Simcoe Stakes
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ClassRestricted stakes
LocationWoodbine Racetrack
Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada
Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada
Inaugurated1953
Race typeThoroughbred, Flat racing
| Class | Restricted stakes |
|---|---|
| Location | Woodbine Racetrack Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada |
| Inaugurated | 1953 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred, Flat racing |
| Website | woodbine |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 6.5 furlongs |
| Surface | Tapeta |
| Track | left-handed |
| Qualification | Two-year-old colts & geldings, foaled in Canada |
| Purse | $250,000 (2020) |
The Simcoe Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. The race is restricted to Canadian foaled two-year-old colts and geldings sold through the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (CTHS) Ontario yearling sale.[1][2]
| Years | Distance F |
Surface | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1953-1956 | 5 F | dirt | Fort Erie Race Track |
| 1957 | 5.5 F | dirt | Fort Erie Race Track |
| 1958 | 6 F | dirt | Fort Erie Race Track |
| 1959-1960 | 6.5 F | dirt | Greenwood Raceway |
| 1961-1973 | 7 F | dirt | Woodbine Racetrack |
| 1974 | 7 F | dirt | Fort Erie Race Track |
| 1975-2005 | 7 F | dirt | Woodbine Racetrack |
| 2006 | 6.5 F | Polytrack | Woodbine Racetrack |
| 2007-2010 | 7 F | Polytrack | Woodbine Racetrack |
| 2011-2015 | 6.5 F | Polytrack | Woodbine Racetrack |
| 2016 to date | 6.5 F | Tapeta | Woodbine Racetrack |