Prince of Wales Stakes

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Grade I race
Prince of Wales Stakes

Location	Fort Erie Race Track Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada
Inaugurated	1929
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	Prince of Wales Stakes
Race information
Distance	1 3/16 miles
Track	Dirt, left-handed
Qualification	Three-year-olds (foaled in Canada)
Weight	Scale Weight
Purse	$500,000

The Prince of Wales Stakes is a Grade I stakes race for Thoroughbred race horses first run in 1929. In 1959, the Prince of Wales Stakes became the marquis event at the Fort Erie Race Track when it became the second race in the Canadian Triple Crown for three-year-old colts and fillies foaled in Canada.

Run at a distance of one mile and three-sixteenths, the Prince of Wales is held annually in July at Fort Erie Race Track in Fort Erie, Ontario. It follows the June running of the Queen's Plate and precedes the Breeders' Stakes in August.

The E.P. Taylor colt New Providence emerged as a Triple Crown champion in its first year of existence and in the ensuing years, six more three-year-olds have equaled the feat.

According to the racetrack's website, for fans, the most popular winner of the race was the Canadian and American Hall of Fame filly Dance Smartly who went on to win the 1991 Triple Crown.

[edit] Winners of the Prince of Wales Stakes

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner
2007	Alezzandro	Todd Kabel	Kevin Attard	Knob Hill Stable
2006	Shillelagh Slew	Dino Luciani	Michael P. DePaulo	David H. T. James
2005	Ablo	Gerry Olguin	Roger Attfield	Michael & Phyllis Canino
2004	A Bit O'Gold	Jono Jones	Catherine Day Phillips	Kingfield Racing Stables
2003	Wando †	Patrick Husbands	Mike Keogh	Gus Schickedanz
2002	Le Cinquieme Essai	Brian Bochinski	Paul Nielsen	William A. Scott
2001	Win City	Constant Montpellier	Robert P. Tiller	Frank Di Giulio, Jr.
2000	Scatter The Gold	Todd Kabel	Mark Frostad	Sam-Son Farm
1999	Gandria	Constant Montpellier	James Cheadle	Arosa Farm
1998	Archers Bay	Robert Landry	Todd Pletcher	Melnyk / Bristow
1997	Cryptocloser	Willie Martinez	Mark Frostad	Mack / Sorokolit
1996	Stephanotis	Mickey Walls	Barbara Minshall	Minshall Farms
1995	Kiridashi	Larry Attard	Barbara Minshall	Minshall Farms
1994	Bruce's Mill	Craig Perret	Mark Frostad	Earle I. Mack & Partners
1993	Peteski †	Dave Penna	Roger Attfield	Earle I. Mack
1992	Benburb	Larry Attard	Phil England	Knob Hill Stable
1991	Dance Smartly †	Pat Day	Jim Day	Sam-Son Farm
1990	Izvestia †	Don Seymour	Roger Attfield	Kinghaven Farms
1989	With Approval †	Don Seymour	Roger Attfield	Kinghaven Farms
1988	Regal Classic	Sandy Hawley	Jim Day	Sam-Son/Windfield
1987	Coryphee	Brian Swatuk	Sam DiPasquale	S. Carnevale
1986	Golden Choice	Vincent Bracciale, Jr.	Michael Tammaro	Sanderson / Belanger
1985	Imperial Choice	Irwin Driedger	Jim Day	Sam-Son Farm
1984	Val Dansant	John LeBlanc	Gerry Belanger	Sanderson / Norman
1983	Archdeacon	Vincent Bracciale, Jr.	John J. Tammaro, Jr.	Kinghaven Farms
1982	Runaway Groom	Robin Platts	John DiMario	Albert J. Coppola
1981	Cadet Corps	Robin Platts	W. Granger	FNR Stable
1980	Allan Blue	Joey Belowus	Gil Rowntree	Stafford Farms
1979	Mass Rally	George HoSang	Duke Campbell	D. Mann
1978	Overskate	Robin Platts	Gil Rowntree	Stafford Farms
1977	Dance In Time	Gary Stahlbaum	Frank H. Merrill, Jr.	Viscount Hardinge
1976	Norcliffe	Jeffrey Fell	Roger Attfield	Norcliffe Stable
1975	L'Enjoleur	Sandy Hawley	Yonnie Starr	Jean-Louis Lévesque
1974	Rushton's Corsair	James Kelly	Glen Magnusson	Aubrey W. Minshall
1973	Tara Road	Sandy Hawley	Gil Rowntree	Stafford Farms
1972	Presidial	John LeBlanc	Roy Johnson	Windfields Farm
1971	New Pro Escar	James Kelly	Andrew G. Smithers	E. Lieberman
1970	Almoner	Sandy Hawley	Jerry Lavigne	Parkview Stable
1969	Sharp-Eyed Quillo	Heliodoro Gustines	Horatio Luro	J. Hood
1968	Rouletabille	Richard Grubb	Yonnie Starr	Jean-Louis Lévesque
1967	Battling	Hugo Dittfach	Gordon J. McCann	Windfields Farm
1966	He's A Smoothie	Hugo Dittfach	W. R. "Bill" Beasley	W. R. "Bill" Beasley
1965	Good Ole Mort	Sam McComb	Jerry C. Meyer	Dane Hill Acres
1964	Canadillis	Avelino Gomez	M. Long	Viscount Hardinge
1963	Canebora †	Hugo Dittfach	Gordon J. McCann	Windfields Farm
1962	King Gorm	Hugo Dittfach	Richard Townrow	Lanson Farm
1961	Song of Even	Jim Fitzsimmons	Gordon J. McCann	Windfields Farm
1960	Bulpamiru	Hugo Dittfach	Red Barnard	Shermanor Farm
1959	New Providence †	Avelino Gomez	Gordon J. McCann	Windfields Farm
1958	White Apache	Don Hale	F. Russell	Four L's Stable
1957	Our Sirdar	E. Roy	F. Cook	Shermanor Farms
1956	Canadian Champ	David Stevenson	John Passero	W. R. "Bill" Beasley
1955	Ace Marine	George Walker	Yonnie Starr	Larkin Maloney
1954	Queen's Own	B. Albert	Gordon J. McCann	E. P. Taylor
1953	Chain Reaction	Nick Combest	Richard Townrow	Mrs. J. Tomlinson
1952	Acadian	Jose Vina	Gordon J. McCann	E. P. Taylor
1951	Major Factor	Alf Bavington	Gordon J. McCann	E. P. Taylor
1950	Nephisto	Johnny Dewhurst	Arthur Brent	Parkwood Stable
1949	Victory Arch	Pat Remillard	Robert K. Hodgson	North Downs Farm
1948	Lord Fairmond	L. Kerr	Harry Giddings, Jr.	Whittier Park Stock Farm
1947	Burboy	R. Fisher	R. Rushton	Bur-fit Stable
1946	No race held	-	-	-
1945	Uttermost	Robert B. Watson	C. Howard	Harry C. Hatch
1944	Ompalo	Robert B. Watson	C. Howard	Harry C. Hatch
1943	No race held	-	-	-
1942	Ten to Ace	Charles W. Smith	Harry Giddings, Jr.	Harry Giddings
1941	No race held	-	-	-
1940	Horse	Pat Remillard	C. Mitchell	J. R. McIntyre
1939	Archworth	Sydney Denny Birley	M. Cowell	C. George McCullagh
1938	No race held	-	-	-
1937	Cease Fire	C. Critchfield	M. Maciver	H. R. Bain
1936	Samoan	Frankie Mann	Johnny Thorpe	Edward Frowde Seagram
1934	No race held	-	-	-
1935	No race held	-	-	-
1933	Syngo	John "Red" Pollard	J. Whyte	R. E. Webster
1932	Queensway	Frankie Mann	Harry Giddings, Jr.	Robert W. R. Cowie
1931	No race held	-	-	-
1930	Spearhead	Earl Steffen	G. Strate	Tedluc Stable
1929	Lion Hearted	Henry Little	R. Potts	Mrs. W. J. Giblin