Display Stakes

The Display Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Contested on a synthetic "all weather" surface over a distance of 7 furlongs, it is open to two-year-old horses. Having been raced during October, November, or early December throughout its history, the listed stakes race offers a purse of $125,250 CAD.

Inaugurated in 1956 at Toronto's Old Woodbine Race Course as a sprint race, it was named for American Walter J. Salmon's colt Display, winner of the 1926 Preakness Stakes and who frequently raced in Canada where he won a number of important races.

The Display stakes was run in two divisions in 1959. There was no race in 1993. Since inception, it has been contested at various distances:

• 6 furlongs: 1956 at Old Woodbine Race Course
• 7 furlongs: 1957–1958 at Old Woodbine Race Course, 2019 to present at Woodbine Racetrack
• 8 furlongs (1 mile): 1959-1960 Old Woodbine Race Course, 1977–1992 at Greenwood Raceway
• 8.5 furlongs ( miles): 1969–1976 at Greenwood Raceway, 1994 to 2018 at Woodbine Racetrack
• 9 furlongs ( miles): 1961–1963 at Old Woodbine Race Course
• 9.5 furlongs: 1964–1968 at Greenwood Raceway

Records

Speed record:

• 1:43.04 - Gigawatt (2002)

Most wins by an owner:

• 4 - Stafford Farms (1962, 1967, 1972, 1978)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 4 - Patrick Husbands (1999, 2002, 2005, 2010)
• 4 - Luis Contreras (2011, 2012, 2014, 2017)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 5 - Mark E. Casse (1999, 2002, 2005, 2016, 2018)

Winners of the Display Stakes

References

• The Display Stakes at Pedigree Query