Frank Barroby has been chosen as the 2019 recipient of the Avelino Gomez Memorial Award for his contributions to the sport of horse racing in Canada.
Woodbine
Eight-time Sovereign Award-winning jockey Patrick Husbands piloted Global Access to the win in the Grade 3 Marine Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack.
Secret Message came flying late to reel in runaway leader Starship Jubilee down the stretch in Sunday’s one-mile Grade 2 Nassau Stakes at Woodbine.
Eurico Rosa Da Silva will team up with Skywire in the Grade 3 $125,000 Marine Stakes and Pink Lloyd in the $125,000 Greenwood Stakes at Woodbine.
Trainer Mark Casse completed a sweep of the Victoria Day long weekend stakes at Woodbine as Souper Tapit prevailed in the Eclipse Stakes.
Some of the top contenders for Canada’s most famous horse race, the Queen’s Plate, will go postward in the $125,000 Queenston Stakes, Sunday at Woodbine.
Queen’s Plate-eligible Bold Script chases her second lifetime added-money title in Saturday’s Grade 3 $125,000 Selene Stakes, at Woodbine.
Mark Casse trainees swept the top three spots in the $125,000 Fury Stakes for Canadian-bred three-year-old fillies at Woodbine Racetrack.
After announcing his retirement in 2016, jockey Justin Stein will resume riding and competing in the sport he loves this weekend at Woodbine Racetrack.
Intanga Rose will chase her first added-money score in the Fury Stakes, which headlines a fillies and mares only racing program at Woodbine.
Red Cabernet is aiming for a win for trainer Ian Black and owner Piano Bar Racing, in Saturday’s $100,000 Ballade Stakes, at Woodbine.
Multiple stakes champion and 2017 Canadian Horse of the Year Pink Lloyd makes his seasonal debut in the $125,000 Jacques Cartier Stakes, at Woodbine.
Corduroy Road, bred and owned by Frank Di Giulio Jr., makes his added-money debut in Saturday’s $100,000 Woodstock Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack.
Long-time jockey Patrick Husbands is back in the irons this weekend at Woodbine Racetrack after sustaining a broken pelvis last November.
Sister Peacock and jockey Jesse Campbell led gate-to-wire in Sunday’s $100,000 Star Shoot Stakes for three-year-old fillies at Woodbine Racetrack.