The $125,000 Elgin Stakes, presented by Bear Stables, was a test of endurance, as Stephen Chesney and Corey Hoffman’s Melmich outlasted the Sovereign Award-winning Pender Harbour in the 1 1/16 mile Polytrack event. Breaking clean from the gate, Melmich and Pender Harbour were never challenged by Millioninthemaking and Urban Forester, in a compact four-horse field. […]
The $125,000 OLG Halton Stakes presented by Tipperary Equestrian, was contested at a flat mile over a firm E.P. Taylor Turf Course and drew a field of 10, including the defending champion Hampstead Heath, who scored as the 2-1 choice a year ago. This time he was let go at 6-1. Spin the King set […]
Wednesday night’s Yearling Sales Stakes program at Woodbine was highlighted by a stylish winning debut for Ivan Dalos’ homebred Amis Gizmo on an evening showcasing Canadian-breds purchased at previous Canadian Premier Yearling Sales. Trained by Josie Carroll, Amis Gizmo, a chestnut son of Giant Gizmo-Galloping Ami, arrived at the 6 ½-furlong $200,000 OLG Simcoe Stakes […]
Paradox was honoured with the Breeder of the Year Award at the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society’s annual awards evening.
Shaman Ghost, racing without Lasix, gives Stronach his third Queen’s Plate.
Unwanted supplement Academic pulled off a 66-1 upset in the Woodbine Oaks.
Known as the “Graveyard of Champions,” Saratoga Race Course again lived up to its moniker on Saturday when Triple Crown winner American Pharoah came up three-quarters of a length short behind 16-1 longshot Keen Ice in the Grade 1, $1.6 million Travers. American Pharoah entered the 146th edition of the Travers having won eight straight […]
Conrad Farms’ Theogony made a last minute drive on the inside to edge Smartyfly in Sunday’s $108,000 Belle Mahone Stakes, at Woodbine. The Mark Casse trainee captured her first career stakes victory in the 1 1/16-mile ‘Poly’ stake while making her 2015 debut, returning to the races after a lengthy 11-month layoff. Guided by Gary […]
Earle I. Mack LLC.’s Born in a Breeze, patiently handled by Alan Garcia, rallied last to first to win Sunday’s $125,000 Vice Regent Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Mark Frostad, the bay son of Leonnatus Anteas arrived at the grassy one-turn mile for Ontario-sired sophomores from a similar rallying allowance score over the E.P. Taylor […]
In the first of a two-part series, this article introduces the details of racing in Saskatchewan.
