A. A. Azula’s Arch, Melmich and Pumpkin Rumble give trainer Kevin Attard a top-notch trio in Grade 3 Valedictory Stakes at Woodbine this weekend.
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Woodbine has announced that the 160th running of the $1 million Queen’s Plate, first jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown, will be held June 29, 2019.
My Silencer goes after his second straight stakes score in his second start when he takes on five rivals in the Kingarvie Stakes at Woodbine.
Moonlit Promise successfully defended her title in the $175,000 Bessarabian Stakes (Grade 2) defeating a field of 13 distaffers on Sunday at Woodbine.
Wet weather has forced Woodbine to move scheduled turf races to the Tapeta surface for the time being. They will monitor conditions for future races.
Bob Brooks has won the $100,000 Capture the Classic Challenge – an interactive promotion which asks fans to predict the winners of select races.
A two-year-old daughter of Court Vision, Notice Me, sets her sights on her first added-money triumph in the $100,000 South Ocean Stakes at Woodbine.
Dancing Doll, an Ontario-bred two-year-old daughter of Artie Schiller, makes her stakes debut in Sunday’s $100,000 Glorious Song, at Woodbine.
Trainer Andrew Smith and owner Joey Gee Thoroughbreds will send out a one-two punch of Line of Vision and Stormy Summer for La Prevoyante Stakes.
The final sections of sod were laid last week completing the new seven-furlong Kentucky Bluegrass turf course at Woodbine Racetrack.
Two-year-old colt Solidify was the stakes star of Woodbine’s second annual Grey Day on Sunday, as he won the $125,000 Grade 3 Grey Stakes.
The aptly-named Gray Phantom defeated a field of fellow gray and roan coloured horses in the second annual $50,000 Grey Handicap at Woodbine.
Arthur’s Pass, trained by Don MacRae, looks to win the second edition of the $50,000 Grey Handicap, which takes the spotlight at Woodbine this Sunday.
Devine Mischief, the first Canadian starter for trainer Joe Sharp, won the Ruling Angel Stakes in a thrilling three-horse conclusion at Woodbine.
Gary Barber’s Lookin to Strike was kept in striking distance of the leader throughout most of the Grade 3, $126,750 Ontario Derby, before seizing the lead.