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Silent Sonet Soars in La Prevoyante

Silent Sonet, a troubled third in her last start, rewarded the faith of her backers here Sunday with an emphatic 6 ¼-length victory in the $125,000 La Prevoyante Stakes. The La Prevoyante a one-mile turf race for Ontario-sired 3-year-old fillies, attracted a field of eight and Silver Sonet ruled as the 1-2 favorite under new […]

Yorkton Rebounds in the King Corrie Stakes

Chiefswood Stable’s Yorkton rebounded from a troubled start in an Arlington stakes event last month with a dominant performance back at Woodbine in the $100,000 King Corrie Stakes for three-year-old sprinters on Labour Day Monday. Reunited with jockey Jesse Campbell, Yorkton broke well from post five to take the lead at the start and raced […]

Tesseron Takes the Lead in Turf Endurance Series

Tesseron took the lead in the point standings of the Woodbine Turf Endurance Series with a victory in the 1-1/2 mile second leg on Saturday afternoon. Starting from the outside post 10, Tesseron and jockey Emma-Jayne Wilson followed outside mid-pack before sweeping up as the field moved into the stretch and hauling down race leader […]

Conquest Panthera Prevails in Play the King Stakes

Conquest Panthera and jockey Patrick Husbands collared the front-running Dowse’s Beach just before the finish line to win the $175,000 Play the King Stakes (Gr. 2) featured on Saturday afternoon at Woodbine Racetrack. Owned by Gary Barber and trained by Mark Casse, Conquest Panthera prevailed in 1:21.20 in the seven furlong turf stakes event for […]

Glenville Gardens to Reign Again in Play the King Stakes?

Glenville Gardens is back to defend his title in the $175,000 Play the King Stakes (Gr. 2) for the race’s leading trainer Sid Attard on Saturday, Aug. 19 at Woodbine Racetrack. After pulling off a 12-1 upset in last year’s Play the King Stakes, Glenville Gardens will be aiming to become the fifth horse to […]

Can Entwistle go the Distance?

A winner in the first leg of Woodbine Racetrack’s inaugural Turf Endurance Series, Entwistle will be aiming to keep his lead in the point standings as the series continues this Saturday, Aug. 19. The points-based series will see competitors accumulate points over four races run at extended distances on Woodbine’s world-renowned E.P. Taylor Turf Course. […]

Extra! Extra! Final Copy Meets Toronto Cup Deadline

Final Copy delivered Hall of Fame conditioner Roger Attfield his first Toronto Cup Stakes, winning the $119,400 co-feature, Sunday at Woodbine. Bred and owned by Chiefswood Stables, Final Copy, a three-year-old son of Malibu Moon, wore down slight favourite Conquest Lemonraid in the late going of the 1 1/8-mile one-turn event over the E.P. Taylor […]

Glamanation Fashions Shady Well Win

Glamanation broke her maiden in style, taking Sunday’s co-featured $125,000 Shady Well Stakes, at Woodbine. Owned and trained by Mike Doyle, the daughter of Point of Entry-Golden Scarf came into the 5 ½-furlong Tapeta sprint for Ontario-bred juvenile fillies off a fourth-place effort to Dream It Is in the My Dear Stakes on June 24. […]

Enstone Rocks in Bison City Stakes

Enstone, ridden by Patrick Husbands, fended off mutuel favourite Mythical Mission to win the $225,000 Bison City Stakes, Sunday at Woodbine. The mile and one-sixteenth Bison City, the second leg of the Triple Tiara for Canadian-foaled three-year-old fillies, was missing Holy Helena, who made front-page news, literally, after winning the Woodbine Oaks on June 11 […]

Woodbine Allows Additional Ship Outs

Woodbine has amended its stall policy to allow Thoroughbred owners/trainers to seek additional racing opportunities at tracks other than Woodbine Racetrack