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| Roger Attfield |
Stats Updated Through: 1/24/2008
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| 2007 Stats: | | Starts | | 285 | | 1st-2nd-3rd | | 36-26-32 | | Earnings (Rank) | | $2,380,448 (65) | | Win % (In-The-Money %) | | 12% (32%) |
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Top Associated Horses:
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Eccentric,
Sans Souci Island,
Palladio,
Red Birkin,
Just in Case Jimmy,
Not Bourbon |
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Biography and Highlights:
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- Born: Nov. 18, 1939, in Newbury, England
- Residence: Nobleton, Canada
- Family: son, John
- Racing Background: Grew up riding horses as a child and competed internationally at show jumping events ... He earned a degree in agriculture, specializing in farm management, and briefly attempted a career as an amateur steeplechase rider … Emigrated to Canada from England in 1970. When he first landed in Canada, he opened a chain of clothing boutiques, but it took only about a year before he gravitated back to horses.
- Racing Career: Took out his trainer’s license in 1971 after galloping horses for other trainers. Began his Thoroughbred training career with Roy Kenney’s Gateway Farms in Milton, Ontario, Canada. In 1975, he took over as head trainer of Charles (Bud) Baker’s Norcliffe Stable and won first Queen’s Plate with Norcliffe, his first starter in the prestigious race for Canadian-breds. Took over Bud Willmot’s Kinghaven Farms outfit in 1985. Won his second Queen’s Plate in 1987 with Market Control and earned a $1 million bonus for Kinghaven when With Approval and Izvestia won back-to-back Canadian Triple Crowns in 1989-1990. His third Canadian Triple Crown came in 1993, with Peteski, owned by Earle Mack. Attfield notched his record sixth Sovereign Award as Canada’s top trainer in 2002. His earnings of $4,564,221 that year marked a career best ... Has won the Queen’s Plate a record-tying eight times, with the most recent being Not Bourbon in June of this year. The Queen’s Plate is the oldest continuously run stakes race in North America ... 2008 marked the 149th edition of the three-year-old stake for Canadian-breds. He’s also the only man to train three Canadian Triple Crown winners ... He has trained six horses to be voted Canadian Horse of the Year (Norcliffe, Play the King, With Approval, Izvestia, Peteski and Alywow) and has trained 40 Canadian champions overall … Inducted into the Canadian Racing Hall of Fame in 1999, in his first year of eligibility … Additional major stakes winners include 1992 Eclipse Award-winning 2-year-old colt Talkin Man, Alydeed, Regal Discovery, Carotene, Pinafore Park, Lubicon, Fantasy Lake, Primaly, Cotton Carnival, Larkwhistle, Summer Mood, Pennyhill Park, Steady Power, Free Vacation, Perfect Soul and Ablo His best finishes from 11 Breeders’ Cup starts have been seconds with Play the King in the 1988 Sprint and with With Approval in the 1990 Turf …Current operation includes horses in training at Woodbine, some of which he owns in partnership with close friends Bill Werner and Mickey Cannino. Spends the winter training at Payson Park in Florida ... Among his top runners of 2008 are Queen’s Plate victor Not Bourbon, who also won the Queenston, Plate Trial and Overskate Stakes; Can-G2 Nassau Stakes winner Callwood Dancer (IRE); Halton Stakes victor Society’s Chairman; and Sand Cover, who won the Vice Regent Stakes and Ontario Derby ... As of Oct. 8, 2008, he’s won 1,517 races and 313 stakes races in North America. His trainees have banked just under $73 million lifetime.
Breeders' Cup Record| Starts | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Earnings | | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | $1,095,000 |
| 1988 | Sprint | Play the King | 2nd | | 1990 | Classic | Izvestia | 6th | | | Turf | With Approval | 2nd | | 1993 | Sprint | Alydeed | 13th | | | Turf | Fairy Garden | 7th | | 1994 | Juvenile | Talkin Man | 10th | | 1996 | Juvenile Fillies | Larkwhistle | 5th | | 1997 | Classic | Whiskey Wisdom | 4th | | | Juvenile Fillies | Primaly | 3rd | | 2002 | Turf | Perfect Soul (Ire) | 8th | | 2003 | Mile | Perfect Soul (Ire) | 9th |
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NOTE: Stats include North American and selected international races. Click here to view selected international race list.
Biographies on jockeys, trainers and owners are from the Breeders' Cup World Championships events from 2001 through 2009, and are intended as informational resources. Biographies will be updated if an individual is again a participant in the Breeders' Cup World Championships.
Biographies are available for most horses appearing in the top 100 money earnings list, and/or for those who are frequently making headlines in the news starting with the 2006 Triple Crown season.
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