Thirteen three-year-olds foaled in Canada have been entered in Sunday's Queenston Stakes at Woodbine and nine fillies go in the Fury on June 10.
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Kalik, Mission of Joy and Simcoe have had big wins recently to move up the contender's lists for the big races for Canadian-breds.
Great training jobs and a little luck go a long way in the world of horse racing, just ask Josie Carroll and Nigel Burke.
Both graded stakes races on Saturday were won by Live Oak Plantation horses trained by Mark Casse and piloted by Patrick Husbands.
The Grade 3 Eclipse has lured a competitive field of older horses including Kentucky-based Wolfie's Dynaghost.
The current Queen of Racing in Canada will meet eight other gals in the 1 1/16 mile Grade 3 at Woodbine on June 3rd.
It was quite an afternoon on May 29 for leading rider Kazushi Kimura, who rode four winners while trainer Kevin Attard saddled three.
The small fields of weekly races at Woodbine have been replaced by larger fields and grass racing this weekend.
It was an exciting finish in the $116,000 King Corrie Stakes on Sunday at Woodbine, while Plate eligible Kaukokaipuu wins big.
The holiday weekend at Woodbine features two stakes races for three-year-olds eyeing the Woodbine Oaks and King's Plate.
Ilium Stables' Anarchist, making his Woodbine and Tapeta surface debut, was a big winner in the $150,000 Jacques Cartier Stakes May 14.
The Grade 3 Whimsical Stakes was a procession for Our Flash Drive and Ontario trainers Catherine Day Phillips and Mike Dunslow are red hot.
Our Flash Drive will be odds-on in the Grade 3 Whimsical Stakes on May 13, while the Grade 3 Jacques Cartier is wide open.
Katarina Vassilieva saddled two winners on May 7 including the impressive Rondure while Martin Drexler hits the top.
Woodbine Oaks contender Tito's Calling was an impressive winner on the first Friday afternoon card of racing for 2023.
