John Unger’s Strut the Course scored an authoritative 6 1/2-length win in Monday’s $125,000 Eternal Search Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Barb Minshall, the bay daughter of Strut the Stage arrived at the 1 1/16-mile ‘Poly’ stake off a rallying third-place finish in the Bison City Stakes. Laughing Falcon led the field of three-year-old fillies […]
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Paso Doble rallied from just off the pace to capture Monday’s $125,400 Shepperton Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Mark Casse for Centennial Farms Inc, Paso Doble settled in mid-pack under Eurico Rosa da Silva from the outside post and kicked on strong down the lane to win the 6 1/2-furlong ‘Poly’ sprint. Spirit Warnings broke […]
On Rainbow Bridge stalked the early pace of Making It Happen before surging to victory down the lane in Saturday’s $125,000 Nandi Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by David Cotey for Triple K Stables, the dark bay daughter of Bold Executive arrived at the six furlong ‘Poly’ stake off a decisive score in the Shady Well […]
Bulldog Racing’s Alpha Bettor stormed down the rail to capture Saturday’s Grade 3 $150,000 Seagram Cup, at Woodbine. Trained by Dan Vella, the bay son of Alphabet Soup successfully defended his Seagram Cup crown with an energetic stretch run under regular rider Justin Stein. Ultimate Destiny, declared a refunded non-starter by the stewards after his […]
Five Iron made every pole a winning one to capture Saturday’s $127,750 Toronto Cup, at Woodbine. Five Iron, a chestnut son of Sharp Humor trained by Brian Lynch, came into the 1 1/8-mile turf stake off a front-running score in the Victoria Park Stakes and found that same style to be a winning one in […]
Nikkis Smartypants survived a speed duel with Little River to take Sunday’s Grade 3 $175,500 Royal North Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Bob Tiller for owner Ben Hutzel, the Ontario-bred daughter of Smarty Jones made her turf debut a memorable one with a determined effort in the six furlong sprint for fillies, three-years-old and upward. […]
Rei, one of two starters to be saddled by trainer Mark Casse, will look to make his first stakes start a winning one in Saturday’s $125,000 Toronto Cup, at Woodbine. Rei, a chestnut son of 2005 Woodbine Mile champ Leroisdesanimaux, comes into the 1 1/8-mile turf event for three-year-olds, off a rallying second-place effort in […]
J.R. Racing Stable’s Go Greeley made all the fractions to notch his first stakes win in Saturday’s $140,000 Colin Stakes, at Woodbine. Go Greeley, a dark bay son of Horse Greeley trained by John Ross, was an impressive maiden winner at first asking, and just missed last time out after a troubled start when defeated […]
Gary Barber’s Sisterly Love, confidently handled by Eurico Rosa da Silva, once again made every pole a winning one while capturing the featured $151,500 Ontario Matron Stakes Saturday at Woodbine. The Grade 3, mile and one-sixteenth affair for fillies and mares drew just seven, but once the field turned for home, after Sisterly Love opened […]
So Long George, a 10-1 longshot, made the grade with his first added-money score in Sunday’s Grade 2 $216,000 Grade 2 Nijinsky Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by John Charalambous for Uphill Stable, So Long George arrived at the Nijinsky off a closing fourth-place run in the Grade 2 King Edward Stakes won by Nijinsky rival […]
Essence Hit Man successfully defended his Grade 3 $168,000 Bold Venture title with a familiar front-running performance in Woodbine’s Wednesday night feature. Essence Hit Man, twice named Canada’s champion sprinter, came into the 6 1/2-furlong ‘Poly’ stake off a narrow 1/2-length defeat to Laugh Track in the Grade 3 Vigil Stakes. However, there would be […]
Tucci Stables’ Midnight Aria, with Jesse Campbell, went right to the front in Canada’s most famous horse race, the Queen’s Plate, and proceeded to wire his rivals, desperately hanging on to defeat favoured Up With the Birds by a diminishing half-length Sunday at Woodbine. The final time for the mile and one-quarter classic for Canadian-bred […]
A field of 12 Canadian-bred three-year-olds for the $1 million Queen’s Plate, Canada’s most famous horse race, Sunday at Woodbine.
The 154th edition of the single greatest horse race and show on Canadian soil goes this weekend live on CBC with the Queen’s Plate, running this Sunday at 4:30 p.m. ET (1:30 p.m. PT) from Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto. The Queen’s Plate is the longest continually run stakes race in North America and the first […]
Ontario Racing Commission Manager of Veterinary Services Dr. Adam Chambers announced that all restrictions placed on horses stabled in Woodbine’s Barn 1 are now removed, effective June 26 2013. The restrictions on Barn 3 horses were lifted on June 19th. The last time a horse in Barn 1 tested positive was June 12, 2013. Twice […]
