From a champion Canadian horse becoming a hurdler to another set of significant layoffs at Woodbine, this is news of the week.
Eswan Flores
The three-year-old Kentucky-bred charged late down the stretch in his first-ever turf race to take Saturday's $125,000 feature.
Maiden Thundering won the Display Stakes in his second career start at 10-to-1 for longtime owners Dastur Racing.
Jockeys Eswan Flores and Leo Salles scored the biggest wins of their Canadian careers on Nov. 25 on Canadian juveniles.
Saturday was a thrilling one for longshot players and almost every race on the day resulted in a double-digit payoff for a $2 wager.
