Plate Trial Stakes
Restricted stakes race
LocationWoodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario Canada
Inaugurated1944
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Websitewww.woodbineentertainment.com
Race information
Distance1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs)
SurfacePolytrack
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds foaled in Canada
WeightScale Weight
Purse$150,000 (2021)

The Plate Trial Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred flat horserace for three-Year-Olds, foaled in Canada run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Raced in early June, the 1+1⁄8-mile race on dirt is considered one of the most important prep races for Canada's premier horse race, the Queen's Plate.[1]

Inaugurated in 1944 at the Old Woodbine Race Course as a six furlong sprint race, it was moved to the new Woodbine Racetrack in 1957 following that track's closure. In the first forty-eight years, a total of twenty-two winners of the Plate Trial Stakes went on to win the Queen's Plate. However, in the last sixteen years, no horse has accomplished the feat. Most recently, 2012 Plate Trial winner, River Rush, finished a disappointing 6th in the 2012 running of the Plate.

Hall of Fame jockey Avelino Gomez won this race a record nine times including four in a row from 1964 through 1967.[1]

In 1955, Ace Marine won two versions of the race, one at six furlongs and another at a mile and 70 yards.

Since inception, the Plate Trial has been contested at various distances. In 1955, it was run as two races at the Old Woodbine Race Course. The first race consisted of four divisions and contested at 6 furlongs and the second race was made up of three divisions at 1 mile and 70 yards. In other years the distance was:

  • 6 furlongs : 1944–1955 at Old Woodbine Race Course
  • 7 furlongs : 1956 at Old Woodbine Race Course
  • 8.5 furlongs (1+1⁄16 miles) : 1957-1979 Woodbine Racetrack
  • 9 furlongs (1+1⁄8 miles) : since 1980 at Woodbine Racetrack

Records

Time record: (a current distance of 1+1⁄8 miles)

  • 1:48.97 - River Rush (2012)

Most wins by an owner:

Most wins by a jockey:

  • 9 - Avelino Gomez (1955, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967)

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners of the Plate Trial Stakes since 1987

Year Winner Jockey Trainer Owner
 Time
2022 Sir For Sure Declan Carroll Mark Casse Heste Sport Inc. 1:50.62
2021 Avoman Antonio Gallardo Donald MacRae D-Mac Racing Stable & La Huerta 1:52.84
2020 Clayton Rafael M. Hernandez Kevin Attard Donato Lanni & Daniel Plouffe 1:50.61
2019 Pay For Peace Luis Contreras Rachel Holden Team Penney Racing & Carem Stable 1:51.63
2018 Telekinesis Patrick Husbands Mark Casse Stonestreet Stables 1:50.40
2017 Guy Caballero Rafael M. Hernandez Catherine Day Phillips Sean & Dorothy Fitzhenry 1:51.32
2016 Amis Gismo Luis Contreras Josie Carroll Ivan Dalos 1:52.12
2015 Danish Dynaformer Luis Contreras Roger L. Attfield Charles E. Fipke 1:49.81
2014 We Miss Artie Javier Castellano Todd Pletcher Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey 1:50.78
2013 Dynamic Sky Joel Rosario Mark Casse John Oxley 1:50.59
2012 River Rush Jim McAleney Stronach Stables Reade Baker 1:48.97
2011 Check Your Soul Patrick Husbands Roger Attfield Charles E. Fipke 1:51.16
2010 Big Red Mike Eurico Rosa da Silva Nicholas Gonzalez Terra Racing Stable 1:50.41
2009 Eye of the Leopard Eurico Rosa Da Silva Mark Frostad Sam-Son Farm 1:51.80
2008 Not Bourbon Jono Jones Roger Attfield Charles E. Fipke 1:49.73
2007 Jiggs Coz David Clark Sid C. Attard Mel P. Lawson 1:50.77
2006 Pipers Thunder Ray Sabourin Eric Coatrieux Chiefswood Stable 1:51.65
2005 Three In The Bag * Robert Landry Stanley M. Hough Castletop Stable 1:52.52
2004 A Bit O'Gold Jono Jones Catherine Day Phillips The Two Bit Racing Stable 1:51.74
2003 Mobil Todd Kabel Mike Keogh Gus Schickedanz 1:51.84
2002 Shaws Creek Jake Barton John A. Ross Bud Reynolds 1:52.38
2001 Win City Constant Montpellier Robert P. Tiller Frank DiGiulio Jr. 1:52.08
2000 Pete's Sake Patrick Husbands Todd A. Pletcher Gerald Frankel 1:53.05
1999 Catahoula Parish Robert Landry John A. Ross Jam Jar Racing 1:51.18
1998 Brite Adam James McKnight Rita Schnitzler R.M.C. Stable 1:50.60
1997 Cryptocloser Willie Martinez Mark Frostad Earle I. Mack & William A. Sorokolit Sr. 1:51.00
1996 Northface Todd Kabel Daniel J. Vella Frank Stronach 1:50.00
1995 All Firmed Up Todd Kabel Daniel J. Vella Frank Stronach 1:50.60
1994 Bruce's Mill Dave Penna Mark Frostad Earle I. Mack et al. 1:50.60
1993 Circulating Richard Dos Ramos Roderick W. Wright Sherwood/Sheehan Farms 1:52.40
1992 Alydeed Craig Perret Roger Attfield Kinghaven Farms 1:50.00
1991 Megas Vukefalos * Mickey Walls Jerry C. Meyer Knob Hill Stable 1:51.00
Bolulight * Don Seymour Roger Attfield Kinghaven Farms
1990 Izvestia Don Seymour Roger Attfield Kinghaven Farms 1:50.40
1989 With Approval Don Seymour Roger Attfield Kinghaven Farms 1:50.80
1988 Regal Classic Sandy Hawley James E. Day Sam-Son / Windfields 1:51.60
1987 Afleet Gary Stahlbaum Phil England Richard R. Kennedy 1:50.20
  • In 2005 Dance with Ravens won the race but for the first time ever in the history of the Plate Trial, the winner was disqualified.
  • In 1991 there was a dead heat for first.

Earlier notable winners

References

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