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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 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 ...
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 Dominion Day Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually in July at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.A Grade III event currently offering a purse of CAD$150,000 +, it is open to horses aged three years and up.
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.
Natalma is a member of the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. Inaugurated in 1965, the Natalma Stakes was raced on dirt at a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 16 miles until 1968 when it was switched to the track's turf course. In 1980 the distance was modified to its present one mile.
The Woodstock Stakes is a historic Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario since 1885. 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.
The E. P. Taylor Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares held annually since 1956 in October at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.It is run on the E. P. Taylor turf course at a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles.