The weekend races had solid fields and some fun handicapping puzzles; Emma-Jayne Wilson off her rides after training mishap.
Chiefswood Stable
Five-year-old Ontario-bred Simcoe has a new lease on life in sprint races with back-to-back big wins in Kentucky.
Ontario-bred grabs his first stakes win for trainer Josie Carroll in his seventh career start; Woodbine star Rafael Hernandez was on board.
Chiefswood had three Canadian-breds in the race - Roscar, Saccharine and Side Street - and they finished one-two-three.
Chiefswood Stable got back on the buyer's sheet with two big purchases and a host of Canadian breeders and owners were busy at long sale.
Chiefswood Stable homebred was winning for the second time in five races in one of the most wide-open Oaks in years.
Four King's Plate eligibles compete against three American-breds in the Grade 3 Marine presented by HPIBet.
Graded stakes-winning son of sire-of-sires Pioneerof the Nile will stand at Adena Springs North for next year's breeding season.
Ontario-bred filly wins $200,000 turf race on a day when a tote crash caused the featured race, the Tampa Bay Derby, to race without betting.
A big stakes card at Tampa Bay Downs on Saturday has the Grade 3 Tampa Bay Derby and Florida Oaks and some Canadian runners.
Ontario-bred colt bypassed the Queen's Plate and Prince of Wales Stakes to try $1 million Derby at Parx racetrack.
Mandaloun, second in the Kentucky Derby (G1), had a rough trip in the Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth Park in New Jersey but Weyburn was tough.
Queen's Plate contender continues to point to American racing campaign and the Pegasus Stakes could be next.
Ontario-bred colt seeks another big win in New York in $750,000 stake that leads to the Kentucky Derby on May 1.
Ontario-bred picks up 50 Kentucky Derby points, likely to be supplemented to US Triple Crown series following gritty win.
