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The race replaced the Queen City Pace run from 1964 to 1983. From 1984 to 1993, the North America Cup was held at Greenwood Raceway and from 1994 to 2006, the North America Cup was held at Woodbine Entertainment Group's other harness racing venue, Woodbine Racetrack. It is the richest harness race in North America at $1,000,000. [2]
Mohawk Racetrack (renamed Woodbine Mohawk Park in 2018 [1]) is a harness racing track in Campbellville, Ontario. [2] It is owned by Woodbine Entertainment Group (known as Ontario Jockey Club until 2001) and is about 40 km southwest of the company's other racetrack , Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto , Ontario.
He made his racing debut on July 6, finishing second in an Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Grassroots race at Woodbine Mohawk Park. He later won two OSS Gold races and finished his season by winning the OSS Super Final for two-year-old pacing colts by nine lengths in a new career-best time of 1:50.2. [9] Overall, he won four of six races and earned ...
It is run at a distance of one mile at Woodbine Mohawk Park in Campbellville, Ontario. [1] The race has been a permanent fixture at Mohawk Raceway since 2011 but was initially run at Greenwood Raceway in Toronto and would also be hosted in various years by both Woodbine Racetrack and Mohawk Raceway.
Woodbine was also the host of the CA$1,500,000 North America Cup for three-year old pacing colts and geldings from 1994–2006. That race along with the Elegant Image Stakes for three-year old filly trotters and the Good Times Stakes for three-year old colt and gelding trotters, have been moved to Woodbine's sister track, Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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 ...
Somebeachsomewhere held off race favorite Dali and won by 3 1 ⁄ 2 lengths in 1:52.1. The next week was the $1 million final of the event, which Somebeachsomewhere won as the race favorite in a world-record 1:49.3. [1] To finish his two-year-old campaign, he won a pair of stakes races at Mohawk: the Champlain Stakes and the Nasagaweya Stakes.
The Northern Dancer Turf Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario in mid-September. A Grade I event with a current purse of Can$300,000, it is run at a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles on Woodbine's E. P. Taylor turf course.