An eventful weekend at Woodbine that included a salute to a retiring Champion, a hot streak by McKnight, and a new candidate for Champion 2yo Filly.
Josie Carroll
Three-year-old filly Gamble's Candy, making her stakes debut, wins a speed battle on her way to victory for owner and breeder Ivan Dalos
Woodbine Entertainment has released an updated list of Canadian-bred 3-year-olds eligible for the 160th running of the $1 million Queen’s Plate on June 29.
The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame has announced the people and horses being inducted in 2019, in the Thoroughred and Standardbred categories.
Veteran horse conditioner Josie Carroll is being inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame amongst a superb fleet of Thoroughbred trainers.
Ivan Dalos’ homebred Avie’s Flatter captured the $225,000 Coronation Futurity for Canadian-foaled two-year-olds on Sunday at Woodbine Racetrack.
Avie’s Flatter cruised to a 5 1/4-length score in the 82nd running of the Cup and Saucer Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack on Sunday afternoon.
With a well-timed stretch run, favourite Gamble’s Ghost prevailed by a neck in the $125,000 Ontario Matron Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack.
Gamble's Ghost, patiently handled by Eurico Rosa da Silva, rallied six-wide down the lane to capture Sunday's $140,000 Grade 3 Trillium Stakes at Woodbine.
Multiple graded stakes winner Gamble’s Ghost will be looking to add another win to her resumé in this Sunday’s $125,000 Trillium Stakes.
Ami’s Mesa, a strong contender for Canada’s Horse of the Year, made the lead at the top of the lane only to be caught in the final stride by longshot Bar of Gold in the Grade 1 $1-million Filly and Mare Sprint on Breeders’ Cup Saturday at Del Mar Racetrack in California. Owned and bred […]
While trainer Josie Carroll will be at Del Mar on Saturday with Breeders’ Cup hopeful Ami’s Mesa, a pair of her stablemates will be looking to hold down the fort back home at Woodbine in the $125,000 Maple Leaf Stakes (Grade 3). The Carroll-trained fillies Gamble’s Ghost and Involuntary headline a field of eight distaffers […]
Ami’s Mesa and jockey Luis Contreras dominated the featured $125,000 Seaway (Gr. 3) Stakes winning by open lengths on Saturday afternoon at Woodbine Racetrack. Ami’s Mesa was one of three Josie Carroll trainees in the seven furlong sprint for fillies and mares three years old and up contested on the Woodbine main. Following back-to-back wins […]
Ami’s Mesa rallied impressively down the lane to win Saturday’s Grade 3 $146,150 Ontario Matron Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Josie Carroll for owner-breeder Ivan Dalos, the four-year-old daughter of Sky Mesa won back-to-back races for the second time in her career, in taking the 1 1/16-miles Tapeta stake for older fillies and mares. Rattataptap […]
Karibu Gardens made his first stakes appearance a winning one in Saturday’s co-featured $203,200 Grade 2 Sky Classic Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Josie Carroll for owner Melnyk Racing Stables, Karibu Gardens made a menacing move in the final turn of the 1 1/4-miles turf tilt, finishing with a flourish under Luis Contreras to win […]