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Marine Stakes

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Inaugurated
  
1956

Surface
  
Polytrack

Location
  
Woodbine Racetrack Toronto, Ontario

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

Website
  
www.woodbineentertainment.com/qct/default.asp

Distance
  
1 ⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs)

The Marine Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Held in mid May, it is open to three-year-old horses and is contested over a distance of  1 1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs) on Polytrack synthetic dirt. It currently offers a purse of $115,938.

Inaugurated in 1956 at Greenwood Raceway, for Canadian-bred horses the Marine Stakes is the final prep for the Queen's Plate, Canada's most prestigious horse race. Since inception, it has been raced at various distances:

  • 7 furlongs : 1968-1975 at Woodbine Racetrack
  •  1 1⁄16 miles : 1956, 1961–1962, 1965-1966 at Greenwood Raceway, 1967, 1976 to present at Woodbine Racetrack
  •  1 1⁄8 miles 1957, 1963 at Greenwood Raceway
  • 1 mile 1958-1960 at Greenwood Raceway
  •  1 3⁄16 miles : 1964 at Greenwood Raceway

    • Records

    Speed record: (at current distance of  1 1⁄16 miles)

  • 1:41.80 - Victor Cooley (1996)

    • Most wins by an owner:

  • 6 - Sam-Son Farm (1974, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 2013)

    • Most wins by a jockey:

  • 5 - Sandy Hawley (1972, 1978, 1988, 1990, 1994)

    • Most wins by a trainer:

  • 4 - Arthur H. Warner (1958, 1959, 1968, 1974)
  • 4 - Lou Cavalaris, Jr. (1965, 1967, 1970, 1972)
  • 4 - James E. Day (1985, 1987, 1988, 1990)
  • 4 - Roger Attfield (1989, 1991, 1992, 1993)

    • References

    Marine Stakes Wikipedia
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