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Wide-open Breeders’ Stakes

A field of 11 Canadian-bred three-year-olds will do battle Sunday at Woodbine in the $500,000 Breeders’ Stakes, the third jewel of Canada’s Triple Crown of Racing. The 126th edition of the Breeders’, at one and one-half miles over the E.P. Taylor Turf Course, will be televised live on TSN (1,3,4) in HD from 4:30 p.m. […]
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Woodbine Partners With Ryerson University’s Office of Research and Innovation

Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG), iBoost and Ryerson University’s Office of the Vice President, Research and Innovation today announced that they are partnering to launch a new initiative that will challenge Canadian start-ups, entrepreneurs, developers and students to use technology to help bring the traditional sport of Horse Racing to the next level. The program, called […]
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Conquest Enforcer Takes on Older Foes in Play the King

Conquest Enforcer will tackle older company for the first time in Saturday’s loaded Grade 2 $200,000 Play the King Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Mark Casse for Conquest Stables LLC, the three-year-old Into Mischief colt has won three of four career starts while hinting at being the next great horse from the popular stable. “I […]
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Breaking Lucky Rolls to Seagram Cup Score

Breaking Lucky picked up his first graded stakes win with a perfect stalking trip in Holiday Monday’s Grade 3 $168,600 Seagram Cup, at Woodbine. Trained by Reade Baker for owner Gunpowder Farms, the chestnut son of Lookin at Lucky arrived at the 1 1/16-mile Tapeta route for older horses from a second-place run behind Seagram […]
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Lady Shipman Makes the Grade in Royal North

Lady Shipman made every pole a winning one to secure her first graded stakes win in Sunday’s Grade 3 $157,300 Royal North Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Kiaran McLaughlin for owner Ranlo Investments LLC, Lady Shipman, sent to post as the 3-5 mutuel favourite, blasted out of the gate under Jesse Campbell and set splits […]
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Lexie Lou All the Way in Victoriana

Fan favourite Lexie Lou, Canada’s Horse of the Year in 2014, made every pole a winning one in Saturday’s $125,000 Victoriana Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Mark Casse for owner Gary Barber, Lexie Lou found her way to the front under jockey Patrick Husbands and cruised through splits of :23.99, :47.63 and 1:11.96 with recent […]

Sir Dudley Does It

Ken Ramsey dusted himself off while he was helped to his feet after tumbling to the ground leading Sir Dudley Digges into the Queen’s Plate winner’s circle.
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New Stewards and Members of Jockey Club of Canada

At The Jockey Club of Canada annual Meeting of the Members held in June at Woodbine Race Track in Toronto, Ontario, three new Stewards and thirteen new Members were appointed to The Jockey Club of Canada in 2016. The Jockey Club of Canada is honored to appoint Shawn Minshall, Harvey Warner and James Bannon to […]