The Ontario Lassie Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Open to Ontario-bred two-year-old fillies, it is contested on Polytrack synthetic dirt over a distance of 1+116 miles (8.5 furlongs).

Ontario Lassie Stakes
Restricted stakes race
LocationWoodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Inaugurated1979
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Websitewww.woodbineentertainment.com/qct/default.asp
Race information
Distance1+116 miles (8.5 furlongs)
SurfacePolytrack synthetic dirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationOntario-bred two-year-old fillies
Purse$131,385

Inaugurated at Toronto's Greenwood Raceway in 1979, it was raced there through 1993 at a distance of one mile. In 1994, the race was moved to Woodbine Racetrack and set at 1+116 miles.

The Ontario Lassie Stakes was run in two divisions in 1995.

Records

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Speed record: (Through 1998, Woodbine times were recorded in fifths of a second. Since 1999 they are in hundredths of a second)

  • 1:45.32 - Inspired Kiss (1999) (on natural dirt)
  • 1:43.98 - Resentless (2009) (on Polytrack)

Most wins by an owner:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners since 1999

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Year
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
2016 Ellan Vannin Jeffrey Alderson Tony M. Gattellaro Jon Lee 1:45.05
2015 Sparkles' Girl Emma-Jayne Wilson John Charalambous C. E. C. Farm 1:45.82
2014 London Tower Emma-Jayne Wilson Steve Owens Steve Owens 1:44.73
2013 Paladin Bay Gerry Olguin Harold Ladouceur Jessie Ladouceur 1:47.62
2012 Aunt Els Justin Stein Norman McKnight R.M.C. Stable 1:46.17
2011 Dixie Strike Patrick Husbands Mark Casse John C. Oxley 1:44.92
2010 Inglorious Chantal Sutherland Josie Carroll Donver Stable 1:46.28
2009 Resentless Chantal Sutherland Ian Howard Donald Ross 1:43.98
2008 Milwaukee Appeal Na Somsanith Scott H. Fairlie C. E. C. Farms 1:45.43
2007 Krz Exec Jerry Baird Michael P. DePaulo Sylon Stable & partner 1:46.19
2006 Palace Pier Todd Kabel Darwin Banach William A. Sorokolit, Sr. 1:46.69
2005 Our Madison Emma-Jayne Wilson Joseph H. Johnson Kenneth Sawatzky 1:49.26
2004 Silver Impulse Emile Ramsammy Stanley Baresich B. & B. Stable & Winston Penny 1:47.46
2003 Six Sexy Sisters Patrick Husbands Mike Keogh Gus Schickedanz 1:47.26
2002 Brattothecore Jake Barton John A. Ross Jam Jar Racing Stable 1:47.80
2001 What A Breeze Jake Barton Earl Barnett Hopefield Farm 1:46.34
2000 Poetically David Clark Roger Attfield Kinghaven Farms 1:46.05
1999 Inspired Kiss Todd Kabel Thomas O'Keefe Caroga Stables & Wings of Erin Farm 1:45.32

Earlier winners

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  • 1998 - Last Vice
  • 1997 - Wait for Silence
  • 1996 - Mordacious
  • 1995 - Trillia (1st div)
  • 1995 - Heavenly Valley (2nd div)
  • 1994 - Mips
  • 1993 - Quiet Cheer
  • 1992 - Hey Hazel
  • 1991 - Parisinthespring
  • 1990 - Grecian Earn
  • 1989 - Bundle Bits
  • 1988 - Sweet Briar Too
  • 1987 - Tilt My Halo
  • 1986 - Water Chimes
  • 1985 - Grecian Touch
  • 1984 - In My Cap
  • 1983 - Sinister Spinster
  • 1982 - Regal Taheka
  • 1981 - Lady Treego
  • 1980 - Muskoka Weekend
  • 1979 - Girls 'L Be Girls

References

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