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Ballade Stakes

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Inaugurated
  
1997

Surface
  
Polytrack

Distance
  
Six furlong sprint

Location
  
Woodbine Racetrack Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

Website
  
www.woodbineentertainment.com

The Ballade Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. An Ontario Sire Stakes, it is a restricted race for Filliess and Mares, three-years-old and up.

Run in mid June, it is raced over a distance of 6 furlongs on Polytrack and currently carries a purse of $125,000. (In 2015, it was run in mid May.)

Records

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

  • 1:09.08 - Brass In Pocket (2004)

    • Most wins:

  • 2 - Barlee Mist (1999, 2000)
  • 2 - Mysterious Affair (2001, 2002)
  • 2 - Brass In Pocket (2003, 2004)

    • Most wins by an owner:

  • 2 - Barlee Farm (1999, 2000)
  • 2 - J. Mort Hardy (2001, 2002)
  • 3 - Frank Di Giulio, Jr. (2003, 2004 & 2012)

    • Most wins by a jockey:

  • 3 - Richard Dos Ramos (1998, 2001, 2002)

    • Most wins by a trainer:

  • 3 - Robert P. Tiller (2003, 2004, 2012)

    • References

    Ballade Stakes Wikipedia
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