Winners of three of the last four Woodbine Miles, Godolphin and Charlie Appleby are making plans for this year's race.
Horse Racing News
Horses bought in the U.S. race for the Manitoba Derby on holiday Monday, August 3, while Really Ralis flies the Canadian flag.
Champion Paramount Prince won his first stakes in two races with a nose victory in the $175,000 Seagram Cup (G3) on Aug. 1.
A son of Caravaggio, Tisum came up the inside and then fended off Big Curl to win the Count Lathum at Century Mile.
Fourteen consignors offer horses in the sale on September 2nd, and top Canadian and American stallions are represented.
Plate winners Paramount Prince and Mansetti renew their rivalry, but have Prince of Wales winner Runaway Again to hold off.
The success record of fillies in the Plate is quite remarkable, considering the number of Canadian-bred three-year-olds in a crop each year.
Last week there were seven women trainers who won eight races and more than a dozen have won multiple races at the Woodbine meet.
The Joe Sharp-trained mare was second on the turf in the Royal North Stakes at Woodbine in her first local start.
Trainer Rachel Halden had the three-year-old Kentucky-bred poised to peak in her third start of the season to take the Grade 3 event.
The Ontario Sires Heritage Series continued on July 26 and produced two new stakes winners for their sires.
In a repeat of last year's victory, the Mark Casse charge powered home to score under Rafael Hernandez in the Grade 3 event.
The Joe Sharp trainee will contest the $175,000 stakes against eight rivals after a strong runner-up effort in the Royal North in June.
The French gelding meets a solid field for the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot on Saturday, a race he won last year.
Duckduckduck tests the Lake Superior waters, while Souper Diva looks to go one better in the Thunder Bay, both tests for three-year-olds.
