Wonder Where Stakes
Restricted race | |
Location | Woodbine Racetrack Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Inaugurated | 1965 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | woodbineentertainment.com |
Race information | |
Distance | 1+1⁄4 miles (10 furlongs) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-old fillies |
Weight | Scale Weight |
Purse | Can$250,000 (2016) |
The Wonder Where Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually since 1965 at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Held during the end of July/first week in August, it is the third leg of Canadian Triple Tiara series for Canadian-foaled three-year-old fillies.
Raced on Turf, the Wonder Where Stakes currently offers a purse of Can$250,000. Since inception in 1965, it has been contested at 1+1⁄4 miles (10 furlongs) except for 1994 when the distance was set at 1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs).
The race is named in honor of the champion filly, Wonder Where, Canada's 1959 Horse of the Year and a Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee.
In 2007, Sealy Hill became the first filly to win the Canadian Triple Tiara since the series was created in 1999.
Records
[edit]Speed record: (Through 1998, Woodbine times were recorded in fifths of a second. Since 1999 they are in hundredths of a second)
- 1:58.88 - Inflexibility (2017)
Most wins by an owner:
- 7 - Sam-Son Farm (1972, 1985, 1990, 1991, 1996, 2000, 2013)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 4 - Todd Kabel (1993, 1994, 1998, 2002)
- 5 - Patrick Husbands (2007, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 4 - James E. Day (1985, 1990, 1991, 1996)
- 4 - Roger Attfield (1986, 1988, 1999, 2001)
- 4 - Mark Casse (2007, 2009, 2014, 2015)