For the second time in three years, a filly trained by Kevin Attard and ridden by Rafael Hernandez has won the King's Plate.
Rafael Hernandez
D J Stable's impressive gal Bullet won the My Dear Stakes to remain undefeated while Gordon and Elizabeth Lickrish win with Gold.
Father's Day was Hernandez day at Woodbine as the rider took half the card, plus other winners from the past week.
One of Woodbine's leading riders was riding at Turfway Park in Kentucky, but has moved to New York to be with family.
It is early in 2024 but horsepeople from Canada, in particular Ontario, are getting to work and having good results.
The 2022 Horse of the Year took her first graded stakes win with aplomb, crushing rivals in the Grade 2 Canadian on Sept. 9.
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Raffi wins 3,000th race for same connections he won with for his 2,000th win; Living Magic invades for My Dear.
The homebred mare for 3 Sons Racing is the first winner for Hall of Fame trainer Robert Tiller for the 2023 season.
Hernandez got 43-to-1 shot Scat Shack up to win the first race and in race 2 steered 12-to-1 shot Tiz Susan Ann to an easy victory.
Canadian horsepeople and horses have been winning all over this winter as ship-in day to Woodbine looms in one month.
Two new Ontario-bred juvenile stakes winners began the Friday card including Dom Romeo's fourth generation filly Fashionably Fab.
Jockey didn't realize how big the Plate was when he won it as a visitor in 2015; now firmly based in Canada, he really wants to win it.
Plagued by troubled trips on more than one occasion throughout her career, Boardroom was finally able to call the shots with a smooth journey.
At Gulfstream Park on March 25, Canadian/Woodbine-based horses and horsepeople win over one-third of the nine-race card.
