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The Canadian Triple Crown (branded as the OLG Canadian Triple Crown for sponsorship reasons) is a series of three Thoroughbred horse races run annually in Canada which is open to three-year-old horses foaled in Canada.
The Canadian Triple Crown was established in 1959 and since then seven horses have won it. In 2014, the Hall of Fame decided to honor the five horses who had won the three races before 1959, meaning 12 horses are now officially recognized as winning the Canadian Triple Crown. [12] [13] [14]
The Western Canadian Triple Crown was established in 2023, and consists of three races across three Canadian tracks. It consists of the Manitoba Derby , the Canadian Derby , and the British Columbia Derby .
Canadian Triple Crown races. Month Race Name Racecourse Dist. (f) Age/Sex August: King's Plate: Woodbine: 10 3yo September: Prince of Wales Stakes: Fort Erie: 9.5: 3yo
According to the racetrack's website, for fans, the most popular winner of the race was the Canadian and American Hall of Fame filly Dance Smartly who went on to win the 1991 Triple Crown. In 1995 Barbara J. Minshall became the first woman to train the winner of a Canadian Triple Crown race when the Minshall Farms colt Kiridashi won.
In 1959, the Canadian Triple Crown was created and then won by New Providence. Six more three-year-olds, including the filly Dance Smartly, have since equalled the feat, with four of them doing so in a five-year period from 1989 to 1993. [2] Six horses have won the first two legs of the Triple Crown but lost on the grass in the Breeders' Stakes.
Triple Crown of Science Fiction, Nebula Award, Hugo Award, and Philip K. Dick Award; only once occurring towards William Gibson Triple Crown was the show title for the 2007 Carolina Crown Drum & Bugle Corps , and was, in fact, about horse racing.
Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (2014) Wando (February 23, 2000 – January 22, 2014) was a Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Canadian Triple Crown in 2003. Wando was bred by Gustav Schickedanz at his farm Schomberg Farms in Schomberg , Ontario and ridden mainly by jockey Patrick Husbands . [ 1 ]