Windfields (1943–1971) was a Canadian Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse who was the first stakes race winner bred by E. P. Taylor and for whom he named his world-famous Windfields Farm .
5-538: Out of the mare Nandi, for whom the Nandi Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack is named, Windfields was sired by Bunty Lawless , who in 1951 was voted Canada's "Horse of the Half-Century." Trained by Bert Alexandra , as a two-year-old in 1945 Windfields won his first start by six lengths, then won the five furlong Victoria Stakes in a time of 0:59.00, breaking Faireno's track record at Old Woodbine Racetrack by 3/5 of
10-646: A row at Aqueduct Racetrack , with a win in the mile and one-eighth Gravesend Purse. Although never a great racehorse, Windfields competed through age six, notably defeating the great Australian runner Shannon to win a Stakes race on January 25, 1948, at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California . Retired to stud duty, Windfields made his real contribution to racing as a stallion . He sired fifteen stakes winners, including 1956 Canadian Triple Crown winner and Hall of Fame inductee Canadian Champ . Through his daughter Victoriana , who produced seven winners, Windfields
15-621: A second. The colt followed this win with another track record in the Rosedale Purse but then suffered a knee injury that kept him out of racing. Ineligible for Canada's most prestigious race, the Kings Plate for three-year-olds, in September 1946 the three-year-old Windfields defeated Plate winner Kingarvie by five lengths in the 1946 Breeders' Stakes . Scratched from the 1946 Belmont Stakes , Windfields won his third straight race, and second in
20-503: Is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the last week of July or first week of August at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario . An Ontario Sire Stakes , it is a restricted race for two-year-old fillies . A six- furlong sprint raced on Polytrack synthetic dirt , the Nandi Stakes currently carries a purse of $ 95,488. The race was first run in 1975 and named to honor
25-540: Was the damsire of the good filly Northern Queen , and Canadian Horse of the Year and Hall of Fame inductee Victoria Park . Through another daughter, Windfields was the damsire of Cool Reception , the 1996 Canadian Champion 2-Year-Old Colt and a Hall of Fame inductee. Windfields died in 1971 at age twenty-eight and was buried in the equine cemetery at Windfields Farm in Oshawa , Ontario . Nandi Stakes The Nandi Stakes
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