Kingarvie Stakes Explained

Class:Restricted Stakes
Horse Race:Kingarvie Stakes
Location:Woodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Inaugurated:1975
Race Type:Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Distance: miles (8.5 furlongs)
Surface:Polytrack
Track:left-handed
Qualification:Two-year-olds
(Ontario Sire Stakes program)
Weight:Allowances
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 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 miles.

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

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