Hendrie_Stakes

Hendrie Stakes

Hendrie Stakes

Horse race


The Hendrie Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Held in mid May, the Grade III sprint race is open to fillies and mares, aged four and older and is contested over a distance of 6+12 furlongs on Polytrack synthetic dirt. It offers a purse of $116,205 with an additional $50,000 for Ontario-bred horses provided by the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (CTHS) through its Thoroughbred Improvement Program (TIP).

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It was inaugurated in 1975 and run at the Fort Erie Racetrack for the first two years as the George C. Hendrie Handicap in honor of George Campbell Hendrie. The Hendrie's have been called one of Canada's most prominent racing families who, as did George Hendrie's father and grandfather before him, served as president of the Ontario Jockey Club.

Records

Speed record: (Through 1998, times were recorded in fifths of a second. Since 1999 they are in hundredths of a second)

  • 1:14.54 - Fatal Bullet (2008)
  • 1:15.28 - Cactus Kris
  • 1:15.60 - Eseni (1997)
  • 1:15.66 - El Prado Essence (2003)

Most wins:

  • 2 - La Voyageuse (1979, 1980
  • 2 - El Prado Essence (2002, 2003)

Most wins by an owner:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners of the Hendrie Stakes

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See also

References


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