Imperial Monarch, Reliable Man, Joshua Tree and Wigmore Hall head a highly-competitive cast of 11 for the $1.5 million, Grade 1 Pattison Canadian International on the richest day of the thoroughbred racing season in Canada, Sunday at Woodbine. In addition to the mile and one-half Pattison, Canada’s richest horse race, two other turf stakes will […]
Prince Will I Am, a multiple graded stakes winner on the turf, is hoping to be crowned victorious in Sunday’s Grade 1, $1.5-million Pattison Canadian International. A five-time winner through 17 career starts, Prince Will I Am proved he was no pauper when taking the Grade 1 Jamaica Handicap at Belmont on October, 9, 2010, […]
Spring Venture, trained by Mark Casse and ridden by Patrick Husbands, stayed unbeaten while prevailing under a hand ride, Saturday at Woodbine, in the featured $201,000, Grade 3 Mazarine Stakes. Sent postward the prohibitive 2-5 choice in a field of six two-year-old fillies over the mile and one-sixteenth Polytrack event, Spring Venture collared the pacesetter […]
Moonlit Beauty made every pole a winning one en route to a 4 3/4-length score in Sunday’s $125,000 Classy ‘n Smart Stakes, at Woodbine. The chestnut daughter of Perigee Moon-Global Gossip, trained by John LeBlanc Jr. and ridden by Eurico Rosa da Silva, became the lone speed in the 1 1/16-mile ‘Poly’ route when Kay’s […]
On Saturday, Woodbine Racetrack will play host to the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony honouring some of Ontario’s finest athletes. The star-studded event kicks off at Woodbine’s trackside tent at 11 a.m. Inductees include former world heavyweight boxing champion Lennox Lewis; dual horse racing hall of fame trainer Roger Attfield; world figure skating […]
La Tia bounced off the rail in the stretch run, but jockey Justin Stein held on strong as the Grade 3 Arlington Oaks champion persevered to win the $153,500 La Lorgnette Stakes, Sunday at Woodbine. The dark bay daughter of City Place-La Adelita, trained by Brian Williamson for owner Salvador Hernandez, took the field through […]
Bear’s Peak stalked a quick early pace before swooping to victory down the lane to win the $125,800 Overskate Stakes, Saturday at Woodbine. The chestnut son of Peaks and Valleys-Royal Ascot, trained by Reade Baker for owner Bear Stables Ltd., settled in third-position down the backstretch in the seven furlong ‘Poly’ sprint as Royal Egbert […]
Jockey Emma-Jayne Wilson, who recently recorded her 1,000th career win, will meet with fans and sign commemorative photos on Sunday, September 23, at Woodbine. The 31-year-old rider, who will be signing autographs starting at noon on the second floor at the Toronto oval, will cut a ceremonial cake to share with those in attendance. Wilson’s […]
Chief Bearhart, twice named Canada’s Horse of the Year, died of heart failure on September 18 at the age of 19, in Japan. The Sam-Son Farms legend, who was inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 2002, had been standing stud at the Japan Bloodhorse Breeders’ Association Shizunai Stallion Station (JBBA). “As […]
Uncaptured, a multiple stakes-winning juvenile based at Woodbine Racetrack, was made the 30-1 future book favourite this morning for the 2013 Kentucky Derby, by the Wynn casino in Las Vegas. The two-year-old Lion Heart-Captivating colt, bred in Ontario by William D. Graham and trained by Woodbine’s leading conditioner Mark Casse, is undefeated in four starts […]
