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Woodstock Stakes

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Inaugurated
  
1885

Surface
  
Tapeta

Distance
  
6 furlongs

Purse
  
97,488 USD (2016)

Location
  
Woodbine Racetrack Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

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

2011 woodstock stakes


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 five and a half furlongs on Polytrack synthetic dirt. It currently offers a purse of $97,488.

Contents

Inaugurated in 1885 at the now defunct Old Woodbine Race Course in Toronto, over the years the Woodstock Stakes has been contested at a variety of distances:

  •  1 1⁄8 miles : 1885–1917 at Old Woodbine Race Course
  •  1 1⁄16 miles : 1920–1932 at Old Woodbine Race Course
  • 1 mile 70 yards : 1939–1941 at Old Woodbine Race Course
  • 7 furlongs : 1976 at Greenwood Raceway
  •  6 1⁄2 furlongs : 1967–1975 and 1977–1993 at Fort Erie Racetrack, 1994–1997 at Greenwood Raceway
  • 6 furlongs : 1948–1955 at Old Woodbine Race Course, 1956–1966 and 1998–present at Woodbine Racetrack

    • 2012 woodstock stakes


    Records

    Speed record: (Through 1998, Woodbine times were recorded in fifths of a second. Since 1999 they are in hundredths of a second)

  • 1:08.22 - Town Prize (2012) (at current distance of 6 furlongs)

    • Most wins by an owner:

  • 3 - Joseph E. Seagram (1895, 1896, 1907)
  • 3 - Sam-Son Farm (1973, 1974, 1986)
  • 3 - Kinghaven Farms (1981, 1988, 1991)

    • Most wins by a jockey:

  • 4 - David Clark (1979, 1980, 2000, 2005)

    • Most wins by a trainer:

  • 3 - Arthur H. Warner (1968, 1973, 1974)
  • 3 - Roger Attfield (1988, 1991, 1993)

    • References

    Woodstock Stakes Wikipedia
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