Reade Baker

Will the Plate be an ‘Artie’ Party?

We Miss Artie is the first horse Ken and Sarah Ramsey will run in the Queen’s Plate as owners. They bred Queen’splatekitten, who ran in the race in 2011, but sold him privately after his second start. Queen’splatekitten finished fifth. Best known for running homebreds by their star stallion Kitten’s Joy, the Ramseys purchased We […]

Solid Appeal Repeats in Nassau

Jim and Susan Hill’s Solid Appeal arrived in the nick of time to defend her title in Sunday’s Grade 2 $213,600 Nassau Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Reade Baker and patiently ridden by Jesse Campbell, Solid Appeal was named Canada’s Champion turf female of 2013 on the back of wins in a pair of Grade […]

Jose Sea View Edges Coltimus Prime in Thrilling Display

Brereton C. Jones’ homebred Jose Sea View outdueled Coltimus Prime to capture Sunday’s $125,000 Display Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Reade Baker and ridden by Emma-Jayne Wilson, Jose Sea View engaged pacesetting Coltimus Prime down the backstretch following a half in :49.62 in the 1 1/16-mile ‘Poly’ stake and that duo battled neck and neck […]

Bear No Joke Makes the Grade in Kennedy Road

Bear No Joke surged off the rail at the top of the lane and collared a free-wheeling Essence Hit Man to capture Saturday’s Grade 2 $177,000 Kennedy Road Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Reade Baker for Bear Stables Ltd., the grey son of It’s No Joke broke sharply from the inside post under rider  and […]

Coachella Valley reaches new heights in Jammed Lovely

Coachella Valley split rivals down the lane to earn her first stakes score in Saturday’s $150,000 Jammed Lovely Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Reade Baker for Jus Luk Stables, Coachella Valley notched her third win in a row since adding blinkers to break her maiden in a $16,000 maiden claiming event on August 11. The […]

Asserting Bear Powers to Coronation Futurity Victory

Asserting Bear earned his first stakes score with a powerful stretch run to win the $250,000 Coronation Futurity. Trained by Reade Baker for Bear Stables Ltd., the bay son of Bear’s Kid-Star Guest tracked the early pace of Heart to Heart in the 1 1/8-mile ‘Poly’ stake for two-year-old Canadian-breds and kicked on down the […]

Solid Appeal Proves Best in Nassau

Jim and Susan Hill’s Solid Appeal demonstrated a tremendous turn of foot over the expansive E.P Taylor Turf Course to win Saturday’s Grade 2 $213,200 Nassau Stakes, at Woodbine. Solid Appeal, trained by Reade Baker, was provided with a stellar tactical ride by Jesse Campbell racing outside the favoured Irish Mission in the one-turn mile […]

Bear Tough Tiger Earns Graded Stripes in Kennedy Road

Bear Tough Tiger fought off stable mate Bear No Joke to earn his first stakes score in Sunday’s Grade 3, $157,000 Kennedy Road Stakes, at Woodbine. The chestnut son of Roar of the Tiger, trained by Reade Baker and ridden by Justin Stein for owner Bear Stables Ltd., sat off the early pace of Essence […]

A ‘Peak’ Performance Wins Overskate

Bear’s Peak stalked a quick early pace before swooping to victory down the lane to win the $125,800 Overskate Stakes, Saturday at Woodbine. The chestnut son of Peaks and Valleys-Royal Ascot, trained by Reade Baker for owner Bear Stables Ltd., settled in third-position down the backstretch in the seven furlong ‘Poly’ sprint as Royal Egbert […]

Wise Dan, Cityscape Top Ricoh Woodbine Mile

Morton Fink’s Wise Dan and Juddmonte Farms’ Cityscape headline a solid field of nine for Sunday’s Grade 1, $1 million Ricoh Woodbine Mile. The 16th edition of one of the premier grass races in North America will be televised live across Canada on The Score in a special two-hour presentation from 4:00 pm – 6:00 […]

Tu Endie Wei Makes the Grade in Seaway

Tu Endie Wei took the lead at the top of the lane and held on strong to win the $168,500 Grade 3 Seaway Stakes, Saturday at Woodbine. The three-year-old bay daughter of Johar-Ms. Cornstalk, trained by Reade Baker and ridden by Jim McAleney, made her return to the Polytrack a successful one following losses on […]

Hunters Bay Prevails in Dominion Day

Stronach Stables’ Hunters Bay won a stirring stretch duel with Pender Harbour to capture Sunday’s Grade 3, $208,400 Dominion Day Stakes, at Woodbine. The five-year-old son of Ghostzapper-Smok’n Frolic, trained by Reade Baker and ridden by Emma-Jayne Wilson, needed the length of the stretch to get past Pender Harbour, who was named Canada’s champion three-year-old […]

River Rush Storms to Plate Trial Triumph

Stronach Stables’ River Rush, confidently ridden by Jim McAleney, broke his maiden in style Sunday afternoon, crushing a field of Queen’s Plate hopefuls in the $150,000 Plate Trial Stakes at Woodbine in track record time of 1:48.97 for the mile and one-eighth test. Despite breaking from the outside post 11, River Rush, a 21-1 longshot, […]