Vandal Stakes

Vandal Stakes
Discontinued Stakes race
LocationWoodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario
Inaugurated1956
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Websitewoodbineentertainment.com
Race information
Distance6.5 furlongs
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationTwo-Year-Olds, bred in Ontario
WeightAllowances
PurseCAN$150,000

The Vandal Stakes was a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually from 1956 through 2016 at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. The race has been on hiatus since the 2016 edition. The sprint race was open to two-year-old horses bred in Ontario. In 2016, the distance was changed to 6+1⁄2 furlongs and the surface was changed to turf. It currently offers a purse of $150,000.[1]

The Vandal Stakes was hosted by Fort Erie Racetrack from 1970 through 1985. In 1961, it was run in two divisions. Since inception in 1956 the race has been run at various distances:[2]

  • 5 furlongs : 2006
  • 5.5 furlongs : 1956-1957, 1959, 1967
  • 6 furlongs : 1958, 1960, 1968-1969 1986-2005, 2007–2015
  • 6.5 furlongs : 1962-1966, 1970-1985, 2016
  • 7 furlongs : 1961

Prior to 2016, the race was held on the main track,[2] which was a Polytrack synthetic dirt surface from 2006 to 2015 and a natural dirt surface before then. As of 2016, the race is held on the turf.

  1. ^ "Woodbine 2016 Stakes Schedule" (PDF). woodbineentertainment.com. p. 8. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Woodbine Stakes History" (PDF). woodbineentertainment.com. pp. 140–1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.