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Eclipse Stakes (Canada)

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Inaugurated
  
1956

Surface
  
Polytrack

Location
  
Woodbine Racetrack Toronto, Ontario Canada

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

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

Distance
  
1 ⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs)

The Eclipse Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Held during the second half of May, the Grade II race is open to horses, four-years of age and older. It is contested over a distance of  1 1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs) on Polytrack synthetic dirt and currently offers a purse of $153.450.

Inaugurated as the Eclipse Handicap at Toronto's Greenwood Raceway in 1956, it was moved to Woodbine Racetrack in 1967. Since inception, it has been contested at various distances:

  • 1 mile : 1959-1960 at Greenwood Raceway
  •  1 1⁄16 miles : 1956, 1958 at Greenwood Raceway, since 1967 at Woodbine Racetrack
  •  1 1⁄8 miles : 1957, 1961-1963 at Greenwood Raceway
  •  1 3⁄16 miles : 1964-1966 at Greenwood Raceway

    • Records

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

  • 1:42.40 : Ambassador B. (1977) (at current distance of  1 1⁄16 miles)

    • Most wins:

  • 2 - Are You Kidding Me (2015, 2016)
  • 2 - Frost King (1982, 1983)
  • 2 - Royal Chocolate (1974, 1975)

    • Most wins by an owner:

  • 5 - Stafford Farms (1974, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1980)
  • 5 - Frank Stronach and/or Stronach Stables (1993, 1995, 2000, 2003, 2004)

    • Most wins by a jockey:

  • 7 - Robin Platts (1968, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983)

    • Most wins by a trainer:

  • 6 - Gil Rowntree (1974, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1986)
  • 7 - Roger L. Attfield (1990, 1991, 1992, 2005, 2007, 2015, 2016)

    • References

    Eclipse Stakes (Canada) Wikipedia
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