Vandal Stakes

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Vandal Stakes

Location Woodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Inaugurated 1956
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website www.woodbineentertainment.com
Race information
Distance 5 furlongs
Track Polytrack, left-handed
Qualification Two-Year-Olds, foaled in Ontario
Weight Allowances
Purse $150,000

The Vandal Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually since 1956 at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Run in mid October, the sprint race is open to two-year-old horses foaled in the Province of Ontario and is run over a distance of five furlongs on Polytrack synthetic dirt. It currently offers a purse of $150,000.

The 1967 winner, Dancer's Image, went on to win the following year's Kentucky Derby.

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