# Marine Stakes

The Marine Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Held in mid May, it is open to three-year-old horses and is contested over a distance of 1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs) on Polytrack synthetic dirt. It currently offers a purse of $150,000.
Inaugurated in 1956 at Greenwood Raceway, for Canadian-bred horses the Marine Stakes is the final prep for the Queen's Plate, Canada's most prestigious horse race. Since inception, it has been raced at various distances:
* 7 furlongs : 1968–1975 at Woodbine Racetrack
* 1+1⁄16 miles : 1956, 1961–1962, 1965–1966 at Greenwood Raceway, 1967, 1976 to present at Woodbine Racetrack
* 1+1⁄8 miles 1957, 1963 at Greenwood Raceway
* 1 mile 1958–1960 at Greenwood Raceway
* 1+3⁄16 miles : 1964 at Greenwood Raceway

## Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 1+1⁄16 miles)
* 1:41.80 - Victor Cooley (1996)
Most wins by an owner:
* 6 - Sam-Son Farm (1974, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 2013)
Most wins by a jockey:
* 5 - Sandy Hawley (1972, 1978, 1988, 1990, 1994)
* 4 - Rafael Manuel Hernandez (2015, 2020, 2021, 2022)
Most wins by a trainer:
* 4 - Arthur H. Warner (1958, 1959, 1968, 1974)
* 4 - Lou Cavalaris, Jr. (1965, 1967, 1970, 1972)
* 4 - James E. Day (1985, 1987, 1988, 1990)
* 4 - Roger Attfield (1989, 1991, 1992, 1993)

## Winners of the Marine Stakes

| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
| 2022 | Rondure | Rafael Manuel Hernandez | Katerina Vassilieva | Borders Racing Stable Ltd. | 1:43.57 |
| 2021 | Easy Time | Rafael Manuel Hernandez | Mark Casse | Breeze Easy, LLC | 1:43.62 |
| 2020 | Shirl's Speight | Rafael Manuel Hernandez | Roger Attfield | Charles E. Fipke | 1:43.42 |
| 2019 | Global Access | Patrick Husbands | Michael J. Trombetta | Live Oak Plantation | 1:42.83 |
| 2018 | O'Kratos | Eurico Rosa da Silva | Darwin D Banach | Terdik Farms/Bonder/Banach | 1:43.90 |
| 2017 | Souper Tapit | Florent Geroux | Mark Casse | Live Oak Plantation | 1:43.52 |
| 2016 | Thatlookonyerface | Gary Boulanger | David Cotey | Dominion Bloodstock/Butzer | 1:45.14 |
| 2015 | Shaman Ghost | Rafael Manuel Hernandez | Brian A. Lynch | Stronach Stables | 1:43.35 |
| 2014 | Asserting Bear | Chantal Sutherland | Reade Baker | Bear Stables Ltd. | 1:44.44 |
| 2013 | Up With the Birds | Eurico Rosa Da Silva | Malcolm Pierce | Sam-Son Farms | 1:43.82 |
| 2012 | Strait of Dover | Justin Stein | Daniel J. Vella | Canyon Farms | 1:43.44 |
| 2011 | Queen'splatekitten | Eurico Rosa Da Silva | Todd Pletcher | Mill House Stable | 1:44.53 |
| 2010 | Exhi | Robby Albarado | Todd Pletcher | Wertheimer et Frère | 1:43.63 |
| 2009 | Awesome Rhythm | James McAleney | John A. Ross | Domenic Triumbari | 1:45.25 |
| 2008 | Matt's Broken Vow | Emile Ramsammy | Josie Carroll | Robert W. Mitchell | 1:44.28 |
| 2007 | Sahara Heat | Fernando Jara | Eoin G. Harty | Darley Stable | 1:46.47 |
| 2006 | Malakoff | Todd Kabel | Brian A. Lynch | Stronach Stables | 1:46.00 |
| 2005 | Unbridled Energy | Todd Kabel | W. Elliott Walden | WinStar Farm LLC | 1:46.00 |
| 2004 | Judiths Wild Rush | Dino Luciani | Scott Fairlie | Tenenbaum Racing | 1:45.96 |
| 2003 | Wando | Todd Kabel | Michael Keogh | Gus Schickedanz | 1:42.61 |
| 2002 | Anglian Prince | Jim McAleney | Mort Hardy | Prime Acres | 1:44.03 |
| 2001 | Win City | Constant Montpellier | Robert P. Tiller | Frank DiGiulio, Sr. & Jr. | 1:45.89 |
| 2000 | Milwaukee Brew | Robert Landry | Tino Attard | Stronach Stables | 1:45.11 |
| 1999 | Mystic Prince | Rui Pimentel | John Vilunas | Pamela A. Vilunas | 1:45.56 |
| 1998 | Silver Talk | Robert Landry | Tino Attard | White Eagle Stable et al. | 1:46.20 |
| 1997 | My Imperial Slew | Steven Bahen | Joseph Attard | J. R. Belanger | 1:45.40 |
| 1996 | Victor Cooley | Emile Ramsammy | Mark Frostad | Windways Farm | 1:41.80 |
| 1995 | Tethra | Dave Penna | Josie Carroll | Eaton Hall Farm | 1:45.20 |
| 1994 | Trave | Sandy Hawley | Stanley Baresich | B. and B. Stable | 1:46.80 |
| 1993 | Cheery Knight | Don Seymour | Roger Attfield | Kinghaven Farms et al. | 1:45.40 |
| 1992 | Alydeed | Craig Perret | Roger Attfield | Kinghaven Farms | 1:44.40 |
| 1991 | Bolulight | Don Seymour | Roger Attfield | Kinghaven Farms | 1:43.60 |
| 1990 | Very Formal | Sandy Hawley | James E. Day | Sam-Son Farm | 1:44.60 |
| 1989 | With Approval | Don Seymour | Roger Attfield | Kinghaven Farms | 1:43.00 |
| 1988 | Regal Classic | Sandy Hawley | James E. Day | Sam-Son/Windfields | 1:45.00 |
| 1987 | Duckpower | Dave Penna | James E. Day | Sam-Son Farm | 1:44.00 |
| 1986 | Wolark | Lloyd Duffy | Pat Collins | Knob Hill Stable | 1:45.40 |
| 1985 | Regal Remark * | Irwin Driedger | James E. Day | Sam-Son Farm | 1:46.60 |
| 1985 | Fighting Champ * | Larry Attard | Bill Marko | Romeo/ Marcello | 1:46.60 |
| 1984 | Key to the Moon | Robin Platts | Gil Rowntree | B. K. Y. Stable | 1:45.20 |
| 1983 | Pax Nobiscum | Robin Platts | Dinny Day | Kingfield Farms | 1:45.60 |
| 1982 | Brave Regent | David Clark | Macdonald Benson | Windfields Farm | 1:45.20 |
| 1981 | Le Grand Seigneur | Dan Beckon | Yonnie Starr | Jean-Louis Levesque | 1:44.60 |
| 1980 | My Only Love | David Clark | Phil England | Mrs. M. Sutherland | 1:44.60 |
| 1979 | Flashing Eagle | Hugo Dittfach | Emile M. Allain | B. K. Y. Stable | 1:42.80 |
| 1978 | Lucky Colonel S | Sandy Hawley | Donnie Walker | Conn Smythe | 1:46.60 |
| 1977 | Strategic Command | Jeffrey Fell | Jerry C. Meyer | Grovetree Stable et al. | 1:43.60 |
| 1976 | Laissez-Passer | Jeffrey Fell | Jacques Dumas | Jean-Louis Levesque | 1:44.20 |
| 1975 | Big Destiny | Richard Grubb | David C. Cross Jr. | David J. Foster | 1:25.00 |
| 1974 | Instead of Roses | Robin Platts | Arthur H. Warner | Sam-Son Farm | 1:21.80 |
| 1973 | Sunny South | Robin Platts | Frank H. Merrill, Jr. | W. P. Gilbride | 1:24.80 |
| 1972 | Henry Tudor | Sandy Hawley | Lou Cavalaris, Jr. | Gardiner Farms | 1:24.20 |
| 1971 | Briartic | Richard Grubb | J. Mort Hardy | Bennett Farms | 1:22.80 |
| 1970 | Two Violins | R. Armstrong | Lou Cavalaris, Jr. | Gardiner Farm | 1:23.20 |
| 1969 | Jumpin Joseph | Avelino Gomez | Warren Beasley | Warren Beasley | 1:22.80 |
| 1968 | Big Blunder | James Fitzsimmons | Arthur H. Warner | Lanson Farm | 1:23.60 |
| 1967 | Cool Reception | Walter Blum | Lou Cavalaris, Jr. | Margaret Seitz/Joan Reid | 1:42.60 |
| 1966 | Stevie B. Good | Eric Walsh | B. Puccini | E. C. Pasquale | 1:44.20 |
| 1965 | Victorian Era | Wayne Harris | Lou Cavalaris, Jr. | A. Case | 1:43.80 |
| 1964 | Ice Jam | Avelino Gomez | Frank H. Merrill, Jr. | E. B. Seedhouse | 1:59.00 |
| 1963 | Sunny | D. Pruiett | Robert S. Bateman | William R. Beasley | 1:51.20 |
| 1962 | King Gorm | Hugo Dittfach | Richard Townrow | Lanson Farm | 1:45.00 |
| 1961 | Wise Command | John R. Adams | Les Lear | Les Lear | 1:45.60 |
| 1960 | Hidden Treasure | Al Coy | John Passero | William R. Beasley | 1:37.80 |
| 1959 | Anita's Son | Hugo Dittfach | Arthur H. Warner | Lanson Farm | 1:36.80 |
| 1958 | Foxy Phil | R. McLaughlin | Arthur H. Warner | Lanson Farm | 1:37.60 |
| 1957 | Tender Morsel | E. A. Rodriguez | E. Odorico | J. Applebaum | 1:55.20 |
| 1956 | Compactor | T. Johnson | Richard Townrow | J. Tomlinson | 1:45.80 |
* 1964 Jammed Lively finished first but was disqualified and set back to third.
* In 1985 there was a dead heat for first.