{{Infobox racehorse , horsename = Overskate , image = , caption = , sire =

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, grandsire = Noholme , dam = Overstate , damsire =

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, sex =

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, foaled = 1975 , country = Canada , colour =

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, breeder =

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, owner = Jack Stafford , trainer = Gil Rowntree , record = 42: 24-5-4 , earnings = $791,634 , race = Coronation Futurity Stakes (1977)
Plate Trial Stakes (1978)

Prince of Wales Stakes The Prince of Wales Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Fort Erie Race Track in Fort Erie, Ontario. Restricted to only three-year-old horses bred in Canada, it is contested on dirt over a distance of miles (1.9 km; ...

(1978)
Breeders' Stakes (1978)

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(1978)

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(1979)

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(1979)

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(1979)
Ultimus Stakes (1979)
Bowling Green Handicap (1979)

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(1979, 1980)
Jockey Club Cup Handicap (1980)
Eclipse Handicap (1980) , awards = Canadian Champion 2-year-old Colt (1977)
Canadian Champion 3-year-old Colt (1978)

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(1978, 1979)

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(1979, 1980)
Canadian Champion Turf Horse
(1978, 1979, 1980) , honours =

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(1993)
Overskate Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack , updated= Overskate (1975–1992) was a Canadian Thoroughbred Champion

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. Sired by

out of the dam Overstate who was a descendant of the great

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as well as Man o' War, Overskate was foaled at his owner's farm in

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. A small but versatile horse, Overskate raced successfully on grass and dirt racecourses and won major races on rain-soaked sloppy tracks. During his career, he was voted an unprecedented nine

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s while racing in Canada and at various tracks in the United States. The colt set track records for 9 furlongs (1 1/8 miles) at Assiniboia Downs in Winnipeg, Manitoba and for 11 furlongs (1 3/8 miles) on turf at

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in Elmont, New York. Ridden by

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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 ...

, Overskate came off his 1977 two-year-old championship season with a win in the Plate Trial Stakes but then finished second in the 1978 Queen's Plate, Canada's most prestigious race and the first leg of the Canadian Triple Crown. However, the colt came back to win the next two Triple Crown races, the Prince of Wales and Breeders' Stakes. Successful at age four and five, the two-time

was retired in 1980 as the all-time leading money winner among Canadian-bred horses.

References

Overskate's pedigree and racing stats

Overskate at the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame
1975 racehorse births 1992 racehorse deaths Racehorses bred in Ontario Racehorses trained in Canada Horse racing track record setters Sovereign Award winners Canadian Thoroughbred Horse of the Year Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductees Thoroughbred family 22-b