This weekend's Risen Star Stakes (G2) offers Derby points to the top finishers; Mark Casse trainee Pappacap seeks improvement.
Horse Racing News
Two years after approving a rule to cap the number of mares bred to a stallion, The Jockey Club has taken the rule out of the American Studbook.
There are less than two months before the opening of the 2022 Woodbine racing season, the first one set to begin on time in two years.
Denzil Fonseca will receive the Outstanding Groom Award and media finalists include many writing pieces from Canadian Thoroughbred.
Fouillard breeds and raises horses in partnership with Cam Ziprick and has a new stallion in Manitoba, Speculating.
Studies on exercise-related sudden death syndrome in racehorses continue worldwide but for now, no answers.
Classic Causeway, from the last crop of the late Giant's Causeway, sizzled in his win at Tampa Bay Downs, earning 10 Kentucky Derby points.
This marks the third year in a row where the event will be held in September instead of the traditional July date.
The lucrative 2022 program offers more than $16.9 million in stakes events, including 37 graded stakes and two $1 million classics.
A Queen's Plate favourite, the Mark Casse trainee will try the dirt in his return to see if he could be on the Kentucky Derby trail.
Millionaire son of Gio Ponti will be offered for breeding and transition to hunter/jumper life for new owner Candice Rainey.
Brad Cox, trainer of Knicks Go, was also a winner on the night, as was the now-retired horse's jockey Joel Rosario.
The winners of the 12 horse and 5 human categories will be announced at the 47th Annual Sovereign Awards Ceremony in April.
The course includes eight weeks of online academic instruction, followed by paid work placements of six to 12 weeks at local employers.
Horses and their people will begin shipping into Woodbine and tracks around Canada this month. Time to begin the Queen's Plate rankings.
