Gail Cox sends out the Sam-Son duo of Whimsical Dance and Swoop to Finish to meet four rivals on Sunday at Woodbine.
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The Sam-Son Farm homebred trained by Gail Cox will take on nine rivals in the Grade 3 event at Woodbine on Saturday.
Longshots prevail on a hot summer's day and wagering tops $7 million on a Woodbine card that was one of the best of the meeting so far.
This big race on the road to next year's running of the Queen’s Plate has attracted a field of eight including a pair for Barb Minshall.
Sunday’s card will include the $600,000 E.P. Taylor Stakes, $300,000 Northern Dancer Turf Stakes, $250,000 Nearctic and $100,000 Display Stakes.
Under rider David Moran, the Gail Cox trainee rallied from next-to-last and blew past 4-5 favourite Cambier Parc for a convincing four-length score.
And Queen's Plate contenders were in action with Olliemyboy and Tecumseh's War posting good efforts as Sept. 12 classic nears.
Conditioner sends two-year-olds All Canadian and Ready to Repeat to face four rivals in Sunday’s $100,000 Victoria Stakes.
Woodbine Mile (G1) winner El Tormenta, owned and bred by Sam-Son Farms, begins his 2020 campaign in the Grade 3 Appleton at Gulfstream.
An action-packed weekend of major stakes races attracted international attention and put iconic Sam-Son Farms back in the Grade 1 winner's circle
Something Extra went gate to wire to successfully defend his title in Sunday’s Grade 2, $201,600 Connaught Cup Stakes, at Woodbine. Something Extra, trained and part-owned by Gail Cox, left the gate sharply under Eurico Rosa da Silva and never looked back en route to a 3/4-length score as the even money favourite in the […]
Something Extra set a scintillating pace and then held on strong to win Saturday’s $100,200 Mt. Sassafras Stakes, at Woodbine. The dark bay son of Indian Charlie-Our Mariah, trained by Gail Cox and ridden by Eurico Rosa da Silva, entered the seven-furlong ‘Poly’ sprint off a considerable layoff. Something Extra’s prior start was a 2 […]
Something Extra, under a sparkling ride by Eurico Rosa da Silva, made every pole a winning one to capture Sunday’s Grade 2, $154,200 Connaught Cup, at Woodbine. The seven-furlong event marked the first added-money score for the four-year-old son of Indian Charlie, owned by John Menary in partnership with trainer Gail Cox. Something Extra won […]
