The champion two-year-old colt of 2023 returned to his home track and easily won the King Corrie Stakes at seven furlongs.
Woodbine 2024
Woodbine celebrated Patrick Husbands' 30 years of race riding on May 18 and he answered with the stakes win.
Florida-based horse racing lover has shipped a stable of horses to one of his favourite tracks, Woodbine, with trainer Martin Drexler.
King's Plate hopefuls Piper's Factor and Roscar perform well, while the first juvenile race goes to an Ontario-bred.
Jockey Ellis was absent from North American racing for 16 years but is back and on a roll; old-timer Lapochka hanging in.
Woodstock Stakes winner Midnight Mascot makes the King's Plate list, as does mate Essex Serpent, both owned by the Conrads.
Play the Music and Candy Overload won the weekend stakes, while many different owners and trainers won other races.
Kentucky native Elliott Logan's TEC Stable and his Woodbine trainer Martin Drexler won the Modesty Stakes on Kentucky Oaks day.
Graded stakes-winning mares battle in the Saturday feature at Woodbine; track hosts Kentucky Derby party on May 4.
Sunday's races at Woodbine were won by speedsters including Conrad Farms' Midnight Mascot, who took the Woodstock.
Sofia Vives won her first stakes race and four other races on opening day at Woodbine, which saw a record $4.5 million wagered.
The 129-day Woodbine meeting begins this weekend with a couple of good stakes races and a ceremony for the community garden.
The first of 129 racing cards at Woodbine will be drawn Wednesday and right off the bat there should be some nice races to get things started.
C2 Racing Stable, owners of superstar horse White Abarrio, will have a few horses with Martin Drexler and Saffie Joseph at Woodbine.
Opening weekend at Woodbine, April 27 and 28, has two sprint stakes and the entrants could be exciting three-year-olds.
