Bunty Lawless Stakes
The Bunty Lawless Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Canada. An Ontario Sire Stakes, it is a race for horses age three and older. Run near the end of October, it is contested over a distance of 1 mile on turf and currently carries a purse of $96,563.
Inaugurated in 1975, it is named in honor of Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Bunty Lawless who, in a 1951 poll conducted by Canadian Press, was voted "Canadian Horse of the Half Century."
In 2006 the race was run at a distance of 8 furlongs and 70 yards on Polytrack.
Records
Speed record:Most wins:
- 3 – Rahy's Attorney
- 2 – Frost King
- 2 – Balafran
- 2 – Control Zone
- 2 – Steady Ruckus
- 2 – Tusayan
- 2 – Pender Harbour
- 2 – Ted Smith/Bill Marko
- 2 – Bala Glen Farm
- 2 – Kinghaven Farms
- 2 – Edward Lang
- 2 – Srinivas Kilambi/Laurie Silvera
- 2 – Giffin/Andrews/Lazaruk
- 3 – Robin Platts
- 3 – Lloyd Duffy
- 3 – Luis Contreras
- 3 – Roger Attfield