A new face to Woodbine is the stakes-winning G T Five Hundred, recently purchased by Dominic Delillo's Centennial Farms Niagara.
Races
American invader was strong on the pace on a rainy Saturday at Woodbine and gave jockey Sofia Vives a third win in the Star Shoot.
Arbiter shipped into Woodbine to win the Woodstock Stakes over three rivals as Woodbine's second weekend is in the books.
The Kentucky Derby will be run on May 2 and a big field has many top colts including Renegade, Further Ado, and Commandment.
King's Plate winner wins the big prize at the 51st Sovereign Awards and Chiefswood takes its first Outstanding Breeder trophy.
Champion Woodbine jockey Sahin Civaci, now based in New York, returns to ride one of the main contenders in the first stakes of the season.
The three-year-old feature on Sunday has traditionally been an important race in the lead-up to The King’s Plate.
Fourteen races over the first weekend marked the beginning of a new season at Woodbine, with horsepeople happy to be back.
The Kentucky Derby starters are getting in their last couple of workouts for the big dance, so it's nail-biting time for owners and trainers.
The seven-year-old horse left the younger stars in his wake with a stunning win in the Oaklawn Handicap on April 18.
83 three-year-olds have been nominated to this year’s Triple Crown, consisting of the King’s Plate, Prince of Wales, and Breeders’ Stakes.
The 2025 Horse of the Year Sovereignty makes his four-year-old debut in an exciting renewal of the Oaklawn Handicap (G2).
Owners and trainers can begin to collect some purses as Woodbine gets its 128-day race meeting underway on Saturday.
Ontario-bred three-year-old gelding beat a solid field of maidens at Keeneland on April 11 and quickly tops King's Plate list.
Silent Tactic has the style to be a Kentucky Derby (G1) winner; he is owned by John Oxley, the breeder of one of the faves, Further Ado.
