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The Valedictory Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early December at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Open to horses age three and older, the Grade III stakes is contested on Polytrack synthetic dirt over a distance of miles (14 furlongs). Inaugurated as the Valedictory Handicap in 1952 at the Dufferin Park Racetrack, it was moved to the new Woodbine Racetrack for the 1956 running where it remained through 1960. From 1991 through 1993, the race was hosted by Greenwood Raceway; thereafter, the race returned to Woodine where it remains. Always a longer distance race on dirt, over the years it has been contested at a variety of distances: * 1952 : miles * 1954–1955 : miles * 1956–present : miles There was no race run in 1953 and the regularly scheduled race on December 7, 2008 had to be canceled due to extreme cold weather forced. The Valedictory was upgraded to grade III status in 2011. ==Records== Speed record: * 2:52.60 - Major Pots (1994) (At current distance of miles) * 2:57.62 - Eagle Poise (2011) (Polytrack mark) Most wins: * 2 - Bernfield (1957, 1958) * 2 - Whiteborough (1962, 1963) * 2 - Caesar B. Good (1967, 1968) * 2 - Knight's Turn (1979, 1980) Most wins by a jockey: * 4 - Hugo Dittfach (1959, 1966, 1967, 1975) * 4 - Patrick Husbands (2005, 2010, 2011, 2013) Most wins by a trainer: * 5 - Lou Cavalaris, Jr. (1964, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1994) Most wins by an owner: * 7 - George R. Gardiner/Gardiner Farms (1961, 1964, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1994) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Valedictory Stakes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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