Casson won his second stakes race with a steady score in the King Corrie Stakes at Woodbine but don't look for him on the King's Plate trail.
Pietro Moran
There will be a few new faces in the riders' room when Woodbine gets underway on April 18 and many familiar ones.
Woodbine's second-leading rider of 2025 and the Eclipse Award winning Apprentice might not return to Woodbine for 2026.
Third win for Attard of 2026, while Gittens and owner Bruno Schickedanz finally get their first win over the dirt at Aqueduct.
Popular young rider finished a close second in the Woodbine jockey standings in 2025; Sovereignty named best horse, Nitrogen best filly.
Canadian rider finished second in the Woodbine standings in 2025 and is in line to win his second Sovereign Award for Outstanding Apprentice.
Apprentices Xarel Forde and Pietro Moran have started off winter in the US with a bang; some Canadian-owned or -bred horses to watch.
Rafael Hernandez, Pietro Moran, Devon Gittens, Dale Desruisseaux, Danny Yu, Maximum Fifty, Little Teddy are names for the year.
For the second straight week, poor fall weather in southern Ontario halted racing at Woodbine, but Sid Attard won with three horses.
Mansetti, the newest King's Plate winner, heads to Fort Erie for the Prince of Wales next, bettors are tripping out.
Allowed to set his own tempo out of the gate, Mansetti went slow on the lead and then darted away to win the 166th King's Plate.
In a historic first, father and son jockeys David and Pietro Moran will compete against each other in the King’s Plate on Saturday.
Day 2 of the 2025 Woodbine Thoroughbred season was held under nicer conditions and the favourites continued to roll in.
It was a massive day for Canadian-bred horses across the country, and David Moran rode for his injured son Pietro.
The Niagara Stakes was the seventh win in 24 races for Lac Macaza; plus other Saturday winners at Woodbine.
