Nearctic Stakes

Nearctic Stakes
Grade II race
LocationWoodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario
Inaugurated1973
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Websitewoodbineentertainment.com
Race information
Distance6 furlong sprint
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds and up
WeightAssigned
Purse$250,000 (2021)

The Nearctic Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid October at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. The Grade II sprint is raced on turf over a distance of six furlongs and currently offers a purse of $232,290.

Previously a Grade II race, it was upgraded to Grade I status for 2010 but has returned to Grade II.

Inaugurated in 1973 to honor Windfield's Farms champion Nearctic, the 1958 Canadian Horse of the Year, Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee, and sire of the 20th Century's most important sire, Northern Dancer.

The Nearctic Stakes was raced on dirt until 1995 when it was shifted to the Turf.