Overskate Stakes

Overskate Stakes
Restricted Stakes race
LocationWoodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario Canada
Inaugurated1997
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Websitewww.woodbineentertainment.com
Race information
Distance7+12 furlong
SurfaceInner turf course
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-years-old & up
(Ontario Sire Stakes program)
WeightAllowances
PurseC$100,000[1]

The Overskate Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the latter part of October at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. An Ontario Sire Stakes, it is a restricted race for horses age three and older. It is currently contested over a distance of 7+12 furlongs on Woodbine's inner turf course with a purse of C$100,000.

Inaugurated in 1997, it is named in honor of Overskate, a Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame horse who holds the record for most Sovereign Award with nine.

Prior to 2020, the race was run on the main track at a distance of 7 furlongs.[2]

  1. ^ "Woodbine 2020 Schedule" (PDF). Woodbine. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  2. ^ "2018 Woodbine Media Guide (pdf)" (PDF). Woodbine. Retrieved 17 June 2021.