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Victoria Stakes

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Inaugurated
  
1903

Track
  
left-handed

Surface
  
Dirt

Distance
  
1,207 m

Location
  
Woodbine Racetrack Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

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

Lokinforpursemonee at the victoria stakes 17 july 2016


The Victoria Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Held in mid June, it has been raced on Polytrack since 2006 over a distance of five furlongs. In 2015 it was changed to six furlongs. Open to two-year-old horses, it currently offers a purse of $96,363.

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Named in honor of Queen Victoria who had died in 1901, the Victoria Stakes was first run in 1903 at the Old Woodbine Racetrack. Following that facility's closure, the race was moved in 1956 to the new Woodbine race track. For 1979 only, it was raced on turf.

Since inception, the Victoria Stakes has been competed over various distances:

  • 5 furlongs : 1903-1955
  •  5 1⁄2 furlongs : 1956-1978
  • About 5 furlongs : 1979
  • 1980 to 2014 : 5 furlongs
  • 2015 : 6 furlongs

    • The victoria stakes and an unidentified junction


    Records

    Time record: (at the present distance of 5 furlongs)

  • 0:57.20 - Deputy Minister (1981)

    • Most wins by an owner:

  • 5 - Stafford Farms (1960, 1961, 1974, 1975, 1976)

    • Most wins by a jockey:

  • 4 - Avelino Gomez (1956, 1960, 1966, 1967)
  • 5 - David Clark (1982, 1988, 2003, 2005, 2011)

    • Most wins by a trainer:

  • 4 - Gil Rowntree (1974, 1975, 1976, 1985)

    • Winners of the Victoria Stakes

  • * In 2003, Gemini Dream won but was disqualified and placed last for interference.
  • † Run in two divisions in 1995.

    • References

    Victoria Stakes Wikipedia
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