Horse race
The Display Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario , Canada. Contested on a synthetic "all weather" surface over a distance of 7 furlongs, it is open to two-year-old horses. Having been raced during October, November, or early December throughout its history, the listed stakes race offers a purse of $125,250 CAD.
Inaugurated in 1956 at Toronto's Old Woodbine Race Course as a sprint race , it was named for American Walter J. Salmon's colt Display , winner of the 1926 Preakness Stakes and who frequently raced in Canada where he won a number of important races.
The Display stakes was run in two divisions in 1959. There was no race in 1993. Since inception, it has been contested at various distances:
6 furlongs: 1956 at Old Woodbine Race Course
7 furlongs: 1957–1958 at Old Woodbine Race Course, 2019 to present at Woodbine Racetrack
8 furlongs (1 mile): 1959-1960 Old Woodbine Race Course, 1977–1992 at Greenwood Raceway
8.5 furlongs (1+ 1 ⁄16 miles): 1969–1976 at Greenwood Raceway, 1994 to 2018 at Woodbine Racetrack
9 furlongs (1+ 1 ⁄8 miles): 1961–1963 at Old Woodbine Race Course
9.5 furlongs: 1964–1968 at Greenwood Raceway
Records
Speed record: (Through 1998, times were recorded in fifths of a second. Since 1999 they are in hundredths of a second)
Most wins by an owner:
Most wins by a jockey :
4 - Patrick Husbands (1999, 2002, 2005, 2010)
4 - Luis Contreras (2011, 2012, 2014, 2017) Most wins by a trainer :
Winners of the Display Stakes
References
