Six of the very best fillies anywhere on the Hastings premises went to post for the Grade 3, $100,000 prize at nine furlongs
Races
The first purchase for Piano Bar Racing heads into the 1 1/16-mile main track event for Ontario-sired fillies & mares on a two-race win streak.
Peter Redekop hopes his latest purchase, Final Jeopardy, can upend the 73rd BC Premier's (Grade 3) on Sunday at Hastings Park.
A win by Avie's Flatter in the Ontario Derby (G3) Saturday at Woodbine puts him in the running for Sovereign Award for Canada's best sophomore.
Three-year-old Code of Honor takes on elders in Gold Cup, a Win and You're In race for the Breeders' Cup Classic in November
The world of horse racing will watch with interest and hope as Santa Anita opens for its 23-day fall meeting Friday en route to the Breeders' Cup.
Roaring Forties, a three-year-old son of Stormy Atlantic, roars into Saturday’s Grade 3 $125,000 Ontario Derby, at Woodbine, on a two-race win streak.
Top Euros Kew Gardens and Communique also nominated; Canadian-bred Tiz A Slam seeks to become first Canuck to win prestigious race in two decades.
Fast juveniles Owlette and Red Giveaway, both bred in Ontario, win sprint stakes in fast times; Da Silva and Casse continue to lead divisions
No horse has ever won the prestigious Prix de L'Arc de Triomphe three times in its long history. The great mare Enable will to do that Oct. 6
Last year's Canadian International winner Desert Encounter on his way to try for a repeat in the $800,000 turf fixture at 1 1/2 miles
British Columbia bred Infinite Patience has been unchallenged in the first four races of her career; the Fantasy Stakes is next.
Baktura is disqualified from first and placed last as Bakken in the USSR hits and jumps rail in prestigious juvenile race at Hastings Park.
Dom, Frank and Mike Romeo are three generations of Thoroughbred owners still breeding and racing; Amalfi Coast wins Sunday's $125,000 Ontario Damsel.
Two-Year-Old filly Owlette continues her roll while invader Jean Elizabeth leads all the way in Sweet Briar Too overnight
