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Woodbine Racetrack is a race track for Thoroughbred horse racing in the Etobicoke area of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Owned by Woodbine Entertainment Group , Woodbine Racetrack manages and hosts Canada's most famous race, the King's Plate .
The Connaught Cup was first run in 1912 on dirt at Toronto's Old Woodbine Race Course. As a result of World War I, there was no race held in 1918 and 1919 and it was not run in 1930. The Great Depression saw much consolidation in the horse racing industry with track owners reducing the number of races run and the amount of the purses being ...
In 1955, it was run as two races at the Old Woodbine Race Course. The first race consisted of four divisions and contested at 6 furlongs and the second race was made up of three divisions at 1 mile and 70 yards. In other years the distance was: 6 furlongs : 1944–1955 at Old Woodbine Race Course; 7 furlongs : 1956 at Old Woodbine Race Course ...
Held in mid April, the sprint race is open to three-year-old horses and is contested over a distance of 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 furlongs on Polytrack synthetic dirt. It currently offers a purse of $97,488. Inaugurated in 1885 at the now defunct Old Woodbine Race Course in Toronto, over the years the Woodstock Stakes has been contested at a variety of ...
Fort Erie Race Track 1958 6 F dirt Fort Erie Race Track 1959-1960 6.5 F dirt Greenwood Raceway: 1961-1973 7 F dirt Woodbine Racetrack: 1974 7 F dirt Fort Erie Race Track 1975-2005 7 F dirt Woodbine Racetrack 2006 6.5 F Polytrack: Woodbine Racetrack 2007-2010 7 F Polytrack Woodbine Racetrack 2011-2015 6.5 F Polytrack Woodbine Racetrack 2016 to ...
Run in mid April, it is the first stakes race of the Woodbine racing season. An ungraded stakes race contested on dirt over six furlongs, it is open to three-year-old fillies . Inaugurated in 1956 at Greenwood Raceway , and named for Star Shoot , the sire of Sir Barton , the race was hosted by the Fort Erie Racetrack from 1967 through 1975 ...
The Overskate Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the latter part of October at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. An Ontario Sire Stakes, it is a restricted race for horses age three and older. It is currently contested over a distance of 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 furlongs on Woodbine's inner turf course with a purse of C ...
In 1953, the racing distance was increased to 1 + 1 ⁄ 16 miles and remained at that distance after moving to the new Woodbine Racetrack in 1956. Converted to a turf race in 1959, the Cup and Saucer Stakes was raced at 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 miles from 1973 to 1982 but then reverted to its 1 + 1 ⁄ 16 miles in 1983.