Tags: Horse Race, Race.
The Play the King Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto Ontario. A Grade II sprint race it is open to horses age three and older and is run over a distance of seven furlongs on turf. It currently offers a purse of $200000.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.