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Fury Stakes

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Inaugurated
  
1956

Track
  
left-handed

Purse
  
114,375 USD (2016)

Surface
  
Polytrack

Distance
  
Furlong

Location
  
Woodbine Racetrack Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

Website
  
web.archive.org/web/20100316214346/http://www.woodbineentertainment.com:80/qct/default.asp

The Fury Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Run in late April, the stakes race is open to three-Year-Old fillies who were foaled in the Province of Ontario. Raced over a distance of seven furlongs on Polytrack synthetic dirt, it currently offers a purse of $123,375.

The Fury Stakes was first run in 1956 at Fort Erie Racetrack in Fort Erie, Ontario as a 6 12 furlong sprint race. In 1970, the race was shifted to Woodbine Racetrack. Since inception it has been contested at various distances:

  • 6.5 furlongs : 1956-1957, 1975
  • 6 furlongs : 1958-1969, 1970-1972
  • 7 furlongs : 1973-1974, 1976–present
  • References

    Fury Stakes Wikipedia