Reagan's Flame invades Woodbine and wins the Grade 3 Whimsical, while Plate winners' showdown goes to Paramount Prince.
Sahin Civaci
Champion Woodbine jockey Sahin Civaci, now based in New York, returns to ride one of the main contenders in the first stakes of the season.
The 2024 Sovereign Award-winning jockey is reportedly leaving Woodbine as soon as next week to ride full time in the US.
Rail post and trip was ideal for Chesney and Hoffman gelding who was ridden by Sahin Civaci for trainer Martin Drexler.
At this point, it appears a field of 12 will break from the starting gates in the $1 million Canadian-bred classic on August 16th.
The Marty Drexler trainee pushed past last year’s King’s Plate winner Caitlinhergrtness to win the Grade 3 contest by half a length.
A surge in the late stretch saw the Candy Ride daughter, piloted by Sahin Civaci, overtake rivals to win ahead of Somethinabouther and It Ain’t Two.
There were many impressive maiden winners at Woodbine during the past week and maybe even one who could pop into the King's Plate.
Catch up on the latest news about Moira, Woodbine's leading rider Sahin Civaci, and the Tapeta track at Woodbine.
Norm McKnight is 13 wins away from 1,000 and Canadian-breds and Cdn horsepeople are picking up wins here and there.
Canadian jockey could have a Kentucky Oaks contender after guiding Stud TNT's filly, trained by Wesley Ward, to victory in the Busanda.
The Ontario-bred won the Clarendon Stakes in his most recent start for Al and Bill Ulwelling and trainer Kevin Attard.
Woodbine's 2024 season recently ended, but already plenty of local horsepeople are back in the entries in tracks in the U.S.
BC-born Sahin Civaci won the Woodbine rider's title after 127 racing dates, while Mark Casse took another trainer's award.
George Weaver and Randy Hill's Pop Idol is a three-time winner and now stakes winner as a two-year-old at Woodbine this year.
