Parkwood Stable was a

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racing stable founded in the early 1930s, located at Conlin Road and Simcoe Street North a few miles north of Oshawa,

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. Owned by the wealthy

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maker Col. Sam McLaughlin, a long-time director of the

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, the stable was a significant force in

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whose racing silks and trophies won are on display at the

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in Toronto. McLaughlin and his stable won Canada's most prestigious race three times, capturing the King's Plates with

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and Hall of Fame inductees, Kingarvie and

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. The stable's notable wins include all the races that make up the current Canadian Triple Crown.

Major race wins

Clarendon Stakes 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 ...

(1932, 1933, 1934, 1939, 1945) *

Coronation Futurity Stakes The Coronation Futurity Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race for 2-year-old horses foaled in Canada. It is run annually in mid-November at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at a distance of miles. Along with its turf counterpart, the ...

(1933, 1936, 1943, 1945) *

Grey Breeders' Cup Stakes The Grey Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the first week of October at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto. A Grade III, it is open to two-year-old horses and is raced on dirt at a distance of miles. Since 2006, the d ...

(1933, 1935, 1938, 1945) * King's Plates (1934, 1946, 1947) *

Victoria Stakes The Victoria Stakes is a thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Held in mid June, it has been raced on Polytrack since 2006 over a distance of five furlongs. In 2015 it was changed to six furlongs. O ...

(1934, 1939, 1946) *

Breeders' Stakes The Breeders' Stakes is a stakes race for Thoroughbred race horses foaled in Canada, first run in 1889. Since 1959, it has been the third race in the Canadian Triple Crown for three-year-olds. Held annually in August at Woodbine Racetrack in T ...

(1934, 1950) *

Durham Cup Stakes The Durham Cup Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Run in mid October, the Graded stakes race, Grade III race is open to horses age three and older. Raced over a distance of miles on ...

(1938, 1949) *

King Edward Stakes The King Edward Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. The Graded stakes race, Grade II grass, turf race is open to horses aged three and older and is raced over a distance of one mile ...

(1939, 1941, 1947) *

Cup and Saucer Stakes The Cup and Saucer Stakes is a thoroughbred horse race held annually in October at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Open to two-year-old horses foaled in Canada, it is currently run at a distance of miles on turf. Along with its dir ...

(1940, 1943, 1945) *

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(1942) *

Plate Trial Stakes The Plate Trial Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred flat horserace for three-Year-Olds, foaled in Canada run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Raced in early June, the -mile race on dirt is considered one of the most important prep ...

(1946) * Prince of Wales Stakes (1950) In 1950, Col. McLaughlin dissolved his racing stable and sold the property to

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who renamed it The National Stud of Canada.

References

Article on Col. R.S. McLaughlin and Parkwood Stable at the official General Motors of Canada website

Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame
Canadian racehorse owners and breeders Horse farms in Canada Owners of King's Plate winners {{Horseracing-stub