Listed stakes race | |
Location | Woodbine Racetrack Toronto, Ontario |
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Inaugurated | 1956 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | www |
Race information | |
Distance | 1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs) |
Surface | Synthetic "all weather" dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Two-year-olds |
Weight | Allowances |
Purse | Can$125,000[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 1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs), it is open to two-year-old horses. Raced during the latter part of November or early December, the ungraded stakes race offers a purse of Can$125,000.
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: