The Victoriana Stakes is a

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run annually in early to mid 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 tra ...

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, Canada. An Ontario Sire Stakes, it is a restricted race for

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and mares, age three and older. Contested over a distance of miles (8.5 furlongs) on

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, it currently carries a purse of $115,000. Inaugurated 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 ...

, it was raced there from 1975 through 1977 and again in 1994.

Records

Speed record: * Most wins: * 2 - Christy's Mount (1977, 1979) * 2 - Avenare (1980, 1981) * 2 - Eternal Search (1982, 1983) * 2 - Bold Ruritana (1994, 1996) * 2 - Inish Glora (2003, 2004) * 2 - Financingavailable (2006, 2007) * 2 - Impossible Time (2010, 2011) Most wins by an owner: * 2 - D. H. Bunker (1977, 1979) * 2 - Jim Dandy Stable (1982, 1983) * 2 - Minshall Farms (1994, 1996) * 2 - Robert Costigan (2003, 2004) * 2 - K. K. Sangara (2006, 2007) * 2 -

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(2010, 2011) Most wins by a jockey: * 5 - Jim McAleney (1989, 1990, 1999, 2006, 2007) Most wins by a trainer: * 4 -

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 ...

(1990, 2000, 2003, 2004)

Winners of the Victoriana Stakes

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Lexie Lou Lexie Lou (foaled February 26, 2011 in Ontario) is a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse. In 2014, she won the Queen's Plate and two legs of the Canadian Triple Tiara on her way to winning three Sovereign Awards. She has also won three graded s ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

, Bear Stables , 1:40.22 , - , 2014 , Silent Star , 4 , Justin Stein , David R. Bell , CEC Stables , 1:42.90 , - , 2013 , Hobnobsnob , 4 , Gerry Olguin , Earl Barnett , Openwood Farm , 1:44.75 , - , 2012 , Moonlit Beauty , 6 ,

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. ...

, John LeBlanc Jr. , William Gierkink , 1:41.85 , - , 2011 , Impossible Time , 6 , Jesse M. Campbell ,

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 ...

, 1:43.15 , - , 2010 , Impossible Time , 5 ,

Jono Jones Jonathon C. "Jono" Jones (born April 30, 1976 in Cascade, Trinidad and Tobago) is a Barbadian-born Canadian jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who has won each of the Canadian Triple Crown races. The son of the renowned Barbadian jockey/trainer ...

, Charles E. Fipke , 1:43.15 , - , 2009 , San Nicola Whiskey , 4 ,

Emma-Jayne Wilson Emma-Jayne Wilson (born September 1, 1981) is a Sovereign and Eclipse Award-winning jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. She began taking riding lessons at age nine, and after finishing high school in Brampton, she studied equine management at ...

, Robert E. Barnett , J. D. A. C. & F. Pirone , 1:42.13 , - , 2008 , You Will Love Me , 4 ,

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. ...

, Earl Barnett , Bill Jones , 1:42.02 , - , 2007 , Financingavailable , 6 , Jim McAleney , Lorne Richards , K. K. Sangara , 1:41.26 , - , 2006 , Financingavailable , 5 , Jim McAleney , Lorne Richards , K. K. Sangara , 1:42.78 , - , 2005 , Spanish Decree , 6 , Gerry Olguin , Frank Huarte , Frank Huarte , 1:48.03 , - , 2004 , Inish Glora , 6 ,

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 ...

, Robert Costigan , 1:41.97 , - , 2003 , Inish Glora , 5 ,

, Robert Costigan , 1:43.59 , - , 2002 , Ariel's Melody , 3 , Constant Montpellier , Steve Attard , C Attard & H Bhupaul , 1:43.52 , - , 2001 ,

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Gary Boulanger Gary Dale Boulanger (born November 19, 1967) is a Canadian Hall of Fame jockey and trainer who competed in his native Canada and the United States. Born in Drayton Valley, Alberta, Canada, Boulanger began his career in 1987 at Tampa Bay Downs ...

, Jerry C. Meyer , Knob Hill Stable , 1:39.85 , - , 2000 , Bristol Pistol , 4 , Na Somsanith ,

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, 1:40.66 , - , 1999 , Except For Wanda , 4 , Jim McAleney , Bruce Smither , George Richter , 1:43.84 , - , 1998 , Genuine Emerald , 4 ,

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 ...

, Danny O'Callaghan , Estate G. R. Gardiner , 1:41.4 , - , 1997 , Classic Wonder , 5 , Mickey Walls , John P. MacKenzie , Rudy Singh , 1:41.00 , - , 1996 , Bold Ruritana , 6 , Robert Landry ,

Barbara Minshall Barbara J. Minshall (born November 6, 1953) is a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse trainer and owner who has competed both in Canada and the United States. She is the widow of Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee Aubrey W. Minshall, the succ ...

, Minshall Farms , 1:45.4 , - , 1995 , Hey Hazel , 5 , Robert Landry ,

Roger Attfield Roger L. Attfield (born 28 November 1939 in 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 England, Attfield ha ...

, M. Canino , 1:41.4 , - , 1994 , Bold Ruritana , 4 , David Clark , James E. Day , Minshall Farms , 1:41.3 , - , 1993 , Myrtle Irene , 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 ...

, David C. Brown , M/M D. G. McClelland , 1:42.00 , - , 1992 , Country Stage , 4 , Dave Penna ,

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, Del W. Carroll Jr. , Hassan Shoaib , 1:42.1 , - , 1990 , Tarage , 4 , Jim McAleney ,

, Anderson/Curraghdale , 1:41.2 , - , 1989 , Majority , 5 , Jim McAleney ,

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, Stan Fishman , Kruger Brothers/Fishman , 1:42.1 , - , 1987 , Aromacor , 4 ,

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, Pierre L. Levesque , 1:48.4 , - , 1985 , Tip O' My Finger , 4 ,

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, Gerry Belanger , Ed B. Seedhouse , 1:44.1 , - , 1984 , Lady Ice , 4 ,

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, Janet Bedford , Jim Dandy Stable , 1:43.00 , - , 1982 , Eternal Search , 4 ,

, Edward Mann , Jim Dandy Stable , 1:43.4 , - , 1981 , Avenare , 4 , Larry Saumell , Robert Donato , Jeffrey K. Rafsky , 1:44.1 , - , 1980 , Avenare , 3 ,

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, Bo-Teek Farm , 1:45.3 , - , 1979 , Christy's Mount , 6 , George HoSang , David C. Brown , D. H. Bunker , 1:43.00 , - , 1978 , Regal Quillo , 5 ,

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, Andrew Smithers , R. E. Leslie , 1:45.1 , - , 1977 , Christy's Mount , 4 , George HoSang , David C. Brown , D. H. Bunker , 1:48.3 , - , 1976 , Reasonable Win , 4 ,

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, Gil Robillard , Grovetree Stable , 1:44.1 , -

References

The Victoriana Stakes at Pedigree query

2007 Victoriana Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack

The 2010 Victoriana Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack
Ontario Sire Stakes Ungraded stakes races in Canada Mile category horse races for fillies and mares Recurring sporting events established in 1975 Woodbine Racetrack 1975 establishments in Ontario