Alywow Stakes
| Overnight stakes race | |
| Location | Woodbine Racetrack Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 2002 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | www.woodbineentertainment.com |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 6+1⁄2 furlongs |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-year-old fillies |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | $78,240 (2016) |
The Alywow Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the second week of June at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Open to three-year-old fillies, the overnight stakes race is contested on turf over a distance of 6+1⁄2 furlongs.
Inaugurated in 2002, the race is named for the filly Alywow who died that year. Alywow was the 1994 Canadian Champion Three-Year-Old Filly and Horse of the Year. She was inducted in the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 2009.
Records
[edit]Speed record:
- 1:14.39 - Passion (2008)
Most wins by an owner:
- No owner has won this race more than once.
Most wins by a jockey:
- 4 - Patrick Husbands (2007, 2010, 2011, 2012)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 3 - Mark E. Casse (2007, 2012, 2015)
- 2 - Mark Frostad (2005, 2011)
Winners
[edit]| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Miss Katie Mae (IRE) | Javier Castellano | H. Graham Motion | Crager/Hondros | 1:16.10 |
| 2015 | Mississippi Delta | Alan Garcia | Mark Casse | Jackpot Ranch/Rutherford | 1:18.64 |
| 2014 | Cristina's Halo | Chantal Sutherland | Vito Armata | Fig Star Stables | 1:15.18 |
| 2013 | Overheard | Eurico Rosa da Silva | Malcolm Pierce | Pin Oak Stable | 1:14.93 |
| 2012 | Dene Court | Patrick Husbands | Mark E. Casse | Eugene Melnyk | 1:18.79 |
| 2011 | New Normal | Patrick Husbands | Mark Frostad | Robert S. Evans | 1:15.87 |
| 2010 | Somme | Patrick Husbands | Josie Carroll | Jerry Jamgotchian | 1:15.42 |
| 2009 | Woodsmoke | Tyler Pizarro | Michael Keogh | Gus Schickedanz | 1:15.44 |
| 2008 | Passion | Javier Castellano | Todd A. Pletcher | Michael Tabor/Mrs. John Mercier/Derrick Smith | 1:14.39 |
| 2007 | Silky Smooth | Patrick Husbands | Mark E. Casse | Woodford Racing LLC | 1:15.62 |
| 2006 | Arravale | Emma-Jayne Wilson | Macdonald Benson | Robert J. Costigan | 1:14.84 |
| 2005 | Hatpin | Robert Landry | Mark Frostad | Sam-Son Farm | 1:16.31 |
| 2004 | Sweet Problem | James McAleney | Lorne Richards | K. K. Sangara | 1:14.97 |
| 2003 | Hour Of Justice | James McAleney | Reade Baker | Stronach Stable | 1:17.37 |
| 2002 | Lush Soldier | Mickey Walls | David R. Bell | John A. Franks | 1:16.42 |