# Connaught Cup Stakes

The Connaught Cup Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Run in late May, the Grade II race is open to horses aged four and older. Raced over a distance of seven furlongs on turf, it currently offers a purse of $196,750.
The Connaught Cup was first run in 1912 on dirt at Toronto's Old Woodbine Race Course. As a result of World War I, there was no race held in 1918 and 1919 and it was not run in 1930. The Great Depression saw much consolidation in the horse racing industry with track owners reducing the number of races run and the amount of the purses being offered. The Connaught Cup was suspended after the 1932 running and was not revived until 1952. In 1956 it was moved to the newly built Woodbine Racetrack where in 1958 it was converted to a turf race.
It was run in two divisions in 1984.
Since inception, the race has been contested at various distances: On dirt:
On turf:
* 7 furlongs : beginning 2010 at Woodbine Racetrack
* 1 mile : 1994 at Fort Erie Racetrack
* 1+1⁄16 miles : 1958-1963, 1980–93, 1995-2009 at Woodbine Racetrack
* 1+1⁄8 miles : 1964-1966, 1979 at Woodbine Racetrack, 1967-1978 at Fort Erie Racetrack

## Records

Speed record: (at present distance of 7 furlongs)
* 1:19.40 - Tower of Texas (2017)
Most wins:
* 2 - Plate Glass (1912, 1913)
* 2 - King Maple (1955, 1956)
* 2 - E. Day (1964, 1965)
* 2 - James Bay (1968, 1969)
* 2 - Bridle Path (1981, 1984)
* 2 - Kiridashi (1997, 1998)
* 2 - Something Extra (2012, 2013)
Most wins by an owner:
* 5 - J. K. L. Ross (1916, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1927)
* 5 - Stafford Farms (1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980)
Most wins by a jockey:
* 8 - Robin Platts (1968, 1969, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1988, 1992)
Most wins by a trainer:
* 5 - Gil Rowntree (1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980)

## Winners

| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
| 2023 | Dream Shake | 5 | Rafael Hernandez | Michael Stidham | Exline-Border Racing LLC, Eurton, Hausman & Stonestreet Stables LLC | 1:20.33 |
| 2022 | Filo Di Arianna | 6 | Luis Contreras | Mark Casse | Gary Barber, Wachtel Stable & Peter Deutsch | 1:20.36 |
| 2021 | Avie's Flatter | 5 | Luis Contreras | Josie Carroll | Ivan Dalos | 1:20.99 |
| 2020 | Silent Poet | 5 | Justin Stein | Nicholas Gonzalez | Stronach Stables | 1:23.62 |
| 2019 | El Tormenta | 4 | Luis Contreras | Gail Cox | Sam-Son Farm | 1:20.29 |
| 2018 | Caribou Club | 4 | Gary Boulanger | Thomas F. Proctor | Glen Hill Farm | 1:20.22 |
| 2017 | Tower of Texas | 6 | Eurico Rosa Da Silva | Roger Attfield | Thomas F. Van Meter II & Scott Dilworth | 1:19.40 |
| 2016 | Dimension (GB) | 8 | David Moran | Conor Murphy | Riverside Bloodstock | 1:21.84 |
| 2015 | Lockout | 6 | Gary Boulanger | Mark Casse | John Oxley | 1:22.64 |
| 2014 | Excaper | 5 | Justin Stein | Ian Black | Richard S. Kaster & Frederick C. Wieting | 1:19.53 |
| 2013 | Something Extra | 5 | Eurico Rosa Da Silva | Gail Cox | John Menary & Gail Cox | 1:20.54 |
| 2012 | Something Extra | 4 | Eurico Rosa Da Silva | Gail Cox | John Menary & Gail Cox | 1:20.69 |
| 2011 | Stormy Lord | 4 | Jim McAleney | Ian Black | Hat Trick Stable/Kinghaven Farms | 1:25.72 |
| 2010 | Grand Adventure | 4 | Patrick Husbands | Mark Frostad | Sam-Son Farms | 1:19.83 |
| 2009 | Sterwins | 3 | Patrick Husbands | Malcolm Pierce | Melnyk Racing Stables | 1:38.99 |
| 2008 | Rahy's Attorney | 4 | Slade Callaghan | Ian Black | Ellie-Boje Farm | 1:39.53 |
| 2007 | Eccentric | 6 | David Clark | Roger Attfield | Gary A. Tanaka | 1:45.05 |
| 2006 | Remarkable News | 4 | Javier Castellano | Angel Penna, Jr. | Holly Rincon | 1:39.67 |
| 2005 | Le Cinquieme Essai | 6 | Steven Bahen | Paul Nielsen | William J. Scott | 1:40.79 |
| 2004 | Slew Valley | 7 | Jim McAleney | Reade Baker | Rich Meadow Farm (W. James Hindman) | 1:40.24 |
| 2002 | Quiet Resolve | 7 | Todd Kabel | Mark Frostad | Sam-Son Farm | 1:40.88 |
| 2001 | Red Sea | 5 | Emile Ramsammy | Roger Attfield | Prince Fahd Salman | 1:47.49 |
| 2001 | Del Mar Show | 4 | Robbie Davis | William I. Mott | Allen E. Paulson Trust | 1:48.17 |
| 2000 | Super Red | 4 | Emile Ramsammy | Malcolm Pierce | Stronach Stables | 1:43.78 |
| 1999 | Incitatus | 6 | Slade Callaghan | Ronald Burke | John Kom-Tong | 1:40.57 |
| 1998 | Kiridashi | 6 | Todd Kabel | Barbara J. Minshall | Minshall Farms | 1:39.80 |
| 1997 | Kiridashi | 5 | Mickey Walls | Barbara J. Minshall | Minshall Farms | 1:40.00 |
| 1996 | Lahint | 5 | Todd Kabel | Kathy Patton-Casse | Harry T. Mangurian, Jr. | 1:40.20 |
| 1995 | Jet Freighter | 4 | Todd Kabel | Tony Mattine | Fishman/Peter/Yu | 1:39.20 |
| 1994 | Shiny Key | 6 | Mark Larsen | Alton Quanbeck | D. Morgan Firestone | 1:35.00 |
| 1993 | Rainbows For Life | 5 | Jack Lauzon | James E. Day | Pin Oak/Sam-Son | 1:43.40 |
| 1992 | Cozzene's Prince | 5 | Robin Platts | Tino Attard | Kirby Canada Farm | 1:42.60 |
| 1991 | Sky Classic | 4 | Pat Day | James E. Day | Sam-Son Farm | 1:41.20 |
| 1990 | With Approval | 4 | Don Seymour | Roger Attfield | Kinghaven Farms | 1:41.60 |
| 1989 | Granacus | 4 | Kent Desormeaux | Pat Collins | Knob Hill Stable | 1:46.20 |
| 1988 | Grey Classic | 5 | Robin Platts | James E. Day | Sam-Son Farm | 1:44.00 |
| 1987 | Boulder Run | 4 | Lloyd Duffy | Jerry G. Lavigne | R. Doe & B. Hutzel | 1:45.20 |
| 1986 | Corseque | 5 | Robert King, Jr. | David MacLean | Norcliffe Stables | 1:43.40 |
| 1985 | Mascot | 4 | Dave Penna | Alton Quanbeck | Maud McDougald | 1:44.40 |
| 1984 | George Dinkle | 4 | George HoSang | Laurie Silvera | Silverbrook Stable | 1:44.20 |
| 1984 | Bridle Path | 8 | David Clark | Macdonald Benson | Windfields Farm | 1:43.40 |
| 1983 | Fiddle Dancer Boy | 5 | David Clark | James C. Bentley | John B. W. Carmichael | 1:46.00 |
| 1982 | Frost King | 4 | Lloyd Duffy | Bill Marko | Ted Smith/Bill Marko | 1:48.00 |
| 1981 | Bridle Path | 5 | J. Paul Souter | Macdonald Benson | Windfields Farm | 1:42.60 |
| 1980 | Great State | 4 | Jim Fazio | Gil Rowntree | Stafford Farms | 1:42.00 |
| 1979 | Bruce South | 4 | Robin Platts | Gil Rowntree | Stafford Farms | 1:49.40 |
| 1978 | Sound Reason * | 4 | Robin Platts | Gil Rowntree | Stafford Farms | 1:50.80 |
| 1977 | Reasonable Win | 5 | John LeBlanc | Fred H. Loschke | Hammer Kopf Farm | 1:51.40 |
| 1976 | Royal Chocolate | 6 | Robin Platts | Gil Rowntree | Stafford Farms | 1:50.40 |
| 1975 | Amber Herod | 4 | Robin Platts | Gil Rowntree | Stafford Farms | 1:50.20 |
| 1974 | Fabe Count | 6 | Sandy Hawley | Jerry G. Lavigne | Parkview Stable | 1:48.80 |
| 1973 | Suffix | 4 | Lloyd Duffy | Glenn Magnusson | Aubrey W. Minshall | 1:50.20 |
| 1972 | Briartic | 4 | Brian Swatuk | Andrew G. Smithers | Bennett Farms | 1:48.60 |
| 1971 | Yukon Eric | 5 | Sandy Hawley | Lou Cavalaris, Jr. | Gardiner Farm | 1:49.00 |
| 1970 | Son Costume | 5 | R. Armstrong | W. H. Moorhead | Paison Stable | 1:50.00 |
| 1969 | James Bay | 5 | Robin Platts | Lou Cavalaris, Jr. | Gardiner Farm | 1:51.00 |
| 1968 | James Bay | 4 | Robin Platts | Lou Cavalaris, Jr. | Gardiner Farm | 1:49.00 |
| 1967 | Stevie B. Good | 4 | Richard Grubb | B. Puccini | E. C. Pasquale | 1:48.40 |
| 1966 | Victorian Era | 4 | Avelino Gomez | Lou Cavalaris, Jr. | A. Case | 1:50.80 |
| 1965 | E. Day | 5 | Pat Remillard | Hume E. M. Pollock | Hume E. M. Pollock | 1:50.80 |
| 1964 | E. Day | 4 | Pat Remillard | Hume E. M. Pollock | Hume E. M. Pollock | 1:51.00 |
| 1963 | Roman Banquet | 3 | George Gubbins | S. U. Ross | E. C. Pasquale | 1:44.60 |
| 1962 | Axeman | 4 | Hugo Dittfach | Richard Townrow | Lanson Farms | 1:48.80 |
| 1961 | Hidden Treasure | 4 | Pat Remillard | Robert S. Bateman | William R. Beasley | 1:43.20 |
| 1960 | Winning Shot | 4 | Avelino Gomez | Willie Thurner | J. S. Evans | 1:43.80 |
| 1959 | White Apache | 4 | Don Hale | F. Russell | Four L's Stable | 1:43.80 |
| 1958 | West Four | 4 | Al Coy | S. Caplan | C. Bordonaro | 1:47.60 |
| 1957 | Censor | 4 | Avelino Gomez | Gordon J. McCann | Winnifred Taylor | 1:45.00 |
| 1956 | King Maple | 5 | C. Brown | John Hornsby | McMacken Stable | 1:44.80 |
| 1955 | King Maple | 4 | Herb Lindberg | John Hornsby | McMacken Stable | 1:44.40 |
| 1954 | Chain Reaction | 4 | William Zakoor | Richard Townrow | Elodie S. Tomlinson | 1:45.00 |
| 1953 | Visible | 4 | Emile Roy | F. Robinson | E. Elman | 1:47.00 |
| 1933 | - 1952 | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held |
| 1932 | Khorasan | 4 | Eddie Legere | William H. Bringloe | Seagram Stables | 1:46.40 |
| 1931 | Marine | 5 | Frankie Mann | Harry Giddings, Jr. | Mount Royal Stable (Kenneth T. Dawes et al) | 1:45.80 |
| 1930 | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held |
| 1929 | Young Kitty | 4 | John Maiben | William H. Bringloe | Seagram Stables | 1:49.20 |
| 1928 | Clear Sky | 4 | T. Burns | G. Alexandra | J. E. Smallman | 1:49.60 |
| 1927 | Lactarius | 4 | R. Fisher | Fred H. Schelke | J. K. L. Ross | 1:49.80 |
| 1926 | Goldbeater | 4 | John Maiben | James Boden | Donat Raymond | 1:47.20 |
| 1925 | King's Court | 6 | B. Kennedy | William H. Bringloe | Seagram Stables | 1:49.20 |
| 1924 | Deep Thought | 3 | Edward Scobie | Henry McDaniel | J. K. L. Ross | 1:46.40 |
| 1923 | James F. O'Hara | 5 | Whitey Abel | Jack D. Adkins | Kirkfield Stable | 1:45.40 |
| 1922 | Baby Grand | 4 | Clarence Turner | Henry McDaniel | J. K. L. Ross | 1:49.60 |
| 1921 | Lucky B. | 6 | Harold Thurber | G. Hennessy | G. Macfarlane | 1:47.60 |
| 1920 | Boniface | 5 | Earl Sande | Fred H. Schelke | J. K. L. Ross | 1:48.60 |
| 1918 | - 1919 | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held |
| 1917 | Smart Money | 3 | Lee Mink | E. Trotte | R. E. Millett | 1:48.60 |
| 1916 | Uncle Bryn | 4 | Linus McAtee | W. Fred Presgrave | J. K. L. Ross | 1:47.20 |
| 1915 | Privet Petal | 4 | James Smyth | Ed Whyte | John S. Hendrie | 1:47.40 |
| 1914 | Calgary | 4 | Albert Claver | Henry McDaniel | Robert T. Davies | 1:47.20 |
| 1913 | Plate Glass | 7 | Willie Knapp | John Nixon | Robert T. Davies | 1:47.00 |
| 1912 | Plate Glass | 6 | E. Martin | C. Patterson | Robert T. Davies | 1:48.40 |