Hendrie Stakes

Hendrie Stakes
Grade III race
LocationWoodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario Canada
Inaugurated1975
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Websitewww.woodbineentertainment.com/qct/default.asp
Race information
Distance6.5 furlongs
SurfaceTapeta
Trackleft-handed
QualificationFillies & Mares, four-years-old & up
WeightAllowances
Purse$116,205
(plus $50,000 for Ontario breds)

The Hendrie Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Held in mid May, the Grade III sprint race is open to fillies and mares, aged four and older and is contested over a distance of 6+12 furlongs on Polytrack synthetic dirt. It offers a purse of $116,205 with an additional $50,000 for Ontario-bred horses provided by the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (CTHS) through its Thoroughbred Improvement Program (TIP).

It was inaugurated in 1975 and run at the Fort Erie Racetrack for the first two years as the George C. Hendrie Handicap in honor of George Campbell Hendrie. The Hendrie's have been called one of Canada's most prominent racing families who, as did George Hendrie's father and grandfather before him, served as president of the Ontario Jockey Club.