Durham Cup Stakes

Updated on Jan 24, 2024

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Inaugurated 1906		Surface Tapeta synthetic dirt
Location Woodbine Racetrack Toronto, Ontario, Canada Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing Website www.woodbineentertainment.com/qct/default.asp Distance 1 ⁄8 miles (9 furlongs)

The Durham Cup Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Run in mid October, the Grade III race is open to horses age three and older. Raced over a distance of 1 ¹⁄₈ miles on Tapeta synthetic dirt, it currently offers a current purse of C$150,000.

The race was first run in 1906 as the Durham Cup Handicap at Old Woodbine Racetrack. It remained there until the track was closed and replaced by the new Woodbine racetrack. Since inception it has been contested at various distances:

1 ³⁄₄ miles : 1906-1951

1 ¹⁄₄ miles : 1952-1979

1 ¹⁄₈ miles : 1980–present

In 1992, Francine Villeneuve became the first female jockey to win the race.

Records

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

On Synthetic dirt surface:

1:48.33 - Golden Sabre (2015)

On natural dirt:

1:48.58 - Deputy Inxs (1999)

Most wins:

3 - Basqueian (1994, 1995, 1996)

Most wins by an owner:

4 - Joseph E. Seagram (1906, 1908, 1909, 1910)

4 - Seagram Stable (1926, 1928, 1929, 1932)

4 - Windfields Farm (1962, 1966, 1971, 1973)

Most wins by a jockey:

3 - Phil Musgrave (1908, 1909, 1910)

3 - Avelino Gomez (1966, 1967, 1972)

3 - Lloyd Duffy (1969, 1976, 1986)

3 - Dan Beckon (1982, 1984, 1985)

3 - Don Seymour (1987, 1989, 1990)

3 - Richard Dos Ramos (1993, 2002, 2008)

3 - Todd Kabel (1995, 1996, 2005)

3 - Patrick Husbands (2009, 2012, 2013)

3 - Emma-Jayne Wilson (2006, 2011, 2015)

Most wins by a trainer:

6 - Roger Attfield (1987, 1989, 1990, 2001, 2008, 2016)

References

Durham Cup Stakes Wikipedia

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