Charles Fipke's world traveler comes off a vacation and will get ready for the Woodbine Mile next month in the King Edward.
Horse Racing News
Philip My Dear, Silent Miracle, Paramount Prince and El Cohete are among the field of 17 starters set to leave the gate in Sunday's Plate.
Kalik is tabbed as the 3-1 morning-line favourite; card also features the Dance Smartly, Catch a Glimpse and Soaring Free Stakes.
The second leg of the Triple Tiara is in the books as Woodbine heads into King's Plate week; news and notes from the past week.
Ontario owners can once again use Sales Credits earned via TIP to support their purchases at the Canadian Premier Yearling Sale on Aug. 30.
Just over one week until the biggest race in Canada, the King's Plate, and there is going to be a big field.
The 47th Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame ceremony was on August 9 and new members for 2022 and 2023 were welcomed.
Kentucky-bred colt is first Manitoba Derby winner for longtime leading Assiniboia Downs owner Henry Witt, Jr.
The first major yearling sale of 2023 featured some Ontario-breds that sold for Sue Foreman, Saintsbury Farm and Anderson Farms.
There are less than two weeks to the oldest, continuously-run stakes race in North America, the King's Plate.
The Prince of Wales winner, trained by Josie Carroll, scored the huge win with his return to a traditional dirt surface.
The Woodbine Sunday wrap-up includes the overnight Hamilton Stakes and wins by Ontario-breds Rapid Test, It's a Fluke.
On her way to a Grade 1 win in the historic Test at Saratoga, popular filly Maple Leaf Mel, trained by Canadian Melanie Giddings, broke down.
The four-year-old gelding, bred by the late Robert Harvey and ridden by Kazushi Kimura, nipped the speedy Silent Reserve at the wire.
Ontario-bred turf sprinters race for $150,000 at Woodbine on August 5 and the very quick Rockcrest looms as the one to watch.