Prince of Wales Stakes

Prince of Wales Stakes
Restricted race
Norcliffe, winner of the 1976 race
LocationFort Erie Race Track
Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada
Inaugurated1929 (95 years ago) (1929)
Race typeFlat / Thoroughbred
Websiteforterieracing.com/prince-of-wales
Race information
Distance1+316 mi (1.9 km)
SurfaceDirt
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds
(foaled in Canada)
WeightScale Weight
PurseCDN$400,000

The Prince of Wales Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Fort Erie Race Track in Fort Erie, Ontario. Restricted to only three-year-old horses bred in Canada, it is contested on dirt over a distance of 1+316 miles (1.9 km; 9+12 furlongs). In 1959, the Prince of Wales Stakes became the second race in the Canadian Triple Crown series. It follows the August running of the King's Plate and precedes the Breeders' Stakes in October.

The race was inaugurated in 1929 at the now defunct Thorncliffe Park Raceway in today's Thorncliffe Park neighbourhood of central east Toronto.