Fury Stakes

Fury Stakes
Restricted 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
Distance7 furlongs
SurfaceTapeta
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-years-old, foaled in Ontario
WeightAssigned
Purse$114,375 (2016)

The Fury Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Run in late April, the stakes race is open to three-Year-Old fillies who were foaled in the Province of Ontario. Raced over a distance of seven furlongs on Polytrack synthetic dirt, it currently offers a purse of $123,375.

The Fury Stakes was first run in 1956 at Fort Erie Racetrack in Fort Erie, Ontario as a 6+12 furlong sprint race. In 1970, the race was shifted to Woodbine Racetrack. Since inception it has been contested at various distances:

  • 6.5 furlongs : 1956-1957, 1975
  • 6 furlongs : 1958-1969, 1970-1972
  • 7 furlongs : 1973-1974, 1976–present