The Duchess Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually at

Woodbine Racetrack Woodbine Racetrack is a race track for Thoroughbred horse racing in the Etobicoke area of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Owned by Woodbine Entertainment Group, Woodbine Racetrack manages and hosts Canada's most famous race, the King's Plate. The track ...

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, Canada. It is open to three-year-old fillies. Held during the first part of August, it is contested over a distance of 7 furlongs on

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synthetic dirt. It currently offers a purse of $96,363 with an additional $50,000 for Ontario-bred horses. Previously a Grade III race, it lost its graded status in 2006. Inaugurated in 1956 at

Fort Erie Racetrack Fort Erie Race Track is a horse racing facility in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada, that opened on June 16, 1897. The racetrack is often referred to as "the border oval" because of the track's proximity (barely a mile as the crow flies) to the U.S. bo ...

, the Duchess Stakes has also been hosted by Toronto's Greenwood Raceway. Since inception the race has been run at various distances: * 8.5 furlongs ( miles) : 1956-1966 and 1970-1979 at Fort Erie Racetrack, 1967 at Greenwood Raceway, 1969 at Woodbine Racetrack, miles; Fort Erie; main track * 8 furlongs (1 mile) : 1968 at Greenwood Raceway * 7.5 furlongs : 2006 at Woodbine Racetrack * 7 furlongs : 1980-2005 and since 2007 at Woodbine Racetrack

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 7 furlongs) * 1:22.03 - Lemon Maid (2005) Most wins by a

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(1992, 1994, 1999, 2005) Most wins by a trainer: * 3 - Glenn Magnusson (1963, 1964, 1973) * 3 -

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(1974, 1975, 1980) * 3 - Macdonald Benson (1978, 1996, 2008) Most wins by an owner: * 4 -

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(1963, 1964, 1966, 1970)

Winners

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, Malcolm Pierce , Live Oak Plantation , 1:22.03 , - , align=center, 2004 , Blonde Executive ,

Richard Dos Ramos Richard Anthony Dos Ramos (born September 10, 1962 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago) is a Canadian jockey in thoroughbred horse racing. He grew up in Malton, a neighbourhood in Mississauga, Ontario, where his family emigrated when he was youn ...

, A. Radlie Loney , Bruno Brothers Farm , 1:23.26 , - , align=center, 2003 , Finally Here ,

Tom Amoss Thomas M. "Tom" Amoss (born November 17, 1961, in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a trainer of Thoroughbred race horses. A graduate of Louisiana State University with a degree in marketing and a member of Sigma Nu Fraternity, Tom Amoss had worked with ...

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, Wings of Erin Farm , 1:23.98 , - , align=center, 2001 , Meadow Gem , David Clark , Robert P. Tiller , LQ Racing/

Kinghaven Farms Kinghaven Farms is a horse racing stable that was founded in 1967 by Donald G. "Bud" Willmot. Located in King City, Ontario, north of Toronto, the success of the stable would see it expand to the United States with the acquisition of a farm and ...

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, 1:22.80 , - , align=center, 1997 , Cotton Carnival , Robert Landry ,

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, Windhaven , 1:24.80 , - , align=center, 1996 , Autumn Slew , Robert Landry , Macdonald Benson , Augustin Stable , 1:23.40 , - , align=center, 1995 , Heavenly Punch ,

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, David Guitard , Kings Lane Farm , 1:23.40 , - , align=center, 1992 , Parisinthespring ,

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, Silverbrook Stable , 1:24.20 , - , align=center, 1991 , Flicker Queen ,

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, 1:22.80 , - , align=center, 1989 , Blushing Katy , Gunnar Lindberg , Phil England , Kingsbrook Farm , 1:23.80 , - , align=center, 1988 , Volterra ,

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, Patrick Collins ,

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, 1:24.20 , - , align=center, 1987 , Burgandy Dancer , Lloyd Duffy , Sheldon Wolfe , Willow Downs Farm , 1:24.00 , - , align=center, 1986 , Miss Tressette ,

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, 1:23.40 , - , align=center, 1983 , L'Epee , John Bell , Emile M. Allain , Terforth Farm , 1:25.00 , - , align=center, 1982 ,

Ambassador of Luck {{Infobox racehorse , horsename = Ambassador of Luck , image = , caption = , sire = What Luck , grandsire = Bold Ruler , dam = Detente , damsire = Dark Ruler , sex = Mare , foaled = 1979 , country = United States , colour = Bay , br ...

, Antonio Graell ,

Flint S. Schulhofer Flint S. "Scotty" Schulhofer (May 30, 1926 – December 14, 2006) was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. Early life Schulhofer was born into a racing family in Aiken, South Carolina, where his father owned a racing stab ...

, Richard Ransom , 1:23.00 , - , align=center, 1981 , Eternal Search , Brian Swatuk , Ted Mann ,

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, 1:23.60 , - , align=center, 1980 , Solartic ,

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, Douglas Banks , 1:23.80 , - , align=center, 1979 , Kamar ,

, Emile M. Allain , B. K. Y. Stable , 1:44.20 , - , align=center, 1978 , Flower Princess ,

, Macdonald Benson ,

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, 1:44.60 , - , align=center, 1977 , Majestic Kahala ,

, James M. Hardy , Windhaven , 1:43.60 , - , align=center, 1976 , Regal Gal ,

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, Chris W. Voyce , Edward A. Cox Jr. , 1:42.80 , - , align=center, 1975 , Momigi , Gary Melanson ,

, Koichiro Hayata , 1:42.60 , - , align=center, 1974 , Trudie Tudor ,

, Douglas Banks , 1:42.60 , - , align=center, 1973 , Sharp Quill , Lloyd Duffy , Glenn Magnusson , Lucky C. Stable , 1:44.20 , - , align=center, 1972 , Susceptible , Greg McCarron , Del W. Carroll ,

, 1:43.20 , - , align=center, 1971 , Essie Bs Venture , James Kelly , Andrew G. Smithers , E. Lieberman , 1:45.60 , - , align=center, 1970 , Tudor Queen ,

Gil Rowntree Gil H. Rowntree (born January 17, 1934, in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer and owner. One of the most successful trainers in Canadian Thoroughbred racing history, Rowntree embarked on his racing career ...

, 1:44.40 , - , align=center, 1969 , Not Too Shy ,

Avelino Gomez Avelino Gomez (1928 – June 21, 1980) was a Cuban-born Hall of Fame jockey in American and Canadian thoroughbred horse racing. Born in Havana, Gomez began a career as a jockey at the urging of a family member. He won his first race in Mexic ...

, Donnie Walker , Conn Smythe , 1:44.60 , - , align=center, 1968 , Leprechaun Lady , Richard Grubb , J. Mack , M. H. Dudgeon , 1:38.00 , - , align=center, 1967 , Toward , James Kelly ,

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, Mrs. John W. Sifton , 1:42.00 , - , align=center, 1966 , Royal Tara , Hugo Dittfach , J. Hechter ,

, 1:44.80 , - , align=center, 1965 , Ciboulette , Noel Turcotte , Duke Campbell , Jean-Louis Levesque , 1:44.80 , - , align=center, 1964 , Royal Spirit , J. Davidson , Glenn Magnusson ,

, 1:46.20 , - , align=center, 1963 , Royal Spirit , Hugo Dittfach , Glenn Magnusson ,

, 1:44.80 , - , align=center, 1962 , Reluctant Deb , G. Roser , A. Hickling , J. Simon , 1:45.00 , - , align=center, 1961 , Purple Bow , Don Hale , Frank Merrill, Jr. , Newtondale Stable , 1:49.60 , - , align=center, 1960 , Chick Miss , J. A. Adams , Frank Merrill, Jr. , R. Gian & Tosch , 1:45.20 , - , align=center, 1959 , Kitty Girl , Hugo Dittfach ,

Yonnie Starr Joseph "Yonnie" Starr (August 11, 1905 – March, 1990) was a Canadian Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer about whom the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame says has a "record unmatched in Canadian racing history." Starr began his caree ...

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& Smythe , 1:45.60 , - , align=center, 1958 , Real Cute , A. Nash , J. Calhoun , View Hulloa Farms , 1:44.60 , - , align=center, 1957 , Kitty Girl ,

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& Smythe , 1:47.00 , - , align=center, 1956 , Infusion , Alex Wick , D. Kennedy , Kennedy-Veale Stable , 1:43.40 , -

References

The 2009 Duchess Stakes at the NTRA
Ungraded stakes races in Canada Horse races in Canada Flat horse races for three-year-old fillies Recurring sporting events established in 1956 Woodbine Racetrack Summer events in Canada 1956 establishments in Ontario