The Eclipse Stakes is a Canadian

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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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. Held during the second half of May, the

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race is open to horses, four-years of age and older. It is contested over a distance of miles (8.5 furlongs) on

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synthetic dirt and currently offers a purse of $153.450. Inaugurated as the Eclipse Handicap at Toronto's

Greenwood Raceway Greenwood Raceway (originally Woodbine Race Course) was a horse racing facility in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. History Woodbine Race Course Inaugurated in 1874 as Woodbine Race Course at the foot of Woodbine Avenue and Lake Ontario, it was owned a ...

in 1956, it was moved to Woodbine Racetrack in 1967. Since inception, it has been contested at various distances: * 1 mile : 1959–1960 at

* miles : 1956, 1958 at Greenwood Raceway, since 1967 at Woodbine Racetrack * miles : 1957, 1961–1963 at Greenwood Raceway * miles : 1964–1966 at Greenwood Raceway The race was not run in 2021.

Records

Speed record: * 1:42.40 : Ambassador B. (1977) (at current distance of miles) * 1:42:40 : Artie's Storm (2022) Most wins: * 3 -

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(2015, 2016, 2018) * 2 - Frost King (1982, 1983) * 2 -

Royal Chocolate Royal Chocolate (foaled 1970 in Ontario) was a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1973 Queen's Plate, the oldest continuous race in North America and Canada's most prestigious horse race. Background Royal Chocolate was bred and raced b ...

(1974, 1975) Most wins by an owner: * 5 - Stafford Farms (1974, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1980) * 6 -

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and/or

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(1993, 1995, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2012) Most wins by a

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: * 7 -

Robin Platts Robin Platts (born c. 1949 in Leicester, England) is a Canadian thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He began his jockey career at age 16 and went on to become the winner of the 1979 Sovereign Award for Outstanding Jockey, a record f ...

(1968, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983) Most wins by a trainer: * 6 -

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(1974, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1986) * 7 -

Roger L. Attfield Roger L. Attfield (born 28 November 1939 in Newbury, Berkshire, Newbury, Berkshire, England) is a Canadian thoroughbred horse trainer and owner and an inductee of both the Canadian and United States horseracing Halls of Fame. In his native En ...

(1990, 1991, 1992, 2005, 2007, 2015, 2016)

Winners

*In 1965, Brother Leo finished first but was disqualified and set back to second place.{{refend

References

The Eclipse Stakes at Pedigree Query
Graded stakes races in Canada Recurring sporting events established in 1956 Woodbine Racetrack

Records

Winners

See also

References