Domenic Triumbari’s Blues Dancing went gate-to-wire to capture her first added-money score in Sunday’s $125,000 Lady Angela Stakes, at Woodbine.
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Eugene Melnyk’s Roxy Gap, patiently ridden by Patrick Husbands, was a commanding winner of the $183,000 Grade 2 Hendrie Stakes, at Woodbine. Dr. Diamonds Prize broke on top in the six and a half furlong main track event, but an anxious Sweet Cassiopeia brushed to the lead and made the quarter in :23.05 and a […]
Canyon Farm’s Strait of Dover cemented his status as a top contender for the Queen’s Plate (June 24) with an emphatic victory in Saturday’s $156,300 Marine Stakes, at Woodbine. The English Channel-Bahrain Star colt, with Justin Stein up, pressed the early pace of front-running Incredicat who set moderate fractions of :25.01, :48.95, 1:12.20 in the […]
John C. Oxley’s Dixie Strike returned to winning form with an impressive rally up the rail to overtake Tu Endie Wei in Sunday’s Grade 3 $280,000 Selene Stakes, at Woodbine. The Dixie Union-Noble Strike bay, bred in Ontario at Arosa Farms, raced from off-the-pace in the early going as Tu Endie Wei made the half […]
Steven Bahen, who partnered T J’s Lucky Moon to an improbable Queen’s Plate victory 10 years ago, was today named the 2012 recipient of the Avelino Gomez Memorial Award. Born June 29, 1966, Bahen notched his first win just after his 20th birthday, partnering Micheline to victory on July 7, 1986, at Woodbine. He was […]
Essence Hit Man, with Jesse Campbell in the irons, got off to a fast start and then dug in late for a three-quarter length score in the featured $168,000, Grade 3 Vigil Stakes, Sunday at Woodbine. Last year’s Canadian champion sprinter, Essence Hit Man, an Ontario-bred five-year-old son of Speightstown, went one better than […]
I’ll Have Another, owned by Windsor, Ontario native J. Paul Reddam, captured the 138th running of the Kentucky Derby with an off-the-pace rally engineered by jockey Mario Gutierrez on Saturday. I’ll Have Another left from post 19 in the 1-1/4 mile classic and Gutierrez, who raced at Hastings Racecourse in Vancouver for six years, […]
Eight-time Queen’s Plate-winning trainer Roger Attfield, who is based at Woodbine Racetrack, Ghostzapper, the 2004 Horse of the Year, jockey John Velazquez and conditioner Robert Wheeler, have been elected to the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame. The class of 2012 will be inducted on Friday, August 10, in Saratoga Springs, New York, at […]
Eugene Melnyk’s homebred Roxy Gap was an impressive off-the-pace winner of Sunday’s $181,800 Grade 3 Whimsical Stakes, at Woodbine. Roxy Gap, trained by 2011 Sovereign Award-winning conditioner Mark Casse, broke sharply in the six-furlong ‘Poly’ sprint but was quickly settled by jockey Patrick Husbands. Honey Chile led the field through a half in :45.11, as […]
Incredicat, bred in Ontario by co-owner Kinghaven Farms, led at every call in Saturday’s $118,200 Wando Stakes, at Woodbine. The Discreet Cat-Lady Auchamore colt, making his first start going two turns, settled comfortably on the lead for jockey Luis Contreras making the half in :49.79 with Perfect Tay stalking from second position. Incredicat maintained a […]
