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Swynford Stakes

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Inaugurated
  
1956

Track
  
left-handed

Distance
  
1,207 m

Purse
  
92,438 USD (2016)

Surface
  
Dirt

Qualification
  
Two-year-olds

Distance
  
Furlong (2016)

Location
  
Woodbine Racetrack Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

2016 swynford stakes undulated woodbine


Swynford Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race held annually in late September at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. One of the track's top races for North American two-year-olds, it is raced on dirt over a distance of seven furlongs.

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Inaugurated in 1956 at Greenwood Raceway as a race for horses aged three and up, in 1967 it was moved to Woodbine Racetrack where it was modified to its current status as a race restricted to two-year-olds.

In 1982, the Swynford Stakes was won by Sunny's Halo who went on to win the 1983 Kentucky Derby. The 1997 Belmont Stakes winner Touch Gold ran second to Holzmeister in the 1996 running of the Swynford.

Since inception, the Swynford Stakes has been run at various distances:

At Greenwood Raceway:

  • 1956 : 6 furlongs
  • 1957 :  6 1⁄2 furlongs
  • 1958-1960 : 7 furlongs
  • 1961-1966 : 1 mile

    • At Woodbine Racetrack:

  • 1967-1970 : 5 furlongs
  • 1971-1972 :  5 1⁄2 furlongs
  • 1973-1975, 2016 : 6 furlongs
  • 1976-1979 : 5 furlongs
  • 1980-1985 : 7 furlongs

    • 1986-1995 :  6 1⁄2 furlongs 1996 to 2015 : 7 furlongs

    Records

    Speed record: (at distance of 7 furlongs)

  • 1:23.00 - Holzmeister (1996) (recorded in fractions of 1/5 seconds)
  • 1:23.02 - Turf War (2007)

    • Most wins by a jockey:

  • 5 - Robin Platts (1968, 1971, 1976, 1978, 1992)

    • Most wins by a trainer:

  • 6 - Mark E. Casse (1999, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014)

    • Most wins by an owner:

  • 2 - Lanson Farms (1956, 1960)
  • 2 - Windfields Farm (1958, 1987)
  • 2 - Stafford Farms (1976, 1978)
  • 2 - John C. Oxley (2011, 2012)
  • 2 - Conquest Stables (2013, 2014)

    • References

    Swynford Stakes Wikipedia
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