The Jockey Club of Canada announced Feb. 18 that there will be 40 Canadian graded stakes run in 2022 while releasing the results of its graded stakes committee’s annual review.
This is down one graded race from 2021. Several graded races put on hold last year remain on hiatus: the Northern Dancer Stakes (G1T), Nijinsky Stakes (G2T), and Play the King Stakes (G2T).
The Grade 1 Pattison Canadian International (G1T) was placed on hold in 2020 during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, returned in 2021 but will be placed on hold again. Pattison is sponsoring the Grade 1 Summer Stakes in 2022.