Jenna’s Wabbit, a two-year-old son of Old Forester-In The Buff, will try for his third-consecutive added-money score in Saturday’s $125,000 Kingarvie Stakes, at Woodbine. In fact, but for a neck loss in the Clarendon Stakes on July 3, the wascally ‘Wabbit’ would be working on a five-race win streak. Still, Jenna’s Wabbit has been a […]
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Stars to Shine seized control of Saturday’s $100,000 Belle Mahone Stakes as the field came off the final turn, then sprinted away from her rivals for an authoritative victory, her first added-money triumph. After a troubled fifth-place finish in the Grade 2 Dance Smartly Stakes on July 10, Stars to Shine, a dark bay daughter […]
James Street held off a fast-closing Stunning Stag to capture Saturday’s Grade 3, $161,200 Seagram Cup Stakes at Woodbine. The four-year-old son of El Prado made his first appearance for trainer Josie Carroll a memorable one by notching his first added-money score. Court of the Realm, who came into the Seagram Cup on a five-race […]
Marketing Mix, under a patient ride from jockey Patrick Husbands, sprinted down the rail to capture Sunday’s $250,800 Wonder Where Stakes at Woodbine, the third leg of the Triple Tiara series. The 1 1/4-mile turf event is the third race in the Triple Tiara, for three-year-old fillies, foaled in Canada. Marketing Mix, a dark bay […]
Favoured Paso Doble, ridden by Patrick Husbands, took over from pacesetter Daniel Be Good turning for home, then fended off a late challenge from Dancingall Theway by a length to win the featured $125,000 New Providence Stakes, Sunday at Woodbine. Now trained by Mark Casse for Centennial Farms, Paso Doble, a five-year-old gelded son of […]
His connections certainly know what it takes to win the Queen’s Plate, Canada’s most famous horse race, which will be contested on June 26 at Woodbine. Now, Check Your Soul just has to get to the classic for his owner-breeder Charles Fipke and his Hall of Fame trainer Roger Attfield. Attfield, of course, is an […]
Eugene Melnyk’s Roxy Gap got back to her winning ways, taking Saturday’s $150,000 Fury Stakes at Woodbine by three-quarters of a length. The three-year-old daughter of Indian Charlie now has four wins from five starts and stamped herself as a major contender for the Woodbine Oaks, presented by Budweiser, on June 5. She came into […]
Essence Hit Man launched his 2011 campaign in blistering style, setting a track record of 1:08.16 for six furlongs, while taking the featured $168,000 Jacques Cartier Stakes, Sunday at Woodbine. With Patrick Husbands at the controls, Essence Hit Man, a four-year-old son of Speightstown-El Prado Essence, fired from the gate, quickly opening a three-length lead […]
