Mazarine Stakes
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| Grade III race | |
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| Mazarine Stakes | |
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| Location | Woodbine Racetrack Toronto, Ontario |
| Inaugurated | 1965 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | www.woodbineentertainment.com |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 11/16 miles (8.5 furlongs) |
| Track | Polytrack, left-handed |
| Qualification | Two-year-old fillies |
| Weight | Allowances |
| Purse | $250,000 |
The Mazarine Breeders' Cup Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. A Grade III race, it is open to two-year-old fillies. Contested over a distance of 11/16 miles (8.5 furlongs) on Polytrack synthetic dirt, it currently carries a purse of $250,000.
Run annually at the end of September, the Mazarine Stakes is a prep race for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies.
Inaugurated in 1965 at Greenwood Raceway, in 1980 it was moved to its present location at Woodbine Racetrack. From 1975 through 1979 it was contested at a distance of one mile (8 furlongs). It was run in two diviions in 1979.
[edit] Records
Speed record: (Through 1998, times were recorded in fifths of a second. Since 1999 they are in hundredths of a second)
- 1:43.15 - Knights Templar (2005) (at current distance of 11/16 miles)
Most wins by an owner:
- 4 - Sam-Son Farm (1986, 1990, 1995, 1999)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 3 - Don Seymour (1989, 1992, 1993)
- 3 - Robert Landry (1994, 1998, 1999)
- 3 - Todd Kabel (1995, 1997, 2000)
- 3 - Patrick Husbands (2003, 2004, 2007)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 4 - Roger Attfield (1989, 1992, 1993, 1998)
[edit] Winners of the Mazarine Stakes
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
| 2007 | Officer Cherrie | Patrick Husbands | Mark E. Casse | Charles Laloggia | 1:46.49 |
| 2006 | Coy Coyote | Corey Fraser | Michael Dickinson | Harlequin Ranches | 1:47.30 |
| 2005 | Knights Templar | Jim McAleney | Daniel J. Vella | Clover IV Stables/Seltzer | 1:43.15 |
| 2004 | Higher World | Patrick Husbands | Mark E. Casse | Sea Soft Stable | 1:47.99 |
| 2003 | Dream About | Patrick Husbands | Josie Carroll | Arosa Farms | 1:47.54 |
| 2002 | Brusque | Emile Ramsammy | Ronald A. Woods | Ronald A. Woods | 1:45.33 |
| 2001 | Lady Shari | Constant Montpellier | David Cotey | Dominion Bloodstock et al | 1:46.99 |
| 2000 | Salty You | Todd Kabel | Stanley Baresich | B & B Racing Stable | 1:45.37 |
| 1999 | Hello Seattle | Robert Landry | Mark Frostad | Sam-Son Farm | 1:45.63 |
| 1998 | Fantasy Lake | Robert Landry | Roger Attfield | Windhaven | 1:44.80 |
| 1997 | Kirby's Song | Todd Kabel | Tino Attard | Kirby Canada Farm | 1:47.60 |
| 1996 | Barbed Wire | Emile Ramsammy | Barbara Minshall | Minshall Farms | 1:46.40 |
| 1995 | Silken Cat | Todd Kabel | Mark Frostad | Sam-Son Farm | 1:48.20 |
| 1994 | Honky Tonk Tune | Robert Landry | Daniel J. Vella | Frank Stronach | 1:46.80 |
| 1993 | Term Limits | Don Seymour | Roger Attfield | December Hill Farm | 1:47.20 |
| 1992 | Play All Day | Don Seymour | Roger Attfield | Kinghaven Farms | 1:47.40 |
| 1991 | Hope For A Breeze | Jack Lauzon | Don Campbell | Hopefield Farm | 1:47.60 |
| 1990 | Wilderness Song | Brian Swatuk | James E. Day | Sam-Son Farm | 1:44.60 |
| 1989 | Bundle Bits | Don Seymour | Roger Attfield | Kinghaven Farms | 1:45.80 |
| 1988 | Legarto | Irwin Driedger | Macdonald Benson | Windfields Farm | 1:46.40 |
| 1987 | Tis Michelle | Robert E. Colton | William Badgett, Jr. | J. Valentine | 1:48.00 |
| 1986 | Ruling Angel | Dave Penna | James E. Day | Sam-Son Farm | 1:47.40 |
| 1985 | Stage Flite | Dave Penna | Arthur Mullen | Stafford Farms | 1:46.80 |
| 1984 | Bessarabian | Gary Stahlbaum | Michael J. Doyle | Eaton Hall Farm | 1:47.00 |
| 1983 | Alison's Deeds * | John Bell | Emile Allain | Peter Fuller | 1:45.60 |
| 1982 | L'Epee | John Bell | Emile Allain | Terfloth Farms | 1:47.00 |
| 1981 | Avowal | Brian Swatuk | Arthur H. Warner | Richard R. Kennedy | 1:47.00 |
| 1980 | Lady Sheppard | George HoSang | Sid C. Attard | Mrs. R. Snelgrove | 1:48.00 |
| 1979 | Polite Lady | Hugo Dittfach | Arthur H. Warner | R. A. Kennedy | 1:40.00 |
| 1979 | Flightish | Larry Attard | John Morahan | Gus Schickedanz | 1:41.40 |
| 1978 | Come Lucky Chance | J. Paul Souter | Donnie Walker | Conn Smythe | 1:40.20 |
| 1977 | Pottahawk | J. Burton | Edward Mann | Jim Dandy Stable | 1:39.80 |
| 1976 | Northernette | Sandy Hawley | Jerry C. Meyer | Asadoorian/Cosentino | 1:37.00 |
| 1975 | Deep Meadow | Jeffrey Fell | S. Dixon | Windfields Farm | 1:39.60 |
| 1974 | Reasonable Win | Lloyd Duffy | Fred H. Loschke | Hammer Kopf Stable | 1:46.80 |
| 1973 | Lovely Sunrise | Sandy Hawley | Donnie Walker | Conn Smythe | 1:46.40 |
| 1972 | Impressive Lady | Hugo Dittfach | Edward Mann | Jack M. Brunton | 1:48.00 |
| 1971 | Flamme d'Or | Gary Stahlbaum | Frank Merrill, Jr. | Windfields Farm | 1:48.80 |
| 1970 | Main Pan | Noel Turcotte | Odie Clelland | Peter Fuller | 1:45.20 |
| 1969 | Foxy Parent | Avelino Gomez | W. F. Edmiston | W. F. Edmiston | 1:45.40 |
| 1968 | Amber Sherry | Richard Grubb | Gil Rowntree | Stafford Farms | 1:48.60 |
| 1967 | Winning Isle | M. Gibson | J. Mort Hardy | Prime Stable | 1:48.60 |
| 1966 | Jammed Lovely | James Fitzsimmons | Yonnie Starr | Conn Smythe | 1:45.00 |
| 1965 | Solar Park | Eric Walsh | Duke Campbell | Tom Hays/Weldon | 1:48.80 |
* In 1983, Constant Change finished first but was disqualified and set back to second.
