Reigning Canadian Horse of the Year, pint-sized Starship Jubilee, easily brushes off the boys in the Grade 1 Mile, earning a Breeders' Cup ticket.
Races
Nine horses have been nominated to the second jewel of Canada's Triple Crown to be run Tuesday Sept. 29 on the dirt at the border oval.
Winnipeg track changes course due to COVID-19 pandemic and cyber meeting, and while difficult, yields big wagering numbers on shortened season.
Locals get a chance to win a ticket to the Breeders' Cup at Keeneland in November in the Summer and Natalma Stakes on the grass.
Prior to the post position draw for the Woodbine Mile (G1), trainers Mark Casse and Kevin Attard discusssed several topics facing racing with Jim Lawson.
Starship Jubillee and unbeaten 3-year-old Shirl's Speight will try to knock off Gary Barber's fancy colt on Saturday in the $1 million race.
From Nova Scotia to Kentucky and parts in between. Mighty Heart was news; now Woodbine heads into Woodbine Mile weekend with a WOW factor.
Woodbine's second $1 million race of the 2020 season comes up Sept. 19, luring Preakness Stakes winner War of Will who will face few rivals.
The World Championships, offering $31 million in purses, will go on but due to the COVID-19 pandemic fans will not be in attendance.
Poor air quality in the Vancouver area Sunday led to the Sunday race card at Hastings Racecourse to be postponed until Thursday.
Hall of Fame trainer Josie Carroll sends out 13 to 1 Mighty Heart to 7 1/2 length Plate win and 26 to 1 Belichick to a second-place finish.
Under rider David Moran, the Gail Cox trainee rallied from next-to-last and blew past 4-5 favourite Cambier Parc for a convincing four-length score.
The two fillies are strong in the 161st Plate, the first jewel of the OLG Canadian Triple Crown; 12 boys will try to topple them.
Tod Mountain Stable take the feature with favourite Stay Fantastic, and one other win on the day moves the outfit to just two behind in the owner standings.
Supporting features on Queen's Plate day at Woodbine include the 2nd leg of the Triple Tiara series for 3-year-old fillies.
