Three Derby stepping-stone races on the weekend had either small fields or were run in deep slop.
Christophe Clement
A successful weekend once again at Woodbine ended with a wild finish in the Grade 2 Nearctic Stakes: 3/4 of a length separated the top eight.
Both winners on the grass at Woodbine on Saturday earned a fees-paid berth in $1 million Breeders’ Cup races.
Two colts invading from the US figure to rule the six-furlong Woodstock Stakes, which was first run in 1885.
Winner of the Dance Smartly Stakes (G2) in her previous race, the Christophe Clement-trainee held over stablemate La Dragontea.
The Grade 1 $700,000 Man o' War will feature Gufo and third-place finisher in the 2019 Pattison Canadian International at Woodbine, Ziyad.
Kentucky-bred colt headed to Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf following exciting victory at Woodbine in Grade 1 test on the turf
The Triple Crown went unclaimed for a 36th year as Tonalist captured the 146th running of the Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes on Saturday at Belmont Park by a head over Commissioner, with Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner California Chrome finishing in a dead-heat for fourth in the “Test of the Champion.” California Chrome […]
