All signs are currently pointing to Woodbine Oaks winner LUSTER being entered in the King’s Plate in 13 days time. The Plate draw is on August  11 with the race on the 15th. The grey filly by Knicks Go, owned by Kentucky’s Gainesway Farm and Andrew Rosen and trained by Josie Carroll, was dominant in […]

Last week there were seven women trainers who won eight races and more than a dozen have won multiple races at the Woodbine meet.

The Joe Sharp-trained mare was second on the turf in the Royal North Stakes at Woodbine in her first local start.

Trainer Rachel Halden had the three-year-old Kentucky-bred poised to peak in her third start of the season to take the Grade 3 event.

The Ontario Sires Heritage Series continued on July 26 and produced two new stakes winners for their sires.

In a repeat of last year's victory, the Mark Casse charge powered home to score under Rafael Hernandez in the Grade 3 event.

The Joe Sharp trainee will contest the $175,000 stakes against eight rivals after a strong runner-up effort in the Royal North in June.

The French gelding meets a solid field for the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot on Saturday, a race he won last year.

Duckduckduck tests the Lake Superior waters, while Souper Diva looks to go one better in the Thunder Bay, both tests for three-year-olds.

Kentucky sire The Factor is the sire and grandsire of King's Plate contenders Magical Factor and the filly Luster.