Owners and trainers can begin to collect some purses as Woodbine gets its 128-day race meeting underway on Saturday
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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.
Claimed for $32,000 last June, the fast mare Miss Vyvyanne has won four in a row including the April 11 Golden Beach Handicap at Gulfstream.
He had a win percentage of 36 last season and will try to better it with his big stable at Assiniboia in 2026.
The fields for the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks are almost set and Commandment and Meaning are the leaders by points.
A flashy colt from the first crop of Jack Christopher sizzled two furlongs in 20 4/5 in the under tack show for Ocala's Spring sale.
There will be a few new faces in the riders' room when Woodbine gets underway on April 18 and many familiar ones.
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