With his undefeated, ultra-impressive colt slated to take on the world nine days from now in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, it’s easy to understand why trainer Nick Gonzalez is dreaming big. As he watched Riker in the final yards of the Grade 3 Grey Stakes at Woodbine earlier this month, Gonzalez marveled at the ease […]
What a day for world champion jockey Ryan Moore. After taking the E.P. Taylor aboard favoured Curvy 45 minutes earlier, he returned to the winner’s circle after impressively winning the Grade 1 $1 million, mile and one-half Pattison Canadian International aboard another slight favourite, Cannock Chase. It marked a record-breaking third consecutive win in the […]
Habibi, trained by champion conditioner Mark Frostad, is coming into Sunday’s Grade 1 Pattison Canadian International the way she began her career – at the top of her game. A dark bay daughter of Ekraar, the New Zealand-bred Habibi zips into the 1 ½-mile turf classic off two primetime performances, including a runner-up effort to […]
A highly-competitive renewal of Sunday’s $1 million Grade 1 Pattison Canadian International at Woodbine has attracted 11 hopefuls, headed by Second Step, the morning line choice at 3-1. In addition to the turf mile and one-half Pattison, one of Canada’s richest thoroughbred races (the other $1 million races are the Queen’s Plate and Ricoh Woodbine […]
Interpol arrives at Sunday’s $1-million Pattison Canadian International from a pair of striking upset scores, engineered by pilot Emma-Jayne Wilson, taking the Grade 2 Sky Classic at odds of 21-1 and the Grade 1 Northern Dancer at a more respectable 10-1. Trained by Sid Attard for JMJ Racing Stables LLC., the four-year-old English Channel bay […]
In a pulsating drive to the wire, Seen It All Before came back to edge Kingsport and capture the $125,000 Bunty Lawless Stakes Sunday at Woodbine. At the finish, Seen It All Before had outlasted Kingsport by a nostril, with favoured Born in a Breeze mounting a late rally on the rail to finish two […]
Some of the top Canadian-bred two-year-olds took centre stage Sunday at Woodbine in the 79th running of the $250,000 Cup and Saucer Stakes. But at the finish, it was the highly-regarded and widely-touted Conquest Enforcer, with jockey Patrick Husbands, who demolished his 11 rivals effortlessly, winning off by six and three-quarter lengths in the mile […]
Odds-on Caren, with Jesse Campbell up, withstood a late charge from Crumlin Spirit to win the featured $125,000 Victorian Queen Stakes Saturday at Woodbine, her third added money score of the year. The six furlong stake for Ontario-sired two-year-old fillies went postward with only six hopefuls, after the scratches of Marilyns Last Love and Keeplaffinleslie, […]
Gamble’s Ghost swooped the field in the final furlong with an impressive turn of foot to capture Sunday’s co-featured $179,100 Grade 3 Mazarine Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Josie Carroll, the Ivan Dalos homebred daughter of Ghostzapper arrived at the 1 1/16-mile ‘Poly’ route for juvenile fillies from a closing second-place finish to Catch a […]
A star on the rise, Riker, in command throughout, will look to make his next start in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile after wiring the $150,000 Grade 3 Grey Stakes on Sunday, at Woodbine. Trained by Nick Gonzalez for owner Tucci Stables, the dark bay son of Include-Desviacion, remained undefeated through four starts with an impressive […]
