Prince of Wales Stakes

Horseraces infobox
class = Grade I
horse race = Prince of Wales Stakes


caption =
location = Fort Erie Race Track
Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada
inaugurated = 1929
race type = Thoroughbred - Flat racing
website = [http://www.forterieracing.com/about_pow/about_pow.htm Prince of Wales Stakes]
distance = 1 3/16 miles
track = Dirt, left-handed
qualification = Three-year-olds
(foaled in Canada)
weight = Scale Weight
purse = $500,000
bonuses = The Prince of Wales Stakes is a Grade I stakes race for Thoroughbred race horses first run in 1929. In 1959, the Prince of Wales Stakes became the marquis event at the Fort Erie Race Track when it became the second race in the Canadian Triple Crown for three-year-old colts and fillies foaled in Canada.

Run at a distance of one mile and three-sixteenths, the Prince of Wales is held annually in July at Fort Erie Race Track in Fort Erie, Ontario. It follows the June running of the Queen's Plate and precedes the Breeders' Stakes in August. The E.P. Taylor colt New Providence emerged as a Triple Crown champion in its first year of existence and in the ensuing years, six more three-year-olds have equaled the feat.

According to the racetrack's website, for fans, the most popular winner of the race was the Canadian and American Hall of Fame filly Dance Smartly who went on to win the 1991 Triple Crown.

Winners of the Prince of Wales Stakes

A † designates a Triple Crown winner.