There were some very nice results at the races this week, with impressive career debuts and maiden wins by sales grads.
Canadian champion and CTHS Ontario yearling sale graduate came from far back and won the $154,000 Van Clief Stakes at Colonial.
Winners of three of the last four Woodbine Miles, Godolphin and Charlie Appleby are making plans for this year's race.
Horses bought in the U.S. race for the Manitoba Derby on holiday Monday, August 3, while Really Ralis flies the Canadian flag.
Champion Paramount Prince won his first stakes in two races with a nose victory in the $175,000 Seagram Cup (G3) on Aug. 1.
A son of Caravaggio, Tisum came up the inside and then fended off Big Curl to win the Count Lathum at Century Mile.
Fourteen consignors offer horses in the sale on September 2nd, and top Canadian and American stallions are represented.
Plate winners Paramount Prince and Mansetti renew their rivalry, but have Prince of Wales winner Runaway Again to hold off.
The day-to-day life of a groom in the Middle Ages and Renaissance involved hard work, low wages, and constant surveillance of their charges.
The success record of fillies in the Plate is quite remarkable, considering the number of Canadian-bred three-year-olds in a crop each year.