# Windfields

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Canadian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse

For the house in Toronto, see [Canadian Film Centre](/source/Canadian_Film_Centre).

Windfields Sire Bunty Lawless Grandsire Ladder Dam Nandi Damsire Stimulus Sex Stallion Foaled 1943 Country Canada Colour Bay Breeder E. P. Taylor Owner E. P. Taylor Trainer Bert Alexandra Record 75: 19-10-5 Earnings $83,380 Major wins Victoria Stakes (1945) Gravesend Purse (1946) Breeders' Stakes (1946) Honours Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (2002)

**Windfields** (1943–1971) was a Canadian [Hall of Fame](/source/Canadian_Horse_Racing_Hall_of_Fame) [Thoroughbred](/source/Thoroughbred) [racehorse](/source/Horse_racing) who was the first stakes race winner bred by [E. P. Taylor](/source/E._P._Taylor) and for whom he named his world-famous [Windfields Farm](/source/Windfields_Farm) in [Oshawa](/source/Oshawa), [Ontario](/source/Ontario).[1]

Out of the mare Nandi,[2] for whom the [Nandi Stakes](/source/Nandi_Stakes) at [Woodbine Racetrack](/source/Woodbine_Racetrack) is named, Windfields was sired by [Bunty Lawless](/source/Bunty_Lawless), who in 1951 was voted Canada's "Horse of the Half-Century."[3]

Trained by [Bert Alexandra](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bert_Alexandra&action=edit&redlink=1), as a two-year-old in 1945, Windfields won his first start by six lengths, then won the five [furlong](/source/Furlong) [Victoria Stakes](/source/Victoria_Stakes) in a time of 0:59.00, breaking [Faireno's](/source/Faireno) track record at [Old Woodbine Racetrack](/source/Old_Woodbine_Racetrack) by 3/5 of a second.[4] 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](/source/Queen's_Plate) for three-year-olds, in September 1946 the three-year-old Windfields defeated Plate winner [Kingarvie](/source/Kingarvie) by five lengths in the 1946 [Breeders' Stakes](/source/Breeders'_Stakes). Scratched from the [1946 Belmont Stakes](/source/1946_Belmont_Stakes), Windfields won his third straight race, and second in a row at [Aqueduct Racetrack](/source/Aqueduct_Racetrack), with a win in the mile and one-eighth Gravesend Purse.[5]

Although never a great racehorse, Windfields competed through age six, notably defeating the great [Australian](/source/Australia) runner [Shannon](/source/Shannon_(horse)) to win a [Stakes race](/source/Glossary_of_North_American_horse_racing#stakes_race) on January 25, 1948, at [Santa Anita Park](/source/Santa_Anita_Park) in [Arcadia, California](/source/Arcadia%2C_California).[6]

## As a sire

Retired to [stud](/source/Stud_(animal)) duty, Windfields made his real contribution to racing as a [stallion](/source/Stallion_(horse)). He sired fifteen stakes winners, including 1956 [Canadian Triple Crown](/source/Canadian_Triple_Crown_of_Thoroughbred_Racing) winner and Hall of Fame inductee [Canadian Champ](/source/Canadian_Champ). Through his daughter [Victoriana](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Victoriana_(horse)&action=edit&redlink=1), who produced seven winners, Windfields was the damsire of the good filly [Northern Queen](/source/Northern_Queen), and [Canadian Horse of the Year](/source/Canadian_Horse_of_the_Year) and Hall of Fame inductee [Victoria Park](/source/Victoria_Park_(horse)). Through another daughter, Windfields was the damsire of [Cool Reception](/source/Cool_Reception), the 1996 [Canadian Champion 2-Year-Old Colt](/source/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](/source/Oshawa), [Ontario](/source/Ontario).[7]

## Sire line tree

- **Windfields**[8] - [Canadian Champ](/source/Canadian_Champ)[9] - [Canebora](/source/Canebora) - [Titled Hero](/source/Titled_Hero)

## Pedigree

Pedigree of Windfields, bay stallion, 1943 Sire Bunty Lawless Ladder Ladkin Fair Play Lading Panoply Peter Pan Inaugural Mintwina Mint Briar Assagai Sweet Briar Edwina Celt Lady Godiva Dam Nandi Stimulus Ultimus Commando Running Stream Hurakan Uncle The Hoyden Golden Feast Golden Sun Sundridge Golden Lassie Mi-Careme Desmond Carim (family: 11-c)

## External links

- [Windfields' pedigree and partial racing stats](http://www.pedigreequery.com/windfields)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Windfields"](http://www.canadianhorseracinghalloffame.com/2002/12/01/a-e-bert-alexandra-windfields/). Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. 2002-12-01. Retrieved 2018-11-03.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Nandi, The Next Best Thing"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=y8Y6AAAAIBAJ&pg=1621,15396427&dq=jimmy-cosgrave&hl=en). Canadian Forces The Maple Leaf, Vol. 3, No. 89. 1945-07-07. Retrieved 2018-11-09.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Windfields"](https://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Horse&refno=547005&registry=T&rbt=TB). Equibase Co. LLC. 2018-11-09. Retrieved 2018-11-09.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Nandi, The Next Best Thing"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=y8Y6AAAAIBAJ&pg=1621,15396427&dq=jimmy-cosgrave&hl=en). Canadian Forces The Maple Leaf, Vol. 3, No. 89. 1945-07-07. Retrieved 2018-11-09.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Windfields Scores Again at Aqueduct"](https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1940s/drf1946061101/drf1946061101_1_2). Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1946-06-11. Retrieved 2018-11-03.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Windfields Outruns Endeavor and Shannon"](https://www.nytimes.com/1948/01/25/archives/windfields-outruns-endeavor-and-shannon-may-reward-annexes-stake-at.html). New York Times - Associated Press. 1948-01-25. Retrieved 2018-11-09.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Grave Matters: Windfields Farm"](https://www.tbheritage.com/TurfHallmarks/Graves/cem/GraveMattersWindfields.html). Thoroughbred Heritage. 2002-01-01. Retrieved 2018-11-09.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [American Classic Pedigree: Windfields](http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/windfields-can.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** [American Classic Pedigree: Canadian Champ](http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/canadian-champ-can.html)

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