The Uncle Mo two-year-old became the latest stakes winner for Hoolie Racing and trainer Barbara Minshall, taking the Victoria Stakes.
Horse Racing News
A field of five or six is expected for the $500,000 Woodbine Oaks on July 19 at Woodbine; the Plate Trial is also on tap.
The Ghostzapper filly came in from New York for an ownership group that includes Rick Pitino and remains unbeaten.
Sunday's stakes races at Woodbine are for two-year-olds and there are some promising young ones in both races.
Ontario Racing’s board of directors has voted to allocate half of the money to the Thoroughbred Improvement Program.
Hastings racecourse closed down and keen trainers had to race elsewhere. Edgar Mendoza came to Woodbine and won big on July 4.
The 14-race series of stakes races is restricted to horses foaled in New York or Canada and is worth $3.2 million in total purses.
The Woodbine Oaks is in less than two weeks and a small group of fillies are set to try for the $500,000 purse.
Canuck Racing Club won a stakes race with one of their first purchases on July 5 as Sinclairity upset the Ballade.
One of the founding fathers of Quarter Horse racing in Ontario will be honoured posthumously by the CHRHF in August.
Gary Barber's New York-bred gelding got away with a slow pace and Zulu Kingdom stayed close in the Grade 2 Kelso Stakes.
The payoffs were huge last week in Winnipeg as a wet track led to some longshots rolling in stakes races and the undercards.
Donnacha O'Brien will try to upend his famous father Aidan in the Coral-Eclipse with his sister's horse A Boy Named Susie.
My Boy Prince might try one mile on the grass in the Kelso Stakes on July 5, or return to Canada for the Connaught.
Thursday and Friday cards this week were cancelled due to a sewer leak, but races have been added Sunday and Monday.
