Woodbine Racetrack

Woodbine Racetrack
	Exterior entrance of Woodbine Racetrack
Location	555 Rexdale Boulevard; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Owned by	Woodbine Entertainment Group
Date opened	June 12, 1956
Course type	Flat
Notable races	Canadian International Stakes (Grade I); King's Plate ; Breeders' Stakes ; Woodbine Mile (Grade I); E.P. Taylor Stakes (Grade I); Nearctic Stakes (Grade I); Northern Dancer Turf Stakes (Grade I)
	Official website

Last updated November 16, 2023

Woodbine Racetrack is a race track for Thoroughbred horse racing in the Etobicoke area of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Owned by Woodbine Entertainment Group, Woodbine Racetrack manages and hosts Canada's most famous race, the King's Plate. The track was opened in 1956 with a one-mile oval dirt track, as well as a seven-eights turf course.^[1] It has been extensively remodeled since 1993, and since 1994 has had three racecourses.^[2]

History

The current Woodbine carries the name originally used by a racetrack which operated in southeast Toronto, at Queen Street East and Kingston Road, from 1874 through 1993. (While the Old Woodbine Race Course was at the south end of Woodbine Avenue, the current Woodbine is nowhere near it.) In 1951, it was operated by the Ontario Jockey Club (OJC) and held the prestigious King's Plate, but it competed with several other racetracks in Ontario and was in need of modernization.^[3]

During the 1950s, the OJC, under the leadership of Canadian industrialist and horse breeder E.P. Taylor, began a program of racetrack acquisitions aimed at becoming the biggest and most profitable operator in Ontario horse racing, similar to Taylor's earlier acquisitions and consolidations in the Canadian brewing industry. In 1952, the OJC purchased and closed the money-losing Thorncliffe Park,^[4] purchased and closed the Hamilton Racetrack, and purchased the Fort Erie Racetrack for CA$780,000.^[4] Renovations began immediately at Fort Erie and at Woodbine, financed by a public offering of stock for CA$2 million.^[3]

In 1953, the OJC bought Stamford Park in Belleville. It was closed and redeveloped. In 1955, Taylor himself purchased the competing Orpen-owned Dufferin Park Racetrack and Long Branch Racetracks for CA$4 million ($40.2 million in 2021 dollars)^[5].^[6] The Orpen tracks were closed and redeveloped, and the Orpen race charters transferred to the OJC. The OJC continued the Canadian International and Cup and Saucer stakes races that had been held at the Orpen tracks.^[7] The racing charters acquired from the other tracks enabled the OJC to run 196 days of racing, more than double its allowed total of 84 days in 1952.^[3]

All of the efforts at racetrack acquisitions and closures were designed to support a new "supertrack". In 1952, the OJC identified the new location of the racetrack at Highway 27 east of the Toronto airport and bought over 400 acres (160 ha). The architect chosen was Earle C. Morgan. Although Morgan had not designed a racetrack, he spent the next two years developing the design in conjunction with Arthur Froelich, who had designed Hollywood Park Racetrack and Garden State Park Racetrack in the United States.^[8] The new track was designed to hold 40,000 spectators, have ample parking, three race courses and two training tracks. It had stable space for 1,000 horses and rooms for 700 employees. The grandstand, designed to get as many people as close to the finish line as possible, included several restaurants and cafeterias.^[9] Construction on the new supertrack began in 1955.

The new racetrack opened on June 12, 1956, built at a cost of CA$13 million ($129 million in 2021 dollars).^[5]^[10] It was initially known as the New Woodbine Racetrack. It dropped the New in 1963. The old track was converted to a combined thoroughbred and standardbred track known thereafter as Old Woodbine or, for most of the rest of its history, as Greenwood Raceway (during standardbred meets) and Greenwood Race Track (during thoroughbred meets). The two thoroughbred and two standardbred meets conducted at Greenwood were transferred to the new Woodbine in 1994, which was until then exclusively devoted to thoroughbred racing. On June 30, 1959, Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh attended the 100th running of the Queen's Plate,^[11] and Queen Elizabeth II again on July 4, 2010, attended the 151st running of the Queen's Plate Stakes and presented trophies.

The track was the opening venue for the 1976 Summer Paralympics, and some of the sporting events were held here. The Arlington Million was held at Woodbine in 1988. The Breeders' Cup was held at Woodbine in 1996. The Woodbine facility is also home to the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. In 2018, the track began using a GPS-based timing system.^[12]

In 2022, Woodbine announced plans to add an 8,000-seat soccer-specific stadium and adjoining training facilities in the northeast corner of the property; this would be the presumed new home of York United FC and possibly house a future professional women's soccer club.^[13]

Physical attributes

The E.P. Taylor turf course is an irregularly shaped racecourse. Taylorturf.jpg — The E.P. Taylor turf course is an irregularly shaped racecourse.

The outermost E. P. Taylor turf course for thoroughbreds, completed in 1994, is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long with a chute allowing races of 1.125 miles (1.811 km) to be run around one turn. It is irregularly shaped, the clubhouse turn departing from the traditional North American oval, and the backstretch is from 2.5 feet (76 cm) to 3 feet (91 cm) higher than the homestretch. The Taylor turf course and the main dirt course at Belmont Park on New York's Long Island are the only mile-and-a-half layouts in North American thoroughbred racing. In 2016, Woodbine will contest up to 40 turf races running clockwise (right-hand turns) in what are being billed as "EuroTurf" races.^[14]

Inside the Taylor course is the 1 mile (1.6 km) synthetic course for Thoroughbreds. Since April 9, 2016, the surface has been Tapeta; ^[15] it was Polytrack from August 31, 2006 through 2015, and a natural dirt surface prior to that.^[16] Two chutes facilitate races at seven furlongs [.875 miles (1.408 km)] and at 1.25 miles (2.01 km).

The innermost oval was originally a 7/8-mile [.875 miles (1.408 km)] grass oval until the E. P. Taylor turf course opened in 1994. It was then converted to a crushed limestone dirt course and was used for harness racing until April 2018. It was then converted back to a second turf course for the 2019 thoroughbred racing season.^[17] The first race on the new Inner Turf was run on June 28, 2019 and was won by Bold Rally with Eurico Rosa da Silva aboard.^[18]

Portions of the current E. P. Taylor turf course (the backstretch and far turn) originally formed part of a long turf chute that crossed over the dirt course to the inner turf oval at the top of the stretch. This was used for several major races, including Secretariat's final race in the 1973 Canadian International, until the entire E. P. Taylor course was completed in 1994.

Casino

Casino Woodbine opened in 1999, offering a slots parlor and later expanded to table games in 2018.^[19] It contains 100+ table games, 3,500+ slot machines, 220+ electronic table games, and 100+ dealer assist stadium gaming.^[20] Table games include blackjack, roulette and baccarat.^[21]^[22] It is open 24 hours a day.

In 2019, construction began to expand the casino to include an entertainment venue, retail shops and a hotel.^[23]

Resort East Lobby
Casino
Hotel Lobby
Retail complex under construction in Fall 2023

Horse racing

Standardbred races

Woodbine has been a regular host for the Breeders Crown. Since the event changed to a one-night format in 2010, the facility has hosted three times—2011, 2012, and 2015.

Woodbine was also the host of the CA$1,500,000 North America Cup for three-year old pacing colts and geldings from 1994–2006. That race along with the Elegant Image Stakes for three-year old filly trotters and the Good Times Stakes for three-year old colt and gelding trotters, have been moved to Woodbine's sister track, Woodbine Mohawk Park.

Starting in 2018, all standardbred racing has been moved to Woodbine Mohawk, as the 7/8 standardbred track is being converted into a 2nd turf course.^[24]

Track Records (Pacing)^[25]
Pacing	Horse	Time	Driver/Trainer	Date
2 Year-Old Filly	I Luv The Nitelife Jk Shesalady	1:50.1	J. Moiseyev/C. Ryder Y. Gingras/N. Johansson	08/25/2012 08/30/2014
2 Year-Old Colt/Gelding	A Rocknroll Dance	1:49.1	R. Pierce/J. Mulinix	08/27/2011
3 Year-Old Filly	American Jewel	1:48.2	T. Tetrick/J. Takter	06/16/2012
3 Year-Old Colt/Gelding	Betting Line Thinking Out Loud Sweet Lou	1:47.4	D. Miller/C.Coleman R. Waples/B. McIntosh D. Palone/R. Burke	06/18/2016 06/16/2012 06/09/2012
Pacing Mare	Anndrovette	1:48.0	T. Tetrick/P.J. Fraley	07/20/2013
Pacing Horse/Gelding	Dr J Hanover	1:46.4	D. McNair/T. Alagna	06/03/2017

Track Records (Trotting)^[26]
Trotting	Horse	Time	Driver/Trainer	Date
2 Year-Old Filly	Mission Brief	1:52.1	Y.Gingras/R. Burke	09/04/2014
2 Year-Old Gelding	Father Patrick	1:53.4	Y. Gingras/J. Takter	09/14/2013
3 Year-Old Filly	Check Me Out Bee A Magician	1:52.1	T. Tetrick/R.Schnitker R. Zeron/R. Norman	06/16/2012 09/13/2013
3 Year-Old Colt/Gelding	Trixton Canepa Hanover	1:51.3	J.Takter/J. Takter Y. Gingras/J. Takter	06/14/2014 06/12/15
Trotting Mare	Hannelore Hanover	1:51.0	Y. Gingras/R. Burke	06/18/2016
Trotting Horse/Gelding	Mister Herbie	1:50.4	J. Jamieson/J. Gillis	07/21/2012

Thoroughbred races

The record for most wins by a jockey on a single raceday at Woodbine is seven, set by Richard Grubb on May 16, 1967, and twice equaled by the legendary Canadian jockey Sandy Hawley, first on May 22, 1972 and then again on October 10, 1974.

Major Stakes races for Thoroughbreds run annually at Woodbine include the:

King's Plate, a stakes for three-year-old Canadian-bred thoroughbreds, first leg of the Canadian Triple Crown. Because the race is restricted to Canadian-bred horses, it is not eligible for grading, despite being one of Canada's most prestigious races
Northern Dancer Turf Stakes, a turf mile-and-one-half Grade 1 stakes run in early fall as the final prep for the Canadian International or Breeders' Cup Turf
Breeders' Stakes, a stakes for three-year-old Canadian-bred thoroughbreds, third leg of the Canadian Triple Crown
Woodbine Mile, a grade I thoroughbred turf stakes
Canadian International, a grade 1 thoroughbred turf stakes
E. P. Taylor Stakes, a grade 1 Thoroughbred turf race for fillies and mares

Stakes races restricted to horses foaled in Canada

Stakes races restricted to horses foaled in Ontario

Ontario Sire Stakes

CTHS Yearling Sales Stakes

Algoma Stakes
Elgin Stakes
Halton Stakes
Kenora Stakes
Muskoka Stakes
Simcoe Stakes

Grade I

The following graded stakes were formerly run at Woodbine in 2019:^[27]

Grade II

Ungraded stakes

Overnight stakes

Discontinued races

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References

Rohmer, Richard (1978). E. P. Taylor : the biography of Edward Plunket Taylor. McClelland & Stewart. ISBN 0-7710-7709-2.

Notes

↑ "Our History". Woodbine Racetrack. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
↑ "Our History". Woodbine Racetrack. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
1 2 3 Rohmer 1978, p. 250.
1 2 Rohmer 1978, p. 248.
1 2 1688 to 1923: Geloso, Vincent, A Price Index for Canada, 1688 to 1850 (December 6, 2016). Afterwards, Canadian inflation numbers based on Statistics Canada tables 18-10-0005-01 (formerly CANSIM 326-0021) "Consumer Price Index, annual average, not seasonally adjusted". Statistics Canada. Retrieved April 17, 2021. and table 18-10-0004-13 "Consumer Price Index by product group, monthly, percentage change, not seasonally adjusted, Canada, provinces, Whitehorse, Yellowknife and Iqaluit". Statistics Canada. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
↑ "E. P. Taylor Bids For Orpen Tracks". The Globe and Mail. October 8, 1955. p. 20.
↑ "OJC to Continue Cup and Saucer, Other Fixtures". The Globe and Mail. October 22, 1955. p. 23.
↑ Rohmer 1978, p. 249.
↑ Rohmer 1978, p. 251.
↑ "Liquor Drought Faced By New Woodbine Track As Licenses Neglected". The Globe and Mail. June 12, 1956. p. 1.
↑ Torontoist (2013-03-16). "Historicist: Two Days with the Queen". Torontoist. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
↑ Hegarty, Matt (October 11, 2018). "Woodbine, Laurel, Pimlico officially adopt GPS timing system". DRF. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
↑ Ralph, Dan (March 23, 2022). "Woodbine Entertainment to provide land for soccer stadium, training facility". Global News. The Canadian Press. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
↑ "EuroTurf Series launches in Woodbine's Friday opener" (Press release). Toronto, ON: Woodbine Entertainment. 2016-06-07. Retrieved 2016-06-07.
↑ "Training begins on Woodbine's new Tapeta surface" (Press release). Toronto, ON: Woodbine Entertainment. 2016-03-18. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
↑ "New Surface Gets Rave Reviews - Demi Song gallops into record book as first winner". Toronto Star (Pressreader). 2006-08-31. Retrieved 2020-02-15.
↑ "Woodbine Celebrates Milestone for New Turf Course" (Press release). Toronto, ON: Woodbine Entertainment Group. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
↑ Ferguson, Paul (28 June 2019). "Queen's Plate favourite Avie's Flatter not worried about starting from the outside post". Toronto Sun . Retrieved 28 June 2019. Da Silva also made history on Friday, becoming the first rider to win on the new inner turf course. He rode Bold Rally to a narrow victory over Badjeros Boy in the $37,500 claiming race.
↑ Amsel, Peter (2018-09-01). "Woodbine Casino launches Toronto's first live table games". CalvinAyre.com. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
↑ "Casino Woodbine". Casino Woodbine. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
↑ "Join Our Team". One Toronto Gaming. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
↑ "Table Games". One Toronto Gaming. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
↑ "Woodbine Casino Expansion Project – Block 10" (PDF). City of Toronto. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 11, 2022.
↑ "Woodbine's new Turf Course on Track". Woodbine Entertainment Group. May 28, 2018. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
↑ "Track Records". Woodbine Mohawk Park. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
↑ "Track Records". Woodbine Mohawk Park. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
↑ "Jockey Club Of Canada Releases Graded Stakes List For 2019". Jockey Club of Canada. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2020.

External links

Official website
Casino Woodbine
Woodbine Racetrack at the NTRA
Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections, York University – Archival photographs of Woodbine Racetrack from the Toronto Telegram fonds.

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[1] "Our History". Woodbine Racetrack. Retrieved 2019-11-25.

[2] "Our History". Woodbine Racetrack. Retrieved 2019-11-25.

[FOOTNOTERohmer1978250-3] 1 2 3 Rohmer 1978, p. 250.

[FOOTNOTERohmer1978248-4] 1 2 Rohmer 1978, p. 248.

[inflation-CA-5] 1 2 1688 to 1923: Geloso, Vincent, A Price Index for Canada, 1688 to 1850 (December 6, 2016). Afterwards, Canadian inflation numbers based on Statistics Canada tables 18-10-0005-01 (formerly CANSIM 326-0021) "Consumer Price Index, annual average, not seasonally adjusted". Statistics Canada. Retrieved April 17, 2021. and table 18-10-0004-13 "Consumer Price Index by product group, monthly, percentage change, not seasonally adjusted, Canada, provinces, Whitehorse, Yellowknife and Iqaluit". Statistics Canada. Retrieved April 17, 2021.

[6] "E. P. Taylor Bids For Orpen Tracks". The Globe and Mail. October 8, 1955. p. 20.

[7] "OJC to Continue Cup and Saucer, Other Fixtures". The Globe and Mail. October 22, 1955. p. 23.

[FOOTNOTERohmer1978249-8] Rohmer 1978, p. 249.

[FOOTNOTERohmer1978251-9] Rohmer 1978, p. 251.

[10] "Liquor Drought Faced By New Woodbine Track As Licenses Neglected". The Globe and Mail. June 12, 1956. p. 1.

[11] Torontoist (2013-03-16). "Historicist: Two Days with the Queen". Torontoist. Retrieved 2019-11-25.

[A1-12] Hegarty, Matt (October 11, 2018). "Woodbine, Laurel, Pimlico officially adopt GPS timing system". DRF. Retrieved October 14, 2018.

[13] Ralph, Dan (March 23, 2022). "Woodbine Entertainment to provide land for soccer stadium, training facility". Global News. The Canadian Press. Retrieved 23 March 2022.

[14] "EuroTurf Series launches in Woodbine's Friday opener" (Press release). Toronto, ON: Woodbine Entertainment. 2016-06-07. Retrieved 2016-06-07.

[15] "Training begins on Woodbine's new Tapeta surface" (Press release). Toronto, ON: Woodbine Entertainment. 2016-03-18. Retrieved 2016-03-19.

[16] "New Surface Gets Rave Reviews - Demi Song gallops into record book as first winner". Toronto Star (Pressreader). 2006-08-31. Retrieved 2020-02-15.

[WO130618-17] "Woodbine Celebrates Milestone for New Turf Course" (Press release). Toronto, ON: Woodbine Entertainment Group. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2019.

[18] Ferguson, Paul (28 June 2019). "Queen's Plate favourite Avie's Flatter not worried about starting from the outside post". Toronto Sun . Retrieved 28 June 2019. Da Silva also made history on Friday, becoming the first rider to win on the new inner turf course. He rode Bold Rally to a narrow victory over Badjeros Boy in the $37,500 claiming race.

[19] Amsel, Peter (2018-09-01). "Woodbine Casino launches Toronto's first live table games". CalvinAyre.com. Retrieved 2022-03-11.

[20] "Casino Woodbine". Casino Woodbine. Retrieved 2019-11-25.

[21] "Join Our Team". One Toronto Gaming. Retrieved November 6, 2018.

[22] "Table Games". One Toronto Gaming. Retrieved November 6, 2018.

[23] "Woodbine Casino Expansion Project – Block 10" (PDF). City of Toronto. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 11, 2022.

[24] "Woodbine's new Turf Course on Track". Woodbine Entertainment Group. May 28, 2018. Retrieved February 27, 2019.

[25] "Track Records". Woodbine Mohawk Park. Retrieved 2019-11-25.

[26] "Track Records". Woodbine Mohawk Park. Retrieved 2019-11-25.

[27] "Jockey Club Of Canada Releases Graded Stakes List For 2019". Jockey Club of Canada. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2020.

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Active:	Ajax Downs Assiniboia Downs Century Downs Century Mile Charlottetown Flamboro Downs Fort Erie Fraser Downs Grand River Hastings Leamington Mohawk Rideau Carleton Stampede Park Woodbine Western Fair
Defunct:	Blue Bonnets Raceway Connaught Park Dufferin Park Greenwood Kenilworth Park Long Branch Marquis Downs Northlands Park Polo Park Thorncliffe Windsor


Exterior entrance of Woodbine Racetrack
Location	555 Rexdale Boulevard Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Owned by	Woodbine Entertainment Group
Date opened	June 12, 1956
Course type	Flat
Notable races	Canadian International Stakes (Grade I) King's Plate Breeders' Stakes Woodbine Mile (Grade I) E.P. Taylor Stakes (Grade I) Nearctic Stakes (Grade I) Northern Dancer Turf Stakes (Grade I)
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