Restricted race | |
Location | Fort Erie Race Track Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada |
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Inaugurated | 1929 |
Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
Website | forterieracing.com/prince-of-wales |
Race information | |
Distance | 1+3⁄16 mi (1.9 km) |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-olds (foaled in Canada) |
Weight | Scale Weight |
Purse | CDN$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+3⁄16 miles (1.9 km; 9+1⁄2 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.