Canadian Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
The Canadian Triple Crown is a series of three Thoroughbred horse races run annually in Canada which is open to three-year-old horses foaled in Canada. Established in 1959, the series is unique in that it shares the same distances as its American counterpart, but is contested on three different race surfaces.[1]
The first leg, the Queen's Plate, is contested at 1¼ miles on Polytrack at Toronto, Ontario's Woodbine Racetrack, whereas the July Prince of Wales Stakes is a 1³/16 mile event run on dirt at Fort Erie Racetrack in Fort Erie, Ontario. The final leg is the 1½ mile Breeders' Stakes in August which is run on Turf over one full lap of the E. P. Taylor Turf Course at Woodbine.
The Canadian Triple Crown shares another characteristic with its American counterpart—all of the races in both series are open to geldings. This differs from the situation in Europe, where many important flat races, notably the British and all but one of the French classics, bar geldings.
Since 2014, all of the races in the Canadian Triple Crown have been televised by TSN.[2]
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Winners of the Triple Crown
12 horses are officially recognized as winning the Canadian Triple Crown:[3][4][5]
Champions (before 1959):
Champions (since 1959):
Individual race winners
| Denotes winners of the Canadian Triple Crown | |
| Denotes winners of the Queen's Plate and the Prince of Wales Stakes but not the Breeders' Stakes | |
| Denotes other winners of any other combination of 2 out of the 3 Canadian Triple Crown races |
Notes
The Canadian Triple Crown was officially established in 1959- ♥ indicates filly
Individual Triple Crown winners
In 2011, Luis Contreras became the first jockey to sweep the Triple Crown races with different horses.
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| Year | Person | Type | Queen's Plate | Prince of Wales Stakes | Breeders' Stakes |
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| 2011 | Luis Contreras | Jockey | Inglorious | Pender Harbour | Pender Harbour |
See also
References
- ↑ Canada's Triple Crown - About.com, A part of The New York Times Company
- ↑ Fink, James (June 9, 2014). Prince of Wales race gets TV coverage across Canada. Business First. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
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