Two Ontario sired stakes for two-year-olds and a couple of nifty maiden races bring out some of the buzzworthy juveniles.
Woodbine 2024
Breeders' Stakes winner Roscar will switch surfaces and shorten up for the Grade 3, meeting US-breds Dresden Row and Swift Delivery.
Pick 5 carryovers and huge payoffs, fast times and high-percentage trainers and riders are the topics in recent days at Woodbine.
Maiden Thundering won the Display Stakes in his second career start at 10-to-1 for longtime owners Dastur Racing.
Ontario-bred A Game takes the Grade 3 Ontario Fashion Stakes at 48-to-1 for owner Mark Dodson and trainer Josie Carroll.
King's Plate winner Caitlinhergrtness makes her first start since her big win in the Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Keeneland on Saturday.
The incredible rise of another Frank DiGuilio and Robert Tiller-trained sprinter continues with Patches O'Houlihan.
The final graded stakes weekend of the Woodbine 2024 season includes four stakes on Saturday and the prestigious Cup & Saucer Sunday.
The three-year-old trained by Lorne Richards acted up in the paddock but was all business in a surprise win in the Grade 3 event.
Ontario-sired and -bred gelding seeks his third straight graded win, while trainer Mark Casse has set a stakes record at Woodbine.
The OLG Canadian Triple Crown wraps up on Sunday with a small field, minus the King's Plate and Prince of Wales winners.
Many of the small stables and riders not quite at the top of the charts did the best work last week at Woodbine.
Vitality, the Prince of Wales Stakes winner, and the filly Hurricane Clair will be the top contenders in the marathon event.
Mark Casse-trained fillies ran 1-2-3 in Natalma and British colts New Century and Al Qudra dominated the Summer.
It was a massive day for Canadian-bred horses across the country, and David Moran rode for his injured son Pietro.
