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Pages in category "Canadian racehorse owners and breeders" The following 75 pages are in this category, out of 75 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "Horse racing in Canada" ... List of Canadian flat horse races; List of casinos and horse racing tracks in Alberta ... Sovereign Award for ...
Windfields Farm in Ontario was the birthplace of racing great and champion sire Northern Dancer, winner of the 1964 Kentucky Derby (in stakes record time), the Preakness Stakes, and the Queen's Plate. Northern Dancer was retired after the 1964 racing season and started a career at stud in Ontario, before being moved in 1969 [1] to
Some entries may be breeders of other breeds that are primarily used for racing, such as the Standardbred. However, it is not appropriate to list breeders of other horse breeds here unless that breeder was exclusively or primarily breeding horses specifically for the track.
He was voted Thoroughbred racing's man of the year in 1973 and the following year was elected to Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. In 1977 and 1983 he was named the winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Breeder in North America. Taylor's horses won 15 Queen's Plate races and were named Canadian Horse of the Year nine times. [25] [26] [29]
A list of notable flat horse races which take place annually in Canada and which currently hold Grade 1, 2 or 3 according to the Jockey Club of Canada. [ 1 ] Grade 1
Knob Hill Stable was a Canadian Thoroughbred horse racing and breeding operation established by Toronto, Ontario businessman Steve Stavro. Stavro's interest in horse racing began in 1967 when he acquired a pair of yearlings – Boy Bandit and Danforth Dan. They were conditioned by J. C. Meyer. [1]
The most renowned renewal was in 1973 when the Canadian International was the final race for Secretariat. His 6 + 1 ⁄ 2-lengths victory is the widest winning margin in the race's history. [6] Other notable winners include Bunty Lawless, voted "Canadian Horse of the Half Century," who won in 1938 and 1941. [7]