Ontario Colleen Stakes

Ontario Colleen Stakes
Grade III race
LocationWoodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Inaugurated1979
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Websitewoodbineentertainment.com
Race information
Distance1 mile (8 furlongs)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-old fillies
WeightAllowance conditions
PurseCan$150,000[1]
Bonuses(Up to $30,000 for Eligible Ontario-bred horses)[2]

The Ontario Colleen Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Open to three-year-old fillies, it is raced on turf over a distance of one mile (8 furlongs). Prior to 2016, it was run in late August but now is run in late September.

Inaugurated in 1979 at the Fort Erie Racetrack, the following year it was moved to the Woodbine Racetrack. It remained there through 1993 and then returned to Fort Erie for the 1994 running. Since 1995 it has been at the Woodbine facility.

The race was run in two divisions from 1979-1989, 1993, 1995-1996.

It became a Grade III race in 2011.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Ontario Colleen Stakes Profile". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Chart for the 2016 Ontario Colleen". equibase.com. Retrieved 24 September 2016.