Thoroughbred Races
The record for most wins by a jockey on a single raceday at Woodbine is seven, set by Richard Grubb on May 16, 1967, and twice equaled by Sandy Hawley, first on May 22, 1972 and then again on October 10, 1974.
Major Stakes races for Thoroughbreds run annually at Woodbine include the:
- Queen's Plate, a grade 1-C stakes for three-year-old Canadian-bred thoroughbreds, first leg of the Canadian Triple Crown
- Northern Dancer Turf Stakes, a turf mile-and-one-half Grade I stakes run in early fall as the final prep for the Canadian International
- Breeders' Stakes, a grade 1-C turf stakes for three-year-old Canadian-bred thoroughbreds, third leg of the Canadian Triple Crown
- Woodbine Mile, a grade I thoroughbred turf stakes
- Canadian International, a grade 1 thoroughbred turf stakes
- E. P. Taylor Stakes, a grade 1 Thoroughbred turf race for fillies and mares
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