# Maple Leaf Stakes

The Maple Leaf Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Run during the first part of November, the Grade III Maple Leaf is open to fillies aged three or older. Raced over a distance of one and one-quarter miles on Polytrack synthetic dirt, it currently offers a purse of $150,000.
Inaugurated in 1892, the Maple Leaf Stakes has been competed at a variety of distances. Since 1956, when the new Woodbine Racetrack hosted the event, the race distance have been set as follows:
* 1+1⁄16 miles : 1956-1958 at Woodbine Racetrack, 1959 and 1965 at Greenwood Raceway
* 1 mile : 1960-1964 at Greenwood Raceway
* 1+1⁄4 miles : 1966-1993 at Greenwood Raceway and since 1994 at Woodbine Racetrack

## Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 1+1⁄4 miles)
* 2:02.18 - Pachattack (2010)
Most wins:
* 2 - Tattling (1926, 1927)
* 2 - Shady Well (1932, 1933)
* 2 - Passa Grille (1941, 1942)
* 2 - Floral Gift (1945, 1946)
* 2 - Teddy's Sister (1951, 1952)
* 2 - Golden Turkey (1961, 1962)
* 2 - Hinemoa (1966, 1967)
* 2 - Not To Shy (1969, 1970)
* 2 - Lovely Sunrise (1974, 1975)
* 2 - Bye Bye Paris (1976, 1977)
* 2 - Sintrillium (1983, 1984)
* 2 - Wings of Erin (1995, 1996)
* 2 - One For Rose (2003, 2004)
Most wins by an owner:
* 7 - Conn Smythe (1959, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977)
* 6 - William Hendrie (1891, 1894, 1896, 1899, 1900, 1902)
Most wins by a jockey:
* 5 - Brian Swatuk (1969, 1975, 1982, 1983, 1984)
Most wins by a trainer:
* 6 - Donnie Walker (1969, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977)
* Pat Remillard won the Maple Leaf Stakes four times as a jockey (1934,1936, 1942, 1949) and then again as a trainer in 1973.

## Winners of the Maple Leaf Stakes since 1959

| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
| 2024 | Elysian Field | 4 | Sahin Civaci | Mark E. Casse | Team Valor International & Gary Barber | 2:02.14 |
| 2023 | Millie Girl | 5 | Rafael M. Hernandez | Catherine Day Phillips | Kingfield Racing Stable, Braconcrest Inc. & Apricot Valley Thoroughbreds | 2:03.53 |
| 2022 | Il Malocchio | 4 | Sahin Civaci | Martin Drexler | Franco Meli | 2:02.55 |
| 2021 | Skygaze | 5 | Patrick Husbands | Mark E. Casse | Tracy Farmer | 2:03.65 |
| 2020 | Heavenly Cause | 5 | Rafael M. Hernandez | Mark E. Casse | Gary Barber & John C. Oxley | 2:03.24 |
| 2019 | Lift Up | 5 | Patrick Husbands | Michael Dickinson | Augustin Stable | 2:04.23 |
| 2018 | A. A. Azula's Arch | 3 | Omar Moreno | Kevin Attard | A & A Farms | 2:05.23 |
| 2017 | Gamble's Ghost | 4 | Eurico Rosa da Silva | Josie Carroll | Ivan Dalos | 2:04.70 |
| 2016 | Ice Festival | 4 | David Moran | Sid Attard | Stronach Stables | 2:03.25 |
| 2015 | Flipcup | 4 | Luis Contreras | William I. Mott | Team Penney/Wachtel Stable/Brous Stable | 2:03.42 |
| 2014 | Strut the Course | 4 | Luis Contreras | Barb Minshall | John Unger | 2:02.74 |
| 2013 | Moonlight Beauty | 7 | Gary Boulanger | John P. LeBlanc, Jr. | William Gierkink | 2:04.89 |
| 2012 | Smart Sting | 4 | Eurico Rosa da Silva | Roger Attfield | Stronach Stables | 2:03.77 |
| 2011 | Masked Maiden | 3 | Omar Moreno | Mark E. Casse | Nuckols Farm/D. Oxley | 2:04.96 |
| 2010 | Pachattack | 4 | Chantal Sutherland | Gerard Butler | M. V. Deegan | 2:02.18 |
| 2009 | Serenading | 5 | Patrick Husbands | Josie Carroll | Hill 'n' Dale Equine Holdings/Glenn Sikura | 2:06.19 |
| 2008 | Tell It as It Is | 4 | Emma-Jayne Wilson | James Smith | Cinnamont Stable | 2:04.99 |
| 2007 | Like A Gem | 4 | Emma-Jayne Wilson | Daniel J. Vella | Hillsbrook Farms | 2:03.51 |
| 2006 | Howaboutrightnow | 3 | Emma-Jayne Wilson | Mark E. Casse | Norm Casse | 2:07.66 |
| 2005 | Ballroom Deputy | 4 | Dino Luciani | Josie Carroll | Padua Stables | 2:05.77 |
| 2004 | One For Rose | 5 | Emile Ramsammy | Sid C. Attard | Tucci Stables | 2:04.87 |
| 2003 | One For Rose | 4 | Emile Ramsammy | Sid C. Attard | Tucci Stables | 2:03.50 |
| 2002 | Lady Shari | 3 | Constant Montpellier | David Cotey | Dominion Bloodstock | 2:06.22 |
| 2001 | Catch The Ring | 4 | Robert Landry | Mark Frostad | Sam-Son Farm | 2:03.62 |
| 2000 | On A Soapbox | 4 | Gary Boulanger | Niall O'Callaghan | Gary A. Tanaka | 2:05.94 |
| 1999 | With Flair | 3 | David Clark | Mark Frostad | Sam-Son Farm | 2:05.54 |
| 1998 | No Foul Play | 4 | Steve Bahen | Margaret Spencer | Margaret Spencer | 2:06.20 |
| 1997 | Blue and Red | 5 | Todd Kabel | Sid C. Attard | Jim Dandy Stable | 2:04.60 |
| 1996 | Wings of Erin | 4 | Jim McAleney | Thomas O'Keefe | Roberts / Matthews | 2:09.00 |
| 1995 | Wings of Erin | 3 | K. Willey | Thomas O'Keefe | Roberts / Matthews | 2:02.60 |
| 1994 | Smiles With A Fist | 4 | Dave Penna | Michelle Bonte | Gierkink / Bonte | 2:05.80 |
| 1993 | Dance For Donna | 4 | Robert Landry | Sherry Noakes | Aubrey W. Minshall | 2:07.00 |
| 1992 | Adorned | 5 | Robert Landry | Macdonald Benson | Windfields Farm | 2:05.80 |
| 1991 | Musical Respite | 3 | Daniel J. David | R. Wright | Sheehan Farms | 2:06.40 |
| 1990 | Star Standing | 3 | P. Johnson | Peter M. Vestal | M. J. Ryan | 2:05.80 |
| 1989 | One For Bert | 4 | Jim McAleney | John Cardella | M. & N. Nosowenko | 2:07.60 |
| 1988 | Arcroyal | 4 | Don Seymour | Roger Attfield | Kinghaven Farms | 2:09.20 |
| 1987 | Triple Wow | 4 | Don Seymour | Roger Attfield | Kinghaven Farms | 2:08.20 |
| 1986 | Gypsy Sunshine | 3 | Irwin Driedger | Gerry Belanger | Trillium Stable | 2:08.60 |
| 1985 | In My Cap | 3 | Irwin Driedger | James E. Day | Sam-Son Farm | 2:07.00 |
| 1984 | Sintrillium | 6 | Brian Swatuk | Conrad Cohen | Frank Stronach | 2:08.80 |
| 1983 | Sintrillium | 5 | Brian Swatuk | Conrad Cohen | Frank Stronach | 2:10.60 |
| 1982 | Eternal Search | 4 | Brian Swatuk | Edward Mann | Jim Dandy Stable | 2:09.80 |
| 1981 | Quantra | 3 | George HoSang | Jerry G. Lavigne | Paddockhurst Stable | 2:07.80 |
| 1980 | Orphanella | 4 | J. Paul Souter | A. Wick | Aubrey W. Minshall | 2:05.80 |
| 1979 | Glorious Song | 3 | John LeBlanc | Fred H. Loschke | Frank Stronach | 2:08.80 |
| 1978 | Male Strike | 4 | Jim Walford | John Cardella | M. M. Anaka | 2:08.00 |
| 1977 | Bye Bye Paris | 4 | Jeffrey Fell | Donnie Walker | Conn Smythe | 2:05.40 |
| 1976 | Bye Bye Paris | 3 | Jeffrey Fell | Donnie Walker | Conn Smythe | 2:03.80 |
| 1975 | Lovely Sunrise | 4 | Brian Swatuk | Donnie Walker | Conn Smythe | 2:06.20 |
| 1974 | Lovely Sunrise | 3 | John LeBlanc | Donnie Walker | Conn Smythe | 2:04.00 |
| 1973 | Musketeer Miss | 3 | John Bell | Pat Remillard | Mrs. J. A. McDougald | 2:09.40 |
| 1972 | Lauries Dancer | 4 | Sandy Hawley | James C. Bentley | Helen G. Stollery | 2:07.60 |
| 1971 | Page Me Doll | 4 | D. Thomas | Glenn Magnusson | J. W. Wright | 2:05.20 |
| 1970 | Not Too Shy | 4 | Sandy Hawley | Donnie Walker | Conn Smythe | 2:10.60 |
| 1969 | Not Too Shy | 3 | Brian Swatuk | Donnie Walker | Conn Smythe | 2:05.20 |
| 1968 | Hometown News | 3 | Richard Grubb | Gil Rowntree | Stafford Farms | 2:07.40 |
| 1967 | Hinemoa | 4 | Avelino Gomez | Paul Cooper | Doug Banks | 2:06.40 |
| 1966 | Hinemoa | 3 | Wayne Harris | Paul Cooper | Doug Banks | 2:06.20 |
| 1965 | Lady Victoria | 3 | Jim Fitzsimmons | R. Richards | Windfields Farm | 1:45.60 |
| 1964 | Ciboulette | 3 | Eric Walsh | Duke Campbell | Jean-Louis Levesque | 1:39.40 |
| 1963 | Court Royal | 4 | Jim Fitzsimmons | N. Julius | J. E. Frowde Seagram | 1:40.00 |
| 1962 | Golden Turkey | 4 | H. Bolin | Wilfrid L. Sayles | A. G. Hedges | 1:41.60 |
| 1961 | Golden Turkey | 3 | B. DeSpirito | Wilfrid L. Sayles | A. G. Hedges | 1:38.20 |
| 1960 | Skinny Minny | 3 | Al Coy | John Passero | William R. Beasley | 1:38.20 |
| 1959 | Wonder Where | 3 | Al Coy | Yonnie Starr | Maloney & Smythe | 1:44.60 |
* In 1973 Sharp Quill finished first but was disqualified and set back to second.
* In 1994, Plenty Of Sugar finished first but was disqualified and set back to third.

## Earlier winners

* 1958 - Windy Answer
* 1957 - Turn Me Loose
* 1956 - Air Page
* 1955 - Festivity
* 1954 - June Brook
* 1953 - Winter Lady
* 1952 - Teddy's Sister
* 1951 - Teddy's Sister
* 1950 - Filsis
* 1949 - Tab Wales
* 1948 - Ascendant
* 1947 - Yellowknife
* 1946 - Floral Gift
* 1945 - Floral Gift
* 1944 - Sister Pat
* 1943 - Patruska
* 1942 - Passa Grille
* 1941 - Passa Grille
* 1940 - Koracan
* 1939 - Budsis
* 1938 - Mona Bell
* 1937 - Fore Isus
* 1936 - Ladymuch
* 1935 - Chickpen
* 1934 - Candy Feast
* 1933 - Shady Well
* 1932 - Shady Well
* 1931 - Step Off
* 1930 - Lindsay
* 1929 - Dance Circle
* 1928 - Best Bonnett
* 1927 - Tattling
* 1926 - Tattling
* 1925 - Tricky Take Off
* 1924 - Vrana
* 1923 - Prismar
* 1922 - Affectation
* 1921 - Sudor
* 1920 - Ostara
* 1915 - Lady Curzon
* 1914 - Dark Rosaleen
* 1913 - Sarolta
* 1912 - Amberite
* 1911 - Bride Lane
* 1910 - Frolic
* 1909 - Mendip
* 1908 - Cannie Maid
* 1907 - Sea Wall
* 1906 - Fair Havana
* 1905 - Maid of Barrie
* 1904 - Loupanga
* 1903 - Prodigality
* 1902 - Lyddite
* 1901 - Lady Berkley
* 1900 - Barley Sugar
* 1899 - Toddle Ladle
* 1898 - Violent
* 1897 - Downright
* 1896 - Melcha
* 1895 - Waterflow
* 1894 - Nancy Lee
* 1893 - Bonnie Bluff
* 1892 - Queen Mary