Charles Fipke’s lightly-raced Check Your Soul will get the acid test on Sunday at Woodbine when he goes postward as one of the choices in a field of nine Canadian-bred three-year-olds for the $150,000 Plate Trial Stakes. It’ll be his biggest challenge to date, when he’ll be facing, amongst others, Bear’s Chill, winner of the […]
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Early Look at Sunday’s Woodbine Oaks (8) Horse – Owner – Trainer – Jockey Abrianna – Stronach Stables – Roger Attfield – Javier Castellano Bear It’s Time – Bear Stables Ltd. – Reade Baker Indefinite Grand Style – G. W. Humphrey Jr. – Mike Doyle – Eurico Rosa da Silva Inglorious – Donver Stable – […]
Longshot Fifty Proof, confidently handled by Justin Stein, took over from odds-on Exhi around the far turn, then powered away to a half-length score over Don Cavallo in the featured $171,900, Grade 3 Eclipse Stakes, Saturday at Woodbine. The imposing five-year-old gelded son of Whiskey Wisdom shadowed the Todd Pletcher-trained, Javier Castellano-ridden Exhi throughout the […]
Favoured Paso Doble, ridden by Patrick Husbands, took over from pacesetter Daniel Be Good turning for home, then fended off a late challenge from Dancingall Theway by a length to win the featured $125,000 New Providence Stakes, Sunday at Woodbine. Now trained by Mark Casse for Centennial Farms, Paso Doble, a five-year-old gelded son of […]
Queen’splatekitten, trained by Todd Pletcher, made his return to Woodbine an impressive one, taking Saturday’s $171,600 Marine Stakes, and solidifying his status as a major contender for next month’s Queen’s Plate. Eurico Rosa da Silva rode the dark bay son of Kitten’s Joy, who broke his maiden with a 5 ¼-length score at the Toronto […]
Bear Stables’ filly Bear It’s Time took Holiday Monday’s $125,000 Lady Angela Stakes at Woodbine, perhaps setting her up for a date in next month’s Woodbine Oaks. Under jockey Luis Contreras, the daughter of Philanthropist sat comfortably off the early pace before blowing past the leaders en route to a 5 ¼-length score. Sinister Quill, […]
Six of the world’s top female riders, including Woodbine’s own Emma-Jayne Wilson, will compete in the inaugural $30,000 Pimlico Female Jockey Challenge on Friday’s Black-Eyed Susan Day at Pimlico Race Course. The challenge is part of The People’s Pink Party, a combined effort between Pimlico and Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the world’s largest […]
Six horses, including the aptly-named Queen’splatekitten, are set to go postward in Saturday’s featured $150,000 Marine Stakes at Woodbine. Owned by Mill House and trained by Todd Pletcher, Queens’platekitten, a dark bay son of Kitten’s Joy, will make his third start at the Toronto oval and sixth overall, having launched his career with two races […]
Fares Farm’s Embur’s Song made a triumphant return to Woodbine, rallying smartly to capture Saturday’s Grade 3, $182,500 Hendrie Stakes on a rainy afternoon in Toronto. The four-year-old daughter of Unbridled’s Song, who contested three races at Woodbine in 2010, seized command from Whimsical Stakes winner Wildcat Marie at the eighth-pole, and easily fended off […]
Donver Stable’s Inglorious, with Luis Contreras aboard, stamped herself as the favourite for the upcoming Woodbine Oaks, presented by Budweiser, with a commanding performance in Sunday’s $180,000 La Lorgnette Stakes. Trained by Josie Carroll, Inglorious, sent postward the 3-5 choice in the field of seven three-year-old fillies, was reserved in sixth for most of the […]
Bear’s Chill threw caution to his three-year-old Canadian-bred rivals heading towards the Queen’s Plate after dominating Saturday’s $150,000 Queenston Stakes at Woodbine. The seven-furlong Queenston is traditionally a key prep for the $1 million Plate, first gem in Canada’s Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, which is set for June 26 at Woodbine this year. On […]
Janice Attard’s Stunning Stag, with Gerry Olguin aboard, collared pacesetter Essence Hit Man at the sixteenth pole and went on to a three-length score in the featured $174,900 Grade 3 Vigil Stakes, Sunday at Woodbine. Trained by Sid Attard, Stunning Stag, an Ontario-bred seven-year-old gelded son of Running Stag-Midday Fun, was making his seasonal debut […]
Emile Ramsammy, who has been one of North American racing’s most consistent, resilient and successful jockeys, was today named the 2011 recipient of the Avelino Gomez Memorial Award. Born December 11, 1962, Ramsammy first made a name for himself in his native Trinidad, hailed as one of the best jockeys the Caribbean has ever produced. […]
His connections certainly know what it takes to win the Queen’s Plate, Canada’s most famous horse race, which will be contested on June 26 at Woodbine. Now, Check Your Soul just has to get to the classic for his owner-breeder Charles Fipke and his Hall of Fame trainer Roger Attfield. Attfield, of course, is an […]
Eugene Melnyk’s Roxy Gap got back to her winning ways, taking Saturday’s $150,000 Fury Stakes at Woodbine by three-quarters of a length. The three-year-old daughter of Indian Charlie now has four wins from five starts and stamped herself as a major contender for the Woodbine Oaks, presented by Budweiser, on June 5. She came into […]
