It wasn’t the smoothest of starts, but Godolphin homebred Old Persian finished in style to win the $300,000 Northern Dancer Turf Stakes at Woodbine.
Races
If you are heading out to the Woodbine Mile Saturday there are a litany of cool events to take in celebrating Thoroughbreds learning handicapping
Handicapping the 23rd Woodbine Mile is a puzzle in itself but projecting the pace is another matter altogether. Will the closers have a chance?
Canada’s Horse of the Year in 2017, seven-year-old Pink Lloyd has established himself as a world-class champion and bona fide fan favourite.
Gorgeous colours on a recent late summer morning at Woodbine racetrack are captured in this horse and rider image from Khaled Fawzy.
Made You Look is a late entrant for trainer Chad Brown and supplemented at a cost of $20,000 for the one-mile Win and You're In for the Breeders' Cup event
The Mark Casse trained filly Got Stormy is widely regarded as the one to beat in this weekend’s 23rd running of the $1 million Ricoh Woodbine Mile.
Starship Jubilee will defend her title in the Grade 2 Canadian Stakes, a 1 1/8-mile turf race for fillies and mares which offers a purse of $250,000.
The Godolphin owned and Charlie Appleby trained Old Persian is ready to take on the Grade 1, $300,000 Northern Dancer Turf Stakes this weekend.
Mr Havercamp, Canada’s 2018 Champion Older Male and Champion Turf Male, has been ruled out of contesting his second straight Ricoh Woodbine Mile.
Both the Natalma Stakes and Summer Stakes will be run at Woodbine this weekend as part of the Breeders’ Cup Challenge “Win and You’re In” series.
Got Stormy works in 4 breezing on E P Taylor turf for Mile; $4 million earner Old Persian arrives for Northern Dancer Stakes
Glen Todd's Five Star General gives Hastings Park hero Gutierrez his first BC Derby winning ride in front of raucous crowd
Plenty of longshot won over the three days of racing at Woodbine last week leading to an average win payoff for the trio of dates of almost $14.00.
Richard Mairs wins first jockey title, Tom Gardipy Jr. lands leading trainer honours, Henry Witt Jr., owner as Manitoba season concludes Sunday
