Play The King Stakes

Turf race infobox
class = Grade II
horse race = Grass Stakes


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location = Woodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario
inaugurated = 1987
race type = Thoroughbred - Flat racing
website = [http://www.woodbineentertainment.com/qct/default.asp www.woodbineentertainment.com]
distance = 7 furlongs
track = Grass, left-handed
qualification = Three-year-olds & up
weight = Assigned
purse = $200,000
bonuses = The Play the King Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. A Grade II sprint race, it is open to horses age three and older and is run over a distance of seven furlongs on turf. It currently offers a purse of $200,000.

Inaugurated in 1987 as the Toronto Budweiser Breeders' Cup Handicap, it was competed at a distance of six furlongs on dirt until 1996 when it was shifted to the turf and set at its current distance of seven furlongs. The race was renamed the Play The King Handicap in honor of Kinghaven Farms' 1988 Canadian Horse of the Year, Play the King.

The Play The King Stakes is an official prep race for the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint.

The race was run in two divisions in 2000.

Records

Speed record:
* 1:09.20 - Play the King (1987)
* 1:09.20 - Apelia (1993)

Most wins:
* 2 - Play the King (1987, 1988)
* 2 - King Corrie (1991, 1992)
* 2 - Soaring Free (2003, 2004)
* 2 - Le Cinquieme Essai (2006, 2007)

Most wins by an owner:
* 4 - Sam-Son Farm (1997, 1998, 2003, 2004)

Most wins by a jockey:
* 3 - Todd Kabel (1995, 2003, 2004)

Most wins by a trainer:
* 4 - Mark Frostad (1997, 1998, 2003, 2004)

Winners of the Play The King Stakes

References

* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?search_bar=stakes&query_type=stakes&field=view&id=232 The Play The King Stakes at Pedigree Query]