Vice Regent Stakes
Restricted Stakes race
LocationWoodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Inaugurated1997
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Websitewoodbineentertainment.com
Race information
DistanceOne Mile (8 furlongs)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-years-old
(Ontario Sire Stakes program)
WeightAllowances
Purse$95,200 (2016)

The Vice Regent Stakes is a thoroughbred horse race run annually since 1997 at the end of August at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

An Ontario Sire Stakes, it is a restricted race for three-year-olds raced over a distance of one mile (8 furlongs) on Turf and currently carries a purse of $95,200.

The race was named to honor Vice Regent, the important Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame sire. Vice Regent's son Randy Regent, won the inaugural running in 1997 in record time that stood until 2008.

Records

Speed record: (Through 1998, Woodbine times were recorded in fifths of a second. Since 1999 they are in hundredths of a second)

  • 1:33.76 - Sand Cove (2008)

Most wins by an owner:

  • 2 - RMC Stable (2001, 2005)
  • 2 - Paul Buttigieg (2010, 2014)

Most wins by a jockey:

  • 2 - Na Somsanith (1999, 2001)
  • 2 - Ray Sabourin (2002, 2004)
  • 2 - Emile Ramsammy (2003, 2005)

Most wins by a trainer:

  • 2 - Paul Buttigieg (2010, 2014)

Winners

Year
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
2016 Thor's Rocket David Moran Paul M. Buttigieg Buttigieg Training Centre/Vlahos 1:44.49
2015 Born in a Breeze Alan Garcia Mark R. Frostad Earle I. Mack 1:34.85
2014 Too Many Egbert's David Moran Paul Buttigieg Buttigieg Training Centre 1:34.75
2013 San Nicola Thunder Justin Stein John Cardella Cooper/Pirone 1:35.97
2012 Seen It All Before Luis Contreras Ashlee Brnjas Colebrook Farms 1:35.17
2011 Welloiledmachine Jim McAleney Mike Keogh Christine & Dennis Windsor 1:39.27
2010 Officeinthevalley Richard Dos Ramos Paul Buttigieg Paul M. Buttigieg 1:35.86
2009 Guipago Tyler Pizarro Analisa M. Delmas Fieldstone Farms 1:34.33
2008 Sand Cove Slade Callaghan Roger Attfield Ralph Johnson 1:33.76
2007 Rahy's Attorney Robert Landry Ian Black Ellie Boje Farm et al. 1:36.20
2006 Another Ascot Constant Montpellier Michael DePaulo California Stable 1:38.09
2005 Decew Falls Emile Ramsammy Mike Keogh RMC Stable 1:39.38
2004 Archers Bow Ray Sabourin Michael J. Wright S. J. Anstey et al. 1:40.83
2003 Tusayan Emile Ramsammy Laurie Silvera L. Silvera / S. Kilambi 1:36.97
2002 Mighty Quinn Ray Sabourin Malcolm Pierce Windways Farm/Quinn Stable 1:37.34
2001 Indian Dan Na Somsanith John A. Ross RMC Stable 1:36.83
2000 High Speed Travel Todd Kabel Barbara J. Minshall Minshall Farms 1:37.01
1999 Ruxsh Na Somsanith Earl Barnett Jal Dastur 1:37.40
1998 Goldmart Prince Kelly MacKay Wray I. Lawrence Goldmart Farms 1:35.60
1997 Randy Regent Sandy Hawley Mark Frostad Sam-Son Farm 1:35.20

References

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