Dynamic Sky

Dynamic Sky wins a Plate Trial thriller

Dynamic Sky, under a patient ride from jockey Joel Rosario, got up in the final jump to defeat a game His Race to Win by a nose in Sunday’s $150,000 Plate Trial, at Woodbine. Dynamic Sky, trained by Mark Casse for owner John C. Oxley, was on the Kentucky Derby trail earlier this year winning […]

73 Nominated to the 154th Queen’s Plate

Seventy-three horses have been made eligible for the 154th edition of the Queen’s Plate. The historic Plate, set for Sunday, July 7th at Woodbine, is North America’s longest continuously-run stakes race and first jewel in Canada’s Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. A $500 payment must have accompanied the nomination by May 1st. Last year, Canyon […]

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 […]

Welloiledmachine and Casse Triactor Headline Six-Pack Yearling Sales Stakes Day

Monday’s Yearling Sales Stakes program at Woodbine was highlighted by a Mark Casse triactor in the Simcoe Stakes and the son of a three-time Halton Stakes winner taking the very same race. Among the day’s notable results, headlined by six added-money features, Mark Casse watched Dynamic Sky, Honorable Guest and Star Contender finish one-two-three in […]