Shady Well Stakes

Shady Well Stakes
Restricted race
LocationWoodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario
Inaugurated1956
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Websitewww.woodbineentertainment.com/qct/default.asp
Race information
Distance5+1⁄2 furlong sprint
SurfacePolytrack
Trackleft-handed
QualificationTwo-year-old fillies
(foaled in Ontario)
WeightAllowances
Purse$118,500 (2015)

The Shady Well Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually since 2000 at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Held in mid July, the ungraded stakes race is open to two-year-old fillies foaled in the Province of Ontario. A sprint race, it is contested over a distance of 5+1⁄2 furlongs on Polytrack synthetic dirt, it currently offers a purse of $118,500. It was raced in two divisions in 1958 and 1968.

Inaugurated in 1956, the race is named in honour of Edward F. Seagram's filly, Shady Well, whose career wins included three straight Durham Cup Handicaps during 1932-1934.

Since inception, the race has been contested at a variety of distances:

  • 5+1⁄2 furlongs : 1980-2005, 2007 to present (at Woodbine Racetrack)
  • 5 furlongs : 2006 (at Woodbine Racetrack)
  • 6 furlongs : 1974-1979 (at Woodbine Racetrack)
  • 6+1⁄2 furlongs : 1956-1959, (at Woodbine Racetrack), 1969-1972 (at Fort Erie Racetrack), 1973 (at Woodbine Racetrack)
  • 7 furlongs : 1960-1967 (at Woodbine Racetrack), 1968 (at Greenwood Raceway)