The first Woodstock Stakes was run in 1885 at Old Woodbine on the lakeshore, east of the city of Toronto, at a distance of 1 1/8 miles.

Today, the Woodstock is a six-furlong dash for three-year-olds at Woodbine on the Tapeta surface and it is worth $125,000.

A field of just six, including two supplements, will compete in the 123rd Woodstock (the race was not held on 15 different occasions) and there are three Mark Casse trainees and three shippers.

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