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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]
C. Canadian Champion Female Sprint Horse; Canadian Champion Female Turf Horse; Canadian Champion Male Sprint Horse; Canadian Champion Male Turf Horse
The Canadian Triple Crown shares another characteristic with its American counterpart – all of the races in both series are open to geldings. This differs from the situation in Europe, where many important flat races, notably the British and all but one of the French classics, bar geldings.
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At the 1925 King's Plate, W. A. Hewitt and his son Foster Hewitt called the first horse race broadcast on radio. [15] In 1964, Northern Dancer, the first Canadian-bred horse to win the Kentucky Derby, also won the Queen's Plate in his final race. [16] In 2006, Josie Carroll became the first woman trainer to win the Queen's Plate.
The race was the creation of future Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee R. James Speers and first run in 1930 at his Polo Park Racetrack in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Inaugurated as the Manitoba Stakes, it was restricted to Manitoba-bred horses until 1936 when the race was renamed the Manitoba Derby and made open to three-year-old horses bred ...
In the 2006 renewal, featuring several of the fastest pacers of the time, Lis Mara set a Canadian record on a 5 ⁄ 8-mile track of 1:49.3. [11] The record was broken in the 2011 renewal by Lis Mara's brother Lisagain, who paced the mile in 1:49.2. [12] Although this is no longer the Canadian record, it still stands as the Rideau Carleton track ...
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 ...