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Queenston Stakes

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Inaugurated
  
1956

Distance
  
1,408 m

Purse
  
150,000 USD

Track
  
left-handed

Distance
  
Furlong

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

Surface
  
Polytrack synthetic dirt

The Queenston Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Run in early May, the stakes race is open to three-year-old horses who were foaled in the Province of Ontario. Raced over a distance of seven furlongs on Polytrack synthetic dirt, it currently offers a purse of $150,000.

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The Queenston Stakes was first run in 1956 at Fort Erie Racetrack in Fort Erie, Ontario as a 5 12 furlong sprint race. From 1976 through 1979 the race was hosted by Greenwood Raceway then in 1980 it was moved to Woodbine Racetrack. Since inception, it has been run at various distances:

  • 5 furlongs : 1958, 1961
  • 5.5 furlongs : 1956-1957, 1959
  • 6 furlongs : 1960, 1962-1975
  • 6.5 furlongs : 1976
  • 7 furlongs : 1977–present
  • The race was run in two divisions in 1960, 1961, and 1976.

    Patrick husbands the enforcer win queenston stakes more at the track may 26 2016


    Records

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

  • 1:20.97 - Essence Hit Man (2010)
  • Most wins by a jockey:

  • 4 - Robin Platts (1972, 1974, 1977, 1990)
  • 4 - David Clark (1980, 2000, 2004, 2007)
  • Most wins by a trainer:

  • 4 - Yonnie Starr (1960 (2), 1968, 1971)
  • 4 - Gil Rowntree (1974, 1975, 1977, 1990)
  • 4 - Robert P. Tiller (1989, 1998, 2001, 2004)
  • Most wins by an owner:

  • 3 - Jean-Louis Lévesque (1968, 1971, 1983)
  • 3 - Stafford Farms (1974, 1975, 1977)
  • References

    Queenston Stakes Wikipedia