Edison Wins the 85th Running of the Canadian Derby

you're listening to an article from canadian thoroughbred.com. edison wins the 85th running of the canadian derby. rico walcott rode edison to victory this afternoon in the 85th running of the canadian derby at northlands park racetrack & casino. this is rico’s second consecutive canadian derby championship following last year’s victory on broadway empire. trainer robertino diodoro and owners fouad el kardy, bob butz and rick running rabbit watched as edison, from several of same connections as last year’s winner broadway empire, delighted fans by winning the canadian derby with 5-2 odds. coming in second place was remembertobreathe ridden by ryan pacheco and trained by sylvea gregory and in third place was private money game ridden by damario bynoe and trained by linda kropius. below are the results from the three stakes races run on the card:. advertisement scroll to continue with content the 44th running of the city of edmonton distaff horse: tempered sapphire jockey: rico walcott trainer: rod cone. the northlands marathon leg one horse: short memo jockey: rico walcott trainer: robertino diodoro. the 53rd running of the westerner stakes horse: killin me smalls jockey: ruben lara trainer: ernie keller. the last six editions of the canadian derby have broken the $1-million dollar wagering mark. this year, wagering reached $1,257,544.