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Day Phillips trainees are top contenders in Woodbine stakes

The 2017 season has been filled with winner’s circle photo ops and memorable experiences for trainer Catherine Day Phillips, and this weekend of racing at Woodbine Racetrack marks another opportunity for the third generation horsewoman to see the progress of her trainees and watch her team’s hard work play out on the racetrack. Day Phillips […]
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Ghostly Presence Triumphs in Jammed Lovely Stakes

Ghostly Presence out-sprinted a field of Ontario-bred fillies in the $125,000 Jammed Lovely to emerge a sophomore stakes winner on Saturday afternoon at Woodbine Racetrack. The entire field of six was in contention as the fillies spread across the track down the stretch in the seven furlong sprint, but it was favourite Ghostly Presence who […]
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Gigantic Breeze Defeats Melmich in Autumn Stakes

Melmich’s win streak came to an end as Gigantic Breeze swept to victory in the $175,000 Autumn Stakes (Grade 2) on Sunday afternoon at Woodbine Racetrack. Undefeated in his first five starts of the season, Melmich trailed the five-pack of Autumn Stakes starters before staging a furious late bid, but ultimately came up one length […]
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Aheadbyacentury triumphs in Coronation Futurity

Aheadbyacentury pulled ahead of his rivals by two lengths in an impressive stretch run to close out his two-year-old campaign with a victory in the 114th running of the $225,000 Coronation Futurity for Canadian-breds on Sunday at Woodbine Racetrack. As Wedgewood crossed to command before the first turn over even-money favourite Kitten’s Boy, jockey Rafael […]
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Breeders’ Cup Can-Con Notes

Dixie Moon in good company Dixie Moon, Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf contender, has made her home in Del Mar’s Barn BB since arriving from Louisville with 18 Breeders Cup’ horses on Monday. The chestnut, Sean and Dorothy Fitzhenry’s homebred filly, goes into the race with two wins including a sharp one-length score in Woodbine’s […]
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Carroll has contenders on both sides of the border

While trainer Josie Carroll will be at Del Mar on Saturday with Breeders’ Cup hopeful Ami’s Mesa, a pair of her stablemates will be looking to hold down the fort back home at Woodbine in the $125,000 Maple Leaf Stakes (Grade 3). The Carroll-trained fillies Gamble’s Ghost and Involuntary headline a field of eight distaffers […]