Joshua Tree, piloted by renowned jockey Frankie Dettori, made every pole a winning one, taking Canada’s richest horse race, the Grade 1, $1.5 million Pattison Canadian International, by a half-length over a charging Dandino, Sunday at Woodbine.

It was a record-tying third International win for Dettori, who previously scored with Mutafaweq in 2000 and Sulamani in 2004. Robert Watson also won three Internationals, from 1942-44, but that was before the event became a turf race in 1958.

It was also the second International win for Joshua Tree, who notched the 2010 edition when trained by Aidan O’Brien, as he joined George Royal (1965-66) and Majesty’s Prince (1982, 1984) as the only two-time winners of the race since 1958. He entered as the field’s leading money winner, with over $2.2 million and earned an additional $900,000 for his front-running effort on Sunday.

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