Kentucky Derby winner meets 10 rivals in a contentious third and final jewel of the 2020 Triple Crown; filly Swiss Skydiver rated at 6 to 1.
Races
Queen’s Plate winner will take on eight contenders at Fort Erie Race Track in the 85th Prince of Wales Stakes on Tuesday, September 29.
Tears flowed as Real Grace, co-owned and trained by Shelley Brown who is fighting cancer, held on to win the Grade 3 Canadian Derby at 18 to 1.
Il Malocchio, a homebred for Frank Meli, won the Victorian Queen Stakes Sunday at Woodbine, while Jim and Graeme Bruce's Avoman takes Bull Page.
Impeccably-bred filly adds to her value with exciting win for Glenn Sikura, John Sikura and Windsor Boys Racing; Summer Sunday steals Belle Mahone too.
Queen's Plate hero, folk hero, has thrived since the Plate and will try the dirt at Fort Erie on Tuesday Sept. 29 in the Wales.
A quiet weekend at Woodbine, but the fillies and mares go for year-end honours and the focus for Ontario racing switches to Fort Erie.
A superior field of 11 brings together the top 3-year-olds from three western provinces on a stakes-packed card of racing Sept. 27.
Turf racing dominated Woodbine last week, several trainers grab their first 2020 wins and Alberta's biggest race comes up this weekend.
Ontario-bred Gretzky the Great and Kentucky-bred Lady Speightspeare are likely headed to the fanless Breeders' Cup at Keeneland in November.
Irish-born Hayes sends out Credit River to win career debut at 40-to-1 in Ontario Racing Stakes, while favourites go 2-for-11 on Woodbine Mile day.
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.
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.