The King Edward Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario.
Run in late June or early July, it currently offers a purse of CAD$200,000.
[1] Named for Edward VII of the United Kingdom who had been crowned king in 1901, the race was created the following year with its first running taking place in 1903 as the King Edward Gold Cup.
Renamed the King Edward Breeders' Handicap, in 2007 it became a Stakes event.
Since inception, the King Edward Stakes has been raced at a variety of distances: Due to the large number of entries, the King Edward was raced in two divisions in 1978, 1984, 1985, 1987, and 1988.