Not many are afraid of Woodbine Oaks winner Luster, as 11 may be entered against her for the 167th King's Plate, to be drawn on Tuesday.
Rachel Halden
Trainer Rachel Halden had the three-year-old Kentucky-bred poised to peak in her third start of the season to take the Grade 3 event.
Frank Romeo of Terra Racing Stable steps into the Chief Steward role for one year following the passing of Doug Anderson.
Ontario-bred three-year-old gelding beat a solid field of maidens at Keeneland on April 11 and quickly tops King's Plate list.
The late-developing Chiefswood gelding takes his first stakes win with a last-to-first run in the Grade 3 for three-year-olds.
The King's Plate and Prince of Wales winners will take a pass on the 1 1/2 mile Breeders' Stakes on the inner turf course.
Trainer Rachel Halden was encouraged by the way Aristella trained on the grass and gave the hard-trying filly a chance.
Saturday's featured race at Woodbine has a few Woodbine Oaks hopefuls getting a start on their journey to the July 20 classic.
Flying Zee Racing Stables' Aristella won an oddly-run Princess Elizabeth Stakes at Woodbine on a very cold and windy day.
The OLG Canadian Triple Crown wraps up on Sunday with a small field, minus the King's Plate and Prince of Wales winners.
The four-year-old gelding, bred by the late Robert Harvey and ridden by Kazushi Kimura, nipped the speedy Silent Reserve at the wire.
Hall of fame trainer Mark Casse talks Sovereign Award finalist Gretzky the Great; trainer Rachel Halden looks back on 2020 Woodbine season.
Pay for Peace overtook favourite Federal Law in mid-stretch to pull off a 19-1 upset in the $125,000 Plate Trial Stakes on Saturday afternoon at Woodbine.
Chiefswood Stable homebred Niigon's Eclipse took command down the back straight en route to winning Sunday's $196,350 Grade 2 Nassau Stakes at Woodbine.
Nipissing, an impressive two-year-old daughter of the recently deceased Niigon, kept her perfect record intact with a smart stalking trip to take Sunday’s $125,000 South Ocean Stakes. The Chiefswood Stable homebred, trained by Rachel Halden and ridden by Steve Bahen, settled in third-position in the 1 1/16-mile ‘Poly’ stake before swooping to the lead en […]
