By the Numbers: Woodbine Mile
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Wise Dan powered to a stakes-record-setting win in the 2013 Woodbine Mile. (All photos by Eclipse Sportswire)
Sunday’s Grade 1, Ricoh Woodbine Mile Stakes brings together some of the best turf milers from around the world annually, and this year is no exception. Grade 1 winners Lea and Obviously are part of an 11-horse field that will compete for the lion’s share of a $1-million purse as well as a spot in the Breeders’ Cup Mile starting gate.
Read on for more insight into the stats and numbers behind Woodbine’s marquee late-summer race.
WOODBINE MILE DAY, 2011
0 – The number of times a 3-year-old has won the race. Mr. Owen will try to become the first sophomore victor this year.
1 – The number of winners bred in Italy (Becrux, 2006)
1 mile – The distance of the race since 1997.
1:31.75 – The fastest time in which the race has been completed, set by Wise Dan in 2013.
2 – Number of 2015 entrants trained by Mark Casse, Kaigun and Za Approval.
2 – The number of times the race has been run on a yielding turf course. Two more editions were on good turf and the other 14 were on firm turf.
$2.50 – The smallest payout on a $2 win ticket in the race, when Wise Dan was sent off at 0.25-to-1 in 2013.
3 – The win streak trainer Charlie LoPresti carried in the race after winning with Turallure (2011) and Wise Dan (2012, 2013).
TURALLURE GAVE LoPRESTI THE FIRST OF THREE STRAIGHT WINS
4 – Wins in the race by jockey John Velazquez, a record.
6 – The number of Woodbine Mile runners who later that year won a Breeders’ Cup race.
6 – The number of winners bred outside North America, most recently British-bred Trade Storm in 2014.
TRADE STORM
7 ¾ lengths – The largest margin of victory in the race, when Leroidesanimaux defeated Mobil in 2005.
8 – Age of the oldest horse to start in the race (both Le Cinquieme Essai in 2007 and Elated Guy in 1997).
15 – A whopping 15 horses competed in the race in 1999, a record.
28 percent – How often the favorite has run the race under its current conditions. Favorites have captured five of 18 editions.
$91.10 – The biggest win payout in the race, when Quiet Resolve won in 1999.
$19,376.55 – Record $1 superfecta payout, which you would have won if you had the first four finishers in 2010.
1997 – The Woodbine Mile’s first running at its current distance and age requirement.
$1,000,000 – Minimum purse for the race since 1999 and the purse of this year’s edition.
$7,004,235 – Total dollars bet on Woodbine Mile day in 2014, a record.
TWO-TIME WINNER WISE DAN LED TO WINNER'S CIRCLE IN 2013 BY TRAINER CHARLIE LoPRESTI