Ontario Derby

Ontario Derby
Grade III race
Norcliffe, painted by Bob Demuyser (1920–2003)
LocationWoodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario
Inaugurated1972
Race typeThoroughbredFlat racing
Websitewww.woodbineentertainment.com/qct/default.asp
Race information
Distance1+18 miles (9 furlongs)
SurfaceTapeta synthetic dirt
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds
WeightAllowances
PurseCan$150,000 (2015)[1]

The Ontario Derby is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid-October at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. A Grade III stakes since 2012, it is open to three-year-old horses. Raced over a distance of 1+18 miles (9 furlongs) on Tapeta, the Ontario Derby currently offers a purse of Can$150,000.

Inaugurated in 1972 as the Colonel R. S. McLaughlin Handicap, the race was renamed the Ontario Derby for the 2003 running. Originally contested at 1+316 miles, it was changed to its current 1+18-mile distance in 1992.

  1. ^ "Ontario Derby Stakes Profile". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 17 September 2016.