Display Stakes
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 : 1959-1960 Old Woodbine Race Course, 1977–1992 at Greenwood Raceway
- 8.5 furlongs : 1969–1976 at Greenwood Raceway, 1994 to 2018 at Woodbine Racetrack
- 9 furlongs : 1961–1963 at Old Woodbine Race Course
- 9.5 furlongs: 1964–1968 at Greenwood Raceway
Records
Speed record:Most wins by an owner:
- 4 - Stafford Farms
- 4 - Patrick Husbands
- 4 - Luis Contreras
- 5 - Mark E. Casse