Display Stakes

Display Stakes
Listed stakes race
LocationWoodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario
Inaugurated1956
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Websitewww.woodbineentertainment.com/qct/default.asp
Race information
Distance1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs)
SurfaceSynthetic "all weather" dirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationTwo-year-olds
WeightAllowances
PurseCan$125,250[1]
Bonuses$25,000 Ontario-breds

The Display Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Contested on a synthetic "all weather" surface over a distance of 7 furlongs, it is open to two-year-old horses. Having been raced during October, November, or early December throughout its history, the listed stakes race offers a purse of $125,250 CAD.

Inaugurated in 1956 at Toronto's Old Woodbine Race Course as a sprint race, it was named for American Walter J. Salmon's colt Display, winner of the 1926 Preakness Stakes and who frequently raced in Canada where he won a number of important races.

The Display stakes was run in two divisions in 1959. There was no race in 1993. Since inception, it has been contested at various distances:

  • 6 furlongs: 1956 at Old Woodbine Race Course
  • 7 furlongs: 1957–1958 at Old Woodbine Race Course, 2019 to present at Woodbine Racetrack
  • 8 furlongs (1 mile): 1959-1960 Old Woodbine Race Course, 1977–1992 at Greenwood Raceway
  • 8.5 furlongs (1+1⁄16 miles): 1969–1976 at Greenwood Raceway, 1994 to 2018 at Woodbine Racetrack
  • 9 furlongs (1+1⁄8 miles): 1961–1963 at Old Woodbine Race Course
  • 9.5 furlongs: 1964–1968 at Greenwood Raceway
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