Both graded stakes races on Saturday were won by Live Oak Plantation horses trained by Mark Casse and piloted by Patrick Husbands.
Royal North Stakes
The current Queen of Racing in Canada will meet eight other gals in the 1 1/16 mile Grade 3 at Woodbine on June 3rd.
Plagued by troubled trips on more than one occasion throughout her career, Boardroom was finally able to call the shots with a smooth journey.
More Sunday racing from Woodbine featured two other stakes races that were each drama-filled for both winners, losers.
The Grade 3 Trillium Stakes also shares the Saturday spotlight at Woodbine; could be a battle between Amalfi Coast, Painting, and Souper Escape.
Summer Sunday kept her flawless Woodbine record intact by winning the Royal North Stakes for fillies and mares during the summer Sunday program at Woodbine.
Team Valor’s Oleksandra will look to make her Canadian debut a winning one in Sunday’s Grade 2 $175,000 Royal North Stakes, at Woodbine.
Way to Versailles arrived in the final stride to collar Smiling Causeway in Sunday’s $175,000 Grade 2 Royal North Stakes, at Woodbine.
Back-to-back Hendrie Stakes winner Code Warrior is set to contest the $175,000 Royal North Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack on Sunday.
Lady Shipman made every pole a winning one to secure her first graded stakes win in Sunday’s Grade 3 $157,300 Royal North Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Kiaran McLaughlin for owner Ranlo Investments LLC, Lady Shipman, sent to post as the 3-5 mutuel favourite, blasted out of the gate under Jesse Campbell and set splits […]
Ageless, under a perfect ride by Julien Leparoux, established a new course record while defending her title in Sunday’s co-featured $150,900 Grade 3 Royal North Stakes, at Woodbine. The six-year-old Successful Appeal-Special One bay, trained by Arnaud Delacour for owner Lael Stables, arrived at the six furlong sprint over the E.P. Taylor Turf Course for […]
Ageless held off the rallying Sky Treasure, while equaling the course record, to capture Sunday’s Grade 3 $153,700 Royal North Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Arnaud Delacour for Roy and Gretchen Jackson’s Lael Stables, the five-year-old daughter of Successful Appeal captured her third race in succession, while taking her first graded score with a determined […]
Nikkis Smartypants survived a speed duel with Little River to take Sunday’s Grade 3 $175,500 Royal North Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Bob Tiller for owner Ben Hutzel, the Ontario-bred daughter of Smarty Jones made her turf debut a memorable one with a determined effort in the six furlong sprint for fillies, three-years-old and upward. […]
