Queenston Stakes

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Queenston Stakes

Location Woodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario Canada
Inaugurated 1956
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website www.woodbineentertainment.com
Race information
Distance 7 furlongs
Track Polytrack, left-handed
Qualification Three-years-old, foaled in Ontario
Weight Assigned
Purse $150,000

The Queenston Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Run in early May, the stakes race is open to three-Year-Old horses who were foaled in the Province of Ontario. Raced over a distance of seven furlongs on Polytrack synthetic dirt, it currently offers a purse of $150,000.

The Queenston Stakes was first run in 1956 at Fort Erie Racetrack in Fort Erie, Ontario as a 5½ furlong sprint race.

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