Both winners on the grass at Woodbine on Saturday earned a fees-paid berth in $1 million Breeders’ Cup races.
Summer Stakes
The two Grade 1 races for two-year-olds have attracted horses from Europe and the US to tackle the locals for a chance at the Breeders' Cup.
Several starters on Future Stars Friday used races at Woodbine to prepare for their Breeders' Cup journey including Summer winner Albahr.
Trainer Charlie Appleby sent three horses from England to Woodbine's Turf Festival and won with all three with Frankie Dettori riding.
Canadian, American and European juveniles will compete for Grade 1 wins and a ticket to the Breeders' Cup at Del Mar.
Ontario-bred Gretzky the Great and Kentucky-bred Lady Speightspeare are likely headed to the fanless Breeders' Cup at Keeneland in November.
Locals get a chance to win a ticket to the Breeders' Cup at Keeneland in November in the Summer and Natalma Stakes on the grass.
Kentucky-bred colt headed to Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf following exciting victory at Woodbine in Grade 1 test on the turf
Both the Natalma Stakes and Summer Stakes will be run at Woodbine this weekend as part of the Breeders’ Cup Challenge “Win and You’re In” series.
A talented field of two-year-olds will be vying for a guaranteed spot in the Breeders’ Cup later this fall as they face off in the $250,000 Summer Stakes.
Untamed Domain, racing with blinkers for the first time, overcame a less than ideal start and rallied relentlessly under jockey Joe Bravo
Count Alexander caught the cognoscenti napping in his opener here, scoring a handy four-length victory over six furlongs of turf at 14-1. On Sunday, the “Count” could be up to the challenge as he faces a solid contingent of three U.S. shippers and four other locals in the Grade 2, $200,000 Summer Stakes at one […]
Good Samaritan, invading from New York for trainer Bill Mott, trailed early but swept to the front in midstretch en route to a going-away victory here in Sunday’s Grade 2, $204,600 Summer Stakes. In winning the Summer, Good Samaritan earned a fees-paid berth in the Grade 1, $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf, which will […]
After winning the Natalma with an 8-1 shot Catch a Glimpse an hour earlier, trainer Mark Casse came back two races later to take the $226,400, Grade 2 Summer Stakes, another Breeders’ Cup Win and You’re In event, with an even bigger longshot, 15-1 Conquest Daddyo, Saturday at Woodbine. Ridden for the first time by […]
Conquest Stables’ Conquest Typhoon, with Patrick Husbands, capped a dream day for his connections with an authoritative win in the $234,800 Summer Stakes for two-year-olds. The victory in the Breeders’ Cup Win and You’re In event meant that the owner, jockey and trainer Mark Casse will be well represented at the Breeders’ Cup. Earlier in […]
