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Thorncliffe Park Raceway was a Toronto-area racetrack that operated from 1917 until 1952. It was located east of Millwood Road, south of Eglinton Avenue East and the CPR's railroad tracks. It was the first home of the Prince of Wales Stakes. The name is retained today by the Thorncliffe Park neighbourhood.
The shopping centre was opened to the public in 1960 as the Thorncliffe Market Place in the town of Leaside. Before 1954 the area was the northeast corner of racetrack and grassy area south of where the stables of the old Thorncliffe Park Raceway were. It began with two anchors, Sayvette [2] and Steinberg's. [2]
Thorncliffe Stable is a defunct Thoroughbred and Standardbred horse racing and breeding operation established in 1888 in Toronto, Ontario by businessman Robert T. Davies. The stable was based at Davies' Thorn Cliff Farm in the Don River Valley in what is now known as Thorncliffe Park. Yellow and black were the stable's racing colours. [1]
Thorncliffe Park is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in the former Borough of East York.. The City of Toronto recognizes Thorncliffe Park's boundaries as the Don River on the south side; Leaside Bridge, Millwood Road, and Laird Drive on the west side; the West Don River on the east side; and Eglinton Avenue East on the north side.
Thorncliffe Park Raceway : (1950-1953) Old Woodbine / Greenwood Raceway : (1954-1993) Woodbine Racetrack : (1994-2001) Mohawk Racetrack : (2002–present) First run as the Maple Leaf Cup Trot on August 3, 1950 at Thorncliffe Park. [2] In 1954 Standardbred the race was moved to the Old Woodbine track. [3]
The Timken Stables, or Henry H. Timken Estate Barn as it was listed in 1978 on the National Register of Historic Places, is historically significant enough to be repaired and saved.
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