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Meadow Court then won two more races before being retired to stud following the season. The horse, purchased by Bell for $9,000 won over $280,000 in purses before being sold for over $1.2 million. [17] He and McMahon won the 1968 Queen's Plate with Merger. [18] Max Bell was inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 1977. [14]
Charles William Boland (January 29, 1940 – May 5, 1961) was a Canadian jockey in thoroughbred horse racing who died as a result of a racing accident. [1]Born in Old Chelsea, Quebec, [2] he competed at racetracks in his native Province as well as in Ontario.
He was elected to the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 1977, the U.S. National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1982, the Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1990, and the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 1997. [1] Gomez died of complications after a three-horse accident during the running of the Canadian Oaks in 1980. He had won 4,081 races ...
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]
He was elected to the club's board in 1898 and served as president from 1906 until his death. [1] In 1908 helped found the Canadian Racing Association. [8] On its formation in 1976, the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inducted Joseph E. Seagram as part of its inaugural class in the builder's category.
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 ...
Joseph Boyle was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame racehorse trainer Charles Boyle and wife Martha Bain Boyle. [2] His brother, David A. Boyle, would follow in their father's footsteps and become a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.