Queenston Stakes
{{Infobox horseraces
| class = Restricted Stakes
| horse race = Queenston Stakes
| image = 60 px
| caption =
| location = Woodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| inaugurated = 1956
| race type = Thoroughbred - Flat racing
| website = {{URL|https://web.archive.org/web/20100316214346/http://www.woodbineentertainment.com:80/qct/default.asp}}
| distance = 7 furlongs
| surface = Tapeta
| track = left-handed
| qualification = Three-year-olds, foaled in Ontario
| weight = Assigned
| purse = $150,000
| bonuses =
}}
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 {{frac|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:
- 5 furlongs : 1958, 1961
- 5.5 furlongs : 1956-1957, 1959
- 6 furlongs : 1960, 1962-1975
- 6.5 furlongs : 1976
- 7 furlongs : 1977–present
The race was run in two divisions in 1960, 1961, and 1976.
Records
Speed record: {{small|(Through 1998, Woodbine times were recorded in fifths of a second. Since 1999 they are in hundredths of a second)}}
- 1:20.97 - Essence Hit Man (2010)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 4 - Robin Platts (1972, 1974, 1977, 1990)
- 4 - David Clark (1980, 2000, 2004, 2007)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 4 - Yonnie Starr (1960 (2), 1968, 1971)
- 4 - Gil Rowntree (1974, 1975, 1977, 1990)
- 4 - Robert P. Tiller (1989, 1998, 2001, 2004)
Most wins by an owner:
- 3 - Jean-Louis Lévesque (1968, 1971, 1983)
- 3 - Stafford Farms (1974, 1975, 1977)
Winners
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:38px" | Year ! style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:145px"| Winner ! style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:150px"| Jockey ! style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:150px"| Trainer ! style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:190px"| Owner ! style="background-color:#DACAA5" | Time |
|---|
| 2010
|Essence Hit Man |Audre & Gordon Cappuccitti |1:20.97 |
| 2009
|El Brujo |Windways Farm |1:22.17 |
| 2008
|1:21.86 |
| 2007
|Jiggs Coz |Jim Dandy Stable |1:24.42 |
| 2006
|Atlas Shrugs |C. Roberts & J. Pepper |1:24.12 |
| 2005
|Verne's Baby |G B Stable |1:23.40 |
| 2004
|Twisted Wit |Rolph A. Davis |1:23.38 |
| 2003
|1:24.26 |
| 2002
|Shaws Creek |Jam Jar Racing |1:23.46 |
| 2001
|1:24.13 |
| 2000
|Wake At Noon |1:21.64 |
| 1999
|1:22.84 |
| 1998
|Zap Happy |Laser Quest & Partners |1:22.80 |
| 1997
|Randy Regent |1:23.40 |
| 1996
|Victor Cooley |Windways Farm |1:23.40 |
| 1995
|Tethra |1:21.40 |
| 1994
|Parental Pressure |Hammer Kopf/Corrente/partners |1:23.20 |
| 1993
|How Should I Know |1:23.60 |
| 1992
|San Romano |1:24.40 |
| 1991
|1:22.40 |
| 1990
|Spencer Gorge |F. H. Sherman |1:24.00 |
| 1989
|Domasca Dan |F. DiGiulio, Sr. & F. DiGiulio, Jr. |1:23.40 |
| 1988
|1:23.20 |
| 1987
|1:22.80 |
| 1986
|Control Zone |1:24.40 |
| 1985
|Regal Snow |W. F. Edmiston |W. F. Edmiston |1:24.00 |
| 1984
|J. D. Cameron |1:23.20 |
| 1983
|Feu D'Enfer |1:25.60 |
| 1982
|Brave Regent |1:23.60 |
| 1981
|Ted Smith & Bill Marko |1:23.20 |
| 1980
|My Only Love |Mrs. M. Sutherland |1:23.80 |
| 1979
|Lover's Answer |Brodie Stable |1:25.00 |
| 1978
|Maple Grove |E. & F. Racing Stable |1:25.40 |
| 1977
|Sound Reason |1:25.00 |
| 1976
|Hopeful Answer |W. P. Gilbride |1:19.60 |
| 1976
|Maitre de Danse |J. Long |V. Martin Jr. |1:20.00 |
| 1975
|Hagelin |1:12.20 |
| 1974
|1:10.40 |
| 1973
|Symmetric |H. A. Grant |1:12.20 |
| 1972
|Henry Tudor |1:13.00 |
| 1971
|Coco la Terreur |D. Thomas |1:12.00 |
| 1970
|Dance To Market |E. Harbourne |V. Martin, Jr. |1:11.80 |
| 1969
|1:11.60 |
| 1968
|Rouletabille |1:13.00 |
| 1967
|Ette Rule |E. Harbourne |The Pheasant Stable |1:13.40 |
| 1966
|Stevie B. Good |B. Pucccini |E. C. Pasquale |1:11.60 |
| 1965
|Allen Case |1:11.40 |
| 1964
|Peacock Pike |J. MacKinnon |J. H. - J. C. MacKinnon |1:11.60 |
| 1963
|Sea Service |W. A. Peake |D. G. Ross |1:10.60 |
| 1962
|Burnt Roman |K. Nicholds |Keane & Waggoner |1:12.40 |
| 1961
|Bourbon Blue |J. MacKinnon |J. & J. MacKinnon |1:08.60 |
| 1961
|Crown Attorney |1:08.20 |
| 1960
|Men at Play |1:12.40 |
| 1960
|Royal Win |1:11.80 |
| 1959
|1:05.20 |
| 1958
|Silver Ship |Gordon F. Hall |0:58.40 |
| 1957
|Faultless Maid |W. Mooney |W. R. Wesley |1:06.00 |
| 1956
|Dining Alone |M. L. Wilson |1:06.60 |
References
- [http://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?search_bar=stakes&query_type=stakes&field=view&id=97 Queenston Stakes at Pedigree Query]
- [http://www.woodbineentertainment.com/queensplate/News/ReadNews.aspx?id=788 The 2010 Queenston Stakes at Woodbine Entertainment]{{dead link|date=July 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Category:Restricted stakes races in Canada
Category:Flat horse races for three-year-olds