Robert Masterson’s Tepin, currently based at Saratoga in New York, put in her final work for Saturday’s Woodbine Mile this morning covering four furlongs in :49.71 on the turf training track. “Today was an easy half-mile. All her big works have been completed and this was just a maintenance type work. We didn’t put her […]
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Chaplain Shawn Kennedy is a hands-on kind of man. Hands-on with horses and hands-on with horse people. The 59-year-old shepherd of the Woodbine backstretch, who has guided many a steed down victory lane while race riding earlier in his career, for the past decade has been guiding and supporting the lives of backstretch workers who […]
Just Be Kind, under a heads-up ride by Jim McAleney, wore down 7-5 favorite Let It Ride Mom to register a mild upset in Saturday’s $128,500 Ontario Debutante Stakes at Woodbine. Just Be Kind was trained to her second career victory by Reade Baker, who also owns a piece of the undefeated filly with Richard […]
Tower of Texas, seventh in last year’s edition of the Woodbine Mile, will be looking to significantly better that placing when he returns for the September 17th renewal. “We sort of semi-blamed the turf, which was a little soft,” said Roger Attfield, who trains the 5-year-old Tower of Texas for Thomas Van Meter II and […]
Robert Masterson’s Tepin headlines a probable field of nine for the Grade 1 $1-million Ricoh Woodbine Mile, to be held Saturday, September 17, at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto. Tepin, a five-time Grade 1 winner and the Eclipse Award champion grass mare of 2015 known as the ‘Queen of the Turf’, brings a seven-race win streak […]
Robert Harvey’s Calling Rhy Rhy, expertly handled by Alan Garcia, answered the call with a powerful front-running performance in Sunday’s $150,000 Jammed Lovely Stakes, at Woodbine. Calling Rhy Rhy, trained by Roger Attfield, avenged her Duchess Stakes loss to Jammed Lovely rival Tiz Imaginary with a prominent effort in Sunday’s seven furlong sprint for Ontario-bred […]
Moonlit Promise, under confident handling by Gary Boulanger, made every pole a winning one in Saturday’s $131,500 La Lorgnette Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Josie Carroll for owner-breeder Hill ‘n’ Dale Equine Holdings Inc., Moonlit Promise secured her first added-money score with a front-running effort in the 1 1/16-mile Tapeta route, which was reduced to […]
Wednesday night’s Canadian Millions Sales Stakes program at Woodbine was highlighted by a pair of scores for jockey Rafael Hernandez and a stirring effort by Melmich to defend his OLG Elgin title. The lucrative card, restricted to horses entered in past local Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (CTHS) Yearling Sales, featured six stakes worth $900,000 in […]
CTHS Yearling Sale graduate Shake Down Baby, sold privately over the winter to Cheyenne Stables, made a successful return to Canada to win Sunday’s $127,000 La Prevoyante Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Christophe Clement, the Wando bay arrived at the one-mile turf event for Ontario-sired sophomore fillies from a narrow nose defeat in the turf […]
Six Yearling Sales Stakes, worth more than $900,000, will be staged Wednesday evening at Woodbine. Sponsored by Ontario Lottery & Gaming (OLG), the six stakes, annually showcasing Canadian-bred yearlings purchased at previous Canadian Premier Yearling Sales, will feature two-year-olds and three-year-olds and upward competing in both Tapeta and turf events in a night billed as […]
Midnight Miley made every pole a winning one in Saturday’s Grade 3 $150,600 Seaway Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Julia Carey for Little Red Feather Racing, the four-year-old Midnight Lute bay proved that turning back in distance from her front-running route in the Grade 3 Ontario Matron was no issue at all with yet another […]
Garland Williamson’s Camp Creek struck front in mid-stretch and went on to notch a 1 ¼-length win in the 126th running of the $500,000 Breeders’ Stakes, third jewel in Canada’s Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, Sunday at Woodbine. The son of Dunkirk, making his first appearance in the Triple Crown series, came into the race […]
Gestut Brummerhof’s Messi, expertly handled by Edgar Prado, kicked clear to a comfortable score in Sunday’s co-featured $204,400 Grade 2 Sky Classic Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Graham Motion, the six-year-old New Approach chestnut was making his first start in Canada in the 1 1/4-mile turf event for three-year-olds and upward. Messi, winless since making […]
Janice Attard’s Glenville Gardens, the longest shot on the board at 12-1 under Gary Boulanger, notched his first graded stakes win in Saturday’s $215,600 Grade 2 Play the King Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Sid Attard, the dark bay son of Street Cry arrived at the seven furlong turf sprint for three-year-olds and upward from […]
A field of 11 Canadian-bred three-year-olds will do battle Sunday at Woodbine in the $500,000 Breeders’ Stakes, the third jewel of Canada’s Triple Crown of Racing. The 126th edition of the Breeders’, at one and one-half miles over the E.P. Taylor Turf Course, will be televised live on TSN (1,3,4) in HD from 4:30 p.m. […]
