Nassau Stakes (Canada)
Grade II race | |
Location |
Woodbine Racetrack Toronto, Ontario |
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Inaugurated | 1956 |
Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
Website | www.woodbineentertainment.com |
Race information | |
Distance | 1 mile (8 furlongs) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Fillies & Mares, Three-years-old & up |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $153,540 (2016) |
The Nassau Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. A Grade II event raced in early June, it is open to horses aged three and older and run over a distance of one mile on turf. Currently, the Nassau Stakes offers a purse of $153,540.
Inaugurated in 1956, it was raced on dirt until 1968 when it was shifted permanently to the turf. Over the years, it has been run at various distances both at the Woodbine Racetrack and at Fort Erie Race Track:
On dirt:
- 7 furlongs : 1956–1958 at Woodbine
- 1 mile : 1959–1966 at Woodbine, 1967 at Fort Erie
On turf:
- 1 mile : beginning 2010 at Woodbine Racetrack
- 1 1⁄16 miles : 1968 & 1994 at Fort Erie, 1969–1993, 1995 to present at Woodbine
The Nassau Stakes was run in two divisions in 1978, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1990
Records
Time record: (at 1 1⁄16 miles on turf)
- 1:39.60 – Bold Ruritana (1996 on Woodbine Racetrack)
Most wins:
- 2 – Belle Geste (1971, 1972)
- 2 – Momigi (1976, 1977)
- 2 – Pointe Aux Pins (1978, 1979)
- 2 – Eternal Search (1982, 1983)
- 2 – Lake Country (1985, 1986)
- 2 – Radiant Ring (1991, 1992)
- 2 – Bold Ruritana (1995, 1996)
- 2 - Solid Appeal (2013, 2014)
Most wins by an owner:
- 6 – Sam-Son Farm (1989, 1991, 1992, 1998, 2001, 2007)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 5 – Todd Kabel (1994, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 3 – Donnie Walker (1973, 1985, 1986)
- 3 – James E. Day (1989, 1991, 1992)
- 3 – Mark Frostad (1998, 2001, 2007)
- 3 – Tom Skiffington, Jr. (1989, 1990, 1999)
Winners of the Nassau Stakes
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | Starship Jubilee | 4 | Eurico Rosa Da Silva | Kevin Attard | Kevin Attard/Soli Mehta | 1:36.86 |
2016 | Lexie Lou | 5 | Patrick Husbands | Mark E. Casse | Gary Barber | 1:32.98 |
2015 | Sky Treasure | 5 | Gary Boulanger | Mark E. Casse | John C. Oxley | 1:33.54 |
2014 | Solid Appeal | 5 | Jesse M. Campbell | Reade Baker | Jim & Susan Hill | 1:33.04 |
2013 | Solid Appeal | 4 | Jesse M. Campbell | Reade Baker | Jim & Susan Hill | 1:34.01 |
2012 | Marketing Mix | 4 | Julien Leparoux | Thomas F. Proctor | Glen Hill Farm | 1:37.74 |
2011 | Bay to Bay | 4 | Luis Contreras | Brian Lynch | Robert Smithen | 1:36.48 |
2010 | Simply Splendid | 5 | Chantal Sutherland | Gail Cox | J. Menary & Gail Cox | 1:34.23 |
2009 | Rutherienne | 5 | Alan Garcia | Christophe Clement | Virginia Kraft Payson | 1:41.89 |
2008 | Callwood Dancer | 4 | Eurico Rosa Da Silva | Roger Attfield | Harlequin Ranches | 1:40.46 |
2007 | Strike Softly | 4 | Todd Kabel | Mark Frostad | Sam-Son Farm | 1:39.90 |
2006 | Naissance Royale | 4 | Kent Desormeaux | Christophe Clement | Monceaux Stable | 1:46.16 |
2005 | Que Puntual | 5 | Cornelio Velasquez | Angel Penna, Jr. | Earle I. Mack | 1:41.96 |
2004 | Inish Glora | 6 | Todd Kabel | Macdonald Benson | Robert J. Costigan | 1:40.38 |
2003 | Strait From Texas | 4 | Richard Dos Ramos | Paul Buttigieg | James Michael | 1:42.92 |
2002 | Siringas | 4 | Jose Santos | Christophe Clement | Skymarc Farm | 1:41.01 |
2001 | Only To You | 5 | Todd Kabel | Mark Frostad | Sam-Son Farm | 1:47.31 |
2000 | Heliotrope | 5 | Neil Poznansky | David R. Bell | R. F. & J. E. Shaw | 1:40.14 |
1999 | Anguilla | 4 | Robert Landry | Tom Skiffington, Jr. | John & Glenn Sikura | 1:41.52 |
1998 | Colorful Vices | 5 | Todd Kabel | Mark Frostad | Sam-Son Farm | 1:41.80 |
1997 | Classic Wonder | 5 | Mickey Walls | John P. MacKenzie | Rudy Singh | 1:41.00 |
1996 | Bold Ruritana | 6 | Robert Landry | Barbara Minshall | Minshall Farms | 1:39.60 |
1995 | Bold Ruritana | 5 | Robert Landry | Barbara Minshall | Minshall Farms | 1:41.20 |
1994 | Strong and Steady | 4 | Todd Kabel | Dan Vella | John Sikura, Jr. et al. | 1:41.20 |
1993 | Dance For Donna | 4 | Robert Landry | Sherry Noakes | Aubrey W. Minshall | 1:43.60 |
1992 | Radiant Ring * | 4 | Garrett Gomez | James E. Day | Sam-Son Farm | 1:41.00 |
1991 | Radiant Ring | 3 | Pat Day | James E. Day | Sam-Son Farm | 1:42.20 |
1990 | Seattle Sangue | 5 | Larry Attard | Danny O'Callaghan | John Sikura, Jr. | 1:40.80 |
1990 | Maison Close | 5 | Dave Penna | Tom Skiffington, Jr. | John Sikura, Jr. | 1:41.00 |
1989 | Regal Wonder | 5 | Sandy Hawley | James E. Day | Sam-Son Farm | 1:43.60 |
1989 | Fieldy | 6 | Pat Day | Tom Skiffington, Jr. | Seltzer/Fernwood Stable | 1:43.40 |
1988 | Anglia | 4 | Robbie King, Jr. | N. Smith | Golden Willow Farm | 1:42.00 |
1987 | Carotene | 4 | Don Seymour | Roger Attfield | Kinghaven Farms | 1:43.20 |
1986 | Lake Country | 5 | Jeffrey Fell | Donnie Walker | Prowse / Mclntosh | 1:43.80 |
1985 | Lake Country | 4 | Jeffrey Fell | Donnie Walker | Prowse / McIntosh | 1:46.00 |
1985 | Annie Edge | 5 | Jim Walford | Jonathan Sheppard | Augustin Stable | 1:46.00 |
1984 | Northern Blossom | 4 | Dan Beckon | Gil Rowntree | B. K. Y. Stable | 1:44.60 |
1983 | Face The Verdict | 4 | David Clark | James C. Bentley | D. W. Carmichael | 1:47.20 |
1983 | Eternal Search | 5 | Gary Stahlbaum | James C. Bentley | Jim Dandy Stable | 1:47.00 |
1982 | Eternal Search | 4 | Brian Swatuk | Janet Bedford | Jim Dandy Stable | 1:43.40 |
1982 | Sunny Sparkler | 3 | Jean-Luc Samyn | Scotty Schulhofer | Greyhound Stable | 1:44.60 |
1981 | Suave Princess | 3 | Dave Dennie | Emile Allain | John Sikura, Jr. | 1:45.40 |
1980 | Smidge Girl | 5 | Gary Stahlbaum | Jacque Dumas | P. & J. Petrakos | 1:43.40 |
1979 | Pointe Aux Pins * | 5 | Gary Stahlbaum | Gerry Belanger | N. Rajnovich | 1:44.20 |
1978 | Pointe Aux Pins | 4 | Paul Souter | Gerry Belanger | N. Rajnovich | 1:43.00 |
1978 | Majestic Kahala | 4 | Sandy Hawley | James Mort Hardy | Windhaven | 1:43.60 |
1977 | Momigi | 5 | Sandy Hawley | John Morahan | Koichiro Hayata | 1:52.20 |
1976 | Momigi | 4 | Sandy Hawley | John Morahan | Koichiro Hayata | 1:45.00 |
1975 | Reasonable Win | 3 | John B. LeBlanc | Fred H. Loschke | Hammer Kopf Farm | 1:42.20 |
1974 | Two Rings | 4 | James Kelly | Andrew G. Smithers | Kinghaven Farms | 1:44.40 |
1973 | Connie Pat | 5 | James Kelly | Donnie Walker | Conn Smythe | 1:44.20 |
1972 | Belle Geste | 4 | Noel Turcotte | Carl F. Chapman | Mrs. W. D. Latimer | 1:43.40 |
1971 | Belle Geste | 3 | John Bell | Carl F. Chapman | Mrs. W. D. Latimer | 1:42.80 |
1970 | A. T's Olie | 3 | Rudy L. Turcotte | Willard C. Freeman | Peter Fuller | 1:42.60 |
1969 | Plegada | 5 | Hugo Dittfach | Lou Cavalaris, Jr. | Gardiner Farm | 1:44.20 |
1968 | Forest Path | 4 | Jim Fitzsimmons | Arthur H. Warner | Lanson Farm | 1:42.40 |
1967 | Ice Water | 4 | Avelino Gomez | Lou Cavalaris, Jr. | Gardiner Farm | 1:37.00 |
1966 | Kerensa | 3 | Avelino Gomez | Frank H. Merrill, Jr. | Mrs. H. A. Luro | 1:35.40 |
1965 | Royal Tara | 4 | John B. LeBlanc | Glenn Magnusson | Stafford Farms | 1:36.00 |
1964 | Barbara | 4 | Wayne Harris | J. W. Woods | S. Cocomile | 1:40.00 |
1963 | Reluctant Deb | 5 | Jerry Harrison | J. Simon | J. Simon | 1:37.40 |
1962 | I Recall | 3 | Evan L. Anyon | Morris Fishman | B. & G. Stable | 1:35.20 |
1961 | Purple Bow | 4 | K. Robinson | A. Hickling | Newtondale Stable | 1:37.60 |
1960 | Wonder Where | 4 | Hugo Dittfach | Yonie Starr | Maloney & Smythe | 1:36.40 |
1959 | Kitty Girl | 5 | Hugo Dittfach | Yonnie Starr | Maloney & Smythe | 1:36.20 |
1958 | Windy Answer | 3 | Ben Sorensen | Gordon McCann | Windfields Farm | 1:23.40 |
1957 | Pink Velvet | 3 | Pat Remillard | John Passero | William R. Beasley | 1:23.20 |
1956 | Baffin Bay | 4 | Ken Clemes | M. Long | Mrs. R. Y. Graul, Jr. | 1:23.60 |
- In 1979, Christy's Mount finished first but was disqualified and set back to second.
- In 1992, Lady Shirl finished first but following a positive test for a banned medication was disqualified and placed last.
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