Clarendon Stakes
{{Infobox horseraces
| class = Restricted Stakes
| horse race = Clarendon Stakes
| image = File:C. George McCullagh (left) receives award at Clarendon Plate, Thorncliffe Park race track (43532715841).jpg
| caption = C. George McCullagh (left) receives the 1940 Clarendon Plate, at Thorncliffe Park race track
| location = Woodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| inaugurated = 1926
| race type = Thoroughbred - Flat racing
| website = {{URL|https://web.archive.org/web/20100316214346/http://www.woodbineentertainment.com:80/qct/default.asp}}
| distance = 5.5 furlongs
| surface = Polytrack
| track = left-handed
| qualification = Two-Year-Olds, foaled in Ontario
| weight = Allowances
| purse = $150,000
| bonuses =
}}
The Clarendon Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race currently run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Held in early July, the sprint race is open to two-year-old horses foaled in the Province of Ontario and is contested over a distance of {{frac|5|1|2}} furlongs on Polytrack synthetic dirt. It currently offers a purse of $150,000.
Inaugurated in 1926 at Toronto's now defunct Thorncliffe Park Raceway, it was known as the Clarendon Plate. In 1953 the race was moved to the Old Woodbine Racetrack then in 1956 to its present home at the new Woodbine Racetrack.
In 1967 Dancer's Image won this race and went on to win the following year's Kentucky Derby.
References
- [http://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?search_bar=stakes&query_type=stakes&field=view&id=94 The Clarendon Stakes at Pedigree Query]
Category:Restricted stakes races in Canada
Category:Flat horse races for two-year-olds
Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1926
Category:1926 establishments in Ontario
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