A Pick 5 and High 5 will now offer 100% carryovers and the takeout rate is a fan-friendly 15% on the Vancouver track's races.
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Two colts invading from the US figure to rule the six-furlong Woodstock Stakes, which was first run in 1885.
The brilliant 6-year-old mare was undefeated in five races in 2022, all stakes events, padding her career earnings to over $469,000.
The first stakes race of the 2023 Woodbine season is a traditional 3-year-old filly key prep for the Woodbine Oaks.
Eight inductees have been named, including Glenn Sikura, Irwin Driedger, Pink Lloyd and Formal Gold from the Thoroughbred sector.
And Vancouver's Peter Redekop purchases two two-year-olds during the first session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales April Spring auction.
There are a number of Ontario-bred and/or Ontario-sired juveniles in the Florida sale that begins on Tuesday.
The homebred mare for 3 Sons Racing is the first winner for Hall of Fame trainer Robert Tiller for the 2023 season.
Along with Forte, other Derby contenders to record workouts on April 21st were Angel of Empire, Hit Show, Tapit Trice and Verifying.
The OLG Canadian Triple Crown gets underway on August 20 with the 164th King's Plate at 1 1/4 miles at Woodbine.
There were many exciting finishes on the first day of the 67th Woodbine Thoroughbred season, April 22, 2023.
The 9-year-old is one of the richest horses ever foaled in Canada and the multiple champion looks to repeat in the Elkhorn
The 67th season of Thoroughbred racing at Woodbine begins with two cards of racing this weekend, with speed the focus.
A look at the last quarter century of opening day first race winners of the Woodbine Thoroughbred season.
The FELRC has filed a grievance with the Canadian Trade Commission over racing dates and restricted movement of horses.