BC-born Sahin Civaci won the Woodbine rider's title after 127 racing dates, while Mark Casse took another trainer's award.
Mark Casse
Classy Get Smokin made it look easy in the 70th Valedictory Stakes for leading trainer Mark Casse and leading jockey Sahin Civaci.
The year-end feature stakes race has a good field of marathoners tackling 1 1/2 miles on Tapeta on Saturday.
A super field of 12 will compete in the biggest race for Canadian-bred juvenile fillies on Saturday at Woodbine.
With stakes races on tap almost each weekend at Woodbine, it is important to revisit some of the famous horses who have won these events.
The Canadian champion has found a cozy spot to strut his stuff in Churchill Downs' Grade 3 turf stakes race worth $300,000.
The re-scheduled Autumn Stakes (G2) had its distance changed for this year from 1 1/16 miles to 1 1/8 miles.
Mark Casse-trained fillies Elysian Field and Stormcast won Grade 3 stakes at Woodbine on Saturday, but breakdowns ended the card early.
Moira, Patrick Husbands, Kevin Attard and Mark Casse are in action at the 41st Breeders' Cup at Del Mar racetrack.
Over 200 horses have been entered in 14 races for the Nov. 1 and 2 Breeders' Cup, with just a single Canadian-bred entered, Moira.
Jayson and Courtney Horner and Gary Barber's juvenile colt may try Juvenile Colts Turf at Del Mar on Nov. 1.
The two-year-old filly by Medaglia D'Oro won Woodbine's Catch a Glimpse Stakes and goes for the Miss Grillo Stakes.
Ontario-sired and -bred gelding seeks his third straight graded win, while trainer Mark Casse has set a stakes record at Woodbine.
The Silent Name (Jpn) colt, named for a famous Canadian naval officer, ran fast in his Bull Page Stakes win on Sunday at Woodbine.
Mark Casse-trained fillies ran 1-2-3 in Natalma and British colts New Century and Al Qudra dominated the Summer.
