The three-year-old feature on Sunday has traditionally been an important race in the lead-up to The King’s Plate.
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Fourteen races over the first weekend marked the beginning of a new season at Woodbine, with horsepeople happy to be back.
The Kentucky Derby starters are getting in their last couple of workouts for the big dance, so it's nail-biting time for owners and trainers.
The seven-year-old horse left the younger stars in his wake with a stunning win in the Oaklawn Handicap on April 18.
Twenty years after The Green Monkey sold for a whopping $16 million as a two-year-old in training, a colt by Flightline brought $10.5 million.
83 three-year-olds have been nominated to this year’s Triple Crown, consisting of the King’s Plate, Prince of Wales, and Breeders’ Stakes.
A War Front colt sells for $310,000 in Florida and an Early Voting colt brings over $285,000 in England, both foaled in Ontario.
The 2025 Horse of the Year Sovereignty makes his four-year-old debut in an exciting renewal of the Oaklawn Handicap (G2).
Owners and trainers can begin to collect some purses as Woodbine gets its 128-day race meeting underway on Saturday.
Ontario-bred three-year-old gelding beat a solid field of maidens at Keeneland on April 11 and quickly tops King's Plate list.
Silent Tactic has the style to be a Kentucky Derby (G1) winner; he is owned by John Oxley, the breeder of one of the faves, Further Ado.
Claimed for $32,000 last June, the fast mare Miss Vyvyanne has won four in a row including the April 11 Golden Beach Handicap at Gulfstream.
He had a win percentage of 36 last season and will try to better it with his big stable at Assiniboia in 2026.
The fields for the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks are almost set and Commandment and Meaning are the leaders by points.
