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The Victoriana Stakes is a thoroughbred horse race run annually in early to mid August at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. An Ontario Sire Stakes, it is a restricted race for fillies and mares, age three and older. Contested over a distance of 1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs) on turf, it currently carries a purse of $115,000.

Inaugurated at Fort Erie Racetrack, it was raced there from 1975 through 1977 and again in 1994.

Records

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

Most wins:

• 2 - Christy's Mount (1977, 1979)
• 2 - Avenare (1980, 1981)
• 2 - Eternal Search (1982, 1983)
• 2 - Bold Ruritana (1994, 1996)
• 2 - Inish Glora (2003, 2004)
• 2 - Financingavailable (2006, 2007)
• 2 - Impossible Time (2010, 2011)

Most wins by an owner:

• 2 - D. H. Bunker (1977, 1979)
• 2 - Jim Dandy Stable (1982, 1983)
• 2 - Minshall Farms (1994, 1996)
• 2 - Robert Costigan (2003, 2004)
• 2 - K. K. Sangara (2006, 2007)
• 2 - Charles E. Fipke (2010, 2011)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 5 - Jim McAleney (1989, 1990, 1999, 2006, 2007)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 4 - Macdonald Benson (1990, 2000, 2003, 2004)

Winners of the Victoriana Stakes

References

• The Victoriana Stakes at Pedigree query
• 2007 Victoriana Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack
• The 2010 Victoriana Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack

• Ontario Sire Stakes
• Ungraded stakes races in Canada
• Mile category horse races for fillies and mares
• Horse races established in 1975
• Woodbine Racetrack
• 1975 establishments in Ontario