Clarendon Stakes

Clarendon Stakes

C. George McCullagh (left) receives the 1940 Clarendon Plate, at Thorncliffe Park race track
Class	Restricted Stakes
Location	Woodbine Racetrack Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Inaugurated	1926
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	web.archive.org/web/20100316214346/http://www.woodbineentertainment.com:80/qct/default.asp
Race information
Distance	5.5 furlongs
Surface	Polytrack
Track	left-handed
Qualification	Two-Year-Olds, foaled in Ontario
Weight	Allowances
Purse	$150,000

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 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.