Inaugurated 1975 | Surface Polytrack | |
Location Woodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario, Canada Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing Website www.woodbineentertainment.com Distance 1 ⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs) | ||
The Kingarvie Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually in late November/early December at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. An Ontario Sire Stakes, it is a restricted race for two-year-old horses. Raced over a distance of 1 1⁄16 miles on Polytrack, the Kingarvie Stakes currently carries a purse of $94,913.
Inaugurated in 1975 at Greenwood Raceway as a one mile event, it was competed there until 1994 when it was moved to Woodbine Racetrack and set at a distance of 1 1⁄16 miles.
The race was named to honor Col. Samuel McLaughlin's Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame horse, Kingarvie.
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