| Restricted race | |
 Third leg in the Canadian Triple Crown | |
| Location | Woodbine Racetrack Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1889 |
| Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
| Website | woodbine.com/breeders-stakes |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1+1⁄2 miles (12 furlongs) |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-year-olds (foaled in Canada) |
| Weight | Colt/Gelding: 126 lbs (57.2 kg) Filly: 121 lb (55 kg) |
| Purse | CDN$500,000[1] |
The Breeders' Stakes is a stakes race for Thoroughbred race horses foaled in Canada, first run in 1889. Since 1959, it has been the third race in the Canadian Triple Crown for three-year-olds. Held annually in October at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, the Breeders' Stakes follows the August running of the King's Plate and the September running of the Prince of Wales Stakes. At a distance of one-and-a-half miles, the Breeders' Stakes is the longest of the three Triple Crown races and is the only jewel raced on turf (the King's Plate is raced on Tapeta synthetic dirt and the Prince of Wales on a traditional dirt track).[2]
- ^ "2016 Thoroughbred Stakes Fact Book" (PDF). www.woodbineentertainment.com. p. 23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
- ^ "Canada's Triple Crown". horseracing.about.com. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.