The King's Plate is Canada's oldest thoroughbred horse race and the oldest continuously run race in North America, having been founded in 1860. It is run at a distance of 1+1⁄4 miles for a maximum of 17 three-year-old thoroughbred horses foaled in Canada.
Paramount Prince, 2023 King's Plate winner
Queen Elizabeth II (at far left) arriving at the 2010 Queen's Plate
2012 winner, Strait of Dover
2014 winner, Lexie Lou
Woodbine Racetrack is a race track for Thoroughbred horse racing in the Etobicoke area of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Owned by Woodbine Entertainment Group, Woodbine Racetrack manages and hosts Canada's most famous race, the King's Plate. The track was opened in 1956 with a one-mile oval dirt track, as well as a seven-eights turf course. It has been extensively remodeled since 1993, and since 1994 has had three racecourses.
Exterior entrance of Woodbine Racetrack
The original Woodbine Race Course in 1909. The current Woodbine Racetrack owes its namesake to the original race course.
Woodbine Racetrack in 2023
The E.P. Taylor turf course is an irregularly shaped racecourse.