Canadiana (horse)

Canadiana
Canadiana
Sire	Vagrancy Handicap (1954); Highlander Stakes (1955); Jacques Cartier Stakes (1955) Queen's Plate (1953)
Awards
	Canadian Horse of the Year (1952)
Honours
	Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (1978)
	Last updated on August 25, 2008

Canadiana (1950–1971) was the first

Queen's Plate winners, her dam Iribelle was also owned by Taylor. Canadiana's British-born damsire Osiris

Horse of the Year

Trained by Gordon J. "Pete" McCann, at age two Canadiana was not only the dominant horse of her age group, female or male, she was the dominant horse irrespective of age. She won the top races for her age group in Canada and set a new track record for 5½ furlongs in winning a stakes race event at Randall Park Race Track in North Randall, Ohio. She was voted 1952 Canadian Horse of the Year honors.

At age three, Canadiana ran fourth in the

Queen's Plate. She went on to win against fillies in the Test Stakes at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York

As a four-year-old, Canadiana raced against some of the top fillies in the United States. Her best results were a win of the 1954

Diana Handicaps. Canadiana raced as a five-year-old, winning the Highlander and Jacques Cartier Stakes

Retired to

In 1978, Canadiana was inducted in the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame.