American owners grabbed both graded stakes races held at Woodbine on July 18 and Kazushi Kimura rides first graded winner.
Woodbine 2020
Trainer Martin Drexler won a pair of races, Just Run With It dropped a 45-to-1 bomb, and noses to win were the order of the day.
The Woodbine racetrack community is helping out horseperson April LeBlanc, who suffered a serious injury recently when bringing a horse to a race.
Five trainers, 3 riders won their first races of the 2020 Woodbine season on Thursday while Hitters Park knocked one out of the stadium.
Jockey Antonio Whitehall has certainly made a statement in Winnipeg, winning at 29% of his races at Assiniboia, 36 wins from 126 mounts.
A fast Ontario-sired first-timer wins big and beginners to keep an eye out for in the coming days including Canadian sales toppers.
100 was a significant number for some while the dense heat and humidity finally began to fade. Those of note last week were jockey Luis Contreras and 3 Sons.
Lots of purse money to go around to all the different winners who took races on July 9 at Woodbine as the hot temperatures continue.
Coronation Futurity winner Halo Again has returned to Woodbine for Americans Willis Horton and Winchell Farms, trainer Steve Asmussen.
The week's fastest horses in Canada who won races and a little this and that about a whole lot of short races on the turf on the weekend.
Thursday racing at Woodbine was highlighted by Pink Lloyd, but jockey Carl DeFreitas made his own headlines with his Daily Double sweep.
Three-time champion sprinter returns as an 8-year-old and surges to 2-length win in Grade 3 for his 23rd career victory on June 25.
Recent winner at Churchill Downs will have a stern test with multiple stakes winner Amalfi Coast ready to bounce back from troubled run.
Jean Elizabeth loves to visit Woodbine; Emma-Jayne and Raffie on rolls as the high heat and humidity settles over four days of Woodbine racing.
Premier Doug Ford is expected to outline Stage 1 of a gradual re-opening of businesses in Ontario which will include horse racing.
