Thoroughbred horse race
Thoroughbred racing is a sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport – flat racing and jump racing, the latter known as National Hunt racing in ...
run annually during the last week of July or first week of August 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 ...
in
Toronto, Ontario
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fillies
A filly is a female horse that is too young to be called a mare. There are two specific definitions in use:
*In most cases, a ''filly'' is a female horse under four years old.
*In some nations, such as the United Kingdom and the United States, t ...
. A six-
furlong
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sprint
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raced on Polytrack synthetic dirt, the Nandi Stakes currently carries a purse of $95,488.
The race was first run in 1975 and named to honor the filly Nandi, dam of
Windfields
Windfields (1943–1971) was a Canadian Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse who was the first stakes race winner bred by E. P. Taylor and for whom he named his world-famous Windfields Farm.
Out of the mare Nandi, for whom the Nandi Stakes at ...
. Since inception, it has been contested at various distances.
* 5 furlongs : 2006
* 5.5 furlongs : 1976-1979
* 6 furlongs : 1975, 1980-2005, 2007–present
In 1979, the Nandi Stakes was run in two divisions.
Records
Speed record:
* 1:09.64 - Tree Pose (2010) (at current distance of six furlongs)
Most wins by an owner:
* 3 -
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 ...
(1976, 1982, 1984)
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Sam-Son Farm
Sam-Son Farm is a Thoroughbred horse racing stable with farms located in Milton, Ontario, Canada and Ocala, Florida. Originating in the 60's by Ernie Samuel, it began as a home for competition hunter/jumper horses. One Sam-Son horse, Canadian C ...
(1983, 1986, 1990)
Most wins by a
jockey
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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 ...
(2000, 2002, 2003, 2014)
Most wins by a trainer:
* 3 -
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 ...
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Robert P. Tiller
Robert P. Tiller (born December 11, 1949 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands) is a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. A resident of Brampton, Ontario, he has long been one of the top trainers at Toronto's Woodbine Racetrack. He has won four trai ...
Eurico Rosa da Silva
Eurico Rosa da Silva (born June 29, 1975, in Buri, São Paulo, Brazil) is a retired Thoroughbred racing jockey who raced for five years in his native Brazil and another four years in Macau before coming to Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. ...
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Ralph Biamonte
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The most common forms ...
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Josie Carroll
Josie Carroll (born December 8, 1957) is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse trainer, who in 2006 became the first woman trainer to win the Queen's Plate, the oldest thoroughbred horse race in Canada and Canada's most prestigious race. She also won the ...
James McAleney
James S. "Jim" McAleney (born August 15, 1969 in Fort St. John, British Columbia) is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.
A native of Fort St. John, British Columbia, Jim McAleney began his career as a jockey in Western Canada where in 1 ...
Nicholas Gonzalez
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Early life
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Robert P. Tiller
Robert P. Tiller (born December 11, 1949 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands) is a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. A resident of Brampton, Ontario, he has long been one of the top trainers at Toronto's Woodbine Racetrack. He has won four trai ...
James McAleney
James S. "Jim" McAleney (born August 15, 1969 in Fort St. John, British Columbia) is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.
A native of Fort St. John, British Columbia, Jim McAleney began his career as a jockey in Western Canada where in 1 ...
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Reade Baker
Reade Baker (born April 30, 1947, in Port Dalhousie, Ontario) is a retired trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses who was voted the 2005 Sovereign Award for Outstanding Trainer in Canada and who in 2018 was inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hal ...
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Harlequin Ranches
Richard Arthur Northwood "Dick" Bonnycastle (born September 26, 1934) is a Canadian businessman who is the former owner and publisher of Harlequin Enterprises (founded in 1949 by his father Richard H. G. Bonnycastle), the world's largest publisher ...
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James McAleney
James S. "Jim" McAleney (born August 15, 1969 in Fort St. John, British Columbia) is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.
A native of Fort St. John, British Columbia, Jim McAleney began his career as a jockey in Western Canada where in 1 ...
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Reade Baker
Reade Baker (born April 30, 1947, in Port Dalhousie, Ontario) is a retired trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses who was voted the 2005 Sovereign Award for Outstanding Trainer in Canada and who in 2018 was inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hal ...
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Harlequin Ranches
Richard Arthur Northwood "Dick" Bonnycastle (born September 26, 1934) is a Canadian businessman who is the former owner and publisher of Harlequin Enterprises (founded in 1949 by his father Richard H. G. Bonnycastle), the world's largest publisher ...
et al.
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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 ...
, Steve Owens
, Great Plyer
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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 ...
Kevin Attard
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The variant ''Kevan'' is anglicized from , an ...
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Stronach Stable Stronach Stables is the North American racing arm of Thoroughbred horse racing owner and horse breeding, breeder, Frank Stronach, who also owns the horse breeding operation Adena Springs. Stronach is also the CEO of the Stronach Group which owns ra ...
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, Secret Lover
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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 ...
, Mark E. Casse
, Heiligbrodt Racing
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, 1999
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Todd Kabel
Todd Kabel (December 7, 1965 – March 27, 2021) was a Canadian Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. A native of McCreary, Manitoba, he began his career as a jockey at Assiniboia Downs in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and in 1987 started competing at tracks in ...
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Thomas O'Keefe
Thomas O'Keefe (born January 22, 1964) is a North Carolina musician and author, best known for his work with Antiseen, Whiskeytown and Train.
Early years
O'Keefe was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and lived in Connecticut until the age of 14. Hi ...
, Caroga Stables/Wings of Erin Farm
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, O'Cainon Stable
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, Classic Ashlee
, David Clark
, Thomas R. Bowden
, Colebrook Farms
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, 1996
, Classic Threat
, Robert Landry
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Macdonald Benson
Macdonald "Mac" Benson (born June 30, 1930 in Wilmington, Delaware) is a Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame trainer. A resident of Woodbridge, Ontario, Benson came to Canada in 1978 to train for E. P. Taylor's renowned Windfields Farm. Since the ...
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Augustin Stable
George W. Strawbridge Jr. (born October 10, 1937) is an American educator, historian, investor, sportsman and philanthropist.
Biography
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was the son of Margaret ("Peggy") Dorrance and the stockbroker George ...
Dave Penna
David Penna (January 11, 1958 – January 13, 2004) was an American jockey in thoroughbred horse racing who competed in the United States but had his greatest successes in Canada.
Born in Auburn, New York, he began his career as a professional r ...
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Michael J. Doyle
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People
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* Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael
Given name "Michael"
* Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and ...
Deputy Jane West
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Don Seymour
Donald J. Seymour (1961 – 26 June 2020) was a Canadian jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who is the only jockey in history to win two Canadian Triple Crowns.
Born in Hamilton, Ontario and raised in Etobicoke, Ontario, Don Seymour began his ...
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Macdonald Benson
Macdonald "Mac" Benson (born June 30, 1930 in Wilmington, Delaware) is a Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame trainer. A resident of Woodbridge, Ontario, Benson came to Canada in 1978 to train for E. P. Taylor's renowned Windfields Farm. Since the ...
Don Seymour
Donald J. Seymour (1961 – 26 June 2020) was a Canadian jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who is the only jockey in history to win two Canadian Triple Crowns.
Born in Hamilton, Ontario and raised in Etobicoke, Ontario, Don Seymour began his ...
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Jerry C. Meyer
Jerome C. "Jerry" Meyer (July 2, 1927 – July 15, 2005) was a Canadian national champion trainer and Hall of Fame inductee in Thoroughbred racing.
Meyer began his career in racing as a jockey but weight gain soon ended that, and at age 18 he tu ...
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Knob Hill Stable
Knob Hill Stable was a Canadian Thoroughbred horse racing and breeding operation established by Toronto, Ontario businessman Steve Stavro. Stavro's interest in horse racing began in 1967 when he acquired a pair of yearlings – Boy Bandit and Da ...
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Brian Swatuk
Brian Swatuk (9 July 1949Profile at horse-canada.com, retrieved 20 December 2014 ...
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James E. Day
James E. Day (born July 7, 1946 in Thornhill, Ontario) was a Canadian Olympic equestrian show jumping championSam-Son Farm
Sam-Son Farm is a Thoroughbred horse racing stable with farms located in Milton, Ontario, Canada and Ocala, Florida. Originating in the 60's by Ernie Samuel, it began as a home for competition hunter/jumper horses. One Sam-Son horse, Canadian C ...
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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 Toro ...
, Phil Gracey
, Come By Chance Stable
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, Lady Summerhill
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Lloyd Duffy
Lloyd Duffy (born December 8, 1944) is a Canadian retired Champion jockey in Thoroughbred flat horse racing who uniquely is also a licensed driver of harness racing horses.
As a teenager, Duff began attending harness racing events at a racetrack ...
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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 ...
Irwin Driedger Irwin may refer to:
Places
;United States
* Irwin, California
* Irwin, Idaho
* Irwin, Illinois
* Irwin, Iowa
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* Irwin, Pennsylvania
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* Irwin County, Georgia
* Irwin Township, Venango County, Pe ...
Ruling Angel
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* The exercise of political or personal control by someone with authority or power
* Business rule, a rule perta ...
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Jeffrey Fell
Jeffrey J. Fell (born June 20, 1956, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) is a retired jockey and a Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee who was also a successful rider in the United States.
On June 17, 1978, Jeffrey Fell rode Tiller to victory i ...
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James E. Day
James E. Day (born July 7, 1946 in Thornhill, Ontario) was a Canadian Olympic equestrian show jumping championSam-Son Farm
Sam-Son Farm is a Thoroughbred horse racing stable with farms located in Milton, Ontario, Canada and Ocala, Florida. Originating in the 60's by Ernie Samuel, it began as a home for competition hunter/jumper horses. One Sam-Son horse, Canadian C ...
Jeffrey Fell
Jeffrey J. Fell (born June 20, 1956, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) is a retired jockey and a Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee who was also a successful rider in the United States.
On June 17, 1978, Jeffrey Fell rode Tiller to victory i ...
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 ...
James E. Day
James E. Day (born July 7, 1946 in Thornhill, Ontario) was a Canadian Olympic equestrian show jumping championSam-Son Farm
Sam-Son Farm is a Thoroughbred horse racing stable with farms located in Milton, Ontario, Canada and Ocala, Florida. Originating in the 60's by Ernie Samuel, it began as a home for competition hunter/jumper horses. One Sam-Son horse, Canadian C ...
Eric Beitia
The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, Erick, or Eirik is derived from the Old Norse name ''Eiríkr'' (or ''Eríkr'' in Old East Norse due to monophthongization).
The first element, ''ei-'' may be derived from the older Proto-Norse ''* ain ...
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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, Alofje
, Dan Beckon
, Frank H. Merrill, Jr.
, The Hodgson Stable
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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 ...
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 ...
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John Morahan
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* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
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* Second E ...
John LeBlanc
John Glenn LeBlanc (born January 21, 1964) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger. He played 83 games in the National Hockey League with the Vancouver Canucks, Edmonton Oilers, and Winnipeg Jets. He scored 26 goals and 13 ass ...
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Jacques Dumas
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Gerry Belanger
Gerry is both a surname and a masculine or feminine given name. As a given name, it is often a short form (hypocorism) of Gerard, Gerald or Geraldine. Notable people with the name include:
Surname
*Elbridge Gerry (1744–1814), fifth US vice presi ...
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, Gay Apparel
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Gary Stahlbaum
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*Gary, Indiana, the largest city named Gary
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* Gary, Iran, Sistan and Baluchestan Province
;Uni ...
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Penny Ryan
Penny Shantz (also known as Penny Ryan and Penny Shantz-Henderson; born May 23, 1960) is a Canadian curler.
She competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics when curling was a demonstration sport. The Canadian women's team won the gold medal, defeat ...
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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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 Toro ...
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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 ...