The Charles Juravinski Memorial Cup is a harness race for Standardbred pacers run annually at Flamboro Downs in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Set at a distance of one mile, it was first run in 1977 as the Confederation Cup Pace and through 2012 it was a race for three-year-olds. Placed on hiatus for 2013 and 2014, upon reinstatement in 2015, the Confederation Cup Pace was changed to an event for four-year-olds.[1] The race was not contested in 2020 or 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3] In 2022, it was renamed the Charles Juravinski Memorial Cup in honour of Flamboro Downs' co-founder, Charles Juravinski, who died that year.[4]
| Location | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1977 |
| Race type | Harness race for Standardbred pacers |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1 mile (1,609 metres or 8 furlongs) |
| Surface | Dirt, ½ mile oval |
| Track | Flamboro Downs |
| Qualification | 4-year-olds |
| Purse | $263,000 (2024) |
The Charles Juravinski Memorial Cup is the signature race of Flamboro Downs.[4] Over the years it has attracted some of the very best horses in North America including U. S. and Canadian Hall of Fame horses Abercrombie, Cam Fella, Jate Lobell, On The Road Again, and Somebeachsomewhere.[5]
Historical race events
editIn 1985 Armbro Dallas finished first in the final but was disqualified making runner-up What's Next the winner. As a result, the race time was not recorded as official. Apaches Fame's win in 1990 marked the first time an Ontario sired, bred, and owned horse won the Confederation Cup.[6]
In 2022, Linedrive Hanover broke the stakes, track, and Canadian record with a time of 1:49.[7]
Records
edit- Most wins by a driver
- 5 – Paul MacDonell (1995, 1997, 1998, 2004, 2008)
- Most wins by a trainer
- 4 – William Wellwood (1991, 1996, 1997, 2002)
- Stakes record
- 1:49 0/0 – Linedrive Hanover (2022)
Winners of the Confederation Cup Pace
edit| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Driver |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
Purse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Huntinthelastdolar | 4 | Yannick Gingras | Per Engblom | E Five Racing, John Fielding | 1:50 0/0 | $263,000 |
| 2023 | Fourever Boy | 4 | Trevor Henry | Tim Twaddle | Mickie Rae Stables LLC, Tim Twaddle | 1:51 3/5 | $262,000 |
| 2022 | Linedrive Hanover | 4 | James MacDonald | Anthony Beaton | West Wins Stable, McKinlay & Fielding, Mac Nichol | 1:49 0/0 | $273,500 |
| 2021 | No Race | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | 0:00 0/0 | $000,000 |
| 2020 | No Race | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | 0:00 0/0 | $000,000 |
| 2019 | Done Well | 4 | Dexter Dunn | Ron Burke | Burke Racing Stable LLC, Weaver Bruscemi LLC, J&T Silva Stables, Purnel & Libby, Wingfield Brothers LLC | 1:50 2/5 | $188,500 |
| 2018 | Filibuster Hanover | 4 | Yannick Gingras | Ron Burke | Burke Racing Stable LLC, Joseph Di Scala Jr., J&T Silva Stables, Weaver Bruscemi LLC | 1:51 4/5 | $182,500 |
| 2017 | Western Fame | 4 | Trevor Henry | Jimmy Takter | Brittany Farms | 1:50 2/5 | $176,000 |
| 2016 | Rockin Ron | 4 | Yannick Gingras | Ron Burke | Burke Racing Stable LLC | 1:50 1/5 | $244,000 |
| 2015 | All Bets Off | 4 | Matt Kakaley | Ron Burke | Burke Racing Stable LLC | 1:51 3/5 | $226,575 |
| 2014 | No Race | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | 0:00 0/0 | $000,000 |
| 2013 | No Race | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | 0:00 0/0 | $000,000 |
| 2012 | Michaels Power | 3 | Scott Zeron | Casie Coleman | Jeffrey S. Snyder | 1:52 4/5 | $581,500 |
| 2011 | Bestofbest Hanover | 3 | Jack Moiseyev | Daniel Martin | L'Ecurie Triple P Inc. (Jean-Roch Perron) | 1:52 0/0 | $532,000 |
| 2010 | Aracache Hanover | 3 | Doug McNair | Gregg McNair | William Switala & James Martin | 1:52 1/5 | $547,000 |
| 2009 | If I Can Dream | 3 | Jim Morrill, Jr. | Tracy Brainard | Bulletproof Enterprises | 1:52 1/5 | $560,000 |
| 2008 | Somebeachsomewhere | 3 | Paul MacDonell | Brent MacGrath | Somebeachsomewhere Syndicate | 1:49 2/5 | $493,000 |
| 2007 | Laughing Art | 3 | Jody Jamieson | Bill Elliott | Antonio Chiravalle | 1:53 3/5 | $548,500 |
| 2006 | Armbro Deuce | 3 | George Brennan | Blair Burgess | R. Burgess, K. Olsson Burgess, N. Cooper, R. Kostoff | 1:50 2/5 | $508,000 |
| 2005 | American Ideal | 3 | Mark J. MacDonald | Casie Coleman | Mac Nichol | 1:50 3/5 | $441,980 |
| 2004 | Sparkler | 3 | Paul MacDonell | Mark Harder | Patrick Ryan | 1:53 1/5 | $567,000 |
| 2003 | Stonebridge Premio | 3 | Michel Lachance | Brett Pelling | Robert Waxman | 1:54 3/5 | $472,120 |
| 2002 | Art Major | 3 | Steve Condren | William Robinson | Deena Frost, Thomas & Louis Pontone, Lou & Debora Domiano | 1:51 1/5 | $519,000 |
| 2001 | Ring of Life | 3 | Sylvain Filion | Yves Filion | Yves Filion | 1:54 2/5 | $531,500 |
| 2000 | High On Emotion | 3 | Ronald Pierce | Brett Pelling | Millar Farms (George Millar, Sr.) | 1:54 1/5 | $187,800 |
| 1999 | Teeth Of The Dog | 3 | John Stark, Jr. | John Stark, Jr. | Ted Cupp | 1:55 0/0 | $168,400 |
| 1998 | Rustler Hanover | 3 | Paul MacDonell | William Wellwood | Wellwood Stables, A F J Stable | 1:53 1/5 | $183,600 |
| 1997 | Village Jasper | 3 | Paul MacDonell | William Wellwood | William Wellwood | 1:55 3/5 | $180,500 |
| 1996 | Stout | 3 | Tony Kerwood | William Robinson | Matt, Pat, & Dan Daly | 1:54 0/0 | $175,000 |
| 1995 | Village Connection | 3 | Paul MacDonell | William Wellwood | Wellwood Stables | 1:54 0/0 | $160,000 |
| 1994 | Hi Ho Silverheels | 3 | William Fahy | Milan Smith | Myrna Smith & Roy Moorefield | 1:54 4/5 | $149,000 |
| 1993 | Broadway Blue | 3 | Don Irvine, Jr. | Robert Murray | Robert E. Cseplo | 1:54 3/5 | $171,500 |
| 1992 | Survivor Gold | 3 | Doug Brown | William Robinson | Lobro Stables, J. & L. Aarts & Robert H. Grand Holdings | 1:54 3/5 | $141,600 |
| 1991 | Arcane Hanover | 3 | Norm McKnight, Jr. | William Robinson | Lothlorien Equestrian Centre | 1:53 3/5 | $363,500 |
| 1990 | Apaches Fame | 3 | William (Bud) Fritz | William (Bud) Fritz | Dovers Venture II | 1:55 0/0 | $341,000 |
| 1989 | Mystery Fund | 3 | William Gale | Robert McIntosh | George Segal | 1:56 3/5 | $311,500 |
| 1988 | Matt's Scooter | 3 | Michel Lachance | Harry J. Poulton | Gordon & Illa Rumpel, Charles Juravinski | 1:55 0/0 | $318,500 |
| 1987 | Jate Lobell | 3 | Mark O'Mara | Mark O'Mara | Joe McCluskey & Kentuckiana Farms | 1:54 1/5 | $378,500 |
| 1986 | Nobleland Sam | 3 | Sam Noble III | Sam Noble III | Sam Noble | 1:55 1/5 | $230,000 |
| 1985 | What's Next | 3 | John Plutino | Joseph Caraluzzi | Caraluzzi-McNichol Stable, Inc. | 0:00 0/0 † | $250,000 |
| 1984 | On The Road Again | 3 | William "Buddy" Gilmour | Harry J. Poulton | Gordon & Illa Rumpel | 1:56 1/5 | $202,500 |
| 1983 | Time To Cash | 3 | Myles (Mickey) McNichol | Ray Flis | Mike Caggiano, Guy Cutuh, George Patten | 1:57 3/5 | $210,000 |
| 1982 | Cam Fella | 3 | Pat Crowe | Pat Crowe | Norman Clements & Norman Faulkner | 1:58 1/5 | $125,000 |
| 1981 | Conquered | 3 | Dr. John Hayes | Dr. John Hayes | Beejay Stables & C. Juravinski | 1:58 0/0 | $100,000 |
| 1980 | Justin Passing | 3 | Doug Arthur | Doug Arthur | L. J. Applegath, Kingfish Stable | 1:58 0/0 | $100,000 |
| 1979 | Hot Hitter | 3 | Henri Filion | Louis Meittinis | Solomon Katz, S A J & Alterman Stables | 1:57 3/5 | $110,500 |
| 1978 | Abercrombie | 3 | Glen Garnsey | Glen Garnsey | L. Keith Bulen & Shirley A. Mitchell | 1:56 4/5 | $93,000 |
| 1977 | Governor Skipper | 3 | John Chapman | H. "Bucky" Norris | Ivanhoe Stables, Inc. | 1:57 3/5 | $72,500 |
- † No official time recorded due to disqualification of 1st-place finisher, Armbro Dallas.
References
edit- ^ Confederation Cup race history at Flamboro Downs Retrieved November 15, 2016
- ^ "2020 Confederation Cup Cancelled". Standardbred Canada. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
- ^ "Flamboro Cancels Confederation Cup". Standardbred Canada. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
- ^ a b "flamboro downs - Charles Juravinski Cup". www.flamborodowns.com. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
- ^ Standardbred Canada May 12, 2016 article on the 2016 Confederation Cup reporting that "nine of North America's top four-year-old pacers will contest the 38th edition of the Confederation Cup" Retrieved November 15, 2016
- ^ Flamboro Downs Confederation Cup historical highlights Retrieved November 15, 2016
- ^ "Linedrive Hanover Sets Canadian Record In Juravinski Cup". Standardbred Canada. Retrieved 2023-02-21.