"He's an unbelievable horse" said jockey Rafael Hernandez about Live Lucky who remained unbeaten with his Lake Superior win.
Kevin Attard
What this year's Woodbine Oaks lacks in quality does present a fascinating betting race for handicappers.
Canadian Horse of the Year was making her first start of the year against five Chad Brown-trained turf mares.
Ba Dee Yah, War Painter and Hurricane Clair top Oaks while Plate contenders look around for prep races other than the Plate Trial.
Canada's Horse of the Year of 2022 has been piling on the training miles and will make her 2024 debut in the Grade 1 Diana July 13.
Ten of the top fillies who could be in the Woodbine Oaks on July 20 are ranked by Canadian Thoroughbred and it is an eclectic group.
There is plenty of early speed in the Clarendon field; another $150,000 stakes, the Shady Well, is also on the card.
Jockeys Eswan Flores and Leo Salles scored the biggest wins of their Canadian careers on Nov. 25 on Canadian juveniles.
The Breeders' Cup World Championships begin Friday and 14 races will be run over two days at Santa Anita in California.
Colebrook Farms' gelding wins Overskate and Terra Racing's Fashionably Fab wins the Eternal Search for Ontario-sired horses.
Kentucky-bred filly took on the boys and won for trainer Kevin Attard and X-Men Racing 3, Madaket and SF Bloodstock.
Two young Ontario sires got their first stakes winners at Woodbine Sept. 24 and Canuck Racing Club also has first SW.
Justin Stein rides back-to-back winners of this event as Fort Erie sets wagering records, topping $3.48 million for the Tuesday card.
The 2022 Horse of the Year took her first graded stakes win with aplomb, crushing rivals in the Grade 2 Canadian on Sept. 9.
Wickenheiser is made for the race as her full sister Season Ticket won it in 2015; field of eight has two maidens in the field.
