Nandi Stakes

Nandi Stakes
Restricted Stakes race
LocationWoodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Inaugurated1975
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Websitewww.woodbineentertainment.com
Race information
DistanceSix furlong sprint
SurfacePolytrack
Trackleft-handed
QualificationTwo-year-olds fillies
(Ontario Sire Stakes program)
WeightAllowances
PurseCan$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.

  • 5 furlongs : 2006
  • 5.5 furlongs : 1976-1979
  • 6 furlongs : 1975, 1980-2005, 2007–present

In 1979, the Nandi Stakes was run in two divisions.