The $3 million Pegasus World Cup, $1 World Cup Turf and $500,000 Filly & Mare Turf headline big card at Gulfstream next weekend.
Caitlinhergrtness
Ontario-bred Caitlinhergrtness is racing's newest millionaire as she collected $120,000 for her win in the My Charmer Stakes.
Apprentices Xarel Forde and Pietro Moran have started off winter in the US with a bang; some Canadian-owned or -bred horses to watch.
A number of Woodbine-based horses and horsepeople are set to compete in stakes races in Kentucky on Dec. 13.
The Marty Drexler trainee pushed past last year’s King’s Plate winner Caitlinhergrtness to win the Grade 3 contest by half a length.
Gr. 2 turf events, the $200,000 bet365 Highlander and $175,000 Nassau, take the stage as part of the Canada Day Racing Festival at Woodbine.
The eight-year-old Old Chestnut won the Jacques Cartier Stakes in a three-horse field, while Classic Mo Town flew in the Eclipse Stakes.
King's Plate winner and champion Caitlinhergrtness cruised to a five length win in the Grade 3 Belle Mahone on May 31.
The Grade 3 events feature a pair of Canadian champions and Woodbine’s first turf stakes race of the season.
A leading contender for his first Sovereign Award for Outstanding Trainer, Kevin Attard is training in Ontario once again this winter.
Both gals are in line for Sovereign Awards for 2024 as Champion Three-year-old filly and Champion Older Mare Main track.
King's Plate winner Caitlinhergrtness makes her first start since her big win in the Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Keeneland on Saturday.
For the second time in three years, a filly trained by Kevin Attard and ridden by Rafael Hernandez has won the King's Plate.
The field for the King's Plate, edition 165, will be drawn next Tuesday and so far it's a wall of Mark Casse fellows that must be toppled.
Ba Dee Yah, War Painter and Hurricane Clair top Oaks while Plate contenders look around for prep races other than the Plate Trial.
