Morton Fink’s Wise Dan and Juddmonte Farms’ Cityscape headline a solid field of nine for Sunday’s Grade 1, $1 million Ricoh Woodbine Mile. The 16th edition of one of the premier grass races in North America will be televised live across Canada on The Score in a special two-hour presentation from 4:00 pm – 6:00 […]
Luis Contreras
Seen It All Before angled off the rail in the stretch run and powered home a length and a half winner of the $125,000 Vice Regent Stakes over the E.P Taylor Turf Course, Sunday at Woodbine. The Colebrook Farms homebred, a chestnut son of Niigon-A Familiar Face, entered the 1 1/16-mile Vice Regent off a […]
It’s Gail, under a strong ride by Luis Contreras, stormed to the lead in deep stretch to win the $125,000 Eternal Search Stakes, Sunday at Woodbine. The chestnut daughter of Niigon-Bob’s Choice, trained by Bob Tiller for owner Rolph A. Davis, closed swiftly down the lane and survived a claim of foul from Justin Stein, […]
Prince Raphael, a three-year-old son of Shakespeare, will not contest Sunday’s 153rd running of the Queen’s Plate. Owned by Cristina and Oslen Belle, and Doug Reddington, trained by Debbie England and to have been ridden by Richard Dos Ramos, Prince Raphael fashions a record of one win and two thirds from four career starts. “He […]
Pender Harbour, who captured the Prince of Wales and Breeders’ Stakes last year en route to being named Canada’s champion three-year-old male, was an impressive winner of Sunday’s $125,000 Steady Growth Stakes, at Woodbine. With the $75,000 first-place pot, Pender Harbour pushed his career earnings over the $1-million mark. Ridden by Luis Contreras for trainer […]
Prospective, who clipped heels in a troubled trip in May’s Kentucky Derby, overcame a stumbled start to capture Sunday’s $153,300 Victoria Park Stakes at Woodbine. The John Oxley colt, trained by Mark Casse and ridden by Luis Contreras, faced three rivals in the mile and one-eighth event over the Polytrack, after the scratch of Malibu […]
Domenic Triumbari’s Blues Dancing went gate-to-wire to capture her first added-money score in Sunday’s $125,000 Lady Angela Stakes, at Woodbine.
Incredicat, bred in Ontario by co-owner Kinghaven Farms, led at every call in Saturday’s $118,200 Wando Stakes, at Woodbine. The Discreet Cat-Lady Auchamore colt, making his first start going two turns, settled comfortably on the lead for jockey Luis Contreras making the half in :49.79 with Perfect Tay stalking from second position. Incredicat maintained a […]
The Jockey Club of Canada is pleased to announce the winners of the 37th Annual Sovereign Awards for excellence in 2011 presented earlier this evening at Woodbine Race Track in Toronto. OUTSTANDING JOCKEY Luis Contreras OUTSTANDING APPRENTICE JOCKEY Ryan Pacheco OUTSTANDING TRAINER Mark Casse OUTSTANDING OWNER IN CANADA – TIE Dover Stable, Glenn Todd & […]
Prospective, conditioned by Woodbine’s leading trainer Mark Casse and ridden to victory by Woodbine’s leading rider Luis Contreras, all but stamped his ticket for the Kentucky Derby with a strong stretch run in Saturday’s Grade 2, $350,000 Tampa Bay Derby. The dark bay son of Malibu Moon-Spirited Away, owned by John C. Oxley, wore […]
The year-end drama had played out well before Sunday’s huge 13-race season-ending card at Woodbine, but many of the magical moments of the meet were no less historic. Mark Casse set records in both major training categories. It was a fifth straight training title and sixth overall for Casse, who won 119 races, shattering the […]
Jockey Luis Contreras, who recently became just the second rider in the history of Woodbine to win 200 races in one meet, recorded another impressive feat, most purse earnings in a Woodbine season, a mark he set on Thursday afternoon. Contreras, who won the 2011 Woodbine Oaks and Queen’s Plate with Inglorious, as well as […]
Jockey Luis Contreras, currently leading the Woodbine standings, won his 200th and 201st races of the campaign, guiding Frank Di Giulio’s undefeated three-year-old filly Anywhere to victory in Friday afternoon’s seventh race and Mr. Monty to a triumph in the eighth. Contreras, who won the 2011 Woodbine Oaks and Queen’s Plate with Inglorious, as well […]
Norseman Racing Stables’ Maritimer blew past his rivals in early stretch to take Sunday’s $250,800 Coronation Futurity at Woodbine. The Sid Attard trainee rallied from mid-pack after opening splits of :24.38 and :49.25 in the 108th edition of the race to prevail by 2 ¼ lengths over Menlo Castle. Hampstead Heath was third. The son […]
Pender Harbour became the first horse in six years to capture two-thirds of Canada’s Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing when he out-nodded Celtic Conviction at the wire in the 121st edition of the Breeders’ Stakes, Sunday at Woodbine. The son of Philanthropist was ridden to the nose victory by Luis Contreras, who made history becoming […]
