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Kingarvie Stakes

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Kingarvie Stakes
Restricted Stakes race
LocationWoodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Inaugurated1975
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Websitewww.woodbineentertainment.com
Race information
Distance1+116 miles (8.5 furlongs)
SurfacePolytrack
Trackleft-handed
QualificationTwo-year-olds
(Ontario Sire Stakes program)
WeightAllowances
Purse$94,913 (2016)

The Kingarvie Stakes is a thoroughbred horse race run annually in late November/early December at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. An Ontario Sire Stakes, it is a restricted race for two-year-old horses. Raced over a distance of 1+116 miles on Polytrack, the Kingarvie Stakes currently carries a purse of $94,913.

Inaugurated in 1975 at Greenwood Raceway as a one mile event, it was competed there until 1994 when it was moved to Woodbine Racetrack and set at a distance of 1+116 miles.

The race was named to honor Col. Samuel McLaughlin's Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame horse, Kingarvie.

Winners

  • 2016 - Jurojin (Luis Contreras)
  • 2015 - Amis Gizmo (Luis Contreras)
  • 2014 - Kingsport (Jesse M. Campbell)
  • 2013 - Spadina Road

References