Trillium Stakes

Minks Aprise Stole the Show in Trillium

Minks Aprise, making her second start for the barn of trainer Roger Attfield, rallied smartly on the outside for a going-away one length victory in Sunday’s $100,000 Trillium Stakes, at Woodbine. The Trillium, a 1 1/16 mile race for fillies and mares, attracted a field of 10 and Minks Aprise was a lukewarm 5-2 favorite. […]

Defending Champion Checkered Past Retains Crown in Trillium

Never dismiss a defending champion. Saturday at Woodbine, Sam-Son Farm’s homebred Checkered Past came into the co-featured $116,400 Trillium Stakes on a two-race losing streak, well beaten in both outings. And even though she was listed at only 3-1 in the morning line, she went postward at 9-1. With jockey Eurico Rosa da Silva biding […]

Checkered Past Topples Trillium Field

Sam-Son Farms’ homebred Checkered Past swept past Royal Fury with a swift move to capture Saturday’s $112,600 Trillium Stakes for fillies and mares, at Woodbine. Trained by Malcolm Pierce and patiently ridden by Eurico Rosa da Silva, Checkered Past earned her first stakes win while maintaining a perfect record in four starts travelling 1 1/16-miles […]

Sisterly Love goes gate to wire in Trillium

Sisterly Love broke alertly and never looked back en route to an emphatic score in Saturday’s $133,000 Trillium Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Mark Casse for owner Gary Barber, Sisterly Love was hustled to the lead in the 1 1/16-mile ‘Poly’ stake setting splits of :24.88 and 49.07 under jockey Eurico Rosa da Silva and […]