Maple Leaf Stakes

Maple Leaf Stakes
Ungraded Stakes race
Location	Woodbine Racetrack; Toronto, Ontario
Inaugurated	1892
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	www.woodbineentertainment.com
Race information
Distance	1¼ miles (10 furlongs)
Track	Polytrack, left-handed
Qualification	Fillies & Mares, 3-Years-Old & Up
Weight	Allowances
Purse	$175,000

The Maple Leaf Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Run during the first part of November, the ungraded stakes is open to fillies aged three or older. Raced over a distance of one and one-quarter miles on Polytrack synthetic dirt, it currently offers a purse of $175,000.

Inaugurated in 1892, the Maple Leaf Stakes has been competed at a variety of distances. Since 1956, when the new Woodbine Racetrack hosted the event, the race distance have been set as follows:

1¹/16 miles : 1956-1958 at Woodbine Racetrack, 1959 and 1965 at Greenwood Raceway
1 mile : 1960-1964 at Greenwood Raceway
1¼ miles : 1966-1993 at Greenwood Raceway and since 1994 at Woodbine Racetrack

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 1¼ miles)

2:02.60 - Wings of Erin (1995)

Most wins:

2 - Tattling (1926, 1927)
2 - Shady Well (1932, 1933)
2 - Passa Grille (1941, 1942)
2 - Floral Gift (1945, 1946)
2 - Teddy's Sister (1951, 1952)
2 - Golden Turkey (1961, 1962)
2 - Hinemoa (1966, 1967)
2 - Not To Shy (1969, 1970)
2 - Lovely Sunrise (1974, 1975)
2 - Bye Bye Paris (1976, 1977)
2 - Sintrillium (1983, 1984)
2 - Wings of Erin (1995, 1996)
2 - One For Rose (2003, 2004)

Most wins by an owner:

7 - Conn Smythe (1959, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977)
6 - William Hendrie (1891, 1894, 1896, 1899, 1900, 1902)

Most wins by a jockey:

5 - Brian Swatuk (1969, 1975, 1982, 1983, 1984)

Most wins by a trainer:

6 - Donnie Walker (1969, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977)

Pat Remillard won the Maple Leaf Stakes four times as a jockey (1934,1936, 1942, 1949) and then again as a trainer in 1973.

Winners of the Maple Leaf Stakes since 1959

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2008	Tell It as It Is	4	Emma-Jayne Wilson	James Smith	Cinnamont Stable	2:04.99
2007	Like A Gem	4	Emma-Jayne Wilson	Daniel J. Vella	Hillsbrook Farms	2:03.51
2006	Howaboutrightnow	3	Emma-Jayne Wilson	Mark E. Casse	Norm Casse	2:07.66
2005	Ballroom Deputy	4	Dino Luciani	Josie Carroll	Padua Stables	2:05.77
2004	One For Rose	5	Emile Ramsammy	Sid C. Attard	Tucci Stables	2:04.87
2003	One For Rose	4	Emile Ramsammy	Sid C. Attard	Tucci Stables	2:03.50
2002	Lady Shari	3	Constant Montpellier	David Cotey	Dominion Bloodstock	2:06.22
2001	Catch The Ring	4	Robert Landry	Mark Frostad	Sam-Son Farm	2:03.62
2000	On A Soapbox	4	Gary Boulanger	Niall O'Callaghan	Gary A. Tanaka	2:05.94
1999	With Flair	3	David Clark	Mark Frostad	Sam-Son Farm	2:05.54
1998	No Foul Play	4	Steve Bahen	Margaret Spencer	Margaret Spencer	2:06.20
1997	Blue and Red	5	Todd Kabel	Sid C. Attard	Jim Dandy Stable	2:04.60
1996	Wings of Erin	4	Jim McAleney	Thomas O'Keefe	Roberts / Matthews	2:09.00
1995	Wings of Erin	3	K. Willey	Thomas O'Keefe	Roberts / Matthews	2:02.60
1994	Smiles With A Fist	4	Dave Penna	Michelle Bonte	Gierkink / Bonte	2:05.80
1993	Dance For Donna	4	Robert Landry	Sherry Noakes	Aubrey W. Minshall	2:07.00
1992	Adorned	5	Robert Landry	Macdonald Benson	Windfields Farm	2:05.80
1991	Musical Respite	3	Daniel J. David	R. Wright	Sheehan Farms	2:06.40
1990	Star Standing	3	P. Johnson	Peter M. Vestal	M. J. Ryan	2:05.80
1989	One For Bert	4	Jim McAleney	John Cardella	M. & N. Nosowenko	2:07.60
1988	Arcroyal	4	Don Seymour	Roger Attfield	Kinghaven Farms	2:09.20
1987	Triple Wow	4	Don Seymour	Roger Attfield	Kinghaven Farms	2:08.20
1986	Gypsy Sunshine	3	Irwin Driedger	Gerry Belanger	Trillium Stable	2:08.60
1985	In My Cap	3	Irwin Driedger	James E. Day	Sam-Son Farm	2:07.00
1984	Sintrillium	6	Brian Swatuk	Conrad Cohen	Frank Stronach	2:08.80
1983	Sintrillium	5	Brian Swatuk	Conrad Cohen	Frank Stronach	2:10.60
1982	Eternal Search	4	Brian Swatuk	Edward Mann	Jim Dandy Stable	2:09.80
1981	Quantra	3	George HoSang	Jerry G. Lavigne	Paddockhurst Stable	2:07.80
1980	Orphanella	4	J. Paul Souter	A. Wick	Aubrey W. Minshall	2:05.80
1979	Glorious Song	3	John LeBlanc	Fred H. Loschke	Frank Stronach	2:08.80
1978	Male Strike	4	Jim Walford	John Cardella	M. M. Anaka	2:08.00
1977	Bye Bye Paris	4	Jeffrey Fell	Donnie Walker	Conn Smythe	2:05.40
1976	Bye Bye Paris	3	Jeffrey Fell	Donnie Walker	Conn Smythe	2:03.80
1975	Lovely Sunrise	4	Brian Swatuk	Donnie Walker	Conn Smythe	2:06.20
1974	Lovely Sunrise	3	John LeBlanc	Donnie Walker	Conn Smythe	2:04.00
1973	Musketeer Miss	3	John Bell	Pat Remillard	Mrs. J. A. McDougald	2:09.40
1972	Lauries Dancer	4	Sandy Hawley	James C. Bentley	Helen G. Stollery	2:07.60
1971	Page Me Doll	4	D. Thomas	Glenn Magnusson	J. W. Wright	2:05.20
1970	Not Too Shy	4	Sandy Hawley	Donnie Walker	Conn Smythe	2:10.60
1969	Not Too Shy	3	Brian Swatuk	Donnie Walker	Conn Smythe	2:05.20
1968	Hometown News	3	Richard Grubb	Gil Rowntree	Stafford Farms	2:07.40
1967	Hinemoa	4	Avelino Gomez	Paul Cooper	Doug Banks	2:06.40
1966	Hinemoa	3	Wayne Harris	Paul Cooper	Doug Banks	2:06.20
1965	Lady Victoria	3	Jim Fitzsimmons	R. Richards	Windfields Farm	1:45.60
1964	Ciboulette	3	Eric Walsh	Duke Campbell	Jean-Louis Levesque	1:39.40
1963	Court Royal	4	Jim Fitzsimmons	N. Julius	J. E. Frowde Seagram	1:40.00
1962	Golden Turkey	4	H. Bolin	W. Sayles	A. G. Hedges	1:41.60
1961	Golden Turkey	3	B. DeSpirito	W. Sayles	A. G. Hedges	1:38.20
1960	Skinny Minny	3	Al Coy	John Passero	William R. Beasley	1:38.20
1959	Wonder Where	3	Al Coy	Yonnie Starr	Maloney & Smythe	1:44.60

In 1973 Sharp Quill finished first but was disqualified and set back to second.
In 1994, Plenty Of Sugar finished first but was disqualified and set back to third.

Earlier winners

1958 - Windy Answer
1957 - Turn Me Loose
1956 - Air Page
1955 - Festivity
1954 - June Brook
1953 - Winter Lady
1952 - Teddy's Sister
1951 - Teddy's Sister
1950 - Filsis
1949 - Tab Wales
1948 - Ascendant
1947 - Yellowknife
1946 - Floral Gift
1945 - Floral Gift
1944 - Sister Pat
1943 - Patruska
1942 - Passa Grille
1941 - Passa Grille
1940 - Koracan
1939 - Budsis
1938 - Mona Bell

1937 - Fore Isus
1936 - Ladymuch
1935 - Chickpen
1934 - Candy Feast
1933 - Shady Well
1932 - Shady Well
1931 - Step Off
1930 - Lindsay
1929 - Dance Circle
1928 - Best Bonnett
1927 - Tattling
1926 - Tattling
1925 - Tricky Take Off
1924 - Vrana
1923 - Prismar
1922 - Affectation
1921 - Sudor
1920 - Ostara
1915 - Lady Curzon
1914 - Dark Rosaleen
1913 - Sarolta

1912 - Amberite
1911 - Bride Lane
1910 - Frolic
1909 - Mendip
1908 - Cannie Maid
1907 - Sea Wall
1906 - Fair Havana
1905 - Maid of Barrie
1904 - Loupanga
1903 - Prodigality
1902 - Lyddite
1901 - Lady Berkley
1900 - Barley Sugar
1899 - Toddle Ladle
1898 - Violent
1897 - Downright
1896 - Melcha
1895 - Waterflow
1894 - Nancy Lee
1893 - Bonnie Bluff
1892 - Queen Mary

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