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Inaugurated
  
1954

Purse
  
115,935 USD (2015)

Surface
  
Tapeta

Location
  
Woodbine RacetrackToronto, Ontario, Canada

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

Website
  
www.woodbineentertainment.com/qct/default.asp

Distance
  
1 ⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs)

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The Selene Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Held during the third week of May, the Grade III event is open to three-year-old fillies. Raced over a distance of  1 1⁄16 miles on Polytrack synthetic dirt, it currently offers a current purse of $122,145.

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Inaugurated in 1954 as a six furlong sprint race, it was run at a distance of seven furlongs from 1965 through 1975 after which it was modified to its current distance of  1 1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs).

The race was run in two divisions in 1962, 1964, 1972, 1979, 1983, and 1989.

Records

Speed record:

  • 1:43.63 - Coffee Clique (2013) (Stakes and track record)

    • Most wins by a jockey:

  • 5 - Sandy Hawley (1972, 1974, 1978, 1988, 1989)

    • Most wins by a trainer:

  • 6 - Yonnie Starr (1957, 1959, 1964, 1970, 1976, 1978)

    • Most wins by an owner:

  • 4 - Conn Smythe (1957, 1959, 1964, 1979)

    • References

    Selene Stakes Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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