Victoriana Stakes

Updated on Nov 01, 2023

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Inaugurated 1975 Purse 125,000 CAD		Surface Turf
Location Woodbine Racetrack Toronto, Ontario Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing Website woodbineentertainment.com Distance 1 ⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs)

The Victoriana Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early to mid August at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. An Ontario Sire Stakes, it is a restricted race for fillies and mares, age three and older. Contested over a distance of 1 ¹⁄₁₆ miles (8.5 furlongs) on turf, it currently carries a purse of $115,000.

Inaugurated at Fort Erie Racetrack, it was raced there from 1975 through 1977 and again in 1994.

Records

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

Most wins:

2 - Christy's Mount (1977, 1979)

2 - Avenare (1980, 1981)

2 - Eternal Search (1982, 1983)

2 - Bold Ruritana (1994, 1996)

2 - Inish Glora (2003, 2004)

2 - Financingavailable (2006, 2007)

2 - Impossible Time (2010, 2011)

Most wins by an owner:

2 - D. H. Bunker (1977, 1979)

2 - Jim Dandy Stable (1982, 1983)

2 - Minshall Farms (1994, 1996)

2 - Robert Costigan (2003, 2004)

2 - K. K. Sangara (2006, 2007)

2 - Charles E. Fipke (2010, 2011)

Most wins by a jockey:

5 - Jim McAleney (1989, 1990, 1999, 2006, 2007)

Most wins by a trainer:

4 - Macdonald Benson (1990, 2000, 2003, 2004)

References

Victoriana Stakes Wikipedia

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