The 49th Sovereign Awards was a smash success and a big night for Mark Casse and his trainees who took home many awards.
Gary Barber
The Jockey Club of Canada will celebrate 2023 racing across Canada and help usher in the new seasons for 2024.
It was a big weekend for Canadian-bred horses with three stakes winners and a handy romp for the King's Plate hero of 2023.
King's Plate winner had his first workout as a four-year-old at Casse Training Center on Jan. 3 and voters get ready to pick 2023 champions.
Gary Barber has had another stellar year with his horses at Woodbine, close to a career best, and Palazzi could be another SW.
Top Canadian juvenile by-passes Breeders' Cup to run for $250,000 in prestigious Cup & Saucer; rain could make turf soft.
"Get out and buy an Ontario-bred" said trainer Phil Hall, one of four trainers, along with four owners, to win the Yearling Sales Stakes.
Bought for $21,000 by Mike Langlois, Paramount Prince, now co-owned by Gary Barber and trained by Mark Casse, wins Plate.
New owner Mike Langlois and longtime leading owner Gary Barber celebrated a surprise win by Paramount Prince in the Plate Trial.
The gelding was coming off a five-month layoff and received a nice ride by Jose Morelos in a race that was moved from the turf to the Tapeta.
The December 3rd card at Woodbine features two Ontario-sired stakes races including the Shady Well Stakes for fillies.
Candy Overload and jockey Sahin Civaci captured the Grade 2 Kennedy Road Stakes at Woodbine on November 27.
Gary Barber's Champion 3-year-old of 2021 cruised to a big win in the 1 1/8 mile Grade 3 for his fourth career win in 10 races.
The probable champion 2-year-old colt of 2021 is headed to Aqueduct Racetrack in New York to try the dirt in the Grade 3 on Feb. 5.
Raroma Stables' 3-year-old filly completed a dream year on Halloween while Gary Barber's Frosted Over was the hunch bet for the Ontario Derby.