Venerable turf titan Tower of Texas will look to defend his title in Saturday's Grade 2 $175,000 Connaught Cup at Woodbine.
Roger Attfield
Are You Kidding Me earned his third Eclipse Stakes title, winning the 2018 edition of the stakes event on Saturday afternoon at Woodbine Racetrack.
Three colts take top spot, all selling for $85,000 at the annual Canadian Premier Yearling Sale held at the Woodbine Sales Pavilion
Tower of Texas had double the work to do – first, collaring the leader and then holding off a hard-charging rival – to come out on top in Saturday’s $196,750 Grade 2 Connaught Cup at Woodbine. Trained by Roger Attfield and piloted by leading rider Eurico Rosa da Silva, fan favourite Tower of Texas came […]
Silver Princess, with Rafael Hernandez aboard, assumed control in mid-stretch and fended off all challengers to take Saturday’s Lady Angela Stakes
Good Better Best earned his first stakes score with a determined stretch run in Wednesday’s $125,000 Elgin Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Roger Attfield for owner Harlequin Ranches, the five-year-old son of Best of the Bests sat just off the pace of favoured Ultimate Destiny in the 1 1/16-mile ‘Poly’ stake, was roused into contention […]
On Saturday, Woodbine Racetrack will play host to the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony honouring some of Ontario’s finest athletes. The star-studded event kicks off at Woodbine’s trackside tent at 11 a.m. Inductees include former world heavyweight boxing champion Lennox Lewis; dual horse racing hall of fame trainer Roger Attfield; world figure skating […]
The Horsemen’s Benevolent Protective Association of Ontario is pleased to announce that the members have elected a new Board of Directors
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 […]
On Friday, trainer Roger Attfield will be inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame at a ceremony held at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. The induction ceremony is available via the National Museum of Racing’s live stream on Woodbine’s website at www.woodbineracetrack.com, starting at 10:30 a.m. Attfield’s segment […]
Trainer Roger Attfield, with eight Queen’s Plate wins, is tied with Harry Giddings Jr. for most visits to the winner’s circle in the ‘Gallop for the Guineas’ and the conditioner is hopeful that Colleen’s Sailor can break the deadlock. “It would mean a whole lot,” said Attfield, of the opportunity to hold the record outright. […]
Roger Attfield an honoured member of the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame was further honoured with the announcement of his election to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame located in Saratoga, New York. Attfield who is based at Woodbine in Toronto won his first race in Canada in 1972, has saddled […]
Eight-time Queen’s Plate-winning trainer Roger Attfield, who is based at Woodbine Racetrack, Ghostzapper, the 2004 Horse of the Year, jockey John Velazquez and conditioner Robert Wheeler, have been elected to the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame. The class of 2012 will be inducted on Friday, August 10, in Saratoga Springs, New York, at […]
Charles Fipke’s homebred Perfect Shirl, trained by Roger Attfield, surged to the lead in deep stretch to win the $2-million Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf at Churchill Downs. Perfect Shirl, who was a finalist for a Sovereign Award as Turf Female in 2010, had yet to win this year in six starts while racing […]
Woodbine-based Perfect Shirl stormed down the stretch to take the Filly & Mare Turf event at the Breeders’ Cup World Thoroughbred Championships at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. It is an excellent topper for the Hall of Fame career of Woodbine icon, trainer Roger Attfield, who saddled the horse for owner-breeder Charles Fipke of Kelowna, […]