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Field of Courage Battles to Victory in Nearctic

Field of Courage, the longest shot on the board at 40-1, stalked the pace from the outside and came on for a 1 3/4 length victory under rider Luis Contreras in Sunday’s Grade 2, $282,000 Nearctic Stakes over six furlongs on a “soft” turf course. “I just broke and I let my horse be really […]
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Tiz a Slam a Smashing Winner in Ontario Derby

Tiz a Slam and jockey Eurico Rosa da Silva powered to the lead turning for home and drew off to win the $125,000 Ontario Derby (Grade 3) for three-year-olds on Sunday’s Pattison Canadian International undercard. Filly Holy Helena was the talk of the toteboard in her return to Woodbine following victories in the Woodbine Oaks […]
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Line of Vision Focused in Victorian Queen Win

Line of Vision, rallying strongly from off the pace, was along in time to score a half-length victory under jockey Eurico Rosa da Silva in Saturday’s $125,400 Victorian Queen at Woodbine Racetrack. The Victorian Queen, a six-furlong stakes for Ontario-sired two-year-old fillies, attracted a field of nine and Line of Vision, trained by Andrew Smith, […]
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Latonka Toys with Bull Page Opposition

Latonka, who came from the clouds to prevail in his first start, at Woodbine on Monday by rallying from well back to capture the $125,000 Bull Page Stakes