Royal North Stakes

The Royal North Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually since 1989 at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Held in early August, the Grade III sprint race is open to fillies and mares aged three and older and is run over a distance of six furlongs on turf. It currently offers a purse of $150,000.

Inaugurated in 1989 as the Royal North Handicap, it was run as a six furlong race on dirt until 1996 when it was switched to Woodbine Racetrack's E. P. Taylor turf course.

Records

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

• 1:07.83 - Hour of Justice (2004)

Most wins:

• 2 - Confessional (2000, 2001)

Most wins by an owner:

• 2 - Knob Hill Stable (1993, 2003)
• 2 - Frank Stronach and/or Stronach Stables (1995, 2004)
• 2 - Pin Oak Stable (2000, 2001)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 3 - Todd Kabel (1995, 2003, 2004)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 2 - Phil England (1989, 1993)
• 2 - Robert P. Tiller (1990, 1997)
• 2 - H. Graham Motion (2000, 2001)

Winners of the Royal North Stakes

References

• The Royal North Stakes at Pedigree Query
• The 2007 Royal North Stakes at the NTRA