Woodbine's fifth-leading rider (and moving quickly to the top) rides in his homeland in the winter and has a contender in the big race.
Woodbine 2025
Woodbine's leading trainer won three races at Gulfstream on Jan. 1, including a stake, plus another stake at Oaklawn.
Check out these 2025 images from horse lovers and ace photographers who are generous with their time and images.
There is still quite a bit going on with Canadian horses and people as 2025 slowly slides into a new year and Thoroughbreds celebrate a birthday.
Hernandez led all jockeys, Mark Casse took another trainer's title, and Bruno Schickedanz led all owners as 2025 Woodbine ends.
Albertans David Rowbotham, Tony Boogmans and Rodney Carpenter celebrated another stakes win by their Ontario-sired gal.
Four of the last eight winners of the Steady Growth Stakes have been won by sons of Giant Gizmo. Can Lac Macaza make it five?
Woodbine is offering a mandatory payout of the High 5 wager on Dec, 13 and the carryover is almost $270,000.
A CTHS Ontario yearling sale success story, Hurricane Clair will be tough to beat in the restricted La Prevoyante Stakes on Saturday.
A deft ride by jockey Daisuke Fukumoto in the Valedictory got three-year-old Hammerhead his second career win, first stakes win.
Rafael Hernandez, Pietro Moran, Devon Gittens, Dale Desruisseaux, Danny Yu, Maximum Fifty, Little Teddy are names for the year.
Eight of the last nine Valedictory Stakes have been won by horses trained by Mark Casse, Marty Drexler, or Kevin Attard.
From popular stakes winners Ron's Gizmo and Mid Day Image to a promising two-year-old, it was a bad week for horses.
Piper's Gift kept a streak going with an easy win in the Princess Elizabeth and longshot Fire and Wine stuns in Coronation.
A $57,000 yearling purchase from breeder Kingview Farm, the Silent Name (Jpn) juvenile overcame track kickback and an inside bias.
