Trainer Sid Attard Celebrates 2,000th Win

Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame trainer Sid Attard celebrated a significant milestone July 22 at Woodbine Racetrack when he earned his 2,000th win.

The 67-year-old Ontario resident reached the milestone with a victory in the afternoon's ninth race courtesy of Martin Cherry's maiden-breaking 3-year-old filly Lady With Class, who sprinted through along the rail and won the six-furlong contest by four lengths in 1:11.26 with Ademar Santos aboard.

Born in Malta, Attard followed the lead of his brothers, Joe and Tino, to pursue a career in horse racing when he moved to Canada and took out his trainer's licence in 1977 at the age of 26.

Attard earned his first win with Scroll of Fame on April 1, 1977, at Greenwood. At Woodbine, 2-year-old filly Lady Sheppard took the 1980 Mazarine Stakes to give Attard the first of more than 100 stakes wins in his career.

Attard, who has been a top trainer at Woodbine for decades, enjoyed a career year in 2004, banking $3,844,401 in purses, and he posted a personal-best 78 wins in 2006. His trainees have earned more than $61.1 million in purses.

Among his top horses, Attard campaigned Sovereign Award winners Ginger Gold, One For Rose, Numerous Times, and Interpol. Numerous Times upset Canada's 2000 Horse of The Year Quiet Resolve in the 2001 edition of the $1 million Atto Mile Stakes (G1T) at Woodbine. Interpol provided Attard with another grade 1 highlight more recently, winning the 2015 Northern Dancer Turf Stakes Presented by HPIBet.

Attard was inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 2013 and the Brampton Sports Hall of Fame in 2011.