The Alywow Stakes is a Canadian

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run annually during the second week of June at

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. Open to three-year-old

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, the overnight stakes race is contested on

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over a distance of

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s. Inaugurated in 2002, the race is named for the filly

Alywow {{Infobox racehorse , horsename = Alywow , image = , caption = , sire = Alysheba , grandsire = Alydar , dam = Triple Wow , damsire = Coastal , sex = Filly , foaled = February 7, 1991 , death_date = {{dda, 2002, 3, 2, 1991, 2, 7 , co ...

who died that year. Alywow was the 1994

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and Horse of the Year. She was inducted in the

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in 2009.

Records

Speed record: * 1:14.39 - Passion (2008) Most wins by an owner: * No owner has won this race more than once. Most wins by a

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: * 4 -

Patrick Husbands Patrick Husbands (born May 22, 1973) is a Barbadian jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. The son of a jockey, he began riding as a young boy, turning professional in his home country where he rode successfully until emigrating to Toronto, Ontari ...

(2007, 2010, 2011, 2012) Most wins by a trainer: * 3 - Mark E. Casse (2007, 2012, 2015) * 2 -

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(2005, 2011)

Winners

References

The 2008 Alywow Stakes at Woodbine Entertainment Group
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