The Cup and Saucer Stakes is a

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held annually in October at

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, Canada. Open to two-year-old horses foaled in Canada, it is currently run at a distance of miles on

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. Along with its dirt race counterpart, the

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, the Cup and Saucer Stakes is the richest race for two-year-olds foaled in Canada. The race was first run on October 13, 1937 at Toronto's now-defunct

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. It was originally known as Mrs. Orpen's Cup and Saucer Handicap, named after the track owner

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's wife. It held that name until 1947 when it was renamed the Orpen Cup and Saucer Handicap. It was changed to its current name in 1949. The race was run from 1937 to 1952 on dirt at a distance of 1 mile 70 yards.

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consolidations saw the race shifted to the

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from 1942 to 1945 before returning to Long Branch in 1946. In 1953, the racing distance was increased to miles and remained at that distance after moving to the new Woodbine Racetrack in 1956. Converted to a turf race in 1959, the Cup and Saucer Stakes was raced at miles from 1973 to 1982 but then reverted to its miles in 1983. The 1963 running was notable for who did not win as the future U.S. and Canadian Hall Of Famer

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finished second. In the 1980s,

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and their trainer James E. "Jim" Day came to dominate this event.

Records

Time record: (at the present distance of miles) * 1:41.43 - Pyramid Park (2005) Most wins by an owner: * 13 -

(1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001) Most wins by a

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: * 5 -

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(2003, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2015) * 4 -

Sandy Hawley Desmond Sandford "Sandy" Hawley, (born April 16, 1949 in Oshawa, Ontario) is a Canadian Hall of Fame jockey. Sandy Hawley decided to be a jockey when he was a 17-year-old boy, hotwalking, grooming and excise horses at a Woodbine racetrack in To ...

(1970, 1974, 1978, 1989) Most wins by a trainer: * 10 - James E. Day (1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994)

Winners of the Cup and Saucer Stakes

*Run in two divisions in 1950 and 1977. The second division in 1977 was won by

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but he was disqualified and set back to fourth.

References

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External links

The Cup and Saucer Stakes at Pedigree Query
Restricted stakes races in Canada Flat horse races for two-year-olds Turf races in Canada Recurring events established in 1937 Woodbine Racetrack Horse races in Ontario