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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 track was opened in 1956 with a one-mile oval dirt track, as well as a seven-eights turf course. [1]
Steeplechase races were held at Woodbine/Greenwood for a few years, and there was a Thoroughbred race announcer by the name of Foster "Buck" Dryden for several years. A horse by the name of Last Mark (owned by James G. Fair of Cainsville, Ontario) won the "Plate" in 1948, setting a new Plate record and only being equalled once before the track ...
Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG), known as the Ontario Jockey Club from 1881 to 2001, is the operator of two horse racing tracks, a casino and off-track betting stations in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada.
On turf at Woodbine Racetrack: 1958–1986 1 + 5 ⁄ 8 miles; 1987–1993 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (Out of Chute, inside of the main track) 1994–2021 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (One complete circuit outside of the main track) 2023–present 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles; Winners have come from breeding farms in Canada, the United States, Ireland, the United Kingdom ...
Articles relative to Woodbine Racetrack, the horse racing facility in Toronto, Canada. Pages in category "Woodbine Racetrack" The following 105 pages are in this category, out of 105 total.
The Display Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Contested on a synthetic "all weather" surface over a distance of 7 furlongs, it is open to two-year-old horses. Having been raced during October, November, or early December throughout its history, the listed stakes race offers a ...
The race was named to honor the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame and U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, La Prevoyante. Owned by Quebec businessman and prominent racing stable owner, Jean-Louis Levesque's, La Prevoyante went undefeated in all twelve of her races in 1972 and was voted U.S. Champion 2-Year-Old Filly and Canadian Horse of the Year.
The Princess Elizabeth Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Run in mid October, the stakes race currently offers a purse of CAN$250,000, the richest race of the year for Canadian-foaled two-year-old fillies. It is contested at a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 16 miles on Tapeta synthetic dirt.