Restricted Stakes race | |
Location | Woodbine Racetrack Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Inaugurated | 1975 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | www |
Race information | |
Distance | Six furlong sprint |
Surface | Polytrack |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Two-year-olds fillies (Ontario Sire Stakes program) |
Weight | Allowances |
Purse | Can$95,488 (2015) |
The Nandi Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the last week of July or first week of August at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. An Ontario Sire Stakes, it is a restricted race for two-year-old fillies. A six-furlong sprint raced on Polytrack synthetic dirt, the Nandi Stakes currently carries a purse of $95,488.
The race was first run in 1975 and named to honor the filly Nandi, dam of Windfields. Since inception, it has been contested at various distances.
In 1979, the Nandi Stakes was run in two divisions.