It has been less than a week since the 127 days of racing at Woodbine concluded, but many owners, trainers, jockeys and horses are still busy at work.
A number of owners and trainers have already set up shop at US tracks including Aqueduct, Turfway, Tampa Bay, Oaklawn, and Gulfstream. On Friday and through the weekend Mike Wright, Bill Tharrenos, Julie Mathes, Norm McKnight, Katerina Vassilieva, and Steve Chircop are among the local trainers with horses racing.
Over the next week, Bruno Schickedanz, Woodbine’s leading owner by wins and purses, has 18 horses entered at seven different tracks. One, La Gratte, races at Aqueduct on December 27 with Rafael Hernandez riding.