Kara’s Orientation, under Emile Ramsammy, went wire-to-wire in taking Sunday’s Grade 2, $250,000 Sky Classic Stakes at Woodbine. One month after a three-length win over 1 1/8 miles on the E.P. Taylor Turf Course, the son of Orientate came up with his most memorable victory to date, winning the 1 ¼-mile Sky Classic by 2 […]
Stars to Shine seized control of Saturday’s $100,000 Belle Mahone Stakes as the field came off the final turn, then sprinted away from her rivals for an authoritative victory, her first added-money triumph. After a troubled fifth-place finish in the Grade 2 Dance Smartly Stakes on July 10, Stars to Shine, a dark bay daughter […]
Chiefswood Stable’s Niigon’s Touch was given a patient ride from Tyler Pizarro, resulting in an impressive victory in Saturday’s $125,000 Eternal Search Stakes at Woodbine. In the Eternal Search, her third consecutive stakes appearance, Niigon’s Touch, a daughter of 2004 Queen’s Plate winner Niigon, was fifth in the six-horse field (L’Avenue was scratched) through fractions […]
Two-time Canadian Olympian Jay Hayes topped the Seven and Eight-Year-Old Division of the Jump Canada Young Horse Series held during the first week of the National Capital Show Jumping Tournaments held August 10 to 14 at the Nepean Equestrian Park in Ottawa, ON. Hayes of Orangeville, ON, captured victory in the Seven and Eight-Year-Old […]
Rahy’s Attorney, best known for his thrilling upset triumph in the 2008 running of the Grade 1 Woodbine Mile, has been retired after a highly successful career that saw him reach the winner’s circle on 14 occasions. Owned by Ellie Boje Farms, Jim and Jean MacLellan, Mitch Peters and Dean Read, the multiple stakes winner […]
Thursday’s program marks the start of the second half of Woodbine’s live Thoroughbred racing season and judging by the first-half wagering figures, released Thursday by the Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG), it has been a successful meet so far. All sources betting on the live Woodbine campaign is up 11.82% on wagering handle of $206,056,400, nearly […]
James Street held off a fast-closing Stunning Stag to capture Saturday’s Grade 3, $161,200 Seagram Cup Stakes at Woodbine. The four-year-old son of El Prado made his first appearance for trainer Josie Carroll a memorable one by notching his first added-money score. Court of the Realm, who came into the Seagram Cup on a five-race […]
Pender Harbour became the first horse in six years to capture two-thirds of Canada’s Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing when he out-nodded Celtic Conviction at the wire in the 121st edition of the Breeders’ Stakes, Sunday at Woodbine. The son of Philanthropist was ridden to the nose victory by Luis Contreras, who made history becoming […]
Queen’splatekitten, the 3-1 morning line favourite in Sunday’s $500,000 Breeders’ Stakes, third leg in Canada’s Triple Crown, at Woodbine, has been scratched from the race. Trainer Todd Pletcher communicated the colt’s status to the Woodbine race office on Friday morning. Pletcher said he is not completely happy with how Queens’platekitten, who was prepping for the […]
The Breeders’ Cup announced today that horses finishing first, second or third in graded stakes races run in Canada will receive official Breeders’ Cup points toward starting positions in the 2011 Breeders’ Cup World Championships. The Breeders’ Cup, Thoroughbred racing’s premier global event, consisting of 15 races and purses totaling $26 million, will be […]
Luis Contreras, who won the Queen’s Plate and Prince of Wales Stakes, the first two jewels in the Canadian Triple Crown, will look to make history in the Breeders’ Stakes, Sunday at Woodbine. Should he win the 1 ½-mile Breeders’, contested on the Toronto oval’s world-renowned E.P. Taylor Turf Course, Contreras would become the first […]
Bill and Vicki Poston’s Jenny’s So Great won Monday’s Grade 3, $150,000 Royal North Stakes at Woodbine. The Gregory De Gannes trainee was last of 11 at first call as Wildcat Marie and True Religion sparked an early pace duel in the six-furlong turf tilt, but Jenny’s So Great rallied energetically down the E.P. Taylor […]
Buongiorno Johnny, who faltered in the late stages of his debut, redeemed himself with a determined stretch run to hold off stablemate Maritimer in Sunday’s $150,000 Vandal Stakes at Woodbine. The one-two punch were bred by Howard Walton and race in Walton’s Norseman Racing Stable silks for trainer Sid Attard. Everyday Dave, who arrived at […]
Marketing Mix, under a patient ride from jockey Patrick Husbands, sprinted down the rail to capture Sunday’s $250,800 Wonder Where Stakes at Woodbine, the third leg of the Triple Tiara series. The 1 1/4-mile turf event is the third race in the Triple Tiara, for three-year-old fillies, foaled in Canada. Marketing Mix, a dark bay […]
Italian riders swept all before them at the FEI European Reining Championships 2011, which came to a close at Wiener Neustadt, Austria yesterday. In an extraordinary run of form they claimed gold in all three team championships, and took both gold and silver in each of the individual divisions. Competitors from 10 countries were in […]
