Ontario Colleen Stakes

Ontario Colleen Stakes

Grade III race
Location	Woodbine Racetrack Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Inaugurated	1979
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	woodbineentertainment.com
Race information
Distance	1 mile (8 furlongs)
Surface	Turf
Track	Left-handed
Qualification	Three-year-old fillies
Weight	Assigned
Purse	$137,055
Bonuses	(Up to $50,000 for Eligible Ontario-bred horses)

The Ontario Colleen Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at the end of August at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Open to three-year-old fillies, it is raced on turf over a distance of one mile (8 furlongs).

Inaugurated in 1979 at the Fort Erie Racetrack, the following year it was moved to the Woodbine Racetrack. It remained there through 1993 and then returned to Fort Erie for the 1994 running. Since 1995 it has been at the Woodbine facility.

The race was run in two divisions from 1979-1989, 1993, 1995-1996.

It is now a Grade III race.

Records

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

• 1:33.40 - Leigh Court (2013)

Winners since 1999

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2015	Don't Leave Me	Eurico Rosa Da Silva	Malcolm Pierce	Pin Oak Stable	1:35.70
2014	Speed Seeker	Luis Contreras	Joan Scott	Johnson/Coniglio/Rendina/Ferrigine	1:34.91
2013	Leigh Court	Gary Boulanger	Josie Carroll	Melnyk Racing Stables	1:33.32
2012	Colonial Flag	Joseph Rocco, Jr.	Michael Matz	Skara Glen Stable/Farish/ENL Stables	1:35.15
2011	Anne's Beauty	Patrick Husbands	Paul Attard	Robert Smithen	1:33.70
2010	Barracks Road	Corey Fraser	Mark E. Casse	Melnyk Racing Stables	1:34.95
2009	Lady Shakespeare	Emma-Jayne Wilson	Roger Attfield	Charles E. Fipke	1:36.79
2008	Sugar Bay	Jono Jones	Macdonald Benson	Augustin Stable	1:34.44
2007	Speak Wisely	Todd Kabel	Mark Frostad	Sam-Son Farm	1:34.71
2006	Essential Edge	Jono Jones	Eric Coatrieaux	Chiefswood Stable	1:35.96
2005	Elle Runway	Emile Ramsammy	Malcolm Pierce	Live Oak Racing	1:36.11
2004	Emerald Earrings	Jake Barton	Bruce F. Alexander	Daniel Herrmann	1:33.40
2003	Shaconage	Joe Johnson	Mitch Shirota	Andrena Van Doren	1:33.76
2002	Strait From Texas	Dino Luciani	Paul Buttigieg	James A. Michael	1:34.59
2001	Soundtrack	Gary Boulanger	Michael J. Doyle	John Storer	1:37.26
2000	Diadella	David Clark	Malcolm Pierce	Stronach Stable	1:35.23
1999	Celestialbutterfly	James McKnight	Roger Attfield	Harlequin Ranches	1:35.85

References

• The 2008 Ontario Colleen Stakes at Woodbine Entertainment