Coronation Futurity Stakes

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Coronation Futurity Stakes
Location	Woodbine Racetrack Toronto, Ontario
Inaugurated	1902
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	www.woodbineentertainment.com
Race information
Distance	1⅛ miles (9 furlongs)
Track	Polytrack, left-handed
Qualification	Two-year-olds foaled in Canada
Weight	Scale Weight
Purse	$250,000

The Coronation Futurity Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race for 2-year-old horses foaled in Canada. It is run annually in early November at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario at a distance of 1 1/8 miles on dirt. Along with its turf counterpart, the Cup and Saucer Stakes, the Coronation Futurity is the richest race for two-year-olds foaled in Canada.

Inaugurated in 1902 at Toronto's Old Woodbine Racetrack, it was created in celebration of the August 9, 1902 coronation of Edward VII of the United Kingdom.

The 1963 winner was Northern Dancer who would go on to win the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes and become the most important sire of the 20th Century. Of note, his young jockey that day was future Canadian and U.S. Hall of Fame jockey Ron Turcotte who, ten years later, would ride Secretariat to victory in the U.S. Triple Crown series.

Sunny's Halo won the 1982 edition of the Coronation Futurity and went on to win the following year's Kentucky Derby.

Since inception, the Coronation Futurity has been contested at a variety of distances:

• 4 furlongs : 1902-1909 at Old Woodbine Racetrack
• 4½ furlongs : 1909-1917 at Old Woodbine Racetrack
• 5 furlongs : 1920-1926 at Old Woodbine Racetrack
• 6 furlongs : 1927-1940 at Old Woodbine Racetrack
• 1 mile : 1941-1948 at Old Woodbine Racetrack
• 1 mile and 70 yards : 1949-1956 Old Woodbine Racetrack, 1957 at the new Woodbine Racetrack
• 1¹/16 miles : 1958-1960 at Woodbine Racetrack
• 1⅛ miles : 1961 to present at Woodbine Racetrack

[edit] Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 1⅛ miles)

• 1:49.20 - Norcliffe (1975)

Most wins by an owner:

• 8 - Windfields Farm and/or E. P. & Winnifred Taylor (1950, 1952, 1956, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1968, 1973)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 5 - Avelino Gomez (1964, 1965, 1966. 1967, 1972)
• 5 - Sandy Hawley (1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 5 - James E. Day (1984, 1985, 1987, 1990, 2001)

[edit] Winners of the Coronation Futurity since 1945

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2007	Kesagami	Patrick Husbands	Sid C. Attard	Jim Dandy Stable	1:53.40
2006	Leonnatus Anteas	Jono Jones	Kevin Attard	Knob Hill Stable	1:55.97
2005	Thinking Out Loud	Todd Kabel	David R. Bell	D. Morgan Firestone	1:54.84
2004	Ablo	Gerry Olguin	Roger Attfield	Attfield/Canino/Werner	1:55.24
2003	A Bit o'Gold	Jono Jones	Catherine Day Phillips	The Two Bit Racing Stable	1:54.15
2002	Arco's Gold *	Constant Montpellier	John A. Ross	Steven & Alex DiIorio	1:53.75
2001	Streakin Rob	Gary Boulanger	James E. Day	Cudney Stables/Allan Kent	1:53.63
2000	Highland Legacy	Emile Ramsammy	Steve Owens	Empress Stable	1:54.20
1999	Dixieland Diamond	Todd Kabel	Mark Frostad	Sam-Son Farm	1:55.06
1998	Zaha	Robbie Davis	Kiaran McLaughlin	Shadwell Racing	1:55.20
1997	Classic Result	Sandy Hawley	Macdonald Benson	Augustin Stable	1:54.00
1996	Love View	Mickey Walls	David R. Bell	R. F. & J. E. Shaw	1:55.60
1995	Firm Dancer	Jim McAleney	Mike Keogh	Gus Schickedanz	1:53.80
1994	Talkin Man	Robert Landry	Roger Attfield	Kinghaven/Stollery	1:52.60
1993	Parental Pressure	Jack Lauzon	Fred H. Loschke	Hammer Kopf et al	1:53.80
1992	Circulating	Sandy Hawley	R. Wright	Sherwood/Sheehan	1:54.20
1991	Keen Falcon	Sandy Hawley	Emile M. Allain	Keen Syndicate	1:55.00
1990	Rainbows For Life	Brian Swatuk	James E. Day	Sam-Son Farm	1:52.00
1989	French King	Sandy Hawley	Bill Marko	R. Marcello	1:57.00
1988	Spigot	Jim McAleney	David R. Bell	John A. Franks	1:53.60
1987	Regal Classic	Dave Penna	James E. Day	Sam-Son & Windfields	1:53.80
1986	Bold Executive	Richard Dos Ramos	Gerry Belanger	Romeo/Marcello/Pedigree	1:54.60
1985	Grey Classic	Irwin Driedger	James E. Day	Sam-Son Farm	1:55.80
1984	Dauphin Fabuleux	Jeffrey Fell	James E. Day	Sam-Son Farm	1:53.20
1983	Prince Avatar	Robin Platts	Bil Marko	Royal Crown S./Marko	1:53.00
1982	Sunny's Halo	Dave Penna	David C. Cross, Jr.	David J. Foster	1:53.60
1981	Le Danseur	Gary Stahlbaum	Jacques Dumas	Jean-Louis Levesque	1:51.00
1980	Bayford	Robin Platts	John J. Tammaro, Jr.	Kinghaven Farm	1:51.20
1979	Allan Blue	Joey Belowus	Gil Rowntree	Stafford Farm	1:54.60
1978	Medaille d'Or	Jean Cruguet	Yonnie Starr	Jean-Louis Levesque	1:50.60
1977	Overskate	Robin Platts	Gil Rowntree	Stafford Farm	1:52.20
1976	Giboulee	Sandy Hawley	Jacques Dumas	Jean-Louis Levesque	1:50.80
1975	Norcliffe	Sandy Hawley	Roger Attfield	Norcliffe Stable	1:49.20
1974	L'Enjoleur	Sandy Hawley	Yonnie Starr	Jean-Louis Levesque	1:51.80
1973	Lord Durham	Sandy Hawley	James C. Bentley	Windfields Farm	1:52.80
1972	Zaca Spirit	Avelino Gomez	Clarke Whitaker	Bo-Teek Farm	1:50.60
1971	Gentleman Conn	Sandy Hawley	Jerry C. Meyer	Willow Downs Farm	1:51.60
1970	Great Gabe	John Baboolal	Jerry C. Meyer	Willow Downs Farm	1:52.40
1969	Dauntless Spirit	Hugo Dittfach	V. Walker	Bo-Teek Farm	1:53.40
1968	Viceregal	Richard Grubb	Gordon J. McCann	Windfields Farm	1:51.60
1967	Arctic Blizzard	Avelino Gomez	Lou Cavalaris, Jr.	M. Seitz & J. Reid	1:54.20
1966	Cool Reception	Avelino Gomez	Lou Cavalaris, Jr.	M. Seitz & J. Reid	1:53.40
1965	Tilted Hero	Avelino Gomez	Patrick MacMurchy	Peter K. Marshall	1:55.40
1964	Good Old Mort	Avelino Gomez	Jerry C. Meyer	Edward B. Seedhouse	1:54.60
1963	Northern Dancer	Ron Turcotte	Horatio Luro	Windfields Farm	1:51.00
1962	Welcome Pardner	Richard Armstrong	Roy Johnson	Golden West Farm	1:52.20
1961	Choperion	James Fitzsimmons	Horatio Luro	Windfields Farm	1:52.00
1960	Jammed Lucky	Hugo Dittfach	Yonnie Starr	Conn Smythe	1:46.20
1959	Victoria Park	Avelino Gomez	Horatio Luro	Windfields Farm	1:46.40
1958	Bull Vic	Al Coy	Yonnie Starr	Maloney & Smythe	1:45.80
1957	Stole The Ring	C. O'Brien	E. Hall	Miss C. B. Armstrong	1:45.40
1956	Chopadette	Vic Bovine	Gordon J. McCann	Winnifred Taylor	1:43.40
1955	Canadian Champ	David Stevenson	John Passero	William R. Beasley	1:43.40
1954	Baffin Bay	R. Buisson	M. Long	Luxiana Farm	1:47.00
1953	King Maple	Herb Lindberg	J. Hornsby	Mrs. G. McMacken	1:43.00
1952	Canadiana	Jose Vina	Gordon J. McCann	E. P. Taylor	1:47.00
1951	Flareday	R. Buisson	John J. Thorpe	J. E. Frowde Seagram	1:47.40
1950	Britannia	Gil Robillard	Gordon J. McCann	E. P. Taylor	1:44.00
1949	Unionville	F. Dodge	D. Sommerville	H. Clifford Hatch	1:45.60
1948	Speedy Irish	Johnny Dewhurst	O. Viau	G. H. McCullagh	1:44.60
1947	Last Mark	Howard Bailey	Jim G. Fair	Jim G. Fair	1:41.00
1946	Casa Camara	Herb Lindberg	Robert K. Hodgson	Willliam. F. Morrissey	1:39.60
1945	Kingarvie	Johnny Dewhurst	Richard Townrow	Parkwood Stable	1:42.60

*In 2002 Arco's Gold and Mobil raced to a Dead heat for the win but Mobil was subsequentlydisqualified for interference and set back to second.

[edit] Earlier winners