Little Red Feather Racing’s Midnight Miley, with Rafael Hernandez in the irons, made every pole a winning one to make the grade in Sunday’s $156,100 Grade 3 Ontario Matron Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Julia Carey, Midnight Miley used a take no prisoners approach in the 1 1/16-mile Tapeta route leading through splits of :24.99, […]

Robert Marzilli’s Caren went gate to wire to capture Sunday’s $250,000 Bison City Stakes, second leg of the filly Triple Tiara, at Woodbine. Trained by Mike DePaulo, Caren arrived at the 1 1/16-mile Tapeta test from a gritty third-place run in the $500,000 Woodbine Oaks, presented by Budweiser, when defeated just two lengths by Neshama […]

Woodbine Entertainment Group today announced Sunday’s 157th edition of the Queen’s Plate, won by Sir Dudley Digges, broke attendance and wagering records. All sources wagering on the 13-race card was $11,839,883, up seven percent from the $11,064,870 figure recorded in 2015. The Queen’s Plate race itself had wagering of $3,354,822, also a record. Attendance for […]

Ken and Sarah Ramsey’s Sir Dudley Digges, piloted by Julien Leparoux, arrived in the final strides to collar favoured Amis Gizmo to win Sunday’s 157th running of The Queen’s Plate, at Woodbine. The 13-race Queen’s Plate card produced a record handle of $11,839,883 eclipsing the mark of $11,064,870 set a year ago. The mile and […]

Generous Touch took over the lead in midstretch and held sway for a half-length victory here in Saturday’s $125,400 Passing Mood Stakes, a seven-furlong turf race for Ontario-sired 3-year-old fillies. Generous Touch won the Passing Mood with an unofficial assist from Little Christmas, who came in and bumped the favored Sugar Jones in early stretch, […]

Dimension, displaying the new style which he has developed this year under the tutelage of trainer Conor Murphy, rallied from seventh place in the field of eight to capture Saturday’s Grade 2 King Edward Stakes at 17-1. Under his regular local rider Davy Moran, the Kentucky-based Dimension covered the mile of turf in 1:33.19 while […]

Trainer Roger Attfield will be looking to saddle a record ninth Queen’s Plate winner when Shakhimat goes to the post on Sunday, and the Hall of Fame conditioner got his long weekend off to a good start when Internal Bourbon upset Friday’s $100,000 Zadracarta Stakes, at Woodbine. Internal Bourbon rated off the pace of 3-5 […]

Melmich, expertly piloted by Eurico Rosa da Silva, rallied last to first to capture the featured $156,000, Grade 3 Dominion Day Stakes on Canada Day at Woodbine. Last of five for most of the mile and one-quarter contest, while War Dancer, under pressure from defending Dominion Day champ Red Rifle, led the field through fractions […]

Amis Gizmo and Shakhimat, the top two finishers from the June 12 Plate Trial, will renew their rivalry on Sunday in the $1-million Queen’s Plate. The 157th running of the Queen’s Plate, the oldest annually-run stakes race in North America, attracted a field of 13 Canadian-bred three-year-olds. The race will be televised live by CTV/TSN […]

Pachi Cruze, with leading rider Eurico Rosa da Silva up, won a lengthy stretch duel with Lokinforpursemonee and Silent Flash in Sunday’s $125,000 Frost King Stakes, at Woodbine. Owned and trained by Jose Corrales, the bay son of Valid N Bold arrived at the 5 ½-furlong main track sprint for Ontario-sired juveniles from a third-place […]