Woodbine Racetrack is a

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for

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in the

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area of

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, Canada. Owned by

Woodbine Entertainment Group Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG), known as the Ontario Jockey Club from 1881 to 2001, is the operator of two horse racing tracks, a casino and off-track betting stations in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada. It also owns and operates ...

, Woodbine Racetrack manages and hosts Canada's most famous race, the

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. The track was opened in 1956 with a one-mile oval dirt track, as well as a seven-eights turf course. It has been extensively remodeled since 1993, and since 1994 has had three racecourses.

History

The current Woodbine carries the name originally used by a racetrack which operated in southeast Toronto, at Queen Street East and Kingston Road, from 1874 through 1993. (While the

Old Woodbine Race Course 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 ...

was at the south end of

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, the current Woodbine is nowhere near it.) In 1951, it was operated by the Ontario Jockey Club (OJC) and held the prestigious

, but it competed with several other racetracks in Ontario and was in need of modernization. During the 1950s, the OJC, under the leadership of Canadian industrialist and horse breeder

E.P. Taylor Edward Plunket Taylor, Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, CMG (January 29, 1901 – May 14, 1989), was a Canadians, Canadian business tycoon, investor, and philanthropist. He was a famous breeder of Thoroughbred horse racing, r ...

, began a program of racetrack acquisitions aimed at becoming the biggest and most profitable operator in Ontario horse racing, similar to Taylor's earlier acquisitions and consolidations in the Canadian brewing industry. In 1952, the OJC purchased and closed the money-losing

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, purchased and closed the Hamilton Racetrack, and purchased the

Fort Erie Racetrack Fort Erie Race Track is a horse racing facility in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada, that opened on June 16, 1897. The racetrack is often referred to as "the border oval" because of the track's proximity (barely a mile) to the U.S. border. Its most imp ...

for . Renovations began immediately at Fort Erie and at Woodbine, financed by a public offering of stock for . In 1953, the OJC bought Stamford Park in Stamford township (now part of

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). It was closed and later redeveloped into a residential subdivision. In 1955, Taylor himself purchased the competing Orpen-owned

Dufferin Park Racetrack Dufferin Park Racetrack was a racetrack for thoroughbred horse races located on Dufferin Street in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was demolished in 1955 and its stakes races moved to Woodbine Racetrack as part of a consolidation of rac ...

and

Long Branch Racetrack Long Branch Racetrack was a horse-racing facility in Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada. It was situated in Etobicoke, then a township, just north of the village of Long Branch, Toronto, Long Branch and just west of the city of Toronto. It operated from ...

s for million ($ in dollars). The Orpen tracks were closed and redeveloped, and the Orpen race charters transferred to the OJC. The OJC continued the Canadian International and Cup and Saucer stakes races that had been held at the Orpen tracks. The racing charters acquired from the other tracks enabled the OJC to run 196 days of racing, more than double its allowed total of 84 days in 1952. All of the efforts at racetrack acquisitions and closures were designed to support a new "supertrack". In 1952, the OJC identified the new location of the racetrack at Highway 27 east of the Toronto airport and bought over . The architect chosen was Earle C. Morgan. Although Morgan had not designed a racetrack, he spent the next two years developing the design in conjunction with

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, who had designed

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and

Garden State Park Racetrack Garden State Park was a harness and thoroughbred race track in Cherry Hill, Camden County, New Jersey. It is now the site of a high-end, mixed-use "town center" development of stores, restaurants, apartments, townhouses, and condominiums. Garde ...

in the United States. The new track was designed to hold 40,000 spectators, have ample parking, three race courses and two training tracks. It had stable space for 1,000 horses and rooms for 700 employees. The grandstand, designed to get as many people as close to the finish line as possible, included several restaurants and cafeterias. Construction on the new supertrack began in 1955. The new racetrack opened on June 12, 1956, built at a cost of million ($ in dollars). It was initially known as the New Woodbine Racetrack. It dropped the ''New'' in 1963. The old track was converted to a combined thoroughbred and standardbred track known thereafter as Old Woodbine or, for most of the rest of its history, as

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 ...

(during standardbred meets) and

Greenwood Race Track 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 ...

(during thoroughbred meets). The two thoroughbred and two standardbred meets conducted at Greenwood were transferred to the new Woodbine in 1994, which was until then exclusively devoted to thoroughbred racing. On June 30, 1959, Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh attended the 100th running of the Queen's Plate, and Queen Elizabeth II again on July 4, 2010, attended the 151st running of the Queen's Plate Stakes and presented trophies. The track was the opening venue for the

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, and some of the sporting events were held here. The

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was held at Woodbine in 1988. The

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was held at Woodbine in 1996. The Woodbine facility is also home to the

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. In 2018, the track began using a GPS-based timing system. In 2022, Woodbine announced plans to add an 8,000-seat

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and adjoining training facilities in the northeast corner of the property; this would be the presumed new home of

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and possibly house a future professional

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club.

Physical attributes

The outermost

E. P. Taylor Edward Plunket Taylor, Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, CMG (January 29, 1901 – May 14, 1989), was a Canadians, Canadian business tycoon, investor, and philanthropist. He was a famous breeder of Thoroughbred horse racing, r ...

turf course for thoroughbreds, completed in 1994, is long with a chute allowing races of to be run around one turn. It is irregularly shaped, the clubhouse turn departing from the traditional North American oval, and the backstretch is from to higher than the homestretch. The Taylor turf course and the main dirt course at

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on New York's Long Island are the only mile-and-a-half layouts in North American thoroughbred racing. In 2016, Woodbine will contest up to 40 turf races running clockwise (right-hand turns) in what are being billed as "EuroTurf" races. Inside the Taylor course is the

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course for Thoroughbreds. Since April 9, 2016, the surface has been Tapeta; it was

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from August 31, 2006 through 2015, and a natural dirt surface prior to that. Two chutes facilitate races at seven furlongs [] and at . The innermost oval was originally a 7/8-mile [] grass oval until the E. P. Taylor turf course opened in 1994. It was then converted to a crushed limestone dirt course and was used for

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until April 2018. It was then converted back to a second turf course for the 2019 thoroughbred racing season. The first race on the new Inner Turf was run on June 28, 2019 and was won by Bold Rally with

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aboard. Portions of the current E. P. Taylor turf course (the backstretch and far turn) originally formed part of a long turf chute that crossed over the dirt course to the inner turf oval at the top of the stretch. This was used for several major races, including

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's final race in the 1973 Canadian International, until the entire E. P. Taylor course was completed in 1994.

Incidents

In November 2024, Woodbine cancelled its November 10 final 2

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after three catastrophic injuries on the Tapeta

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as a

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. It consulted the National HBPA, the

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and the

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. The incidents include a breakdown of an unnamed horse during a

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, the 3-year-old

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Social Dancer (Society's Chairman)'s awkward step at the half-mile marker and in the GIII

Bessarabian Stakes The Bessarabian Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually since 1985 at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Raced at a distance of seven furlongs, it is held during the latter part of November and is open to fillies and mares, a ...

, the 6-year-old

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Owen's Tour Guide (Tourist)'s wrong step, resulting in their

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Casino

Casino Woodbine opened in 1999, offering a slots parlor and later expanded to table games in 2018. It contains 100+ table games, 3,500+ slot machines, 220+ electronic table games, and 100+ dealer assist stadium gaming. Table games include blackjack, roulette and baccarat. It is open 24 hours a day. In 2019, construction began to expand the casino to include an entertainment venue, retail shops and a hotel. Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto East Lobby 2023.jpg, Resort East Lobby Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto entrance 2023.jpg, Casino Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto Hotel Lobby 2023.jpg, Hotel Lobby Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto Retail complex site 2023.jpg , Retail complex under construction in Fall 2023

Horse racing

Standardbred races

Woodbine has been a regular host for the

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. Since the event changed to a one-night format in 2010, the facility has hosted three times—2011, 2012, and 2015. Woodbine was also the host of the

North America Cup The North America Cup is an annual harness racing event for 3-year-old standardbred pacing horses which is held at Woodbine Mohawk Park in Campbellville, Ontario, Canada. The race replaced the Queen City Pace run from 1964 to 1983. From 1984 t ...

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. Starting in 2018, all standardbred racing has been moved to Woodbine Mohawk, as the 7/8 standardbred track is being converted into a 2nd turf course.

Thoroughbred races

The record for most wins by a

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on a single raceday at Woodbine is seven, set by Richard Grubb on May 16, 1967, and twice equaled by the legendary Canadian jockey

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, first on May 22, 1972 and then again on October 10, 1974. Major Stakes races for Thoroughbreds run annually at Woodbine include the: *

, a stakes for three-year-old

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-bred thoroughbreds, first leg of the Canadian Triple Crown. Because the race is restricted to Canadian-bred horses, it is not eligible for grading, despite being one of Canada's most prestigious races *

Northern Dancer Turf 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 miles on Woodbine's E. ...

, a turf mile-and-one-half Grade 1 stakes run in early fall as the final prep for the Canadian International or Breeders' Cup Turf *

Breeders' Stakes The Breeders' Stakes is a stakes race for Thoroughbred race horses foaled in Canada, first run in 1889. Since 1959, it has been the third race in the Canadian Triple Crown for three-year-olds. Held annually in October at Woodbine Racetrack in ...

, a stakes for three-year-old Canadian-bred thoroughbreds, third leg of the Canadian Triple Crown *

Woodbine Mile The Woodbine Mile is a Grade I stakes race on turf for Thoroughbred racehorses three years old and up held annually in mid September at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Canada. Currently sponsored by Ricoh, the Woodbine Mile offers a purse of Can$1, ...

, a grade I thoroughbred turf stakes * Canadian International, a grade 1 thoroughbred turf stakes * E. P. Taylor Stakes, a grade 1 Thoroughbred turf race for fillies and mares

Stakes races restricted to horses foaled in Canada

Bison City Stakes The Bison City Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Held during first week of July, it is open to Canadian-foaled three-year-old fillies. Since the 1999 creation of the Canadian Trip ...

Coronation Futurity Stakes The Coronation Futurity Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race for 2-year-old horses foaled in Canada. It is run annually in mid-November at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at a distance of miles. Along with its turf counterpart, the ...

Cup and Saucer Stakes The Cup and Saucer Stakes is a thoroughbred horse race held annually in October at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Open to two-year-old horses foaled in Canada, it is currently run at a distance of miles on turf. Along with its dir ...

Plate Trial Stakes The Plate Trial Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred flat horserace for three-Year-Olds, foaled in Canada run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Raced in early June, the -mile race on dirt is considered one of the most important pre ...

Princess Elizabeth Stakes The Princess Elizabeth Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run at Epsom Downs over a distance of 1 mile and 113 yards (1, ...

Wonder Where Stakes The Wonder Where Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually since 1965 at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Held during the end of July/first week in August, it is the third leg of Canadian Triple Tiara series for Canadian-foa ...

Woodbine Oaks The Woodbine Oaks is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Inaugurated in 1956, it is the premier event for Canadian-foaled three-year-old fillies and the first leg of the Canadian Triple Tiara ...

Stakes races restricted to horses foaled in Ontario

* Achievement Stakes * Carotene Stakes *

Clarendon Stakes The Clarendon Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race currently run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Held in early July, the sprint race is open to two-year-old horses foaled in the Province of Ontario and is contested over ...

* Fanfreluche Stakes * Fury Stakes * Jammed Lovely Stakes *

Ontario Damsel Stakes 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 o ...

* Ontario Lassie Stakes * Queenston Stakes *

Shady Well Stakes The Shady Well Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually since 2000 at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Held in mid July, the ungraded stakes race is open to two-year-old fillies foaled in the Province of Ontario. A sprint ...

Vandal Stakes The Vandal Stakes was a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually from 1956 through 2016 at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. The race has been on hiatus since the 2016 edition. The sprint race was open to two-year-old horses bred in Ont ...

Ontario Sire Stakes

* Ballade Stakes *

Bold Ruckus Stakes The Bold Ruckus Stakes is a former Thoroughbred horse race that ran annually in mid June at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Inaugurated in 1996, it was an Ontario Sire Stakes. It was a race for three-year-olds and up and ra ...

Bull Page Stakes The Bull Page Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid October at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. An Ontario Sire Stakes, it is a restricted race for two-year-old Colts and Geldings. It is raced over a distance of ...

* Bunty Lawless Stakes *

Classy 'N Smart Stakes The Classy 'N Smart Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid October at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. An Ontario Sire Stakes, it is a restricted race for fillies and mares, age three and older. It is contested over ...

Deputy Minister Stakes The Deputy Minister Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. An Ontario Sire Stakes, it is a restricted race for three-year-old horses sired by a stallion standing in the province of Ontar ...

* Frost King Stakes * Kingarvie Stakes * Lady Angela Stakes * La Prevoyante Stakes * Nandi Stakes * New Providence Stakes * Overskate Stakes *

Shepperton Stakes The Shepperton Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early August at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. An Ontario Sire Stakes, it is a restricted race for horses age three and older. Raced on all-weather synthetic dirt ...

Sir Barton Stakes The Sir Barton Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early December at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. An Ontario Sire Stakes, it is a restricted race for horses age three and older. Raced over a distance of miles on ...

* South Ocean Stakes * Steady Growth Stakes *

Vice Regent Stakes The Vice Regent Stakes is a thoroughbred horse race run annually since 1997 at the end of August at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. An Ontario Sire Stakes, it is a restricted race for three-year-olds raced over a distance of one m ...

Victoriana Stakes The Victoriana Stakes is a thoroughbred horse race run annually in early to mid August at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. An Ontario Sire Stakes, it is a restricted race for fillies and mares, age three and older. Contested over a ...

CTHS Yearling Sales Stakes

* Algoma Stakes * Elgin Stakes * Halton Stakes * Kenora Stakes * Muskoka Stakes * Simcoe Stakes

Grade I

The following graded stakes were formerly run at Woodbine in 2019:

Grade II

Grade III

Ungraded stakes

Overnight stakes

* Alywow Stakes * Belle Mahone Stakes *

Charlie Barley Stakes The Charlie Barley Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early July at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Therace is open to three-year-old horses and is contested on turf over a distance of one mile (eight furlongs). ...

Discontinued races

* Canadian Maturity Stakes * Hill 'n' Dale Stakes * Silver Deputy Stakes

References

Notes

External links

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Woodbine Racetrack at the NTRA

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