The Princess Elizabeth Stakes is a Canadian

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run annually at

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. Run in mid October, the

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currently offers a purse of

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250,000, the richest race of the year for Canadian-foaled two-year-old

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. It is contested at a distance of miles on Tapeta synthetic dirt. Inaugurated in 1946 as a six

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sprint race at Toronto's

Greenwood Raceway Greenwood Raceway (originally Woodbine Race Course) was a horse racing facility in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. History Woodbine Race Course Inaugurated in 1874 as Woodbine Race Course at the foot of Woodbine Avenue and Lake Ontario, it was owned a ...

, the Princess Elizabeth Stakes was named in honor of Britain's future Queen, the then Princess Elizabeth. Since inception it has been raced at three different distances: * 6 furlongs : 1946–1956 at Greenwood Raceway * 7 furlongs : 1957–1958 at Greenwood Raceway and 1959–1960 at Woodbine Racetrack * 8.5 furlongs : 1961 to present at Woodbine Racetrack

Records

Speed record: * 1:43.48 –

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(2001) (at current distance of miles) Most wins by an owner: * 6 –

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(1976, 1984, 1986, 1990, 2000, 2006) Most wins by a

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: * 3 –

Avelino Gomez Avelino Gomez (1928 – June 21, 1980) was a Cuban-born Hall of Fame jockey in American and Canadian thoroughbred horse racing. Born in Havana, Gomez began a career as a jockey at the urging of a family member. He won his first race in Mexic ...

(1957, 1960, 1964) * 3 –

Brian Swatuk Brian Swatuk (9 July 1949Profile
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(1968, 1978, 1990) * 3 –

Sandy Hawley Desmond Sandford "Sandy" Hawley, (born April 16, 1949 in Oshawa, Ontario) is a Canadian Hall of Fame jockey. Sandy Hawley decided to be a jockey when he was a 17-year-old boy, hotwalking, grooming and excise horses at a Woodbine racetrack in To ...

(1970, 1973, 1988) * 3 – Dave Penna (1983, 1985, 1986) * 3 –

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(1991, 1993, 1997) Most wins by a trainer: * 6 –

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(1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2002, 2016)

Winners of the Princess Elizabeth Stakes

References

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Restricted stakes races in Canada Flat horse races for two-year-old fillies Recurring sporting events established in 1946 Woodbine Racetrack