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Nandi Stakes

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Inaugurated
  
1975

Surface
  
Polytrack

Distance
  
Six furlong sprint

Purse
  
95,488 CAD (2015)

Location
  
Woodbine Racetrack Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

Website
  
www.woodbineentertainment.com

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The Nandi Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the last week of July or first week of August at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. An Ontario Sire Stakes, it is a restricted race for two-year-old fillies. A six-furlong sprint raced on Polytrack synthetic dirt, the Nandi Stakes currently carries a purse of $95,488.

Contents

The race was first run in 1975 and named to honor the filly Nandi, dam of Windfields. Since inception, it has been contested at various distances.

  • 5 furlongs : 2006
  • 5.5 furlongs : 1976-1979
  • 6 furlongs : 1975, 1980-2005, 2007-present

    • In 1979, the Nandi Stakes was run in two divisions.

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    Records

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

  • 1:09.64 - Tree Pose (2010) (at current distance of six furlongs)

    • Most wins by an owner:

  • 3 - Kinghaven Farms (1976, 1982, 1984)
  • 3 - Sam-Son Farm (1983, 1986, 1990)

    • Most wins by a jockey:

  • 4 - Patrick Husbands (2000, 2002, 2003, 2014)

    • Most wins by a trainer:

  • 3 - James E. Day (1983, 1986, 1990)

    • References

    Nandi Stakes Wikipedia
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