adouglas

About adouglas

This author has not yet filled in any details.
So far adouglas has created 68 blog entries.

Brengungirl the best in South Ocean

2024-10-28T10:56:24-04:00October 20, 2024|

TORONTO, October 20, 2024 – Brengungirl fired home to win the $100,000 South Ocean Stakes, a 6 ½-furlong main track race for Ontario-sired 2-year-old fillies, Sunday at Woodbine. Owned by Canuck Racing Club, Brengungirl recorded her first stakes win and is a perfect two-for-two to start her career. Onejabtoomany, the longest shot on the board Read more

Winterberry sharp in Glorious Song

2024-10-15T11:34:55-04:00October 13, 2024|

TORONTO, October 13, 2024— Winterberry and jockey Sahin Civaci made a decisive, winning move into the turn for home in the $125,000 Glorious Song Stakes, Sunday at Woodbine. Owned by D.J. Stable LLC and trained by Mark Casse, the dark bay filly landed fourth early in the seven-furlong main track event for 2-year-old fillies, as Read more

Aebly brings A Game (again) in Grade 3 Ontario Fashion

2024-10-15T11:31:43-04:00October 12, 2024|

TORONTO, October 12, 2024 – One race after earning his first Woodbine stakes victory, Fraser Aebly notched his first graded triumph when he guided A Game to an upset score in the Grade 3 $135,000 Ontario Fashion Stakes Presented by Tanqueray, Saturday at Woodbine. Aebly, enjoying an impressive 2024 campaign, had little time to celebrate Read more

Patches O’Houlihan prevails in Grade 2 Nearctic

2024-10-09T15:11:07-04:00October 5, 2024|

TORONTO, October 5, 2024 – Patches O’Houlihan, with Sofia Vives in the irons, was challenged early, but fought on gamely down the lane to win Grade 2 $250,000 Nearctic Stakes Presented by The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance, Saturday at Woodbine. The six-furlong turf stakes for 3-year-olds and upward, attracted a competitive field of 10, including Patches O’Houlihan, Canada’s reigning Read more

‘Crown’ jewel: Seven vie for Breeders’ Stakes supremacy

2024-09-27T13:02:44-04:00September 26, 2024|

TORONTO, September 26, 2024 – Seven 3-year-olds are set to go postward in Sunday’s $400,000 Breeders’ Stakes, the third jewel in the OLG Canadian Triple Crown, at Woodbine. The final event of the tri-surface series for Canadian-bred sophomores concludes on the world-renowned E.P. Taylor turf with the longest leg of 1 ½ miles. In her Read more

Lac Macaza goes the distance in Niagara Stakes

2024-09-09T09:57:50-04:00September 7, 2024|

TORONTO, September 7, 2024 – Lac Macaza, at 9-2, seized the lead into the turn for home and stayed strong down the lane to take Saturday’s $100,000 Niagara Stakes Presented by The Greenwood Stakes. Jockey Pietro Moran and Lac Macaza, a 5-year-old son of Giant Gizmo-Garavogue Colleen, played the waiting game as a pair of Read more

Sophomore fillies, including Chiefswood duo Quality Presence and Saccharine, set for Wonder Where Stakes

2024-09-09T09:29:26-04:00September 5, 2024|

TORONTO, September 5, 2024 – This year’s edition of the Canadian Triple Tiara concludes with Sunday’s running of the $250,000 Wonder Where Stakes, at Woodbine. Set for 1 ¼ miles on the E.P. Taylor turf, the Wonder Where, for 3-year-old Canadian-bred fillies, drew seven starters, including a pair of Chiefswood Stables’ homebreds, Quality Presence and Saccharine. A daughter of Quality Read more

Stanley House tests turf in Niagara Stakes

2024-09-09T09:51:43-04:00September 4, 2024|

TORONTO, September 4, 2024 – Stanley House, a son of Army Mule-Stormy’s Song, will try the turf for the first time in Saturday’s $100,000 Niagara Stakes Presented by the Greenwood Stakes at Woodbine, airing on Sportsnet ONE at 5 p.m. E.T. Trained by Michael De Paulo for John and Diana Russell, the 4-year-old will take Read more