The Ontario Colleen Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Open to three-year-old fillies, it is raced on turf over a distance of one mile (8 furlongs). Prior to 2016, it was run in late August but now is run in late September.

Inaugurated in 1979 at the Fort Erie Racetrack, the following year it was moved to the Woodbine Racetrack. It remained there through 1993 and then returned to Fort Erie for the 1994 running. Since 1995 it has been at the Woodbine facility.

The race was run in two divisions from 1979-1989, 1993, 1995-1996.

It became a Grade III race in 2011.

Records

Speed record:

  • 1:33.32 - Leigh Court (2013)

Most Jockey Wins:

  • 5 - Patrick Husbands (2011, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022)

Most Trainer Wins:

  • 8 - Mark E. Casse (2010, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025)

Most Owner Wins:

  • 2 - Live Oak Plantation (2021, 2022)
  • 2 - Melnyk Racing Stables (2010, 2013)

Winners since 1998

YearWinnerJockeyTrainerOwnerTime
2025Candy QuestSihan CivaciMark E. CasseGlassman Racing LLC1:33.51
2024Time to DazzleSihan CivaciMark E. CasseTracy Farmer1:33.57
2023Mohawk TrailAdam BeschizzaKelsey DannerNBS Stable1:34.68
2022Souper Hoity ToityPatrick HusbandsMark E. CasseLive Oak Plantation1:35.01
2021Our Flash DrivePatrick HusbandsMark CasseLive Oak Plantation1:34.76
2020ChartJustin SteinMark CasseD. J. Stable LLC1:35.24
2019Seek And DestroyLuis ContrerasChad C. Browne Five Racing Thoroughbreds1:35.65
2018Got StormyPatrick HusbandsMark E. CasseGary Barber1:34.59
2017EnstonePatrick HusbandsMark E. CasseEast West Stables1:34.28
2016CarenJesse M. CampbellMichael P. De PauloRobert Marzilli1:35.26
2015Don't Leave MeEurico Rosa Da SilvaMalcolm PiercePin Oak Stable1:35.70
2014Speed SeekerLuis ContrerasJoan ScottJohnson/Coniglio/Rendina/Ferrigine1:34.91
2013Leigh CourtGary BoulangerJosie CarrollMelnyk Racing Stables1:33.32
2012Colonial FlagJoseph Rocco, Jr.Michael MatzSkara Glen Stable/Farish/ENL Stables1:35.15
2011Anne's BeautyPatrick HusbandsPaul AttardRobert Smithen1:33.70
2010Barracks RoadCorey FraserMark E. CasseMelnyk Racing Stables1:34.95
2009Lady ShakespeareEmma-Jayne WilsonRoger AttfieldCharles E. Fipke1:36.79
2008Sugar BayJono JonesMacdonald BensonAugustin Stable1:34.44
2007Speak WiselyTodd KabelMark FrostadSam-Son Farm1:34.71
2006Essential EdgeJono JonesEric CoatrieauxChiefswood Stable1:35.96
2005Elle RunwayEmile RamsammyMalcolm PierceLive Oak Racing1:36.11
2004Emerald EarringsJake BartonBruce F. AlexanderDaniel Herrmann1:33.40
2003ShaconageJoe JohnsonMitch ShirotaAndrena Van Doren1:33.76
2002Strait From TexasDino LucianiPaul ButtigiegJames A. Michael1:34.59
2001SoundtrackGary BoulangerMichael J. DoyleJohn Storer1:37.26
2000DiadellaDavid ClarkMalcolm PierceStronach Stable1:35.23
1999CelestialbutterflyJames McKnightRoger AttfieldHarlequin Ranches1:35.85
1998HeliotropeNeil PoznanskyDavid R. BellRichard F. & Jo Ellen Shaw1:35.00

See also