# Seagram Cup Stakes

The Chinese Cultural Centre Seagram Cup Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the last week of July/first week of August at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. A Grade III event, it is open to horses Three years old and up. Raced over a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles, the race currently offers a purse of $115,065.
The Seagram Cup was inaugurated at the Old Woodbine Racetrack in 1903. A race on dirt, it was named in honor of owner/breeder Joseph E. Seagram whose Seagram Stables dominated Canadian racing at the time and who had won Canada's most prestigious race, the Queen's Plate, eight consecutive times between 1891 and 1898. With the cessation of Thoroughbred racing at Old Woodbine Racetrack, the Seagram Cup was moved to the new Woodbine Racetrack and in 1959 became a race on turf.
In 1998 the Seagram Cup reverted to being run permanently on dirt with the 2007 edition marking the first time it would be raced on the new synthetic Polytrack surface.
Over the years the Seagram Cup has been contested at various distances: On dirt:
* 1+1⁄16 miles : 1903–1924 (Old Woodbine Racetrack)
* 1+1⁄2 miles : 1925–1926 (Old Woodbine Racetrack)
* 1+1⁄8 miles : 1928–1930 (Old Woodbine Racetrack)
* 1+1⁄16 miles : 1934–1958 (Old Woodbine Racetrack), 1959–1963 and 1998 to present at Woodbine Racetrack
* 1+1⁄4 miles : 1980–1981 Greenwood Raceway
On turf:
* 1+1⁄16 miles : 1959–1963 (Woodbine Racetrack)
* 1+1⁄4 miles : 1964–1979, 1982–1993 (Woodbine Racetrack)
* 1+3⁄8 miles : 1994–1997 (Woodbine Racetrack)

## Records

Speed record:
* 1:41.40 - Terremoto (1998) (at 1+1⁄16 miles on dirt)
* 2:00.60 - Sky Classic (1991) (at 1+1⁄4 miles on turf)
Most wins by a jockey:
* 7 - Sandy Hawley (1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1988, 1989, 1996)
Most wins by a trainer:
* 4 - James E. Day (1986, 1988, 1989, 1991)
Most wins by an owner:
* 6 - Sam-Son Farm (1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1996, 2014)

## Winners of the Seagram Cup Stakes

| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
| 2022 | War Bomber | 4 | Sahin Civaci | Norman McKnight | Bruno Schickedanz | 1:43.26 |
| 2021 | Tap It To Win | 4 | Rafael Hernandez | Mark E. Casse | Live Oak Plantation | 1:43.79 |
| 2020 | Mr Ritz | 5 | Patrick Husbands | Josie Carroll | Earle I Mack | 1:43.28 |
| 2019 | Mr Ritz | 4 | Patrick Husbands | Josie Carroll | Earle I Mack | 1:42.75 |
| 2018 | Decorated Soldier | 5 | Gary Boulanger | Norman McKnight | Racer's Edge Inc & Maxis Stable | 1:43.71 |
| 2017 | Melmich | 6 | Eurico Rosa da Silva | Kevin Attard | Stephen Chesney & Cory Hoffman | 1:43.43 |
| 2016 | Breaking Lucky | 4 | Luis Contreras | Reade Baker | Gunpowder Farms | 1:42.70 |
| 2015 | Florida Won | 4 | Patrick Husbands | Mark E. Casse | Live Oak Plantation | 1:43.33 |
| 2014 | His Race to Win | 4 | Eurico Rosa Da Silva | Malcolm Pierce | Sam-Son Farm | 1:43.35 |
| 2013 | Alpha Bettor | 5 | Justin Stein | Daniel J. Vella | Bulldog Racing | 1:43.63 |
| 2012 | Alpha Bettor | 4 | Tyler Pizarro | Daniel J. Vella | Bulldog Racing | 1:43.79 |
| 2011 | James Street | 4 | Patrick Husbands | Josie Carroll | Eugene Melynyk | 1:44.01 |
| 2010 | Sand Cove | 5 | Richard Dos Ramos | Roger Attfield | Ralph L. Johnson | 1:43.57 |
| 2009 | Palladio | 7 | Richard Dos Ramos | Roger Attfield | Haras Santa Maria de Araras | 1:43.84 |
| 2008 | Artie Hot | 4 | Emma-Jayne Wilson | Nicholas Gonzalez | Tucci Stables | 1:43.30 |
| 2007 | Gouldings Green | 6 | Patrick Husbands | Anthony Reinstedler | Melnyk Racing Stable | 1:43.73 |
| 2006 | Gouldings Green | 5 | Corey Lanerie | Anthony Reinstedler | Melnyk Racing Stable | 1:42.76 |
| 2005 | One For Rose | 6 | Emile Ramsammy | Sid Attard | Tucci Stables | 1:44.18 |
| 2004 | One For Rose | 5 | Emile Ramsammy | Sid Attard | Tucci Stables | 1:44.34 |
| 2003 | Wake at Noon | 6 | Emile Ramsammy | Abraham Katryan | Bruno Schickedanz | 1:42.92 |
| 2002 | Lucky Molar | 7 | Chantal Sutherland | Mike Wright, Jr. | Richard A. Englander | 1:44.51 |
| 2001 | Trajectory | 4 | Ramon Dominguez | H. Graham Motion | Pin Oak Stable | 1:43.97 |
| 2000 | Guided Tour | 4 | Gary Boulanger | Niall O'Callaghan | Morton Fink | 1:42.04 |
| 1999 | Brite Adam | 4 | Todd Kabel | Norman J. McKnight | R.M.C. Stable | 1:42.57 |
| 1998 | Terremoto | 7 | Todd Kabel | Beverly Buck | Janeane & Arika Everatt | 1:41.40 |
| 1997 | Crown Attorney | 4 | Steven Bahen | John P. MacKenzie | Tony & Mary Jane Lamb | 2:15.20 |
| 1996 | Desert Waves | 6 | Sandy Hawley | Mark Frostad | Sam-Son Farm | 2:14.20 |
| 1995 | Jet Freighter | 4 | Todd Kabel | Tony Mattine | Fishman/Yu | 2:13.40 |
| 1994 | Zester | 5 | Larry Attard | Gil Rowntree | Rodomar/Badali | 2:21.60 |
| 1993 | Avid Affection | 4 | James McKnight | John Cardella | C.E.C. Farms | 2:02.20 |
| 1992 | Cozzene's Prince | 5 | Dave Penna | Tino Attard | Kirby Canada Farm | 2:05.80 |
| 1991 | Sky Classic | 4 | Pat Day | James E. Day | Sam-Son Farm | 2:00.60 |
| 1990 | Twist The Snow | 4 | Larry Attard | Angus McArthur | Angus McArthur | 2:02.80 |
| 1989 | King's Deputy | 4 | Sandy Hawley | James E. Day | Sam-Son Farm | 2:01.40 |
| 1988 | Royal Treasurer | 5 | Sandy Hawley | James E. Day | Sam-Son Farm | 2:03.20 |
| 1987 | Coryphee | 3 | Brian Swatuk | Sam DiPasquale | S. Carnevale | 2:12.40 |
| 1986 | Royal Treasurer | 3 | Jack Lauzon | James E. Day | Sam-Son Farm | 2:16.00 |
| 1985 | Corseque | 4 | Robert King, Jr. | David L. Maclean | Norcliffe Stables | 2:03.60 |
| 1984 | Cool Northerner | 3 | Gary Stahlbaum | Jacques Dumas | F. & P. D'Andrea | 2:03.20 |
| 1983 | Bridle Path | 7 | Dan Beckon | Macdonald Benson | Windfields Farm | 2:06.00 |
| 1982 | Bridle Path | 6 | John Paul Souter | Macdonald Benson | Windfields Farm | 2:09.40 |
| 1981 | Right Role | 4 | John Bell | Emile Allain | Jean Josephson | 2:07.60 |
| 1980 | Driving Home | 3 | Rick Hedge | Glenn Magnusson | CFCW Racing Stable | 2:04.60 |
| 1979 | Christy's Mount | 6 | Sandy Hawley | Dave Brown | D. H. Bunker | 2:07.20 |
| 1978 | Regal Embrace | 3 | Sandy Hawley | Macdonald Benson | Windfields Farm | 2:09.00 |
| 1977 | Hopeful Answer | 4 | Gary Stahlbaum | Frank Merrill, Jr. | W. Preston Gilbride | 2:20.60 |
| 1976 | Momigi | 4 | Sandy Hawley | John Morahan | Koichiro Hayata | 2:07.80 |
| 1975 | Good Port | 5 | Richard Grubb | Gil Rowntree | Stafford Farms | 2:15.40 |
| 1974 | Fabe Count | 6 | Sandy Hawley | Jerry G. Lavigne | Parkview Stable | 2:02.80 |
| 1973 | Twice Lucky | 7 | Hugo Dittfach | Donnie Walker | Conn Smythe | 2:11.20 |
| 1972 | Lord Vancouver | 4 | Lloyd Duffy | Frank Merrill, Jr. | W. Preston Gilbride | 2:02.00 |
| 1971 | Dance Act | 5 | Robin Platts | Larry Grant | Green Hills Farm | 2:03.80 |
| 1970 | Yukon Eric | 4 | Hugo Dittfach | Lou Cavalaris, Jr. | Gardiner Farm | 2:02.80 |
| 1969 | Bye and Near | 6 | Avelino Gomez | Donnie Walker | Conn Smythe | 2:04.20 |
| 1968 | Pine Point | 4 | Fernando Toro | Red Barnard | Willow Downs Farm | 2:04.40 |
| 1967 | He's A Smoothie | 4 | Avelino Gomez | Warren Beasley | William R. Beasley | 2:05.00 |
| 1966 | He's A Smoothie | 3 | Sam McComb | Warren Beasley | William R. Beasley | 2:05.40 |
| 1965 | Victorian Era | 3 | Avelino Gomez | Lou Cavalaris, Jr. | A. Case, Jr. | 2:04.40 |
| 1964 | Galindo | 6 | Wayne Harris | Andrew G. Smithers | John B. Azanza | 2:03.00 |
| 1963 | Windy Ship | 6 | Paul Bohenko | Howard C. Hoffman | Stafford Farms | 1:45.20 |
| 1962 | Chopavane | 6 | Jim Fitzsimmons | M. Long | Viscount Hardinge | 1:43.80 |
| 1961 | Windy Ship | 4 | Hugo Dittfach | John Passero | Stafford Farms | 1:44.20 |
| 1960 | Chopavane | 4 | C. M. Clark | M. Long | Viscount Hardinge | 1:44.40 |
| 1959 | New Providence | 3 | Avelino Gomez | Gordon J. McCann | Windfields Farm | 1:46.80 |
| 1958 | Our Sirdar | 4 | Al Coy | Red Barnard | Shermanor Farm | 1:45.20 |
| 1957 | Dorenes Lad | 5 | Norman Leid | N. Julius | Clifford Bennett | 1:44.20 |
| 1956 | Canadian Champ | 3 | E. A. Rodriguez | John Passero | William R. Beasley | 1:46.00 |
| 1955 | Ace Marine | 3 | George Walker | Yonnie Starr | Larkin Maloney | 1:45.60 |

## Earlier winners

* 1954 - Verey Light
* 1953 - Teddy's Sister
* 1952 - Bulverde
* 1951 - McGill
* 1950 - McGill
* 1949 - No race
* 1948 - No race
* 1947 - Mugwump
* 1946 - No race
* 1945 - No race
* 1944 - Chance Cross
* 1943 - Tulachmore
* 1942 - No race
* 1941 - McMark
* 1940 - High Honors
* 1939 - Siete Colores
* 1938 - Storm Lass
* 1937 - Sun Power
* 1936 - No race
* 1935 - No race
* 1934 - Prince Fox
* 1933 - No race
* 1932 - No race
* 1931 - No race
* 1930 - Sandy Ford
* 1929 - Jollan
* 1928 - Sir Harry
* 1927 - No race
* 1926 - Harrovan
* 1925 - Edisto
* 1924 - Nancy Langhorne
* 1923 - New Hampshire
* 1922 - Baby Grand
* 1921 - Golden Sphere
* 1920 - No race
* 1919 - No race
* 1918 - No race
* 1917 - No race
* 1916 - Sands of Pleasure
* 1915 - Redland
* 1914 - Privet Petal
* 1913 - Rifle Brigade
* 1912 - Chepontuc
* 1911 - Ganogue
* 1910 - Ta Nun Da
* 1909 - Direct
* 1908 - Photographer
* 1907 - Picaroon
* 1906 - Moonraker
* 1905 - Charles Elwood
* 1904 - Nameoki
* 1903 - Easy Street