South Ocean Stakes
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The South Ocean Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. A race for two-year-old fillies on Tapeta synthetic dirt over a distance of a mile and a sixteen, it offers a purse of $100,000.[1] Part of the Ontario Sire Stakes program, it is restricted to horses sired by a stallion certified as standing in the Province of Ontario.[2]
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Restricted stakes race | |
Location | Woodbine Racetrack Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Inaugurated | 1997 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | woodbine.com |
Race information | |
Distance | 11ā16 |
Surface | Tapeta synthetic dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Four-year-olds and up |
Purse | $100,000 |
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From the first running in 1997 through 2005, the race was contested on natural dirt. In 2006 the synthetic racing surface known as Polytrack was installed and used until 2016 when it was replaced with the current Tapeta synthetic racing surface.[3]