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TORONTO, August 25, 2024 - Junior Hot Shot earned his first stakes victory after a gutsy performance in Sunday’s $100,000 Elgin at Woodbine. Trained by John Ross for T and T Racing Team, the dark bay colt, who was contesting his fourth straight stakes event, arrived at the seven-furlong test over the all-weather track off Read more

TORONTO, August 25, 2024 - Just Follow Me, with Emma-Jayne Wilson aboard, rallied from well off the pace to best 6-5 choice Little Teddy in the $100,000 Algoma Stakes, Sunday at Woodbine. Trained by Bill Tharrenos, the daughter of Old Forester-Marilyns Last Love arrived at the seven-furlong Algoma off a fifth in the Thunder Bay Read more

TORONTO, August 24, 2024 – Live Oak Plantation’s Ticker Tape Home tallied her first graded success after taking the $135,000 Seaway Stakes (G3) on Saturday afternoon at Woodbine. Owen’s Tour Guide and Time Passage dueled soon after the gates opened in the Seaway, a seven-furlong main track feature for fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up, Read more

TORONTO, August 23, 2024 – Shifty, making just her second career start, entered Saturday’s Catch a Glimpse Stakes as a decided underdog while facing the likes of her undefeated Mark Casse-trained stablemate Bullet. But, after emerging from a mad scramble to take the early lead, Shifty never looked back as she rolled through fractions of Read more

By Chris Lomon/Woodbine Entertainment TORONTO, August 23, 2024 – Caitilinhergrtness, the lone filly in the 165th running of The King’s Plate, collared mutuel choice My Boy Prince late to win a thrilling renewal of the $1 million Canadian classic, Friday afternoon at Woodbine. Last time out, Caitlinhergrtness, named after female basketball star Caitlin Clark, settled Read more

TORONTO, August 23, 2024 – Patches O’Houlihan, a son of Reload-Maythefourthbwithu, went coast-to-coast for the second straight time in the $150,000 Bold Venture Stakes (G3), on King’s Plate Friday at Woodbine. One year after showing a blend of speed and resiliency in the 6 ½-furlong main track event for 3-year-olds and up, Patches O’Houlihan, in Read more

King's Plate Marches On This Friday at Woodbine The Plate and Four Stakes races rescheduled following Saturday’s record rainfall Public can witness historic race for free Grandstand and Hats & Horseshoes ticketholders being refunded TORONTO, August 21, 2024 – The 165th running of the $1 million King’s Plate will go this Friday at Toronto’s Woodbine Racetrack, Read more

By Chris Lomon/Woodbine Communications TORONTO, August 18, 2024 – Thirteen sophomores, including champion and multiple stakes winner My Boy Prince, will contest the $1 million King’s Plate, first leg of the OLG Canadian Triple Crown, which highlights a sensational stakes-filled Friday card of racing at Woodbine. The 165th edition of The King’s Plate, North America’s Read more

By Steven Loung/Ontario Racing The thrill of competition, the excitement of the crowd, the purse money up for grabs, the glory of victory. There are many reasons why the sport of horse racing has endured the test of time. But more than anything, perhaps, is when the gates spring open, anything is possible. A longshot Read more

TORONTO, August 15, 2024 – The 165th running of The King’s Place is set to broadcast nationally on Sportsnet and Citytv this Saturday from Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto. The two-hour broadcast will begin at 4:30 p.m. (ET) and bring viewers comprehensive coverage of Canada’s most prestigious horse race, the first jewel in the OLG Canadian Triple Crown. Read more