Grey Stakes

Grade III race
Grey Breeders' Cup Stakes
Location	Woodbine Racetrack Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Inaugurated	1906
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	Woodbine Racetrack
Race information
Distance	1 1/16 miles (8.5 furlongs)
Track	Dirt, left-handed (Polytrack since 2006)
Qualification	Two-year-olds
Weight	Allowances
Purse	$250,000

The Grey Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the first week of October at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto. A Grade III, it is open to two-year-old horses and is raced on dirt at a distance of 11/16 miles. Since 2006, the dirt racing surface at Woodbine Racetrack has been the synthetic Polytrack.

Inaugurated as the Grey Stakes at the Old Woodbine Racetrack in 1906, it was named in honor of the then Governor General of Canada, Earl Grey. Over the years it has been run at various distances:

• 1 mile : 1906-1929 (Old Woodbine Racetrack)
• 1 mile 70 yards : 1930-1955 (Old Woodbine Racetrack)
• 11/16 miles : 1956 to present at Woodbine Racetrack

J. K. L. Ross, owner of the first United States Triple Crown Champion, Sir Barton, won this race five years in a row with future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer, Henry McDaniel. Henry McDaniel added another win in 1926, making him the leader among all winning trainers.

Notable horses who have won the race includes future Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductees Horometer (1933), Kennedy Road (1970), Sunny's Halo (1982), and Sky Classic (1989). Dancer's Image won the 1967 race and went on to capture the following year's Kentucky Derby, as did Mine That Bird in 2009. Since the creation of the Breeder's Cup races in 1984, Macho Uno is the only horse to have won the Grey Stakes then gone on to win that year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile.

Famous horses who did not win the Grey Stakes include Display who ran second in 1925 but was the ensuing year's Preakness Stakes winner. As well, the 1997 Belmont Stakes winner Touch Gold finished third in the 1996 running of the Grey Stakes.

Records

Time record: (at current 11/16 miles distance)

• 1:43.20 - Black Cash (1997)

Most wins by an owner:

• 5 - J. K. L. Ross (1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925)
• 5 - Sam-Son Farm (1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 2004)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 5 - Pat Remillard (1937, 1943, 1947, 1961, 1963)
• 5 - Dave Penna (1982, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1995)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 6 - Henry McDaniel (1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926)

Winners of the Grey Stakes since 1956

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2011	Prospective	Luis Contreras	Mark Casse	John C. Oxley	1:44.55
2010	Blue Laser	Corey Fraser	Mark Casse	WinStar Farm	1:45.78
2009	Bear Tough Guy	Eurico Rosa da Silva	Reade Baker	Bear Stables	1:45.34
2008	Mine That Bird	Chantal Sutherland	David Cotey	Cotey/D. Ball/HGHR Inc.	1:44.45
2007	Globetrotter	Jeremy Rose	H. Graham Motion	Earle I. Mack	1:46.59
2006	Skip Code	Patrick Husbands	Mark E. Casse	Charles Laloggia	1:45.56
2005	Unification	Robert Landry	Eoin G. Harty	Darley Stable	1:46.50
2004	Dance with Ravens	Todd Kabel	Mark Frostad	Sam-Son Farm	1:47.79
2003	Smoocher	Jim McAleney	David R. Bell	John A. Franks	1:46.74
2002	Wando	Richard Migliore	Michael Keogh	Gus Schickedanz	1:45.10
2001	Changeintheweather	Mickey Walls	David R. Bell	Pin Oak Stable	1:47.03
2000	Macho Uno	Jerry D. Bailey	Joe Orseno	Stronach Stable	1:44.13
1999	Four On The Floor	Patrick Husbands	Alexander McPherson	Lor Stables	1:45.12
1998	Certainly Classic	Constant Montpellier	Alexander McPherson	Dominion Bloodstock et al.	1:46.20
1997	Black Cash	Robert Landry	Daniel J. Vella	Frank Stronach	1:43.20
1996	Cash Deposit	Todd Kabel	Daniel J. Vella	Frank Stronach	1:45.00
1995	Gomtuu	Dave Penna	Dominic J. Polsinelli	Tri-Colour Racing Stable	1:46.60
1994	Talkin Man	Robert Landry	Roger Attfield	Kinghaven / Stollery	1:46.60
1993	Road Rush	Robert Landry	Daniel J. Vella	Frank Stronach	1:46.00
1992	Truth Of It All	Dave Penna	Sheldon Wolfe	A. Schmidt	1:46.20
1991	Steady Rise	Mickey Walls	Roger Attfield	Kinghaven Farms	1:47.40
1990	Wildy Special	Art Madrid, Jr.	Stephen L. DiMauro	Robert J. Sullivan	1:46.20
1989	Sky Classic	Sandy Hawley	James E. Day	Sam-Son Farm	1:46.00
1988	Mercedes Won	Lloyd Duffy	Arnold Fink	Chris Spencer	1:45.60
1987	Regal Classic	Dave Penna	James E. Day	Sam-Son Farm	1:45.00
1986	Blue Finn	Dave Penna	James E. Day	Sam-Son Farm	1:47.40
1985	Bishop Bob	David Clark	Arthur H. Warner	Victura Farm	1:47.80
1984	Dauphin Fabuleux	Jeffrey Fell	James E. Day	Sam-Son Farm	1:45.40
1983	Ten Gold Pots	Gary Stahlbaum	Gil Rowntree	B. K. Y. Stable	1:45.00
1982	Sunny's Halo	Dave Penna	David C. Cross, Jr.	David J. Foster	1:45.40
1981	Tampa Bay Buck	Dan Beckon	Arnold Fink	John Spencer	1:46.00
1980	Bayford	Robin Platts	John J. Tammaro, Jr.	Kinghaven Farms	1:44.20
1979	Sunny Premier	Gary Stahlbaum	Frank H. Merrill, Jr.	Meadowview Stable	1:46.20
1978	Port Ebony	George HoSang	M. Clapperton	S. C. S. Stable	1:44.40
1977	Cash the Ticket	W. Woods	J. Kelly	M. Martin	1:52.80
1976	Do Lishus	Chris Rogers	Sheldon Wolfe	Krever Farm	1:47.20
1975	Bay Streak	David Clark	Gordon M. Huntley	Whittaker Stable	1:47.40
1974	Silverbatim	Jeffrey Fell	Gordon M. Huntley	Mutual Enterprises	1:44.80
1973	Trojan Bronze	Robin Platts	Glenn Magnusson	A. B. Roks	1:46.40
1972	Impecunious	J. Moseley	George Handy	Mrs. R. L. Feinberg	1:44.00
1971	Spirit Rock	Brian Swatuk	Gil Rowntree	Stafford Farms	1:44.40
1970	Kennedy Road	Sandy Hawley	James C. Bentley	Helen G. Stollery	1:47.20
1969	Dance to Market	Chris Rogers	E. Harbourne	V. Martin Jr.	1:52.60
1968	Jumpin Joseph	Brian Swatuk	Robert S. Bateman	Warren Beasley	1:46.80
1967	Dancer's Image	Avelino Gomez	Lou Cavalaris, Jr.	Peter Fuller	1:48.20
1966	Pine Point	Avelino Gomez	Jerry C. Meyer	Willow Downs Farm	1:45.20
1965	Titled Hero	Avelino Gomez	Patrick MacMurchy	Peter K. Marshall	1:47.20
1964	Des Erables	John LeBlanc	Duncan R. Campbell	Mrs. S. Thomas	1:48.40
1963	Ramblin Road	Pat Remillard	Gordon M. Huntley	Gordon F. Hall	1:45.00
1962	Sound Stage	George Gubbins	John Passero	Stafford Farms	1:44.20
1961	Admiral Gano	Pat Remillard	Alfred I. Taylor	Don G. Ross	1:45.20
1960	Belle O McClure	John R. Adams	Harry Trotsek	Hasty House Farm	1:45.20
1959	Eltoro The Great	George Gubbins	John Passero	William R. Beasley	1:50.40
1958	Anita's Son	C. M. Clark	Arthur H. Warner	Lanson Farm	1:48.80
1957	Salon	B. Fisk	J. Brown	I. Tenney	1:47.40
1956	Roman Artist	E. A. Rodriguez	John Passero	William R. Beasley	1:45.00

• In 1963 Bimini Bill fnished first but was disqualified and set back to second.
• In 1999 Exciting Story won but was disqualified and placed fifth.

Earlier winners