{"id":518,"date":"2023-05-23T14:42:40","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T18:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodbine.com\/champions\/experience-guide\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T09:53:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T13:53:44","slug":"experience-guide","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/woodbine.com\/champions\/experience-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Experience Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1746577141649{padding-top: 40px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;experience-title&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center; text-transform: none;\">Canada\u2019s most prestigious championship thoroughbred race, the King\u2019s Plate, is also Toronto\u2019s can\u2019t miss social event of the summer featuring high-fashion, decadent food and drinks, and live music.<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]\t\t\t<rs-module-wrap id=\"rev_slider_error_1_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<rs-module id=\"rev_slider_error_1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rs_error_message_box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rs_error_message_oops\">There is nothing to show here!<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rs_error_message_content\">Slider with alias Experiences-Slider not found.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/rs-module>\n\t\t\t<\/rs-module-wrap>\n\t\t\t<script>\n\t\t\t\tvar rs_eslider = document.getElementById(\"rev_slider_error_1\");\n\t\t\t\trs_eslider.style.display = \"none\";\n\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Slider with alias Experiences-Slider not found.\");\n\t\t\t<\/script>\n[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1714009321757{margin-bottom: 50px !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221;][vc_column css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221;][vc_row_inner el_class=&#8221;align-center&#8221; 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