The Singspiel Stakes is a

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run annually at

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, Canada. The Stakes is run during the latter part of June on the same card as the

Queen's Plate The King's Plate (known as the Queen's Plate from 1860 to 1901 and 1952 to 2022) is Canada's oldest thoroughbred horse race and the oldest continuously run race in North America, having been founded in 1860. It is run at a distance of for a ma ...

, as of 2008 it carries Grade III status. The race is open to horses aged three and older and is contested over a distance of miles on

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. It currently offers a purse of $125,000. Inaugurated in 2005, the race was named for Irish-bred

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, who won the prestigious

Canadian International Stakes The Canadian International Stakes is a Grade I stakes race for thoroughbred racehorses from three years of age and upwards on Turf. It is held annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The current purse is . History The Cana ...

at Woodbine Racetrack in 1996 and who was a son of the

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filly,

Glorious Song {{Infobox racehorse , horsename = Glorious Song , image = , caption = , sire = Halo , grandsire = Hail To Reason , dam = Ballade , damsire = Herbager , sex = Filly , foaled = 1976 , country = Canada , colour = Bay , breeder = E. ...

Records

Speed record: * 2:27.15 -

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(2006) Most wins: * 3 - Musketier (2009, 2011, 2012) * 3 - Aldous Snow (2014, 2015, 2017) Most wins by a

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: * 3 -

Jono Jones Jonathon C. "Jono" Jones (born April 30, 1976 in Cascade, Trinidad and Tobago) is a Barbadian-born Canadian jockey in Thoroughbred horse race, Thoroughbred horse racing who has won each of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing#Canada, Canadian T ...

(2006, 2007, 2009) Most wins by a trainer: * 7 - Roger L. Attfield (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2022) Most wins by an owner: * 4 -

Sam-Son Farm Sam-Son Farm is a Thoroughbred horse racing stable with farms located in Milton, Ontario (Canada) and Ocala, Florida (U.S.). Established in the 1960s by Ernest L. "Ernie" Samuel, it began as a home for competition hunter/jumper horses. One Sam ...

(2014, 2015, 2017, 2020)

Winners of the Singspiel Stakes

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Records

Winners of the Singspiel Stakes

See also

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