Display Stakes

The Display Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Contested on a synthetic "all weather" surface over a distance of 1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs), it is open to two-year-old horses. Raced during the latter part of November or early December, the ungraded stakes race offers a purse of Can$125,000.

Display Stakes
Listed stakes race
LocationWoodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario
Inaugurated1956
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Websitewww.woodbineentertainment.com/qct/default.asp
Race information
Distance1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs)
SurfaceSynthetic "all weather" dirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationTwo-year-olds
WeightAllowances
PurseCan$125,000[1]
Bonuses$25,000 Ontario-breds

Inaugurated in 1956 at Toronto's Old Woodbine Race Course as a sprint race, it was named for American Walter J. Salmon's colt Display, winner of the 1926 Preakness Stakes and who frequently raced in Canada where he won a number of important races.

The Display stakes was run in two divisions in 1959. There was no race in 1993. Since inception, it has been contested at various distances:

  • 6 furlongs: 1956 at Old Woodbine Race Course
  • 7 furlongs: 1957–1958 at Old Woodbine Race Course
  • 8 furlongs (1 mile): 1959-1960 Old Woodbine Race Course, 1977–1992 at Greenwood Raceway
  • 8.5 furlongs (1+1⁄16 miles): 1969–1976 at Greenwood Raceway, 1994 to present at Woodbine Racetrack
  • 9 furlongs (1+1⁄8 miles): 1961–1963 at Old Woodbine Race Course
  • 9.5 furlongs: 1964–1968 at Greenwood Raceway

Records

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

  • 1:43.04 - Gigawatt (2002)

Most wins by an owner:

  • 4 - Stafford Farms (1962, 1967, 1972, 1978)

Most wins by a jockey:

  • 4 - Patrick Husbands (1999, 2002, 2005, 2010)
  • 4 - Luis Contreras (2011, 2012, 2014, 2017)

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners of the Display Stakes
Year
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
Owner Time
2018 Sir Winston Jerome Lermyte Mark Casse Tracy Farmer 1:45.02
2017 Admiralty Pier Luis Contreras Barbara J. Minshall Bruce Lunsford 1:44.52
2016 King and His Court[1] Gary Boulanger Mark Casse Wachtel Stable and Gary Barber 1:45.10
2015 Don't Be So Salty Emma-Jayne Wilson Gary C. Contessa Platinum Seven/Guarino/Boutelle 1:43.60
2014 Glenville Gardens Luis Contreras Josie Carroll Melnyk Racing Stables 1:45.45
2013 Josie Sea View Emma-Jayne Wilson Reade Baker Brereton C. Jones 1:44.39
2012 Avie's Quality Luis Contreras Josie Carroll Ivan Dalos 1:43.25
2011 Maritimer Luis Contreras Sid C. Attard Norseman Racing Stable 1:43.58
2010 Tiz Blessed Patrick Husbands Chad Brown G&M West 1:44.23
2009 Bear's Hard Ten Eurico Rosa da Silva Reade Baker Bear Stables 1:44.39
2008 Patena Robert Landry Josie Carroll J. & G. Sikura/D. Dilall 1:44.72
2007 Discreet Commander Constant Montpellier Arthur Silvera David Rowbotham et al. 1:45.20
2006 Jiggs Coz David Clark Sid C. Attard Jim Dandy Stable 1:45.90
2005 Seaside Retreat Patrick Husbands Mark E. Casse William S. Farish, Jr. 1:43.90
2004 One Smooth Ride Constant Montpellier David Cotey Dominion Bloodstock 1:47.92
2003 Judiths Wild Rush Dino Luciani Scott Fairlie Tenenbaum Racing 1:43.59
2002 Gigawatt Patrick Husbands Mark E. Casse Stonerside Stable 1:43.04
2001 Tails Of The Crypt Jake Barton John A. Ross Jam Jar Racing Stables 1:44.62
2000 Brushing Bully Emile Ramsammy Tino Attard Stronach Stables 1:44.34
1999 Precise End Patrick Husbands Mark E. Casse Mockingbird Farm Inc. 1:47.30
1998 Taos Ricky Griffith Grant Pearce Lynne Hindmarsh 1:47.80
1997 Promiscuous Mickey Walls Macdonald Benson Augustin Stable 1:44.80
1996 Air Cool Robin Platts Thomas R. Bowden Colebrook Farms 1:47.80
1995 Northernprospector Lloyd Duffy P. County Rainbow Valley Farm 1:43.80
1994 One Lift Laurie Gulas John DiGiovanni Derose/DiGiovanni 1:46.40
1993 no race
1992 Bold Anthony Robert King, Jr. K. Sheehan Pedigree Farm 1:41.20
1991 Judge Carson Todd Kabel Robert P. Tiller G. J. Meyers 1:38.00
1990 Carey The Belle Larry Attard T. Danks T. P. Campbell 1:38.40
1989 Briar Bush Larry Attard R. Wright P. A. Sherwood 1:37.40
1988 With Approval James McAleney Roger Attfield Kinghaven Farms 1:40.20
1987 Beau Genius Richard Dos Ramos Gerry Belanger J. Shiewitz/D. Davidson 1:39.60
1986 Orderofexcellence Dan Beckon D. Lockhurst A. Clarkson/ P. Barr 1:39.60
1985 Ice Over Gunnar Lindberg Sid C. Attard Mrs. J. Raymond 1:40.00
1984 Corncobs Royalty Irwin Driedger James E. Day Sam-Son Farm 1:38.80
1983 Key to the Moon Robin Platts Gil Rowntree B. K. Y. Stable 1:40.80
1982 Gone to Royalty Yves Turcotte Jacques Dumas Pierre-Louis Levesque 1:40.00
1981 Fraud Squad Dan Beckon Bill Marko Seedhouse/McPhillips 1:41.00
1980 Regal Stafford Hugo Dittfach C. C. Hopmans, Jr. Est. Conn Smythe 1:40.20
1979 Decent Davey Robin Platts David C. Cross Jr. David J. Foster 1:39.00
1978 Cougar Kitten Joey Belowus Gil Rowntree Stafford Farms 1:40.60
1977 High Roller Dan Beckon J. Lankinen R. A. Kennedy/J. Indig 1:39.20
1976 Lucky North Man Jeffrey Fell Donnie Walker Conn Smythe 1:45.80
1975 Bay Streak David Clark Gordon M. Huntley Whittaker Stable 1:46.60
1974 Silverbatim Jeffrey Fell Gordon M. Huntley Mutual Enterprises 1:45.60
1973 Obverse Lloyd Duffy Jerry C. Meyer D. H. L. Buntain 1:47.20
1972 Selari Spirit Ted Colangelo Gil Rowntree Stafford Farms 1:43.60
1971 Sky High's Son Sandy Hawley J. Mort Hardy Prime Acres Stable 1:46.60
1970 Chatty Cavalier R. Armstrong Lou Cavalaris, Jr. Gardiner Farm 1:43.80
1969 Taipo Sandy Hawley A. Chris E. B. George 1:45.60
1968 Jumpin Joseph Brian Swatuk Robert S. Bateman Warren Beasley 2:08.60
1967 Ovation Hugo Dittfach Gil Rowntree Stafford Farms 2:04.00
1966 Green Stinger Eric Walsh P. Goddard W. D. Hatch 1:58.00
1965 Garden's Ace John LeBlanc W. VonRichthofen Garden City Stable 2:06.00
1964 Flyalong Clifford Potts Duke Campbell T. Hays / D. Weldon 2:00.60
1963 French Wind Hugo Dittfach J. Sanchez Windfields Farm 1:56.60
1962 Cesca Harlon Dalton John Passero Stafford Farms 1:51.20
1961 Puss'n Boots Chris Rogers Frank Merrill, Jr. R. & W. Gian 1:53.00
1960 Ramblin Wreck Al Coy Robert S. Bateman William R. Beasley 1:39.20
1959 Naughty Flirt Armand Viola Edward Mann Gardiner & Bell 1:39.20
1959 Hidden Treasure C. M. Clark John Passero William R. Beasley 1:37.60
1958 Bull Vic Al Coy Yonnie Starr Maloney & Smythe 1:25.80
1957 Drummond Al Coy Morris Fishman H. Clifford Hatch 1:25.40
1956 Flying Atom Alex Wick C. W. Lawson C. W. Lawson 1:12.00

References
  1. "Chart of the 2016 Display Stakes". equibase.com. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
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