Canadian Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing

Canadian Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing

The Canadian Triple Crown is a series of three Thoroughbred horse races run annually in Canada which is open to three-year-old horses foaled in Canada. Established in 1959, the series is unique in that it shares the same distances as its American counterpart, but is contested on three different race surfaces.

Since 2006, the first leg, the Queen's Plate, has been contested at 1¼ miles on Polytrack at Toronto, Ontario's Woodbine Racetrack, whereas the July Prince of Wales Stakes is a 1³/16 mile event run on dirt at Fort Erie Racetrack in Fort Erie, Ontario. The final leg is the 1½ mile Breeders' Stakes in August which is run on Turf over one full lap of the E. P. Taylor Turf Course at Woodbine.

Seven horses have won the Canadian Triple Crown:

Champions:

ee also:

* Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
* United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing


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