Sam-Son Farms-bred five-year-old gelding blossomed into a Grade 2 winner at Woodbine this year for trainer Kevin Attard.
Santa Anita
There is still quite a bit going on with Canadian horses and people as 2025 slowly slides into a new year and Thoroughbreds celebrate a birthday.
Sam-Son-bred earns a free berth to the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf at Del Mar in November with her big win.
Journalism's victory in the Grade I $500,000 Santa Anita Derby solidified his status as the top three-year-old in the US.
Three significant three-year-old stakes races in the south, west and east have Kentucky Derby hopefuls seeking victories.
Alberta-bred is a multiple champion and 13-time winner and she will get her biggest test at Santa Anita on January 19.
Mother Nature is showing everyone who is boss currently, with severe weather including high winds that have spread fires in California.
A promising young Ontario-bred has a sharp debut and longtime Woodbine trainer Steve Owens wins at Gulfstream Park.
Kentucky-bred from champion Canadian mare wins Grade 1 at Santa Anita at 37-to-1 in her first race since April.
The December 26 card at the California track features a number of graded stakes races with the Grade 1 Malibu the highlight.
The Argentine champion was recently purchased by the new Wathnan Stable which also won the Lukas Classic last weekend with Hit Show.
After the dust settles Saturday and the final three stepping-stone races for the Kentucky Derby are run, the picture could become clearer.
Newgate wins the Santa Anita Handicap for Starlight Racing and partners, Imagination edges stablemate Wine Me Up in San Felipe Stakes.
Kentucky-bred filly is from the champion Canadian broodmare Galloping Ami, dam of young Canadian stallion Amis Gizmo.
Muddy tracks played a role in Derby prep upsets, while the most impressive winner in California is not Derby eligible.
