The season's Grade 1 highlights include the Ricoh Woodbine Mile, Johnnie Walker Natalma Stakes, Summer Stakes and Canadian International.
Races
Total wagering was up 6 per cent over opening day 2022, with One More Ring taking the Spring into Summer Cup.
The Winnipeg track's opening day saw champion jock Jorge Carreno take the first race, large crowds and enthusiastic wagering.
It was an exciting finish in the $116,000 King Corrie Stakes on Sunday at Woodbine, while Plate eligible Kaukokaipuu wins big.
It was a day of mixed emotions for trainer Bob Baffert, who sent out National Treasure to win the Preakness.
Mage will be heavily favoured to win the second jewel of the Triple Crown, but the race could develop with a slow early pace.
There are eight races, a t-shirt giveaway and food trucks for Fort Erie's opening day card on May 23 with a first race post time of 4:30 p.m.
The holiday weekend at Woodbine features two stakes races for three-year-olds eyeing the Woodbine Oaks and King's Plate.
The two-time Horse of the Year and fan favourite owned by Lawrence Cordes is currently enjoying some well-earned downtime.
Opening Day on May 23 will feature a free concert, food trucks and Thoroughbreds hitting the track for the first race at 4:30.
Kentucky Derby winner Mage meets seven rivals, none of which were in the Derby, in the second jewel of the American Triple Crown.
Ilium Stables' Anarchist, making his Woodbine and Tapeta surface debut, was a big winner in the $150,000 Jacques Cartier Stakes May 14.
The second installment of Canadian Thoroughbred's look at who is hot on the trail to the King's Plate and Woodbine Oaks.
The Grade 3 Whimsical Stakes was a procession for Our Flash Drive and Ontario trainers Catherine Day Phillips and Mike Dunslow are red hot.
A final decision on whether Mage, the 2023 Kentucky Derby winner, runs back in the second jewel of the Triple Crown on May 20 comes Friday.
