Woodbine newcomer Daring Duchess led from start to finish over 1-1/2 miles on the E.P. Taylor Turf Course to take the $100,000 Flaming Page Stakes.
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Win the War returned to action after a layoff to win the $100,000 Duchess Stakes, the first of three stakes carded on Saturday at Woodbine Racetrack.
Way to Versailles arrived in the final stride to collar Smiling Causeway in Sunday’s $175,000 Grade 2 Royal North Stakes, at Woodbine.
Pink Lloyd, Canada’s reigning Horse of the Year, returned to form with a powerful stretch run to defend his title in the $150,000 Grade 3 Vigil Stakes.
Gary Barber’s sophomore filly Got Stormy delivered on her pari-mutuel promise in the $125,000 Ontario Colleen on Saturday at Woodbine Racetrack.
A handful of youngsters will step into the stakes spotlight for the first time this Saturday in the $100,000 Victoria Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack.
Santa Monica overtook stablemate Inflexibility by a comfortable half-length and give trainer Chad Brown a 1-2 finish in Saturday’s Dance Smartly Stakes.
Long On Value tracked down Lady Alexandra in Saturday’s Highlander Stakes, a Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” event, on the Queen’s Plate undercard.
Ride a Comet, under Patrick Husbands, tracked down a freewheeling El Tormenta to take the Charlie Barley Stakes on Queen’s Plate Saturday at Woodbine.
Delta Prince rallied resolutely on the outside under Javier Castellano for a going-away 1 ¾-length victory in Saturday’s $182,350 King Edward Stakes.
Telekinesis, who achieved a solid victory in the 1 1/8-mile Plate Trial on June 9th, looms as the one to beat in Saturday’s $1 million Queen’s Plate.
Fairy Hill will headline the $100,000 Lady Angela stakes which kicks off the Queen’s Plate Festival a weekend-long celebration of horse racing.
Cooler Mike, who will be looking to give his trainer his first stakes win in the Queen’s Plate this weekend, is the homebred who nearly got away.
Alternative Route has lived up to his name, as his final prep for the Queen’s Plate came in the Grade 3 Arlington Classic over 1 1 /16 miles of turf.
Be Vewy Vewy Quiet will try turf for the first time in the $100,000 Bold Ruckus, a six-furlong race for Ontario-sired three-year-olds.
