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Selene Stakes

Selene Stakes
Grade III race
Location Woodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Inaugurated 1954
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website www.woodbineentertainment.com/qct/default.asp
Race information
Distance 1 116 miles (8.5 furlongs)
Surface Tapeta
Track left-handed
Qualification Three-Year-Old Fillies
Weight Allowances
Purse $115,935 (2015)

The Selene Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Held during the third week of May, the Grade III event is open to three-year-old fillies. Raced over a distance of 1 116 miles on Polytrack synthetic dirt, it currently offers a current purse of $122,145.

Inaugurated in 1954 as a six furlong sprint race, it was run at a distance of seven furlongs from 1965 through 1975 after which it was modified to its current distance of 1 116 miles (8.5 furlongs).

The race was run in two divisions in 1962, 1964, 1972, 1979, 1983, and 1989.

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