There is a wealth of impressive stats and successes from her 2011 campaign that Emma-Jayne Wilson could look upon with great satisfaction. But for the jockey closing in on 1,000 career wins, life in the saddle is more than just a numbers game. One hundred and thirty five trips to the winner’s circle at Woodbine, […]
Emma-Jayne Wilson
Windward Islands was a resplendent repeat winner of Sunday’s Grade 2, $300,000 Nijinsky Stakes, at Woodbine. Ridden by Emma-Jayne Wilson for trainer Mark Frostad, Windward Islands, at 7-2, collared the favoured Fifty Proof, at the midpoint of the long E.P. Taylor Turf Course, to notch his first win of the 2011 campaign. Hailstone was third. […]
Fares Farm LLC’s Embur’s Song led wire-to-wire to take Sunday’s $150,000 Ontario Matron Stakes at Woodbine. The 1 1/16-mile event was the fourth consecutive stakes score for the four-year-old daughter of Unbridled’s Song, who also won the Grade 3 Doubledogdare at Keeneland, the Grade 3 Hendrie at Woodbine and the Windward Stakes at Presque Isle […]
Amiable Grace, under Emma-Jayne Wilson, made it two straight wins in taking the seven-furlong, $112,400 Sweet Briar Too Stakes, on Friday, Canada Day, at Woodbine. A four-year-old bay daughter of Alphabet Soup, trained by Mike Doyle and owned by Windhaven, Amiable Grace, at 8-1, fended off a trio of rivals, including champion and multiple stakes […]
The $150,000 Victoria Park Stakes for three-year-olds Sunday at Woodbine was to be a battle amongst highly-regarded imports Twinspired, Newsdad and Burj Alzain. Instead, the mile and one-eighth feature turned into a rousing stretch battle between two locals who fought the length of the stretch before Moonshine Mullin prevailed by a nose over Alpha Bettor. […]
Woodbine’s own Emma-Jayne Wilson won the inaugural $30,000 Pimlico Female Jockey Challenge at Pimlico Race Course in Maryland on Friday. The challenge, in which six of the world’s top female riders competed, was part of The People’s Pink Party at Pimlico. The efforts of Pimlico and Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the world’s largest […]
Six of the world’s top female riders, including Woodbine’s own Emma-Jayne Wilson, will compete in the inaugural $30,000 Pimlico Female Jockey Challenge on Friday’s Black-Eyed Susan Day at Pimlico Race Course. The challenge is part of The People’s Pink Party, a combined effort between Pimlico and Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the world’s largest […]
Don’s Folly rallied determinedly to capture Saturday’s opening day feature, the $100,000 Debut Stakes at Woodbine. The flashy five-year-old had to fend off a stubborn Daniel Be Good, who finished second, to win the five-furlong dash for Ontario-sired runners. D’s Legend Storm was third. Under Emma-Jayne Wilson, the son of Tethra made a bold move […]
