Both two-year-old champions from 2023 are back in action at Woodbine this weekend in overnight stakes on Saturday and Sunday.
Races
Looping in sports bettors with horse racing fans is a matter of dangling the fascinating hobby of handicapping a horse race.
Tuscan Gold and speedster Imagination are the two main hurdles for Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan in the Preakness.
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Fort Erie-based Ontario-bred gelding Summer Retreat outbroke and outran the speedy Quarter Horses in the 770-yard race.
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Florida-based horse racing lover has shipped a stable of horses to one of his favourite tracks, Woodbine, with trainer Martin Drexler.
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The Kentucky Derby winner is back and takes on just one from trainer Bob Baffert after favourite Muth was scratched.
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Horses will now be clocked as soon as they leave the starting gate, as opposed to having about 25 feet to run before the clock starts.
King's Plate hopefuls Piper's Factor and Roscar perform well, while the first juvenile race goes to an Ontario-bred.
Doug and Judy Mustard have an exciting three-horse stable for the 2024 season at Assiniboia Downs, which begins in a week.
Kentucky Derby hero will meet a speedy pair from trainer Bob Baffert's stable including Arkansas Derby winner Muth.
Retired NFLer caused the horseracing community to rebel after he claimed on his podcast 'New Heights' that Secretariat raced on steroids.
Jockey Ellis was absent from North American racing for 16 years but is back and on a roll; old-timer Lapochka hanging in.
Woodstock Stakes winner Midnight Mascot makes the King's Plate list, as does mate Essex Serpent, both owned by the Conrads.
Arkansas Derby winner Muth and eight others may go postward in the second jewel of the American Triple Crown at Pimlico.
The series at Assiniboia Downs, Century Mile, and Hastings has some additional incentives this year, including $25,000 in bonuses.