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The Canadian Stakes is a Grade II Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Run in mid September, it is a Grade II event open to fillies and mares, three years of age and older. It is raced on turf over a distance of "about" 1 1⁄8 miles.
The Vigil Stakes is a thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is a Grade III sprint race open to horses aged three and older with a purse of C$150,000. It is currently run in late July over a distance of 6 furlongs on Woodbine's Tapeta surface.
The Highlander Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Run in mid to late June, the Grade I race is open to horses aged three and older. Raced over a distance of six furlongs on turf, it currently offers a purse of $250,000.
The Bed O' Roses Invitational Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and Mares four-year-olds and older, over a distance of seven furlongs on the dirt track held annually in early June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. The event currently carries a purse of $250,000.
References
- ↑ Thoroughbred Times (2004). The Original Thoroughbred Times Racing Almanac, 2005 Edition. BowTie Press. p. 380. ISBN 978-1-931993-57-9 . Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ↑ California Trainers, 2009 Yerba Buena Stakes Retrieved September 20, 2018
- ↑ Pacific Stars And Stripes , Tokyo, Japan June 4, 1973 page 21 article on the 1973 Yerba Buena Handicap Retrieved September 20, 2018
- ↑ Equibase Retrieved September 20, 2018