Trainer Dale Desruisseaux is on a roll, as is jockey Rafael Hernandez, as they combined to win the two-year-old stakes with the Chiefswood filly.
Yorkton
Chiefswood Stable's Sovereign Award sprint finalist seeks graded stakes win on the dirt on Feb. 22 in World of Trouble Stakes
After coming second in the Grade 2 Nearctic Stakes last year, Yorkton is ready to best his rivals and win the $250,000 purse in this year’s edition.
An action-packed weekend of major stakes races attracted international attention and put iconic Sam-Son Farms back in the Grade 1 winner's circle
Yorkton, under a smart ride from Patrick Husbands, made it back-to-back wins in the $125,000 Grade 3 Bold Venture Stakes, at Woodbine on Saturday.
Multiple stakes winner Yorkton takes to the turf in Saturday’s Grade 2 $175,000 Connaught Cup Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack.
Hembree, finishing strongly under jockey Irad Ortiz Jr., was up in time to score by a neck in Saturday’s Grade 2 Nearctic Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack.
The $250,000 Nearctic Stakes, the final leg of Woodbine’s inaugural three-race Turf Sprint Stakes series, takes place Saturday.
Yorkton was no match for Pink Lloyd in two earlier meetings, but benefited from the favourite’s misfortune in the $125,000 Bold Venture Stakes.
Yorkton made the fourth start of his season the most memorable of his career, notching his first added-money score in taking Queenston Stakes, at Woodbine.
