Tags: Horse Race, Race.
The Canadian Derby is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Northlands Park in Edmonton Alberta. A Grade III event held near the end of August it is open to thee-year-old horses and is raced on dirt over a distance of one and three-eights miles (11 furlongs). It was contested at 1 mile from 1930 to 1933 and at 1¼ miles from 1934 through 1956.The race was the creation of future Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee R.