Jammed Lovely Stakes
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| Class | Restricted |
|---|---|
| Location | Woodbine Racetrack Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Inaugurated | 1981 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | www |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 7 furlongs |
| Surface | Polytrack |
| Track | left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-year-old fillies foaled in Ontario |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | CA$115,458 (2016) |
The Jammed Lovely Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid November at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Restricted to three-year-old fillies foaled in the Province of Ontario, it is contested on Polytrack synthetic dirt at a distance of seven furlongs.
Inaugurated at Toronto's now defunct Greenwood Raceway in 1981, it was raced there through 1993 after which it was moved to the Woodbine facility. The race was named for the filly, Jammed Lovely, a Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee, and Queen's Plate winner. The horse was owned by Conn Smythe, owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs professional ice hockey team and stable owner. After Smythe died in 1980, the horses of his stable were sold except for Jammed Lovely, his favourite horse and the new Jammed Lovely Stakes was inaugurated.
The race is now run earlier on the calendar. In 2016, it ran in the first week of September. The race was run in two divisions in 1991.