Dragon Bay, under Gary Boulanger, denied Sovereign Award champion Are You Kidding Me a third straight Eclipse Stakes crown, eking out a neck triumph in Saturday’s $180,250 Grade 2 feature at Woodbine on May 20th. Trained by Stuart Simon, who also co-owns with Brett and Russell McLellan, the Parading gelding held on gamely against a […]
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London Tower dug in gamely down the lane to turn back the challenge of Galina Point and win Wednesday night’s $125,400 Eternal Search Stakes, at Woodbine. London Tower, a homebred daughter of Head Chopper owned and trained by Steve Owens, broke slowly in all three of her starts this meet, but overcame the issue in […]
Seffeara stalked a hot early pace en route to capturing Saturday’s $125,000 off-the-turf Bold Ruckus Stakes, at Woodbine. Owned and bred by Empress Stables, nom de course for the outfit headed by trainer Steve Owens, his wife Beverly and their young daughter, Emma, Seffeara tempered his trademark early speed under a patient ride by Gary […]
John C. Oxley’s Lockout rallied wide down the lane to capture Saturday’s $212,800 Grade 2 Connaught Cup, at Woodbine. Trained by Mark Casse and patiently ridden by Gary Boulanger, Lockout overcame a six-month layoff to win the seven furlong sprint over an E.P. Taylor Turf Course rated as ‘good.’ Dimension missed the break and Conquest […]
John Oxley’s Sky Treasure rallied from near the back of the pack in a 12-horse field to capture Saturday’s $211,200 Grade 2 Nassau Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Mark Casse, the five-year-old Sky Mesa chestnut earned her first added-money score with a determined drive under Gary Boulanger in the one-mile tilt over a firm E.P. […]
Zazinga posted a powerful front-running performance to capture Saturday’s $125,000 La Prevoyante Stakes, at Woodbine. The long-striding chestnut made her stakes debut a winning one, setting splits of :23.29 and :45.85 in the one-mile turf tilt for Ontario-sired sophomore fillies, opening up a 3 1/2-length lead at the top of the lane under Gary Boulanger […]
Making a belated seasonal bow, Eugene Melnyk’s homebred Sovereign Award-winning Leigh Court couldn’t have been more impressive, wiring nine rivals in the featured $155,600 Grade 3 Seaway Stakes, Sunday at Woodbine. With Gary Boulanger at the controls for trainer Josie Carroll, Leigh Court, a four-year-old daughter of Grand Slam-Padmore, rattled off quick fractions of :23.16 […]
John C. Oxley’s Dixie Twist, expertly handled by Gary Boulanger, broke her maiden in style in Saturday’s $139,000 Ontario Debutante Stakes, at Woodbine. Dixie Twist, bred in Ontario by Josham Farms Limited and trained by Mark Casse, arrived at the six furlong ‘Poly’ sprint for juvenile fillies from a troubled second-place run in the Shady […]
Wild Catomine outdueled Hot and Spicy and the favoured Lexie Lou in a spirited three-pronged stretch run to capture Saturday’s $150,400 Fury Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Mark Casse for owner John Oxley, Wild Catomine arrived at the seven furlong ‘Poly’ stake for three-year-old Ontario-bred fillies off of a winning debut on April 19 in […]
Lexie Lou turned the tables on Princess Elizabeth Stakes champ Paladin Bay with a powerful front-running performance to capture Sunday’s $125,000 South Ocean Stakes, at Woodbine. Lexie Lou, owned and trained by John Ross, arrived at the 1 1/16-mile ‘Poly’ stake off a length loss to Paladin Bay in the $250,000 Princess Elizabeth with a […]
Eugene Melnyk’s Leigh Court made every pole a winning one to capture Saturday’s $128,250 La Lorgnette Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Josie Carroll, the dark bay daughter of Grand Slam-Padmore entered the 1 1/16-mile ‘Poly’ stake off of consecutive added-money scores in the Duchess and grassy Grade 3 Ontario Colleen Stakes. Gary Boulanger has piloted […]
Lexie Lou, who lost a stretch-long battle by a nose to favoured On Rainbow Bridge, was awarded victory in the $200,000 Muskoka Stakes for two-year-old fillies, Wednesday night at Woodbine Racetrack. The stewards ruled that On Rainbow Bridge and jockey Skye Chernetz had bumped Lexie Lou and Gary Boulanger several times while slightly drifting, resulting […]
Eugene Melnyk’s Leigh Court made every pole a winning one to capture Saturday’s $150,700 Grade 3 Ontario Colleen Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Josie Carroll, the dark bay daughter of Grand Slam-Padmore came into the one-mile turf stake off an impressive 5 1/2-length score in the main track Duchess Stakes. Leigh Court, a half-sister to […]
Rei, one of two starters to be saddled by trainer Mark Casse, will look to make his first stakes start a winning one in Saturday’s $125,000 Toronto Cup, at Woodbine. Rei, a chestnut son of 2005 Woodbine Mile champ Leroisdesanimaux, comes into the 1 1/8-mile turf event for three-year-olds, off a rallying second-place effort in […]
The 2013 live Thoroughbred racing season begins Saturday at Woodbine, the first of 133 programs slated for the year. A total of 87 horses were entered Wednesday for the Opening Day 10-race card, which begins at 1:00 p.m., highlighted by the featured $150,000 Star Shoot Stakes, at six furlongs for three-year-old fillies at 4:36 pm. […]
