Frost King Stakes

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Frost King Stakes

Location Woodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario
Inaugurated 1997
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website www.woodbineentertainment.com
Race information
Distance Seven furlong sprint
Track Polytrack, left-handed
Qualification Two-year-olds
(Ontario Sire Stakes program)
Weight Allowances
Purse $125,000

The Frost King Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid November at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. An Ontario Sire Stakes, it is a restricted race for two-year-olds and is raced over a distance of seven furlongs on Polytrack synthetic dirt. It currently carries a purse of $125,000.

The race was named in honor of Frost King, the 1982 Canadian Horse of the Year and a Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee.

[edit] Records

Speed record: (Through 1998, times were recorded in fifths of a second. Since 1999 they are in hundredths of a second)

  • 1:23.09 - Stuck In Tradffic (2007) (on Polytrack)
  • 1:24.20 - Eastern Answer (on dirt)

Most wins by an owner:

  • No owner has won this race more than once

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

  • No trainer has won this race more than once

[edit] Winners of the Frost King Stakes

Year
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
2007 Stuck In Traffic David Clark Nicholas Gonzalez M.A.D. Racing/M. Gonzaalez 1:23.09
2006 Dancer's Bajan Corey Fraser Robert P. Tiller Frank DiGiulio, Jr. 1:24.97
2005 Bad Hat Slade Callaghan Michael DePaulo Farr Bloodstock Inc. et al 1:24.75
2004 Enough Is Enough Todd Kabel Steve Attard J. Milloy/S. Pettle/S. Attard 1:25.29
2003 Copper Trail Francine Villeneuve James E. Day Stolar Stables 1:24.82
2002 Snake Pit Richard Dos Ramos Barbara Minshall Minshall Farms 1:25.10
2000 Swamp Line Simon Husbands Robert E. Fisher Robert E. Fisher 1:26.18
1999 Classic Partner Todd Kabel Ron Burke G. Vasey / J. Murphy 1:25.60
1998 Keg of Dynamite Robert Landry Michael J. Wright J. Shefsky & Tenney 1:24.80
1997 Eastern Answer Richard Dos Ramos Michael Keogh Gus Schickedanz 1:24.20

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