Star Shoot Stakes

The Star Shoot Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Run in mid April, it is the first stakes race of the Woodbine racing season. An ungraded stakes race contested on dirt over six furlongs, it is open to three-year-old fillies.

Inaugurated in 1956 at Greenwood Raceway, and named for Star Shoot, the sire of Sir Barton, the race was hosted by the Fort Erie Racetrack from 1967 through 1975 before moving to its present location at Woodbine Racetrack in 1976. Since inception it has been contested at various distances:

• 6 furlongs : 1956, 1967 to present
• 6.5 furlongs : 1957
• 7 furlongs : 1958–1966

The Star Shoot Stakes was run in two divisions in 1961, 1979, 1986, and in 1999.

Records

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

• 1:10.00 Happy Victory (1972)

Most wins by an owner:

• 5 – Windfields Farm (1958, 1960, 1961, 1966, 1969)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 5 – Sandy Hawley (1971, 1972, 1974, 1989, 1996)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 5 – Gordon J. McCann (1958, 1960, 1961, 1966, 1969)

Winners since 1989

Earlier winners

• 1986 – Playlist
• 1985 – Burke's Express
• 1984 – Ada Prospect
• 1983 – Forest Green
• 1982 – Top Canary
• 1981 – Muskoka Weekend
• 1980 – Girls'l Be Girls
• 1979 – Reasonable Sin
• 1979 – High Voltage Sport
• 1978 – La Sorciere
• 1977 – Jansum Regal
• 1976 – Regal Gal
• 1975 – Deepstar
• 1974 – Trudie Tudor
• 1973 – Impressive Lady
• 1972 – Happy Victory
• 1971 – Lauries Dancer
• 1970 – Lady Cornwall
• 1969 – Drama School
• 1968 – Vics Turn
• 1967 – Northern Blonde
• 1966 – Gay North
• 1965 – Win Again
• 1964 – Later Mel
• 1963 – Charlene B.
• 1962 – Vase
• 1961 – Victoria Regina
• 1961 – Chops On
• 1960 – Menantic
• 1959 – Wonder Where
• 1958 – Windy Answer
• 1957 – Pink Velvet
• 1956 – Orchestra

References

• The Star Shoot Stakes at Pedigree Query
• The Star Shoot Stakes Division 2 at Pedigree Query