Breeders' Cup World Championships

Woodbine Connections Revved up for Breeders’ Cup

Four Mark Casse trainees are among a record 201 horses pre-entered for the 31st Breeders’ Cup World Championships, set for Santa Anita Park, in Arcadia, California, Friday, October 31, and Saturday, November 1. Breeders’ Cup races set for Friday, October 31, will air in Canada on TSN2 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., and the […]

Goldencents Triumphs in World Championships

Chalk up an historic “golden” moment for Manitoba on the world stage of horse racing. Goldencents, the 3-year-old colt born to an Assiniboia Downs mare, has now earned $2 million–and is a leading candidate for champion 3-year-old horse of the year–after crushing his rivals in the Dirt Mile in the Breeders’ Cup World Championships at […]

Results for the Canadian-connected Breeders’ Cup Horses

He’s Had Enough, second in the Juvenile, and Delegation, third in the Dirt Mile, led the way for Canadian-connected horses at the Breeders’ Cup, on Saturday, at Santa Anita. He’s Had Enough, owned by J. Paul Reddam of Windsor, Ontario, endured a difficult trip in the Grade 1, $2-million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, but was courageous […]

Breeders’ Cup Thursday Notes

Mark Casse, who sends out a quintet of Breeders’ Cup contenders this weekend including Spring Venture (Juvenile Fillies Turf), Spring in the Air (Juvenile Fillies), Dynamic Sky (Juvenile), Delegation (Dirt Mile) and Pool Play (Classic), is pleased with how his contingent is training – in particular $5-million Classic contender, Pool Play. “He looks better than […]

Breeders’ Cup Feature: Life’s a Breeze for Jason Hoyte

Jason Hoyte, the go-to exercise rider for Woodbine’s leading conditioner Mark Casse, is enjoying life in the fast lane as he helps the team prepare five contenders for the Breeders’ Cup World Championships, in Arcadia, California, on Friday, November 2, and Saturday, November 3. Hoyte, a 26-year-old native of Barbados, has travelled across the continent […]

Post Positions for Breeders’ Cup

Six Woodbine-based horses are among the final entries for the 29th Breeders’ Cup World Championships, set for Santa Anita Park, in Arcadia, California, this Friday, November 2, and Saturday, November 3. Post-positions and morning-line odds for Delegation (Post 2, Dirt Mile), Dynamic Sky (Post 6, Juvenile), Pool Play (Post 1, Classic), Spring in the Air […]