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Canadian Maturity Stakes

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Canadian Maturity Stakes
Discontinued stakes race
Norcliffe, painted by Bob Demuyser (1920-2003)
LocationWoodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Inaugurated1953
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Websitewoodbineentertainment.com
Race information
Distance1+14 miles (10 furlongs)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationCanadian bred four-year-olds
WeightAssigned

The Canadian Maturity Stakes was a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually in late November at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Inaugurated in 1953,[1] the race was restricted to four-year-old horses bred in Canada. It was contested on turf over a distance of a mile and a quarter (10 furlongs).

At a time when Thoroughbreds regularly ran on both dirt and turf, the Canadian Maturity Stakes attracted the best four-year-olds in Canada. However, by the late 1980s that situation had changed dramatically and by the time of the 1994 running, it attracted a field of only four horses.[2]

The Canadian Maturity Stakes was won for five consecutive years between 1990 and 1994 by Sam-Son Farm and Hall of Fame trainer, Jim Day. Sam-Son Farm and Day also won in 1983.[3]

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)

  • 2:00.20 - Classic Reign (1993)[4]

Most wins by an owner:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners

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Notes

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  1. ^ "Maturity race has a big purse but little talent". Archived from the original on 2012-10-25. Retrieved 2017-07-05.
  2. ^ "Game filly steps up in company". Archived from the original on 2012-10-25. Retrieved 2017-07-05.
  3. ^ "Classic Reign zips to victory, breaks Maturity Stakes mark". Archived from the original on 2012-10-25. Retrieved 2017-07-05.
  4. ^ "Classic Reign zips to victory, breaks Maturity Stakes mark". Archived from the original on 2012-10-25. Retrieved 2017-07-05.

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