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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 Grey Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the first week of October at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto. A Grade III, it is open to two-year-old horses and is raced on dirt at a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 16 miles. Since 2006, the dirt racing surface at Woodbine Racetrack has been the synthetic Polytrack.
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 ...
It was raced on dirt at the Old Woodbine Park until 1958 when it was moved to Woodbine Racetrack and changed to a turf race. Renamed the King Edward Breeders' Handicap, in 2007 it became a Stakes event. Since inception, the King Edward Stakes has been raced at a variety of distances: 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles : 1903-1917 (Old Woodbine Racetrack)
The Ontario Derby is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid-October at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. A Grade III stakes since 2012, it is open to three-year-old horses. Raced over a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 miles (9 furlongs) on Tapeta , the Ontario Derby currently offers a purse of Can$ 150,000.
It is currently contested over a distance of 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 furlongs on Woodbine's inner turf course with a purse of C$100,000. Inaugurated in 1997, it is named in honor of Overskate, a Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame horse who holds the record for most Sovereign Award with nine. Prior to 2020, the race was run on the main track at a distance ...
The Ontario Damsel Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the first week of July at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario.Restricted to three-year-old fillies who were foaled in the Province of Ontario, it is contested on Turf over a distance of one mile (8 furlongs).
It also owns and operates the Canadian digital television service HPItv and operates Canada's only online wagering platform for horse racing, HorsePlayer Interactive. [1] WEG is responsible for operating Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, and it also runs Woodbine Mohawk Park in Campbellville, Ontario. [2] It employs over 2,300 people in its ...