The Marine Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Held in mid May, it is open to three-year-old horses and is contested over a distance of 1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs) on Polytrack synthetic dirt. It currently offers a purse of $150,000.
Inaugurated in 1956 at Greenwood Raceway, for Canadian-bred horses the Marine Stakes is the final prep for the Queen's Plate, Canada's most prestigious horse race. Since inception, it has been raced at various distances:
7 furlongs : 1968–1975 at Woodbine Racetrack
1+1⁄16 miles : 1956, 1961–1962, 1965–1966 at Greenwood Raceway, 1967, 1976 to present at Woodbine Racetrack
1+1⁄8 miles 1957, 1963 at Greenwood Raceway
1 mile 1958–1960 at Greenwood Raceway
1+3⁄16 miles : 1964 at Greenwood Raceway
Records
Speed record: (at current distance of 1+1⁄16 miles)