Features will see Shirl’s Speight look to get back on the winning track on the turf and 10 fillies vie for top honours on the Tapeta.
Horse Racing News
The storylines were plentiful in the past week in Canadian racing; here is a quick recap of some of the stuff that happened.
The great mare may have to contend with soft turf on Sunday when she tries for another Arc, one year after she was upset on unstable ground.
In the year of the pandemic, a year most would rather forget, the Ontario-bred colt Mighty Heart is making it exciting and memorable for his sport.
U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Horseracing Integrity Act to prohibit race-day medications and hopefully reduce catastrophic breakdowns.
Kentucky Derby winner meets 10 rivals in a contentious third and final jewel of the 2020 Triple Crown; filly Swiss Skydiver rated at 6 to 1.
Queen’s Plate winner will take on eight contenders at Fort Erie Race Track in the 85th Prince of Wales Stakes on Tuesday, September 29.
Tears flowed as Real Grace, co-owned and trained by Shelley Brown who is fighting cancer, held on to win the Grade 3 Canadian Derby at 18 to 1.
Il Malocchio, a homebred for Frank Meli, won the Victorian Queen Stakes Sunday at Woodbine, while Jim and Graeme Bruce's Avoman takes Bull Page.
Impeccably-bred filly adds to her value with exciting win for Glenn Sikura, John Sikura and Windsor Boys Racing; Summer Sunday steals Belle Mahone too.
Queen's Plate hero, folk hero, has thrived since the Plate and will try the dirt at Fort Erie on Tuesday Sept. 29 in the Wales.
A quiet weekend at Woodbine, but the fillies and mares go for year-end honours and the focus for Ontario racing switches to Fort Erie.
A superior field of 11 brings together the top 3-year-olds from three western provinces on a stakes-packed card of racing Sept. 27.
State commission rules HHR machines, which have been a windfall for horse racing, do not qualify as "pari mutuel" under state's requirements.
Turf racing dominated Woodbine last week, several trainers grab their first 2020 wins and Alberta's biggest race comes up this weekend.
