Selene Stakes

The Selene Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Held during the third week of May, the Grade III event is open to three-year-old fillies. Raced over a distance of miles on Polytrack synthetic dirt, it currently offers a current purse of $122,145.

Inaugurated in 1954 as a six furlong sprint race, it was run at a distance of seven furlongs from 1965 through 1975 after which it was modified to its current distance of miles (8.5 furlongs).

The race was run in two divisions in 1962, 1964, 1972, 1979, 1983, and 1989.

Records

Speed record:

• 1:42.29 - Grizzel (2017)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 5 - Sandy Hawley (1972, 1974, 1978, 1988, 1989)
• 5 - Patrick Husbands (2001, 2012, 2018, 2021, 2022)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 8 - Mark E. Casse (2001, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)

Most wins by an owner:

• 4 - Conn Smythe (1957, 1959, 1964, 1979)
• 4 - Gary Barber (2018, 2019, 2020, 2023)

Winners

• † In the second division of the 1962 race, Vase finished first but was disqualified and set back to fifth.

See also

• List of Canadian flat horse races

References

• The Selene Stakes at Pedigree Query