Pinkie wins his 24th stakes race and rain plays havoc with turf racing at Woodbine on the weekend; check out the weekend wrap.
Horse Racing News
The latest match-up between top 3-year-olds Hot Rod Charlie and Midnight Bourbon was a thriller at Parx racetrack.
Woodbine had to cancel its September 23rd card due to heavy rain on the Tapeta, but two stakes races on Saturday are good to go.
Sam-Son Farm sells some of its last yearlings, Anderson Farms continues to get good prices through nine sessions at Keeneland September.
Ontario-bred colt bypassed the Queen's Plate and Prince of Wales Stakes to try $1 million Derby at Parx racetrack.
The huge stakes-packed weekend was topped by a record Ricoh Woodbine Mile handle; Woodbine Mohawk Park also saw an increase.
Canadian International winner galloped to a big win in the Grade 1 while locally trained Primo Touch lands a solid third.
A strapping chestnut son of Value Plus sold by Billy and Shirley Matier topped the sale at $32,000, purchased by Don Knight and Don Danard.
Trainer Charlie Appleby sent three horses from England to Woodbine's Turf Festival and won with all three with Frankie Dettori riding.
Brandon Greer and his father Terrance have raced a small stable for 17 years. They won their first stakes race Sept. 18, the Woodbine Mile.
On a day of mind-bending longshot winners, Godolphin's classy Walton Street crushed the field as the odds-on choice in the Grade 1 Pattison.
Swinging Mandy won her maiden in the Victorian Queen Stakes Friday at Woodbine, giving her co-owner and trainer his first stakes winner.
Provincial regulations require that all spectators be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to attend horse racing venues.
Canadian, American and European juveniles will compete for Grade 1 wins and a ticket to the Breeders' Cup at Del Mar.
Anderson Farms and Cara Bloodstock have sold well through the first four sessions of the large Keeneland September sale.