Tags: Horse Race, Race.
The Nassau Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto Ontario. A Grade II event raced in early June it is open to horses aged three and older and run over a distance of one mile on turf. Currently the Nassau Stakes offers a purse of $300000.Inaugurated in 1956 it was raced on dirt until 1968 when it was shifted permanently to the turf.