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Long been recognised as the premier event
in Canada, this Grade 1 12f (2400m) turf race for 3 years and up,
has gone through several name changes since its inception in 1938.
It was originally named Canadian Championship
Stakes in the inaugural year and was won by the Canadian-bred Bunty
Lawless, who was bred and raced by his owner Mr. Willie Morrissey
of Toronto. In the later years, this great Canadian turf race was
sponsored by the tobacco giant Rothman and was renamed as the Rothman's
International for many years until the Canadian law prohibited the
public advertisement of all tobacco product thus causing this historic
race to be renamed the Canadian International.
This top-class Canadian turf race has always
been one of the final stops for many horsemen in the Northern Hemisphere
long before the arrival of the Breeders' Cup races. The biggest
star of all to visit the Rexdale course in the past 30 years had
to be the infamous 1973 US Triple Crown winner Secretariat,
who easily taking this 2400m race under snowy condition with substitute
rider Eddie Maple and retired immediately after the race.
Many visiting European champions have taken
this year-end race during this time, headed by two marvellous female
Dahlia and All Along. It is also worth mentioning that in
the past six years, the Maktoum brothers have sent out three winners
of the Canadian International with Mutamam, Mutafaweq and
Singspiel.
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TV Broadcast
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The
Canadian International, the eighth leg of the World Series
Racing Championship, will be run on Sunday 29 September
at Woodbine Racecourse in Canada. The race will be shown
on the Diamond Vision screens and closed-circuit televisions
at both Sha Tin and Happy Valley racecourses at about
11:55 a.m. for viewing entertainment during the National
Day meeting on 1 October. The event will also be broadcast
on ATV and Cable TV at the following times:
ATV :
| Home Channel
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11:55 p.m.
on Monday 30 September during the "Horse Racing
Preview" programme |
| World Channel
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11:15 p.m.
on Monday 30 September during the "Racing To
Win" programme |
Cable TV :
| Channel
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10:45 p.m.
on Friday 4 October during the "Racing Magazine"
programme |
| Channel
82 - |
7:45 p.m.
on Monday 30 September during the "Racing To
Win" programme |
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