history-of-breeders-stakes-is-a-mixed-bag|newspaper=Toronto Sun|access-date=14 July 2016}}
Records
Speed record: {{small|(Through 1998, Woodbine times were recorded in fifths of a second. Since 1999 they are in hundredths of a second)}}
- 2:26 2/5 – Charlie's Dewan (1995)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 5 – Patrick Husbands (2003, 2006, 2007, 2015, 2021)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 9 – Roger Attfield (2015, 2009, 2001, 1999, 1998, 1993, 1990, 1989, 1986)
Most wins by an owner:
- 9 - Joseph E. Seagram (1889, 1891, 1895, 1901, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1916)
Winners
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%" |
| style="width:30px" | Year
! style="width:110px" | Winner ! style="width:110px" | Jockey ! style="width:120px" | Trainer ! Owner ! style="width:35px" | Dist. ! style="width:25px" | Time ! style="width:25px" | Win$ |
|---|
| align=center|2023
|Touch 'n Ride |Kazushi Kimura |Layne S. Giliforte |Chiefswood Stables Limited |align=center|1-1/2m |align=center|2:27.56 |align=center|$400,000 |
| align=center|2022
|Sir for Sure |Declan Carroll |Heste Sport Inc. |align=center|1-1/2m |2:28.88 |$400,000 |
| align=center|2021
|British Royalty |Barbara J. Minshall |Bruce Lunsford |align=center|1-1/2 m |2:34.00 |$400,000 |
| align=center|2020
|Belichick |NK Racing & LNJ Foxwoods |align=center|1-1/2 m |2:32.51 |$240,000 |
| align=center|2019
|Tone Broke |L and N Racing LLC (Lee, Michael & Andrew Levinson & Don Nelson) |align=center|1-1/2 m |2:30.43 |$240,000 |
| align=center|2018
|Neepawa |Jerome Lermyte |Chiefswood Stable |align=center|1-1/2 m |2:31.18 |$240,000 |
| align=center|2017
|Channel Maker |Joey Gee Thoroughbreds, etc |align=center|1-1/2 m |2:29.70 |$240,000 |
| align=center|2016
|align=center|1-1/2 m |2:29.45 |$300,000 |
| align=center|2015
|align=center|1-1/2 m |2:29.28 |$300,000 |
| align=center|2014
|align=center|1-1/2 m |2:30.12 |$300,000 |
| align=center|2013
|align=center|1-1/2 m |2:28.69 |$300,000 |
| align=center|2012
|align=center|1-1/2 m |2:30.90 |$300,000 |
| align=center|2011
|Dennis Andrews, Sandra Lazaruk, Robert & Roberta Giffin |align=center|1-1/2 m |2:36.31 |$300,000 |
| align=center|2010
|align=center|1-1/2 m |2:34.24 |$300,000 |
| align=center|2009
|align=center|1-1/2 m |2:29.39 |$300,000 |
| align=center|2008
|align=center|1-1/2 m |2:28.58 |$300,000 |
| align=center|2007
|align=center|1-1/2 m |2:29.50 |$300,000 |
| align=center|2006
|align=center|1-1/2 m |2:28.66 |$300,000 |
| align=center|2005
|align=center|1-1/2 m |2:27.86 |$300,000 |
| align=center|2004
|align=center|1-1/2 m |2:27.15 |$300,000 |
| align=center|2003
|Wando † |align=center|1-1/2 m |2:28.03 |$300,000 |
| align=center|2002
|align=center|1-1/2 m |2:29.80 |$300,000 |
| align=center|2001
|M. & P. Canino, W. Werner, R. Attfield |align=center|1-1/2 m |2:29.90 |$300,000 |
| align=center|2000
|Eugene Melnyk & R. Bristow Farm |align=center|1-1/2 m |2:28.97 |$300,000 |
| align=center|1999
|M. & P. Canino, W. Werner, R. Attfield |align=center|1-1/2 m |2:28.45 |$195,000 |
| align=center|1998
|Anderson & Ferguson |align=center|1-1/2 m |2:30.20 |$180,000 |
| align=center|1997
|R. M. C. Stable |align=center|1-1/2 m |2:35.60 |$175,860 |
| align=center|1996
|align=center|1-1/2 m |2:28.60 |$171,120 |
| align=center|1995
|Kinghaven Farms et al. |align=center|1-1/2 m |2:26.40 |$182,700 |
| align=center|1994
|align=center|1-1/2 m |2:47.80 |$149,739 |
| align=center|1993
|Peteski † |align=center|1-1/2 m |2:30.40 |$137,549 |
| align=center|1992
|align=center|1-1/2 m |2:35.60 |$180,000 |
| align=center|1991
|align=center|1-1/2 m |2:31.40 |$182,140 |
| align=center|1990
|Izvestia † |align=center|1-1/2 m |2:33.40 |$183,600 |
| align=center|1989
|align=center|1-1/2 m |2:29.00 |$199,159 |
| align=center|1988
|align=center|1-1/2 m |2:30.60 |$103,500 |
| align=center|1987
|align=center|1-1/2 m |2:30.00 |$105,480 |
| align=center|1986
|align=center|1-1/2 m |2:32.60 |$67,140 |
| align=center|1985
|Victura Farm |align=center|1-1/2 m |2:50.00 |$65,280 |
| align=center|1984
|align=center|1-1/2 m |2:32.60 |$65,940 |
| align=center|1983
|align=center|1-1/2 m |2:32.40 |$66,480 |
| align=center|1982
|Albert J. Coppola |align=center|1-1/2 m |2:32.20 |$49,725 |
| align=center|1981
|D. Mann |align=center|1-1/2 m |2:48.80 |$40,464 |
| align=center|1980
|Fernand Audet & René & Pierre Benoit |align=center|1-1/2 m |2:31.60 |$33,360 |
| align=center|1979
|align=center|1-1/2 m |2:29.60 |$30,400 |
| align=center|1978
|align=center|1-1/2 m |2:29.40 |$32,000 |
| align=center|1977
|align=center|1-1/2 m |align=center|3:01.60 |$32,650 |
| align=center|1976
|align=center|1-1/2 m |2:31.20 |$32,500 |
| align=center|1975
|Koichiro Hayata |align=center|1-1/2 m |2:38.20 |$32,000 |
| align=center|1974
|align=center|1-1/2 m |2:30.80 |$32,250 |
| align=center|1973
|Wayne Green |Harvey Tenenbaum |align=center|1-1/2 m |2:33.60 |$27,910 |
| align=center|1972
|Tom Morton & Harlequin |align=center|1-1/2 m |2:35.80 |$24,960 |
| align=center|1971
|Beatrice Latimer |align=center|1-1/2 m |2:28.00 |$26,230 |
| align=center|1970
|align=center|1-1/2 m |2:38.40 |$26,420 |
| align=center|1969
|align=center|1-1/2 m |2:29.00 |$23,980 |
| align=center|1968
|Frank H. Sherman |align=center|1-1/2 m |2:30.00 |$19,120 |
| align=center|1967
|Willow Downs Farm (Saul Wagman) |align=center|1-1/2 m |2:32.20 |$18,940 |
| align=center|1966
|Peter K. Marshall |align=center|1-1/2 m |2:31.40 |$16,500 |
| align=center|1965
|Dane Hill Acres |align=center|1-1/2 m |2:43.00 |$15,650 |
| align=center|1964
|Dick Armstrong |align=center|1-1/2 m |2:33.60 |$17,350 |
| align=center|1963
|Canebora † |align=center|1-1/2 m |2:32.20 |$16,450 |
| align=center|1962
|align=center|1-1/2 m |2:52.00 |$18,150 |
| align=center|1961
|align=center|1-1/2 m |2:31.60 |$17,550 |
| align=center|1960
|align=center|1-1/2 m |2:34.40 |$16,150 |
| align=center|1959
|align=center|1-1/2 m |2:39.80 |$8,370 |
| align=center|1958
|align=center|{{frac|1|1|4}} m |2:03.60 |$6,350 |
| align=center|1957
|C. O'Brien |E. Hall |Miss C. B. Armstrong |align=center|{{frac|1|1|4}} m |2:04.00 |$7,450 |
| align=center|1956
|align=center|1-1/8 m |1:52.00 |$8,000 |
| align=center|1955
|align=center|1-1/8 m |1:51.40 |$3,830 |
| align=center|1954
|Ted Johnson |align=center|1-1/8 m |1:56.40 |$3,700 |
| align=center|1953
|Elodie S. Tomlinson |align=center|1-1/8 m |1:51.60 |$3,970 |
| align=center|1952
|Anthony Licata |Four L's Stable |align=center|1-1/8 m |1:53.60 |$4,050 |
| align=center|1951
|Medway Stable (Jack Smallman) |align=center|1-1/16 m |1:45.60 |$4,320 |
| align=center|1950
|align=center|1-1/16 m |1:43.60 |$4,100 |
| align=center|1949
|Robert Keane |align=center|1-1/16 m |1:46.00 |$3,485 |
| align=center|1948
|Frankie Dougherty |align=center|1-1/16 m |1:50.20 |$3,540 |
| align=center|1947
|Molly Fishman |align=center|1-1/16 m |1:44.60 |$3,435 |
| align=center|1946
|align=center|1-1/16 m |1:45.40 |$3,240 |
| align=center|1945
|align=center|1-1/16 m |1:46.60 |$3,500 |
| align=center|1944
|Joe Cowley |T. Frost |J. E. Frost |align=center|1-1/16 m |1:46.20 |$3,350 |
| align=center|1943
|William E. MacDonald |MacDonald Stable |align=center|1-1/16 m |1:47.60 |$3,685 |
| align=center|1942
|align=center|1-1/16 m |1:46.80 |$,320 |
| align=center|1941
|Henry Palaez |J. Smith |Riverdale Stable |align=center|1-1/16 m |1:49.80 |$3,365 |
| align=center|1940
|Hood |C. Mitchell |J. R. McIntyre |align=center|1-1/16 m |1:47.20 |$3,460 |
| align=center|1939
|Mark R. Cowell |C. George McCullagh |align=center|1-1/16 m |1:48.40 |$2,430 |
| align=center|1938
|align=center|1-1/16 m |1:46.40 |$2,435 |
| align=center|1937
|Erindale Stable |align=center|1-1/16 m |1:48.80 |$2,030 |
| align=center|1936
|align=center|1-1/16 m |1:46.80 |$2,220 |
| align=center|1935
|align=center|1-1/16 m |1:49.00 |$2,630 |
| align=center|1934
|align=center|1-1/16 m |1:47.80 |$2,585 |
| align=center|1933
|John Mattioli |align=center|1-1/16 m |1:51.60 |$2,675 |
| align=center|1932
|align=center|1-1/16 m |1:48.20 |$2,410 |
| align=center|1931
|align=center|1-1/16 m |1:47.80 |$3.390 |
| align=center|1930
|align=center|1-1/16 m |1:49.60 |$3,420 |
| align=center|1929
|align=center|1-1/16 m |1:49.60 |$3,420 |
| align=center|1928
|align=center|1-1/16 m |1:49.20 |$3,365 |
| align=center|1927
|K. Moore |Fred Fox |Josephine Glassco |align=center|1-1/16 m |1:51.40 |$3,505 |
| align=center|1926
|align=center|1-1/16 m |1:48.80 |$3,585 |
| align=center|1925
|T. Wilson |J. W. Barbour |J. P. White |align=center|1-1/16 m |1:48.80 |$3,460 |
| align=center|1924
|align=center|1-1/8 m |1:56.60 |$2,745 |
| align=center|1923
|E. Smallwood |align=center|1-1/8 m |1:58.00 |$2,490 |
| align=center|1922
|A. Gantner |Brookdale Stable |align=center|1-1/8 m |1:56.60 |$2,375 |
| align=center|1921
|A. Richcreek |Brookdale Stable |align=center|1-1/8 m |1:56.00 |$1,535 |
| align=center|1920
|align=center|1-1/8 m |1:56.00 |$1,620 |
| bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|1918 | - 1919 | colspan="6" |Race not held |
| align=center|1917
|Lee Mink |Brookdale Stable |align=center|1-1/8 m |2:00.00 |$1,800 |
| align=center|1916
|align=center|1-1/8 m |1:58.20 |$1,660 |
| align=center|1915
|align=center|1-1/8 m |1:56.00 |$1,790 |
| align=center|1914
|C. Peak |align=center|1-1/8 m |1:56.60 |$1,770 |
| align=center|1913
|J. Wilson |align=center|1-1/8 m |1:56.40 |$1,420 |
| align=center|1912
|S. Mumford |C. A. Crew |align=center|1-1/8 m |2:04.00 |$930 |
| align=center|1911
|align=center|1-1/8 m |1:56.60 |$835 |
| align=center|1910
|J. Wilson |Valley Farm Stable |align=center|1-1/8 m |1:59.60 |$805 |
| align=center|1909
|P. Goldstein |align=center|1-1/8 m |1:58.20 |$880 |
| align=center|1908
|align=center|1-1/8 m |1:58.40 |$860 |
| align=center|1907
|R. McDaniel |align=center|1-1/8 m |1:56.40 |$905 |
| align=center|1906
|align=center|1-1/8 m |1:56.40 |$830 |
| align=center|1905
|E. Walsh |Nathaniel Dyment |align=center|1-1/8 m |2:00.50 |$860 |
| align=center|1904
|Kirkfield Stable |align=center|1-1/8 m |2:01.50 |$920 |
| align=center|1903
|Mr. Munro |align=center|1-1/8 m |2:02.00 |$890 |
| align=center|1902
|T. Walker |align=center|1-1/8 m |2:00.50 |$710 |
| align=center|1901
|Harry Vititoe |align=center|1-1/8 m |2:04.20 |$620 |
| align=center|1900
|Mr. Ballard |align=center|1-1/8 m |2:03.50 |$570 |
| align=center|1899
|Mr. Mason |align=center|1-1/8 m |2:03.00 |$470 |
| align=center|1898
|E. James |align=center|1-1/8 m |2:04.00 |$460 |
| align=center|1897
|Mr. Songer |C. Leighton |Miss E. Jones |align=center|1-1/8 m |2:02.20 |$430 |
| align=center|1896
|G. Flint |align=center|1-1/8 m |2:05.50 |$510 |
| align=center|1895
|A. Booker |align=center|1-1/8 m |2:09.75 |460 |
| align=center|1894
|G. Flint |B. Alcock |align=center|1-1/8 m |2:09.20 |$490 |
| align=center|1893
|Mr. Shauer |B. Alcock |align=center|1-1/8 m |2:09.50 |$480 |
| align=center|1892
|F. Regan |T. H. Hodgens |align=center|1-1/8 m |2:14.20 |$410 |
| align=center|1891
|M. Gorman |align=center|1-1/8 m |2:01.50 |$370 |
| align=center|1890
|Mr. Snyder |Charles Phair |align=center|1-1/8 m | n/a |$365 |
| align=center|1889
|Mr. Bowman |align=center|1-1/8 m |2:04.50 |$325 |
2A † designates a Triple Crown winner.
References
{{reflist}}
- Racing Post:
- {{Racing Post|438798|2007|08|05|265|woodbine}}, {{Racing Post|464087|2008|08|03|265|woodbine}}, {{Racing Post|488970|2009|08|02|265|woodbine}}, {{Racing Post|513342|2010|08|15|265|woodbine}}, {{Racing Post|537891|2011|08|07|265|woodbine}}, {{Racing Post|561997|2012|08|05|265|woodbine}}, {{Racing Post|585927|2013|08|18|265|woodbine}}, {{Racing Post|609062|2014|08|17|265|woodbine}}, {{Racing Post|635172|2015|08|16|265|woodbine}}, {{Racing Post|659429|2016|08|21|265|woodbine}}
{{Triple Crown of Horse Racing}}
Category:Restricted stakes races in Canada
Category:Flat horse races for three-year-olds
Category:Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing