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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]
The Grey Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the first week of October at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto. A Grade III, it is open to two-year-old horses and is raced on dirt at a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 16 miles. Since 2006, the dirt racing surface at Woodbine Racetrack has been the synthetic Polytrack.
Over the years, it has been run at various distances both at the Woodbine Racetrack and at Fort Erie Race Track: On dirt: 7 furlongs : 1956–1958 at Woodbine; 1 mile : 1959–1966 at Woodbine, 1967 at Fort Erie; On turf: 1 mile : beginning 2010 at Woodbine Racetrack; 1 + 1 ⁄ 16 miles : 1968 & 1994 at Fort Erie, 1969–1993, 1995 to present ...
The Valedictory Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually in late November or early December at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Open to horses age three and older, the Grade III stakes is contested on a synthetic "all weather" surface over a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (12 furlongs).
The Clarendon Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race currently run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Held in early July, the sprint race is open to two-year-old horses foaled in the Province of Ontario and is contested over a distance of 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 furlongs on Polytrack synthetic dirt. It currently offers a purse of ...
The King Edward Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario.The Grade II turf race is open to horses aged three and older and is raced over a distance of one mile (8 furlongs).
In 1956 it was moved to the newly built Woodbine Racetrack where in 1958 it was converted to a turf race. [2] It was run in two divisions in 1984. Since inception, the race has been contested at various distances: On dirt: 1 + 1 ⁄ 16 miles : 1912 through 1955 at Old Woodbine Race Course, 1956-1957 at Woodbine Racecourse; On turf:
The Durham Cup Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Run in mid October, the Grade III race is open to horses age three and older. Raced over a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 miles on Tapeta synthetic dirt , it currently offers a current purse of Can$ 150,000.