Bold Venture Stakes

Bold Venture stakes
Non-graded stakes race
Location Woodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Inaugurated 1956
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website www.woodbineentertainment.com
Race information
Distance 6.5 furlongs
Track Polytrack, left-handed
Qualification Three-year-olds and up
Weight Weight-For-Age
Purse $135,000 (2014)

The Bold Venture Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Open to horses age three and older, it is contested during the second half of July on Polytrack synthetic dirt over a distance of six and a half furlongs. Currently the race offers a purse of $135,000.

Inaugurated in 1956 at the Fort Erie Racetrack, the race was named in honor of Bold Venture, winner of the 1936 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes.

The 2008 edition was won by Fatal Bullet who set a new track record time for the 6.5 furlong distance of 1:14.54.

Winners

Year
Winner
Age
 Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
2014 Calgary Cat 4 Eurico Rosa Da Silva Kevin Attard Chesney/Hoffman 1:14.91
2013 Essence Hit Man 6 Jesse M. Campbell Larry Cappuccitti A & G Racing 1:15.46
2012 Essence Hit Man 5 Jesse M. Campbell Audre Cappuccitti Cappuccitti/Audre/Gordon 1:15.82
2011 Hollywood Hit 5 James McAleney Terry Jordan Peter Redekop B C., Ltd. 1:14.76
2010 Smokey Fire 5 Sid C. Attard Jim Dandy Stable 1:15.78
2009 Fatal Bullet 4 Eurico Rosa da Silva Reade Baker Bear Stables 1:14.90
2008 Fatal Bullet 3 Eurico Rosa da Silva Reade Baker Bear Stables 1:14.54
2007 Gangster 6 Todd Kabel Sid C. Attard Goldmart Farms 1:16.02

Earlier winners

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