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 […]
Roger Attfield
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, […]
