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.
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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.
Woodbine’s Turf Endurance Series, offering $40,000 in bonuses to the winning connections this year, will kick off with a 1-3/8 mile first leg on July 1st.
Woodbine Entertainment Group has announced the appointment of Hugh Mitchell, president and CEO at Western Fair District, to its Board of Directors.
Pink Lloyd, winner of an unprecedented 11 straight stakes races at Woodbine, will be looking to extend that streak here in the $100,000 Shepperton Stakes.
Dixie Moon eclipsed odds-on favourite Wonder Gadot to prevail in the $500,000 Woodbine Oaks presented by Budweiser at Woodbine Racetrack.
Code Warrior successfully defended her title in the $125,000 Hendrie Stakes, winning the 68th running of the Grade 3 stakes event at Woodbine.
