Restricted race | |
Location |
Woodbine Racetrack Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Inaugurated | 1956 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | web |
Race information | |
Distance | 7 furlongs |
Surface | Tapeta |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Three-years-old, foaled in Ontario |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $114,375 (2016) |
The Fury Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Run in late April, the stakes race is open to three-Year-Old fillies who were foaled in the Province of Ontario. Raced over a distance of seven furlongs on Polytrack synthetic dirt, it currently offers a purse of $123,375.
The Fury Stakes was first run in 1956 at Fort Erie Racetrack in Fort Erie, Ontario as a 6 1⁄2 furlong sprint race. In 1970, the race was shifted to Woodbine Racetrack. Since inception it has been contested at various distances: