The Canadian Trotting Classic is a harness race for three-year-old

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trotters run at a distance of one mile at

Mohawk Racetrack Mohawk Racetrack (renamed Woodbine Mohawk Park in 2018) is a harness racing track in Campbellville, Ontario. It is owned by Woodbine Entertainment Group (known as Ontario Jockey Club until 2001) and is about 40 km southwest of the company's ...

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. The event was first run on October 22, 1976 at the now defunct

Greenwood Raceway Greenwood Raceway (originally Woodbine Race Course) was a horse racing facility in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. History Woodbine Race Course Inaugurated in 1874 as Woodbine Race Course at the foot of Woodbine Avenue and Lake Ontario, it was owned ...

.Woodbine Entertainment Group Canadian Trotting Classic full race history as at January 1, 2015
Retrieved October 19, 2016

Locations

: 1978-1993 *

Woodbine Racetrack 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 ...

: 1994 - 2001 *Mohawk Racetrack : 2002 to present

Records

; Most wins by a driver: * 4 – Tim Tetrick (2012, 2016, 2018, 2019) ; Most wins by a trainer: * 5 – Jimmy Takter (1997, 2002, 2014, 2015, 2016) † ; Stakes record: * 1:51 4/5 – What The Hill (2017), Celebrity Bambino (2023)

Winners of the Canadian Trotting Classic

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Canadian Trotting Classic Horse races established in 1976 Harness racing in Canada Horse races in Ontario Mohawk Racetrack Harness races in Canada