Hendrie Stakes
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 six and a half 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).
Grade III race | |
Location | Woodbine Racetrack Toronto, Ontario Canada |
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Inaugurated | 1975 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | www |
Race information | |
Distance | 6.5 furlongs |
Surface | Tapeta |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Fillies & Mares, four-years-old & up |
Weight | Allowances |
Purse | $116,205 (plus $50,000 for Ontario breds) |
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:
- 4 - Knob Hill Stable (1988, 1990, 1997, 2000)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 5 - Patrick Husbands (2003, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014)
- 5 - David Clark (1986, 1989, 2000, 2004, 2005)
- 5 - Todd Kabel (1998, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2007)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 4 - Mark E. Casse (2012, 2013, 2014, 2021)
Winners of the Hendrie Stakes
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time | ||||
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2022 | Hazelbrook | 4 | Jason Hoyte | Lorne Richards | True North Stable | 1:15.68 | ||||
2021 | Our Secret Agent | 4 | Kazushi Kimura | Mark E. Casse | Gary Barber | 1:15.68 | ||||
2020 | Not run due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||||
2019 | Summer Sunday | 4 | Rafael Manuel Hernandez | Stuart C Simon | Anne & William Scott | 1:16.62 | ||||
2018 | Code Warrior | 5 | Luis Contreras | Michael P. De Paulo | Zilli Racing Stables | 1:16.75 | ||||
2017 | Code Warrior | 4 | Anne Sanguinetti | Rachel Halden | JC Racing Stable/Wachtel Stable/Barber | 1:16.80 | ||||
2016 | Cactus Kris | 5 | Huber Villa-Gomez | Ryan D. Walsh | Anne L. Walsh | 1:15.28 | ||||
2015 | Skylander Girl | 4 | Emile Ramsammy | Alexander P. Patykewich | Alexander P. Patykewich | 1:15.12 | ||||
2014 | Spring in the Air | 4 | Patrick Husbands | Mark E. Casse | John Oxley | 1:16.79 | ||||
2013 | Delightful Mary | 5 | Luis Contreras | Mark E. Casse | John C. Oxley | 1:15.54 | ||||
2012 | Roxy Gap | 4 | Patrick Husbands | Mark E. Casse | Melnyk Racing Stables | 1:16.46 | ||||
2011 | Embur's Song | 4 | Patrick Husbands | Todd Pletcher | Fares Farm | 1:15.01 | ||||
2010 | Tribal Belle | 5 | James McAleney | Terry Jordan | Canvasback Farms | 1:15.34 | ||||
2009 | Smart Surprise | 5 | Patrick Husbands | Josie Carroll | Hill 'n' Dale Equine Holdings | 1:16.01 | ||||
2008 | My List | 4 | Eurico Rosa Da Silva | Nick Gonzalez | Tucci Stables | 1:15.73 | ||||
2007 | Strike Softly | 4 | Todd Kabel | Mark Frostad | Sam-Son Farm | 1:16.20 | ||||
2006 | High Button Shoes | 4 | Todd Kabel | Mark Frostad | Sam-Son Farm | 1:17.38 | ||||
2005 | Nashinda | 4 | David Clark | Macdonald Benson | Augustin Stable | 1:16.49 | ||||
2004 | Winter Garden | 4 | David Clark | Robert P. Tiller | Frank DiGiulio, Jr. | 1:16.76 | ||||
2003 | El Prado Essence | 6 | Patrick Husbands | Audre Cappuccitti | G. & A. Cappuccitti | 1:15.66 | ||||
2002 | El Prado Essence | 5 | Todd Kabel | Audre Cappuccitti | G. & A. Cappuccitti | 1:16.86 | ||||
2001 | Mysterious Affair | 4 | Richard Dos Ramos | J. Mort Hardy | J. Mort Hardy | 1:18.17 | ||||
2000 | Saoirse | 4 | David Clark | Phil England | Knob Hill Stable | 1:16.58 | ||||
1999 | Kirby's Song | 4 | Todd Kabel | Tino Attard | Kirby Canada Farm | 1:15.81 | ||||
1998 | Irish Cherry | 4 | Todd Kabel | Beverley Chubb | Pletan/McElwain | 1:17.00 | ||||
1997 | Eseni | 4 | Mickey Walls | Phil England | Knob Hill Stable | 1:15.60 | ||||
1996 | Klondike Strike | 4 | Ricky Griffith | Paul Nielsen | Mary Proctor | 1:17.80 | ||||
1995 | Countess Steffi | 6 | Richard Dos Ramos | John Charalambous | Lieberman et al. | 1:18.20 | ||||
1994 | Deputy Jane West | 4 | Robert Landry | Macdonald Benson | Lady Slipper Farm | 1:16.60 | ||||
1993 | Dance For Donna | 4 | Ray Sabourin | Sherry Noakes | Aubrey W. Minshall | 1:16.60 | ||||
1992 | Real Irish Hope | 5 | Sandy Hawley | Robert P. Tiller | G. J. Meyers | 1:17.40 | ||||
1991 | Spanish Play | 5 | Sandy Hawley | Frank Huarte | Frank Huarte | 1:16.00 | ||||
1990 | Volterra | 5 | Dave Penna | Daniel J. Vella | Knob Hill Stable | 1:16.40 | ||||
1989 | Anglia | 5 | David Clark | N. Smith | Golden Willow Farm | 1:16.40 | ||||
1988 | Why Not Willie | 5 | Richard Dos Ramos | Patrick Collins | Knob Hill Stable | 1:18.20 | ||||
1987 | Double Bundles | 4 | Ken Skinner | David R. Bell | John A. Franks | 1:17.60 | ||||
1986 | Quitman | 4 | David Clark | Tony Mattine | E. H. Curnes | 1:18.20 | ||||
1985 | Baldski's Holiday | 4 | Gary Stahlbaum | Michael J. Doyle | Eaton Hall Farm | 1:17.40 | ||||
1984 | L'Epee | 4 | Irwin Driedger | Emile Allain | Terfloth Farms | 1:17.20 | ||||
1983 | Wendy's Ten | 4 | Craig Perret | Warren A. Croll, Jr. | Blanche Levy | 1:17.40 | ||||
1982 | Stellarette | 4 | Gary Stahlbaum | Tom Cosgrove | Frank Stronach | 1:17.40 | ||||
1981 | Toga Toga | 3 | Dave Penna | Frank Merrill, Jr. | J. H. Hartigan | 1:16.80 | ||||
1980 | La Voyageuse | 5 | J. Paul Souter | Yonnie Starr | Jean-Louis Levesque | 1:17.00 | ||||
1979 | La Voyageuse | 4 | J. Paul Souter | Yonnie Starr | Jean-Louis Levesque | 1:15.80 | ||||
1978 | Ms. Dolly A. | 4 | Gary Stahlbaum | Gerry Belanger | Ed Seedhouse | 1:17.00 | ||||
1977 | Polder Pie | 4 | Jeffrey Fell | M. R. Clark | M. R. Clark | 1:17.00 | ||||
1976 | Bye Bye Paris | 3 | Jeffrey Fell | Donnie Walker | Conn Smythe | 1:17.20 | ||||
1975 | Trudie Tudor | 4 | Richard Grubb | John Morahan | Doug Banks | 1:17.80 |