Stunning Stag, a son of Running Stag, earned his first turf win and the 11th triumph of his career, in taking Holiday Monday’s $100,000 Ontario Jockey Club Stakes, at Woodbine. The eight-year-old gelding, owned by Janice Attard and trained by Sid Attard, found a seam along the rail over a ‘firm’ E.P. Taylor Turf Course […]
Jenna’s Wabbit was a wire-to-wire winner of the $150,000 Achievement Stakes, on Holiday Monday at Woodbine. With Eurico Rosa da Silva in the irons, the son of Old Forester led at every pole in the six-furlong event for Ontario-foaled three-year-olds, winning by 3 ½ lengths over Incredicat in 1:11.16 on the Polytrack, after hot early […]
Amerman Racing LLC’s Blue Heart saved all the ground before launching a decisive run to capture the $250,000 Bison City Stakes, Sunday at Woodbine. The 1 1/16 mile-event is the second jewel of the Triple Tiara, for three-year-old fillies, foaled in Canada. The Exchange Rate-Flawless Diamond filly, trained by Brian Lynch and ridden by Alex […]
Stronach Stables’ Hunters Bay won a stirring stretch duel with Pender Harbour to capture Sunday’s Grade 3, $208,400 Dominion Day Stakes, at Woodbine. The five-year-old son of Ghostzapper-Smok’n Frolic, trained by Reade Baker and ridden by Emma-Jayne Wilson, needed the length of the stretch to get past Pender Harbour, who was named Canada’s champion three-year-old […]
The spectacular saddlecloths worn by all 2012 Queen’s Plate participants and signed by their respective jockeys are now available for bidding on eBay. Generously donated by Woodbine Entertainment Group, the saddlecloths are being offered to raise funds for LongRun Thoroughbred Retirement Society, a registered charity currently fostering, rehabilitating and retraining over 45 retired racehorses. The […]
For Woodbine jockey Justin Stein, who recently won the Queen’s Plate with Strait of Dover, and his wife, Renee, family, faith and a love for everything horses brought them together and has kept them even closer. It was by no means a typical romantic scene nearly nine years ago in Barriere, a town of just […]
Canyon Farms’ homebred Strait of Dover, ridden confidently by Justin Stein, made every pole a winning one while taking the $1 million Queen’s Plate, Canada’s most famous horse race, in record time Sunday at Woodbine Racetrack. At the finish of the mile and one-quarter classic for Canadian-bred three-year-olds, Strait of Dover held a one and […]
In a speech to launch the 153rd running of the Queen’s Plate, Nick Eaves, President and CEO of Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) announced that this may be the last year for this iconic Canadian horse race. The Queen’s Plate is the oldest annual sporting event in Canada. “Earlier this year the Ontario Government made the […]
In honour of Queen’s Plate week, multiple Hall of Fame jockey, Sandy Hawley, along with executives from Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG), joined Tim Babcock, Director, Listed Issuer Services, TSX Venture Exchange, to open the Toronto Stock Exchange, Wednesday morning. The 153rd running of the Queen’s Plate, North America’s oldest continuously-run stakes race, will be contested […]
Prince Raphael, a three-year-old son of Shakespeare, will not contest Sunday’s 153rd running of the Queen’s Plate. Owned by Cristina and Oslen Belle, and Doug Reddington, trained by Debbie England and to have been ridden by Richard Dos Ramos, Prince Raphael fashions a record of one win and two thirds from four career starts. “He […]
