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Ontario Derby

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Inaugurated
  
1972

Purse
  
150,000 CAD (2015)

Surface
  
Tapeta synthetic dirt

Ontario Derby

Location
  
Woodbine Racetrack Toronto, Ontario

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

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

Distance
  
1 ⁄8 miles (9 furlongs)

The Ontario Derby is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid-September at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. A Grade III stakes since 2012, it is open to three-year-old horses. Raced over a distance of  1 1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs) on Tapeta synthetic dirt, the Ontario Derby currently offers a purse of C$150,000.

Inaugurated in 1972 as the Colonel R. S. McLaughlin Handicap, the race was renamed the Ontario Derby for the 2003 running. Originally contested at  1 3⁄16 miles, it was changed to its current  1 1⁄8 miles distance in 1992.

Records

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

  • 1:48.30 - Ami's Gizmo (2016) (at current distance of  1 1⁄8 miles on Tapeta) - new track record
  • 1:49.38 - Sand Cove (2008) (at current distance of  1 1⁄8 miles on Polytrack)
  • 1:49.45 - Kiss A Native (2000) (at current distance of  1 1⁄8 miles on natural dirt)

    • Most wins by an owner:

  • 3 - Sam-Son Farm (1974, 1987, 2013)
  • 2 - Frank Stronach (1983, 1994)
  • 2 - Frank DiGiulio, Jr. (1989, 2001)
  • 2 - Minshall Farms (1995, 1996)
  • 2 - Gus Schickedanz (1999, 2003)

    • Most wins by a jockey:

  • 5 - Sandy Hawley (1972, 1975, 1977, 1989, 1991)

    • Most wins by a trainer:

  • 4 - Roger Attfield (1976, 1986, 2005, 2008)

    • References

    Ontario Derby Wikipedia
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