After some bitterly cold December days, the final day of the 2024 Woodbine season was a tough milder for the 13-race card
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BC-born Sahin Civaci won the Woodbine rider's title after 127 racing dates, while Mark Casse took another trainer's award.
A patient ride by Rafael Herandez saw the son of Giant Gizmo make a wide stretch move to claim the $100,000 Steady Growth Stakes.
Family was the theme at Woodbine on Saturday, with many horse-loving groups gathering to celebrate their horses and some wins.
Ontario-sired older horses Secret Reserve and Ron's Gizmo headline the final stakes race of the 2024 season.
Injured in a multi-horse spill in late November, one of Canada's top riders has announced his retirement from the saddle.
There were 25 different trainers who won the 35 races last week at Woodbine. The season ends Sunday, December 15.
Classy Get Smokin made it look easy in the 70th Valedictory Stakes for leading trainer Mark Casse and leading jockey Sahin Civaci.
The year-end feature stakes race has a good field of marathoners tackling 1 1/2 miles on Tapeta on Saturday.
There are two weeks remaining in the 2024 Woodbine season; last week was a good one for Rafael Hernandez, Fraser Aebly and Martin Drexler.
The colt launched a late charge to grab one of Saturday's two $250,000 features, which marked trainer Josie Carroll's third Coronation win.
From Nov. 9 to Nov. 29, a rash of fatal breakdowns at Woodbine has caused great concern among horsepeople and fans.
A super field of 12 will compete in the biggest race for Canadian-bred juvenile fillies on Saturday at Woodbine.
Sunday Nov. 24 was a rollercoaster day with a nice stakes win by Al and Bill Ulwelling's juvenile colt, but another breakdown on the track.
George Weaver and Randy Hill's Pop Idol is a three-time winner and now stakes winner as a two-year-old at Woodbine this year.
