American has raced horses in Ontario for years with trainer Barbara Minshall and one of those has produced a Kentucky Derby hopeful.
Races
The Ontario-bred from Stronach Stables won his second graded stakes race on turf July 11 for trainer Nick Gonzalez; son of Silent Name (Jpn).
Lots of purse money to go around to all the different winners who took races on July 9 at Woodbine as the hot temperatures continue.
BC breeders are off and running with their homebreds as Hastings Racecourse completes the first two days of its late-starting 2020 season.
The connections of 58 hopefuls made the July 1st sustaining payment with an additional three supplementing to the opening leg of the Canadian Triple Crown.
Ontario-bred trained by Mike Keogh faces seven rivals on the E.P. Taylor Turf Course in Saturday’s $175,000 Connaught Cup Stakes at Woodbine.
Quiet grandstands and some unscheduled Race 2 delays notwithstanding, it was an exciting second day of racing at the Vancouver oval.
An impressive list of fillies has been whittled down from the original 58 nominated to the 1 1/8-mile opening leg of the Canadian Triple Tiara.
Thanks to a mandatory payout for the Pick 5 Jackpot, fans worldwide converged on Assiniboia Downs races Monday night and the track smashed a record.
Aidan O'Brien became the most successful Investec Derby-winning trainer of all time while he enjoyed an eighth victory in the premier Classic.
Woodbine and Fort Erie horsepeople have been rocked by the bizarre rash of positive tests for...extract from chili peppers!
Queen's Plate and Woodbine Oaks contenders revving up and Charles Fipke and Roger Attfield unleash impressive first-time starter.
July 4th card at Woodbine featured the debut of a potential superstar from Roger Attfield's barn, Charles Fipke's Shirl's Speight.
This key race on the road to the Woodbine Oaks will also feature undefeated western invader Infinite Patience, co-owned by NHL star Ryan Nugent-Hopkins.
We still cannot go to a racetrack to watch the great races, but there are a lot of big events on this weekend from England to New York.