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Duchess Stakes

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Inaugurated
  
1956

Surface
  
Polytrack

Distance
  
Location
  
Woodbine RacetrackToronto, Ontario, Canada

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

Website
  
web.archive.org/web/20100316214346/http://www.woodbineentertainment.com:80/qct/default.asp

The Duchess Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario that is open to three-year-old fillies. Held during the first part of August, it is contested over a distance of 7 furlongs on Polytrack synthetic dirt. It currently offers a purse of $96,363 with an additional $50,000 for Ontario-bred horses. Previously a Grade III race, it lost its graded status in 2006.

Inaugurated in 1956 at Fort Erie Racetrack, the Duchess Stakes has also been hosted by Toronto's Greenwood Raceway. Since inception the race has been run at various distances:

  • 8.5 furlongs (1 116 miles) : 1956-1966 and 1970-1979 at Fort Erie Racetrack, 1967 at Greenwood Raceway, 1969 at Woodbine Racetrack, 1 116 miles; Fort Erie; main track
  • 8 furlongs (1 mile) : 1968 at Greenwood Raceway
  • 7.5 furlongs : 2006 at Woodbine Racetrack
  • 7 furlongs : 1980-2005 and since 2007 at Woodbine Racetrack
  • Records

    Speed record: (at current distance of 7 furlongs)

  • 1:22.03 - Lemon Maid (2005)
  • Most wins by a jockey:

  • 4 - Todd Kabel (1992, 1994, 1999, 2005)
  • Most wins by a trainer:

  • 3 - Glenn Magnusson (1963, 1964, 1973)
  • 3 - John Morahan (1974, 1975, 1980)
  • 3 - Macdonald Benson (1978, 1996, 2008)
  • Most wins by an owner:

  • 4 - Stafford Farms (1963, 1964, 1966, 1970)
  • References

    Duchess Stakes Wikipedia


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