Maple Leaf Stakes
| Grade III Stakes race | |
| Location | Woodbine Racetrack Toronto, Ontario |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1892 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | www |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1+1⁄4 miles (10 furlongs) |
| Surface | Polytrack |
| Track | left-handed |
| Qualification | Fillies & Mares, 3-Years-Old & Up |
| Weight | Allowances |
| Purse | $150,000 |
The Maple Leaf Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Run during the first part of November, the Grade III Maple Leaf is open to fillies aged three or older. Raced over a distance of one and one-quarter miles on Polytrack synthetic dirt, it currently offers a purse of $150,000.
Inaugurated in 1892, the Maple Leaf Stakes has been competed at a variety of distances. Since 1956, when the new Woodbine Racetrack hosted the event, the race distance have been set as follows:
- 1+1⁄16 miles : 1956-1958 at Woodbine Racetrack, 1959 and 1965 at Greenwood Raceway
- 1 mile : 1960-1964 at Greenwood Raceway
- 1+1⁄4 miles : 1966-1993 at Greenwood Raceway and since 1994 at Woodbine Racetrack
Records
[edit]Speed record: (at current distance of 1+1⁄4 miles)
- 2:02.18 - Pachattack (2010)
Most wins:
- 2 - Tattling (1926, 1927)
- 2 - Shady Well (1932, 1933)
- 2 - Passa Grille (1941, 1942)
- 2 - Floral Gift (1945, 1946)
- 2 - Teddy's Sister (1951, 1952)
- 2 - Golden Turkey (1961, 1962)
- 2 - Hinemoa (1966, 1967)
- 2 - Not To Shy (1969, 1970)
- 2 - Lovely Sunrise (1974, 1975)
- 2 - Bye Bye Paris (1976, 1977)
- 2 - Sintrillium (1983, 1984)
- 2 - Wings of Erin (1995, 1996)
- 2 - One For Rose (2003, 2004)
Most wins by an owner:
- 7 - Conn Smythe (1959, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977)
- 6 - William Hendrie (1891, 1894, 1896, 1899, 1900, 1902)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 5 - Brian Swatuk (1969, 1975, 1982, 1983, 1984)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 6 - Donnie Walker (1969, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977)
- Pat Remillard won the Maple Leaf Stakes four times as a jockey (1934,1936, 1942, 1949) and then again as a trainer in 1973.
Winners of the Maple Leaf Stakes since 1959
[edit]- In 1973 Sharp Quill finished first but was disqualified and set back to second.
- In 1994, Plenty Of Sugar finished first but was disqualified and set back to third.
Earlier winners
[edit]- 1958 - Windy Answer
- 1957 - Turn Me Loose
- 1956 - Air Page
- 1955 - Festivity
- 1954 - June Brook
- 1953 - Winter Lady
- 1952 - Teddy's Sister
- 1951 - Teddy's Sister
- 1950 - Filsis
- 1949 - Tab Wales
- 1948 - Ascendant
- 1947 - Yellowknife
- 1946 - Floral Gift
- 1945 - Floral Gift
- 1944 - Sister Pat
- 1943 - Patruska
- 1942 - Passa Grille
- 1941 - Passa Grille
- 1940 - Koracan
- 1939 - Budsis
- 1938 - Mona Bell
- 1937 - Fore Isus
- 1936 - Ladymuch
- 1935 - Chickpen
- 1934 - Candy Feast
- 1933 - Shady Well
- 1932 - Shady Well
- 1931 - Step Off
- 1930 - Lindsay
- 1929 - Dance Circle
- 1928 - Best Bonnett
- 1927 - Tattling
- 1926 - Tattling
- 1925 - Tricky Take Off
- 1924 - Vrana
- 1923 - Prismar
- 1922 - Affectation
- 1921 - Sudor
- 1920 - Ostara
- 1915 - Lady Curzon
- 1914 - Dark Rosaleen
- 1913 - Sarolta
- 1912 - Amberite
- 1911 - Bride Lane
- 1910 - Frolic
- 1909 - Mendip
- 1908 - Cannie Maid
- 1907 - Sea Wall
- 1906 - Fair Havana
- 1905 - Maid of Barrie
- 1904 - Loupanga
- 1903 - Prodigality
- 1902 - Lyddite
- 1901 - Lady Berkley
- 1900 - Barley Sugar
- 1899 - Toddle Ladle
- 1898 - Violent
- 1897 - Downright
- 1896 - Melcha
- 1895 - Waterflow
- 1894 - Nancy Lee
- 1893 - Bonnie Bluff
- 1892 - Queen Mary