From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gil Rowntree
Gil Rowntree
Gil Rowntree Sovereign Award for Outstanding Trainer (1975)
Occupation Trainer Honours
Born January 17, 1934 Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (1997)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Significant horses
Career wins 1,000+
Allan Blue, Amber Herod, Deceit Dancer,
Major racing wins, honours and awards Key to the Moon, Northern Blossom, Overskate,
Proud Tobin, Royal Chocolate, Sound Reason,
Major racing wins Ten Gold Pots, Tudor Queen
Display Stakes (1967, 1972, 1978, 1983)
Maple Leaf Stakes (1968) Gil H. Rowntree (born January 17, 1934 in Toronto, On-
Clarendon Stakes (1969, 1983, 1985) tario) is a Canadian Hall of Fame Thoroughbred race-
Frizette Stakes (1969) horse trainer and owner.
Summer Stakes (1969, 1975, 1976, 1981)
One of the most successful trainers in Canadian Thor-
Vandal Stakes (1969, 1975, 1978, 1990)
Plate Trial Stakes oughbred racing history, Rowntree embarked on his rac-
(1970, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1984) ing career as a jockey in his native Toronto, riding from
Grey Stakes (1971, 1983) 1949 through 1951. As a trainer, he learned his condition-
E. P. Taylor Stakes (1971) ing skills as an assistant to Hall of Fame trainer and Ken-
Cup and Saucer Stakes
tucky Derby winner, Lou Cavalaris, Jr. Rowntree obtained
(1972, 1975, 1979, 1991)
Seaway Handicap (1973, 1979) his trainer’s license in 1959 and was hired by Stafford
Eclipse Stakes Farms in 1967 [1] where he remained until the death of
(1974, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1986) owner Jack Stafford in 1981.
Queenston Stakes During his training career, Gil Rowntree won eight
(1974, 1975, 1977, 1990)
Victoria Stakes
Canadian Classic Races and following the creation of the
(1974, 1975, 1976, 1985) Sovereign Awards program in 1975 he was voted the
Nearctic Stakes (1975) first-ever winner as Canada’s Outstanding Trainer.
Seagram Cup Handicap (1975, 1994) In 1973, Gil Rowntree set a record when horses he
Connaught Cup Stakes trained ran 1-2-3 in the Prince of Wales Stakes, the sec-
(1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980)
Highlander Handicap (1976)
ond leg of the Canadian Triple Crown series. Although
Swynford Stakes (1976, 1978) Rowntree has won four editions of Canada’s most pres-
Whimsical Stakes (1976, 1979) tigious race, the Queen’s Plate, he is best known as the
Wonder Where Stakes (1976, 1977, 1983) trainer of the 1978 Queen’s Plate runner-up, Overskate.
Coronation Futurity Stakes (1977, 1979) The Hall of Fame colt was twice voted Canadian Horse
Manitoba Derby (1978)
Stars and Stripes Handicap (1979)
of the Year as part of his record setting nine Sovereign
Bernard Baruch Handicap (1979) Awards while competing in Canada and at various tracks
Canadian Maturity Stakes (1979) in the United States. As well, Rowntree conditioned Cana-
Bowling Green Handicap (1979) dian champions Deceit Dancer, Proud Tobin, Northern
Col. R. S. McLaughlin Handicap Blossom, Ten Gold Pots, Allan Blue, Key to the Moon,
(1979, 1980, 1984)
Jockey Club Cup Handicap (1980, 1981) Sound Reason and Tudor Queen, the 1969 American
Toronto Cup Stakes (1980) Champion Two-Year-Old Filly, and in the pre Sovereign
Canadian Derby (1982) Award era, the defacto Canadian Two Year-Old Champi-
Autumn Stakes (1984) on.
Durham Cup Stakes (1985, 1986) Gil Rowntree makes his home near Woodbine Race-
Dominion Day Stakes (1986, 1989)
Meadowlands Breeders’ Cup Stakes (1989) track in Etobicoke, Ontario and continues to train Thor-
Canadian Classic Race wins: oughbreds for various owners plus breed, race and train
Queen’s Plate (1973, 1974, 1977, 1984) horses for his own Gil Rowntree Racing Stable.
Prince of Wales Stakes (1973, 1978, 1980)
Breeders’ Stakes (1978)
Racing awards
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gil Rowntree
References Short description
Date of birth January 17, 1934
• Gil Rowntree at the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of
Fame Place of birth Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Persondata Date of death
Name Rowntree Place of death
Alternative names
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Categories:
• 1934 births
• Living people
• Canadian horse trainers
• Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductees
• Sportspeople from Toronto
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