Glorious Song Stakes
Ungraded Stakes race | |
Location |
Woodbine Racetrack Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Inaugurated | 1981 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website |
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Race information | |
Distance | Seven furlong |
Surface | Tapeta synthetic dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Two-year-old fillies |
Weight | Allowances |
Purse | $125,000 |
Bonuses | $25,000 for Ontario-bred horses from the T.I.P./C.T.H.S.) |
The Glorious Song Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid-November at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. A race open to Two-year-old fillies, since 2006 it has contested over Seven furlongs on a synthetic "all weather" track surface.
Inaugurated in 1981 at Toronto's now defunct Greenwood Raceway, in 1994 the race was moved to the Woodbine facility.
It is named in honour of Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame filly, Glorious Song, owned by Frank Stronach and Nelson Bunker Hunt.
The Glorious Song Stakes was run in two divisions in 1985.
Records
Speed record: (Through 1998, Woodbine times were recorded in fifths of a second. Since 1999 they are in hundredths of a second)
- 1:21.97 - Tu Endie Wei (2011)
Most wins by an owner:
- 3 - Sam-Son Farm (1986, 1987, 1997)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 5 - Patrick Husbands (2002, 2006, 2009, 2013, 2014)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 6 - Mark Casse (2004, 2005, 2006. 2013, 2014, 2016)
Winners
Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
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2016 | Let It Ride Mom | Rafael Hernandez | Mark E. Casse | Live Oak Plantation | 1:22.69 |
2015 | Ami's Mesa | Luis Contreras | Josie Carroll | Ivan Dalos | 1:23.43 |
2014 | Mississippi Delta | Patrick Husbands | Mark E. Casse | Jackpot Ranch/Rutherford | 1:22.17 |
2013 | Zensational Bunny | Patrick Husbands | Mark E. Casse | Gary Barber | 1:23.20 |
2012 | Leinan | Louis Contreras | Josie Carroll | James & Alice Sapara | 1:23.73 |
2011 | Tu Endie Wei | James Mcaleney | Reade Baker | Brereton C. Jones | 1:21.97 |
2010 | Anne's Beauty | David Clark | Paul Attard | R Smithen | 1:22.64 |
2009 | Cascading | Patrick Husbands | Josie Carroll | Hill 'N' Dale Farms/McGhee | 1:23.05 |
2008 | Selva | Emma-Jayne Wilson | David M. Carroll | Helen Alexander/Helen Groves | 1:22.94 |
2007 | Initiation | Jeremy Rose | H. Graham Motion | Augustin Stable | 1:22.75 |
2006 | Sealy Hill | Patrick Husbands | Mark Casse | Melnyk Racing Stables | 1:23.88 |
2005 | Top Notch Lady | Ray Sabourin | Mark Casse | Robert J. Wilson | 1:23.86 |
2004 | Shout To The North | Emile Ramsammy | Mark Casse | Tommy Town Thoroughbreds | 1:25.65 |
2003 | Silver Bird | Jim McAleney | Reade Baker | James McAlpine | 1:23.07 |
2002 | Buffalo Jump | Patrick Husbands | Josie Carroll | Eaton Hall Farm | 1:24.22 |
2001 | Boston Twist | Gary Boulanger | Josie Carroll | William Schettine | 1:25.04 |
2000 | Poetically | David Clark | Roger Attfield | Kinghaven Farms | 1:22.20 |
1999 | Golden Path | David Clark | Nickolas DeToro | Nickolas DeToro | 1:25.41 |
1998 | Appealing Phylly | Todd Kabel | Thomas Bowden | Colebrook Farms | 1:22.60 |
1997 | Misty Hour | Emile Ramsammy | Mark Frostad | Sam-Son Farm | 1:22.20 |
1996 | No Foul Play | Steve Bahen | Margaret Spencer | Margaret Spencer | 1:26.60 |
1995 | Hello Rachel | Dave Penna | Roger Attfield | Windhaven | 1:25.40 |
1994 | Krz Ldy | Larry Attard | Mike DePaulo | Ron Guidolin et al. | 1:24.80 |
1993 | Avies Covergirl | Ray Sabourin | Steve Owens | Steve Owens | 1:27.00 |
1992 | Hey Hazel | Don Seymour | Roger Attfield | Mickey Canino | 1:26.00 |
1991 | Debra's Victory | Mickey Walls | Phil England | Knob Hill Stable | 1:25.60 |
1990 | Canadian Envoy | Jim McAleney | Macdonald Benson | Windfields Farm | 1:25.40 |
1989 | So Long Seoul | Irwin Driedger | P. Noel Hickey | Irish Acres Farm | 1:26.20 |
1988 | Dance For Lucy | Dave Penna | Sheldon Wolfe | Hellenic Stable et al. | 1:28.60 |
1987 | Tilt My Halo | Jim McAleney | James E. Day | Sam-Son Farm | 1:27.40 |
1986 | Water Chimes | Dave Penna | James E. Day | Sam-Son Farm | 1:27.60 |
1985 | Miss Tressette | Dave Penna | Joseph Attard | F. & C. Russo | 1:29.00 |
1985 | Grecian Touch | Richard Dos Ramos | Herbert Schnitzler | Longview Farm | 1:29.00 |
1984 | Deceit Dancer | Dan Beckon | Gil Rowntree | Maktoum Al Maktoum | 1:26.40 |
1983 | Proud Halo | Robert King, Jr. | Gerry Moerman | Shefry Farms/Shefsky | 1:28.40 |
1982 | L'Epee | John Bell | Emile M. Allain | Terfloth Farm | 1:27.20 |
1981 | Chaleur | David Clark | Michael J. Doyle | Bo-Teek Farms | 1:28.60 |
References
- The Glorious Song Stakes at Pedigree Query
- Woodbine Stakes History (pdf) Glorious Song Stakes on page 50