Canadian Maturity Stakes

Canadian Maturity Stakes
Discontinued stakes race

Norcliffe, painted by Bob Demuyser (1920-2003)
Location Woodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Inaugurated 1953
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website woodbineentertainment.com
Race information
Distance  1 1⁄4 miles (10 furlongs)
Surface Turf
Track Left-handed
Qualification Canadian bred four-year-olds
Weight Assigned

The Canadian Maturity Stakes was a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually in late November at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Inaugurated in 1953,[1] the race was restricted to four-year-old horses bred in Canada. It was contested on turf over a distance of a mile and a quarter (10 furlongs).

At a time when Thoroughbreds regularly ran on both dirt and turf, the Canadian Maturity Stakes attracted the best four-year-olds in Canada. However, by the late 1980s that situation had changed dramatically and by the time of the 1994 running, it attracted a field of only four horses.[2]

The Canadian Maturity Stakes was won for five consecutive years between 1990 and 1994 by Sam-Son Farm and Hall of Fame trainer, Jim Day. Sam-Son Farm and Day also won in 1983.[3]

Records

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

Most wins by an owner:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners

  • 1996 - Dagda
  • 1995 - Alywow
  • 1994 - Desert Waves
  • 1993 - Classic Reign
  • 1992 - Dance Smartly
  • 1991 - Sky Classic
  • 1990 - Most Valiant
  • 1989 - Imperial Colony
  • 1988 - Lindjean
  • 1987 - Boulder Run
  • 1986 - Kazbek
  • 1985 - Nagurski
  • 1984 - Piper John
  • 1983 - Twice An Angel
  • 1982 - Frost King
  • 1981 - Bejilla
  • 1980 - Glorious Song
  • 1979 - Overskate
  • 1978 - Sound Reason
  • 1977 - Norcliffe
  • 1976 - Brilliant Sandy
  • 1975 - Rash Move
  • 1974 - Good Port
  • 1973 - Nice Dancer
  • 1972 - Belle Geste
  • 1971 - Mary of Scotland
  • 1970 - Jollysum Dancer
  • 1969 - No Parando
  • 1968 - Battling
  • 1967 - He's A Smoothie
  • 1966 - Good Old Mort
  • 1965 - Langcrest
  • 1964 - Albion Star
  • 1963 - King Gorm
  • 1962 - Majestic Hour
  • 1961 - Hidden Treasure
  • 1960 - Wonder Where
  • 1959 - Foxy Phil
  • 1958 - Nearctic
  • 1957 - Censor
  • 1956 - Ace Marine
  • 1955 - King Maple
  • 1954 - Chain Reaction
  • 1953 - Foxy Pilot

Notes

  1. ↑ http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/473982971.html?dids=473982971:473982971&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+23%2C+1988&author=Tom+Slater+Toronto+Star&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Maturity+race+has+a+big+purse+but+little+talent&pqatl=google
  2. ↑ http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/518313321.html?dids=518313321:518313321&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+30%2C+1994&author=John+Chunn+TORONTO+STAR&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Game+filly+steps+up+in+company&pqatl=google
  3. ↑ http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/518847311.html?dids=518847311:518847311&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+19%2C+1993&author=Rick+Fraser+TORONTO+STAR&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Classic+Reign+zips+to+victory%2C+breaks+Maturity+Stakes+mark&pqatl=google
  4. ↑ http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/518847311.html?dids=518847311:518847311&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+19%2C+1993&author=Rick+Fraser+TORONTO+STAR&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Classic+Reign+zips+to+victory%2C+breaks+Maturity+Stakes+mark&pqatl=google

References

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