Roger Attfield

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Roger Attfield
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Occupation: Trainer
Birthplace: Newbury, Berkshire, England Flag of the United Kingdom
Birth date: November 28, 1939
Career wins: Not found
Major Racing Wins & Honours & Awards
Major Racing Wins
In Canada:

Coronation Futurity Stakes (1975, 1994)
Col. R. S. McLaughlin Stakes (1976, 1986, 2005)
Dance Smartly Stakes (1987)
Canadian Derby (1987)
Princess Elizabeth Stakes
(1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2002)
Woodbine Mile (1990, 1993)
Connaught Cup Stakes (1990, 2001, 2007)
Bison City Stakes (1986, 1990, 1993
Canadian Stakes (1984, 1994)
Dominion Day Stakes (1995, 2001)
Durham Cup Stakes (1987, 1989, 1990, 2001)
Grey Breeders' Cup Stakes (1991, 1994)
Woodbine Oaks Stakes (1986, 1994, 1997)
Marine Stakes (1989, 1991, 1992, 1993)
Nassau Stakes (1987)
Nearctic Stakes (1987, 1988)
Plate Trial Stakes (1980, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992)
Sky Classic Stakes (1986, 1989, 2000)
Vigil Stakes (1981, 1987)
Wonder Where Stakes (1986, 1988, 1999, 2001)
Achievement Stakes (1989, 1993)
Autumn Stakes (1980, 1982, 1987)

Canadian Classic Race wins:
Queen's Plate
(1976, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995)
Prince of Wales Stakes
(1976, 1989, 1990, 1993, 2005)
Breeders' Stakes
(1986, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2001)

In the United States:
Yellow Ribbon Stakes (1987)
Pan American Handicap (1988)
Carter Handicap (1993)
Wood Memorial Stakes (1995)
Shadwell Turf Mile Stakes (2003)
Maker's Mark Mile (2004)
Racing Awards
Sovereign Award for Outstanding Trainer
(1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1993, 2002)
Honours
Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (1999)
Significant Horses
Norcliffe, Carotene, Alydeed, Play The King, Alywow, With Approval, Izvestia, Peteski, Talkin Man

Roger L. Attfield (November 28, 1939 in Newbury, Berkshire, England) is a Canadian thoroughbred horse trainer and owner.

In his native England, Attfield had become an accomplished international-level equestrian competitor when he emigrated to Canada in 1970. Five years later he returned to the sport he loved and began working as a trainer of show jumping horses and eventually was offered the chance to train thoroughbred race horses. Instant success led to training opportunities for other owners including for Frank Stronach and Kinghaven Farms where he met with his greatest success.

A resident of Nobleton, Ontario, Roger Attfield won the Sovereign Award for Outstanding Trainer a record six times. He ranks second in total victories in the Queen's Plate with seven, and of the six horses who have ever won the Canadian Triple Crown, three were trained by Attfield. Overall he has trained nearly forty champions, six of which were voted Canadian "Horse of the Year."

As the trainer for Kinghaven Farms, in 1990 his stable was the leading money winner in North America. In the United States, his horses race at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida, the Fair Grounds Race Course, in New Orleans, Louisiana and at the Keeneland racecourse in Lexington, Kentucky. Attfield trained horse has won a number of important U.S. Stakes races including the 1995 Wood Memorial and Gotham Stakes.

In 1999, Roger Attfield was inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame and in 2006, he was nominated for induction into the U.S. National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.

Still active, in 2005 Attfield set a record for trainers by winning his fifth Prince of Wales Stakes.


Persondata
NAME Attfield, Roger
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION horse trainer and owner
DATE OF BIRTH November 28, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Newbury, Berkshire, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH