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Inaugurated in 1987 as the
Toronto Budweiser Breeders' Cup Handicap, it was competed at a distance of six furlongs on dirt until 1996 when it was shifted to the turf and set at its current distance of seven furlongs. At the same time, the race was renamed in honor of
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1:19.77 - Just
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533:Quintessential Racing/Horse'n Around/Barber
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206:The race was run in two divisions in 2000.
1382:The Play The King Stakes at Pedigree Query
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1407:Recurring events established in 1987
331:Winners of the Play The King Stakes
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1339:List of Canadian flat horse races
183:. It currently offers a purse of
1402:Open mile category horse races
1359:"Play the King Stakes Profile"
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1397:Graded stakes races in Canada
425:Sean & Dorothy Fitzhenry
892:R. & S. Fairlie et al.
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506:Copper Water Thoroughbred
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197:Canadian Horse of the Year
85:woodbineentertainment.com
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326:(1997, 1998, 2003, 2004)
319:(2008, 2009, 2010, 2016)
283:(1997, 1998, 2003, 2004)
123:Three-year-olds & up
422:Catherine Day Phillips
154:Thoroughbred horse race
948:Rexdale Stable et al.
776:J. C. Hitchins et al.
274:Most wins by an owner:
975:J. M. Stritzl Stable
558:Riverside Bloodstock
966:Constant Montpellier
856:Constant Montpellier
418:Eurico Rosa da Silva
150:Play the King Stakes
142:200,000 (since 2005)
18:Play The King Stakes
1234:C. & D. Arnone
603:Jermaine Bridgmohan
585:Kendel D. Standlee
371:Not run due to the
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1412:Woodbine Racetrack
1206:Aubrey W. Minshall
1175:Aubrey W. Minshall
1116:William Sorokolit
732:Le Cinquieme Essai
703:Le Cinquieme Essai
463:Glenville Gardens
436:Conquest Panthera
395:Nicholas Gonzalez
301:(1995, 2003, 2004)
267:Le Cinquieme Essai
158:Woodbine Racetrack
45:Woodbine Racetrack
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1245:Confederate Bill
865:Winston W. Penny
749:William A. Scott
720:William A. Scott
637:Jim Dandy Stable
373:COVID-19 pandemic
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1218:Cardel's Ruckus
1144:Knob Hill Stable
959:Dawson's Legacy
903:Solitary Dancer
888:Scott H. Fairlie
524:Patrick Husbands
443:Patrick Husbands
399:Stronach Stables
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156:run annually at
91:Race information
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1083:Daniel J. Vella
1060:Greenoaks Farm
971:Norman McKnight
612:Silverton Hill
581:Daniel J. Vella
569:Big Band Sound
544:Dimension (GB)
490:Reporting Star
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1366:. Retrieved
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1225:Ray Sabourin
1201:John A. Ross
1139:Phil England
1134:Larry Attard
1107:Sandy Hawley
1071:King Ruckus
1032:Sam-Son Farm
1027:Mark Frostad
1022:Sandy Hawley
1003:Sam-Son Farm
998:Mark Frostad
939:Na Somsanith
910:Mickey Walls
837:Sam-Son Farm
832:Mark Frostad
819:Soaring Free
806:Sam-Son Farm
801:Mark Frostad
788:Soaring Free
767:Martin Dwyer
745:Paul Nielsen
716:Paul Nielsen
648:Jungle Wave
623:Smokey Fire
452:Gary Barber
384:Silent Poet
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324:Mark Frostad
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281:Sam-Son Farm
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269:(2006, 2007)
262:(2003, 2004)
260:Soaring Free
255:(1991, 1992)
248:(1987, 1988)
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71:Thoroughbred
31:Grass Stakes
1312:Don Seymour
1281:Don Seymour
1188:King Corrie
1157:King Corrie
1051:David Clark
849:Zone Judge
740:Steve Bahen
711:Steve Bahen
551:David Moran
502:Pat Parente
253:King Corrie
173:sprint race
115:Left-handed
75:Flat racing
59:Inaugurated
1391:Categories
1345:References
1165:Dave Penna
1078:Todd Kabel
861:Dave Dwyer
827:Todd Kabel
796:Todd Kabel
760:Vanderlin
687:Sid Attard
660:Sid Attard
655:Todd Kabel
633:Sid Attard
629:J C Jones
299:Todd Kabel
239:Most wins:
230:1:09.20 -
223:1:09.20 -
99:7 furlongs
27:Horse race
1368:22 August
986:Skybound
932:Olympian
596:Havelock
187:200,000.
67:Race type
1333:See also
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1295:1:10.40
1264:1:10.00
1237:1:11.60
1210:1:09.40
1179:1:09.40
1148:1:09.20
1119:1:10.00
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978:1:21.87
951:1:21.68
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841:1:23.52
810:1:20.97
779:1:21.18
752:1:22.79
723:1:26.28
694:1:19.77
667:1:23.06
640:1:20.83
615:1:21.56
588:1:21.62
561:1:19.89
536:1:20.71
509:1:20.66
482:1:20.82
455:1:21.20
428:1:23.94
403:1:29.22
177:furlongs
170:Grade II
131:Assigned
96:Distance
41:Location
1196:Pat Day
1127:Apelia
517:Kaigun
354:Trainer
308:trainer
210:Records
195:' 1988
166:Ontario
162:Toronto
104:Surface
81:Website
53:Ontario
49:Toronto
1044:Jilin
350:Jockey
342:Winner
290:jockey
234:(1993)
232:Apelia
227:(1987)
128:Weight
1300:1987
1269:1988
1242:1989
1215:1990
1184:1991
1153:1992
1124:1993
1097:1994
1068:1995
1041:1996
1012:1997
983:1998
956:1999
929:2000
900:2000
873:2001
846:2002
815:2003
784:2004
757:2005
728:2006
699:2007
672:2008
645:2009
620:2010
593:2011
566:2012
541:2013
514:2014
487:2015
460:2016
433:2017
408:2018
381:2019
367:2020
362:Time
358:Owner
185:CAN$
140:CAN$
136:Purse
112:Track
1370:2016
338:Year
322:4 -
315:4 -
297:3 -
279:4 -
265:2 -
258:2 -
251:2 -
244:2 -
181:turf
168:. A
148:The
107:Turf
62:1987
346:Age
179:on
160:in
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