Wonder Where Stakes
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Location | Woodbine Racetrack Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Inaugurated | 1965 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | www.woodbineentertainment.com |
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Distance | 1¼ miles (10 furlongs) |
Track | Turf, left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-old fillies |
Weight | Scale Weight |
Purse | $250,000 |
The Wonder Where Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually since 1965 at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Held during the first week of August, it is the third leg of the Canadian Triple Tiara series for Canadian-foaled three-year-old fillies.
Raced over a distance of 1¼ miles on Turf, the race currently offers a purse of $250,000.
The race is named in honor of the champion filly, Wonder Where, Canada's 1959 Horse of the Year and a Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee.