Gamble’s Ghost swooped the field in the final furlong with an impressive turn of foot to capture Sunday’s co-featured $179,100 Grade 3 Mazarine Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Josie Carroll, the Ivan Dalos homebred daughter of Ghostzapper arrived at the 1 1/16-mile ‘Poly’ route for juvenile fillies from a closing second-place finish to Catch a […]
A star on the rise, Riker, in command throughout, will look to make his next start in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile after wiring the $150,000 Grade 3 Grey Stakes on Sunday, at Woodbine. Trained by Nick Gonzalez for owner Tucci Stables, the dark bay son of Include-Desviacion, remained undefeated through four starts with an impressive […]
Sam-Son Farm homebred Golden Sabre rallied last-to-first in track record time to capture Saturday’s Grade 3 $174,000 Durham Cup, at Woodbine. Trained by Malcolm Pierce, the dark bay son of Medaglia d’Oro, piloted for the first time in the afternoon by Emma-Jayne Wilson, settled last of seven in the early running of the 1 1/8-mile […]
Second Step, Sheikhzayedroad and Up With the Birds are among 20 nominated to the 78th running of the $1-million Pattison Canadian International, to be held Sunday, October 18, at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto. In addition to the mile and one-half Pattison, one of Canada’s richest thoroughbred races (the other $1 million races are the Queen’s […]
The Iberian horses started off the Individual Breed Class on Day 3 of Dressage at Devon. They were followed by Oldenburgs, Danish Warmbloods, Appaloosas and more, totaling more than 20 breeds in the Dixon Oval. Each breed is different, with different characteristics, personalities, movements and more. And each breed has devoted followers many of whom […]
As of Sunday we have completed 46 days of live racing at Hastings Racecourse. In total we have run a total of 347 races which includes 39 stakes races. The average field size although it slipped a little in July and August is holding pretty steady at 6.94 horses per race. The overall handle at […]
Ivan Dalos’ homebred Amis Gizmo remained undefeated with a professional performance in Sunday’s co-featured $125,000 Bull Page Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Josie Carroll, the chestnut son of Giant Gizmo-Galloping Ami arrived at the six furlong ‘Poly’ stake for Ontario-sired juveniles from a powerful closing effort in the 6 1/2-furlong Simcoe Stakes, reeling in Conquest […]
Team Penney Racing’s Flipcup, with Alan Garcia up, arrived in the final stride to collar Obeah Woman in Sunday’s $125,000 Classy n’ Smart Stakes. Trained by Bill Mott, the New York-bred daughter of Milwaukee Brew started her career at Woodbine in 2013 under the tutelage of trainer Brian Lynch winning her first two starts en […]
Conquest Strate Up remained undefeated in three starts while taking her first added-money score in Saturday’s $125,000 La Prevoyante Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Mark Casse for Conquest Stables LLC., the bay daughter of Not Bourbon arrived at the one-turn mile over the E.P. Taylor Turf Course for Ontario-sired sophomore fillies from a pair of […]
Workers at Woodbine Racetrack and Sudbury Racetrack Slots have been locked out by the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG) since 12:01 a.m. on September 19th. The labour dispute is affecting more than 1,000 members of the Unifor union. In an emailed statement, OLG spokesperson Tony Bitonti stated “OLG has informed all unions during bargaining, […]
Goodoldhockeygame, patiently handled by Eurico Rosa da Silva, surged to the lead near the top of the lane and stayed on strong to the wire to capture Saturday’s $126,200 Overskate Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Bob Tiller, the Frank Di Giulio Jr. homebred son of Old Forester-Domasca Bella arrived at the seven furlong ‘Poly’ sprint […]
Midnight Miley, piloted for the first time by Jesse Campbell, held off the rallying Don’t Leave Me to win Sunday’s co-featured $129,750 La Lorgnette Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Julia Carey for Little Red Feather Racing, the bay daughter of Midnight Lute arrived at the 1 1/16-mile ‘Poly’ route for three-year-old fillies from an even […]
Augustin Stable’s Lucky Lindy powered to an impressive score in Sunday’s $177,900 Grade 3 Ontario Derby, at Woodbine. Trained by Mark Frostad and ridden by Robby Albarado, the lightly-raced son of Harlan’s Holiday-Celebrate settled into a perfect stalking position in the 1 1/8-mile ‘Poly’ stake and responded with a powerful kick at the top of […]
Irish-bred Mondialiste and jockey Feargal Lynch rallied furiously down the stretch to edge favoured Lea and win the $1 million, Grade 1 Ricoh Woodbine Mile, a Breeders’ Cup Win and You’re In race, on Sunday. As expected, dual Grade 1 winner Obviously, making his seasonal debut, blasted from the gate and opened six lengths early […]
It certainly wasn’t news that trainer Mark Casse won Saturday’s Grade 2 $212,800 Natalma Stakes, a Breeders’ Cup Win and You’re In event. After all, it’s the sixth time since 2006 that he’s done so. What was news was that the winner, Catch a Glimpse, was dismissed at odds of 8-1 after impressively winning the […]
