Victoriana Stakes
Restricted Stakes race
LocationWoodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario
Inaugurated1975
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Websitewoodbineentertainment.com
Race information
Distance1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationFillies & Mares, 3-Years-Old & Up
(Ontario Sire Stakes program)
WeightAllowances
PurseCAN$125,000

The Victoriana Stakes is a thoroughbred horse race run annually in early to mid August at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. An Ontario Sire Stakes, it is a restricted race for fillies and mares, age three and older. Contested over a distance of 1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs) on turf, it currently carries a purse of $115,000.

Inaugurated at Fort Erie Racetrack, it was raced there from 1975 through 1977 and again in 1994.

Records

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

    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 - Charles E. Fipke (2010, 2011)

    Most wins by a jockey:

    Most wins by a trainer:

    Winners of the Victoriana Stakes

    Year
    		 Winner
    		 Age
    		 Jockey
    		 Trainer
    		 Owner
    		 Time
    2016 Lexie Lou 5 Patrick Husbands Mark E. Casse Gary Barber 1:41.05
    2015 Bear's Pride 4 Patrick Husbands Reade Baker 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 John LeBlanc Jr. William Gierkink 1:41.85
    2011 Impossible Time 6 Jesse M. Campbell Roger L. Attfield Charles E. Fipke 1:43.15
    2010 Impossible Time 5 Jono Jones Roger L. Attfield Charles E. Fipke 1:43.15
    2009 San Nicola Whiskey 4 Emma-Jayne Wilson Robert E. Barnett J. D. A. C. & F. Pirone 1:42.13
    2008 You Will Love Me 4 Eurico Rosa da Silva 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 Macdonald Benson Robert Costigan 1:41.97
    2003 Inish Glora 5 Todd Kabel Macdonald Benson Robert Costigan 1:43.59
    2002 Ariel's Melody 3 Constant Montpellier Steve Attard C Attard & H Bhupaul 1:43.52
    2001 Nymphenburg 5 Gary Boulanger Jerry C. Meyer Knob Hill Stable 1:39.85
    2000 Bristol Pistol 4 Na Somsanith Macdonald Benson Augustin Stable 1:40.66
    1999 Except For Wanda 4 Jim McAleney Bruce Smither George Richter 1:43.84
    1998 Genuine Emerald 4 Richard Dos Ramos 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 Minshall Farms 1:45.4
    1995 Hey Hazel 5 Robert Landry Roger Attfield 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 David C. Brown M/M D. G. McClelland 1:42.00
    1992 Country Stage 4 Dave Penna Roger Laurin Roger Laurin 1:41.3
    1991 Shareefa 3 Mike E. Smith Del W. Carroll Jr. Hassan Shoaib 1:42.1
    1990 Tarage 4 Jim McAleney Macdonald Benson Anderson/Curraghdale 1:41.2
    1989 Majority 5 Jim McAleney Michael J. Doyle Double Axle Stable 1:42.00
    1988 Ptermagant 4 Sandy Hawley Stan Fishman Kruger Brothers/Fishman 1:42.1
    1987 Aromacor 4 Don Seymour Michael Whittingham Ventura Stables 1:42.4
    1986 Insidious Charmer 4 Lloyd Duffy Jacques Dumas Pierre L. Levesque 1:48.4
    1985 Tip O' My Finger 4 Jeffrey Fell Gerry Belanger Ed B. Seedhouse 1:44.1
    1984 Lady Ice 4 Gary Stahlbaum Michael J. Doyle S. Simard 1:45.1
    1983 Eternal Search 5 Lloyd Duffy Janet Bedford Jim Dandy Stable 1:43.00
    1982 Eternal Search 4 Lloyd Duffy Edward Mann Jim Dandy Stable 1:43.4
    1981 Avenare 4 Larry Saumell Robert Donato Jeffrey K. Rafsky 1:44.1
    1980 Avenare 3 Brian Swatuk Michael J. Doyle 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 Avelino Gomez 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 John LeBlanc Fred H. Loschke Hammer Kopf Farm 1:42.1
    1975 Victorian Queen 4 Robin Platts Gil Robillard Grovetree Stable 1:44.1

    References

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