Trainer Dale Desruisseaux and jockey Rafael Hernandez copped both stakes races at Woodbine this weekend with three-year-olds.
Fury Stakes
Undefeated Grade 1-winning Ontario-bred filly takes her first step to the Woodbine Oaks in Saturday's Fury Stakes at Woodbine.
The Green family and trainer Mark Casse had a big day at Woodbine and Saratoga on June 7 and their Winterberry caused an upset.
The Fury Stakes, an early stepping-stone to the Woodbine Oaks, was won by a Mark Casse-trained filly for owner Gabe Grossberg.
The first two stepping-stone stakes races to the Canadian classics take place this weekend at Woodbine with some of the top contenders entered.
The Fury win followed the powerhouse trios' scores with Our Flash Drive, Souper Hoity Toity and Ryder Ryder Ryder.
Thirteen three-year-olds foaled in Canada have been entered in Sunday's Queenston Stakes at Woodbine and nine fillies go in the Fury on June 10.
Sprinting for the first time, Moira took the Fury Stakes over the promising Pioneer's Edge as the road to the Oaks begins.
Saturday features the fillies in two stakes races, the Selene and Fury; on Sunday the boys battle it out in the Marine and Queenston.
This key race on the road to the Woodbine Oaks will also feature undefeated western invader Infinite Patience, co-owned by NHL star Ryan Nugent-Hopkins.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins hopes to score at Woodbine as his star filly targets the Fury Stakes on July 5th - the NHLer's first horse to run at the Toronto oval.
Intanga Rose will chase her first added-money score in the Fury Stakes, which headlines a fillies and mares only racing program at Woodbine.
Summer Sunday persevered in the featured $125,000 Fury Stakes for Canadian-foaled three-year-old fillies on Sunday afternoon at Woodbine Racetrack.
Windhaven Farms homebred Tiz Imaginary rallied from last to overtake favoured Jennifer Lynnette in the shadow of the wire to capture Sunday’s $150,000 Fury Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Mike Doyle and patiently handled by Luis Contreras, Tiz Imaginary, winner of the Fanfreluche Stakes as a juvenile, arrived at the seven furlong Tapeta sprint from […]
London Tower overcame a slow start to capture Sunday’s $150,000 Fury Stakes, at Woodbine. Owned and trained by Steve Owens, London Tower, with Alan Garcia up, was forced to race from off the pace for the first time in her career after leaving the gate a step slow in the seven furlong Fury Stakes for […]
