New funding will enhance overnight racing, strengthen the stakes program and create additional opportunities for Ontario-bred horses.
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The Uncle Mo two-year-old became the latest stakes winner for Hoolie Racing and trainer Barbara Minshall, taking the Victoria Stakes.
A field of five or six is expected for the $500,000 Woodbine Oaks on July 19 at Woodbine; the Plate Trial is also on tap.
The Ghostzapper filly came in from New York for an ownership group that includes Rick Pitino and remains unbeaten.
Sunday's stakes races at Woodbine are for two-year-olds and there are some promising young ones in both races.
Ontario Racing’s board of directors has voted to allocate half of the money to the Thoroughbred Improvement Program.
Sunil Trehun claimed his first Thoroughbred, which went on to win back-to-back stakes races and now heads the Century Mile Handicap.
Hastings racecourse closed down and keen trainers had to race elsewhere. Edgar Mendoza came to Woodbine and won big on July 4.
The 14-race series of stakes races is restricted to horses foaled in New York or Canada and is worth $3.2 million in total purses.
The Woodbine Oaks is in less than two weeks and a small group of fillies are set to try for the $500,000 purse.
