Eclipse Stakes (Canada)

Eclipse Stakes
Grade II race
LocationWoodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario Canada
Inaugurated1956
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Websiteweb.archive.org/web/20100316214346/http://www.woodbineentertainment.com:80/qct/default.asp
Race information
Distance1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs)
SurfaceTapeta
Trackleft-handed
QualificationFour-years-old & up
WeightAllowances
Purse$153,450 (2016)

The Eclipse Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Held during the second half of May, the Grade II race is open to horses, four-years of age and older. It is contested over a distance of 1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs) on Polytrack synthetic dirt and currently offers a purse of $153.450.

Inaugurated as the Eclipse Handicap at Toronto's Greenwood Raceway in 1956, it was moved to Woodbine Racetrack in 1967. Since inception, it has been contested at various distances:

  • 1 mile : 1959–1960 at Greenwood Raceway
  • 1+1⁄16 miles : 1956, 1958 at Greenwood Raceway, since 1967 at Woodbine Racetrack
  • 1+1⁄8 miles : 1957, 1961–1963 at Greenwood Raceway
  • 1+3⁄16 miles : 1964–1966 at Greenwood Raceway

The race was not run in 2021.[1]

  1. ^ "2021 Thoroughbred Meet at Woodbine Racetrack Postponed". Past The Wire. 2021-04-07. Retrieved 2022-05-29.