Queen’splatekitten, the 3-1 morning line favourite in Sunday’s $500,000 Breeders’ Stakes, third leg in Canada’s Triple Crown, at Woodbine, has been scratched from the race. Trainer Todd Pletcher communicated the colt’s status to the Woodbine race office on Friday morning. Pletcher said he is not completely happy with how Queens’platekitten, who was prepping for the […]
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Bill and Vicki Poston’s Jenny’s So Great won Monday’s Grade 3, $150,000 Royal North Stakes at Woodbine. The Gregory De Gannes trainee was last of 11 at first call as Wildcat Marie and True Religion sparked an early pace duel in the six-furlong turf tilt, but Jenny’s So Great rallied energetically down the E.P. Taylor […]
Buongiorno Johnny, who faltered in the late stages of his debut, redeemed himself with a determined stretch run to hold off stablemate Maritimer in Sunday’s $150,000 Vandal Stakes at Woodbine. The one-two punch were bred by Howard Walton and race in Walton’s Norseman Racing Stable silks for trainer Sid Attard. Everyday Dave, who arrived at […]
Marketing Mix, under a patient ride from jockey Patrick Husbands, sprinted down the rail to capture Sunday’s $250,800 Wonder Where Stakes at Woodbine, the third leg of the Triple Tiara series. The 1 1/4-mile turf event is the third race in the Triple Tiara, for three-year-old fillies, foaled in Canada. Marketing Mix, a dark bay […]
Windward Islands was a resplendent repeat winner of Sunday’s Grade 2, $300,000 Nijinsky Stakes, at Woodbine. Ridden by Emma-Jayne Wilson for trainer Mark Frostad, Windward Islands, at 7-2, collared the favoured Fifty Proof, at the midpoint of the long E.P. Taylor Turf Course, to notch his first win of the 2011 campaign. Hailstone was third. […]
Fares Farm LLC’s Embur’s Song led wire-to-wire to take Sunday’s $150,000 Ontario Matron Stakes at Woodbine. The 1 1/16-mile event was the fourth consecutive stakes score for the four-year-old daughter of Unbridled’s Song, who also won the Grade 3 Doubledogdare at Keeneland, the Grade 3 Hendrie at Woodbine and the Windward Stakes at Presque Isle […]
Due to the extreme heat conditions in the greater Toronto area, Thursday afternoon’s live Thoroughbred racing card at Woodbine has been cancelled. Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) management made the decision to cancel this morning after consulting with the Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association (HBPA) and the Ontario Racing Commission veterinarians. Toronto is expected […]
Banner Bill continued an undefeated run to start his career with a determined performance in Saturday’s $150,000 Colin Stakes at Woodbine. Owned by R Plus Partners and trained by Ralph Biamonte, the son of Rockport Harbour survived an awkward step at the top of the stretch to put away Town Prize with a surging rail […]
The 76th running of the $500,000 Prince of Wales Stakes, the 1 3/16-mile dirt race and second leg of Canada’s Triple Crown Series for Canadian-bred three-year-olds, will be held on Sunday, July 17 at Fort Erie Racetrack, with the notable absence of Queen’s Plate-winning filly Inglorious. The filly, who took both the Woodbine Oaks and […]
Never Retreat captured Sunday’s Grade 2, $300,000 Dance Smartly Stakes at Woodbine. The Chris Block trainee stalked the front-running War Tigress down the backstretch making the half in a swift :48.37. Mekong Melody, who won the 2010 edition of this event, followed that duo closely along with No Explaining and Stars to Shine. The favoured […]
Amiable Grace, under Emma-Jayne Wilson, made it two straight wins in taking the seven-furlong, $112,400 Sweet Briar Too Stakes, on Friday, Canada Day, at Woodbine. A four-year-old bay daughter of Alphabet Soup, trained by Mike Doyle and owned by Windhaven, Amiable Grace, at 8-1, fended off a trio of rivals, including champion and multiple stakes […]
Stronach Stables’ Don Cavallo seized control just after the half-mile mark and then strode away with ease to take Friday’s Grade 3, $201,600 Dominion Day Stakes at Woodbine. For the Roger Attfield-trained son of El Prado, the performance was his second score (along with two seconds) in five 2011 starts. It was also his first […]
Donver Stable’s Inglorious, the only filly in the field of 17 three-year-olds, charged down the stretch to win the $1 million Queen’s Plate, Canada’s most famous race, by two and one-half lengths over 61-1 longshot Hippolytus, Sunday at Woodbine. Ridden by Luis Contreras and trained by Josie Carroll, Inglorious, the 9-2 third choice, became the […]
Check Your Soul, Queen’splatekitten and Inglorious top a field of 17 Canadian-foaled three-year-olds for the $1 million Queen’s Plate, Canada’s most famous horse race, Sunday at Woodbine. The 152nd edition of the Plate, the oldest continuously run stakes race in North America, will be televised live on CBC-TV in HD (High Definition) in a special […]
The $150,000 Victoria Park Stakes for three-year-olds Sunday at Woodbine was to be a battle amongst highly-regarded imports Twinspired, Newsdad and Burj Alzain. Instead, the mile and one-eighth feature turned into a rousing stretch battle between two locals who fought the length of the stretch before Moonshine Mullin prevailed by a nose over Alpha Bettor. […]
