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By Woodbine Communications/ Chris Lomon TORONTO – Aim for the Sky aims for the top prize in Saturday’s $150,000 Vice Regent Stakes, a five-furlong inner turf race for Ontario-bred 3-year-olds and up, at Woodbine. Trained by Steven Chircop, who co-owns with Eric Ross, Aim for the Sky, a 6-year-old son of Sky Mesa-Pohdi Pohdi, will Read more

By Woodbine Communications/ Chris Lomon TORONTO – The Ontario Sire Heritage Series continued Sunday afternoon at Woodbine with Foolish Games winning the $100,000 Thunder Bay Stakes. Originally a six-furlong E.P. Taylor turf sprint, the race, which was moved to the Tapeta and contested at the same distance due to heavy rains in the area on Read more

By Woodbine Communications/ Chris Lomon TORONTO – The $100,000 Lake Superior Stakes saw Patches O’Houlihan romp to the easiest of wins, Sunday at Woodbine. The six-furlong race for 3-year-old colts and geldings is part of the Ontario Sired Heritage Series. Originally slated for six furlongs on the E.P. Taylor turf, the race was switched to the Tapeta Read more

By Woodbine Communications/ Chris Lomon TORONTO – Five hopefuls, including sprint standouts Patches O’Houlihan and Poulin in O T, will vie for top prize in the $100,000 Lake Superior, to be contested at six furlongs over the E.P. Taylor turf. The Lake Superior is a part of the Ontario Sire Heritage Series. Trained by Canadian Horse Read more

By Woodbine Communications/ Chris Lomon TORONTO – A pair of Ontario-sired 3-year-old turf stakes, the $100,000 Thunder Bay, and $100,000 Lake Superior, both a component of the Ontario Sire Heritage Series, share the spotlight on Sunday’s 14-race card at Woodbine. Seven fillies, including Souper Sunday, will take to the E.P. Taylor Turf Course for the six-furlong Thunder Read more

TORONTO, JULY 26, 2023 – Paramount Prince was dominant in the $150,000 Plate Trial, the last key prep for the King’s Plate on August 20, and his victory was thrilling for all the connections, including breeder Ericka Rusnak.   Rusnak, a resident of Stouffville, Ont., has been breeding thoroughbreds for close to 20 years, and Paramount Read more

By Woodbine Communications/ Chris Lomon TORONTO – Elysian Field, under Sahin Civaci, unleashed a spirited stretch run to take all the spoils in the 68th running of the $500,000 Woodbine Oaks Presented by Budweiser, Sunday at Woodbine. Trained by Mark Casse for Team Valor International and Gary Barber, Elysian Field took the lead just before the stretch call and confidently Read more

By Woodbine Communications/ Bill Tallon TORONTO— Paramount Prince, racing beyond seven furlongs for the first time, made all the running and drew off for an emphatic five-length victory under Patrick Husbands in Sunday’s 1 1/8-mile Plate Trial at Woodbine Racetrack. The Plate Trial, a race for Canadian-bred 3-year-olds, is the major local prep for the Read more

By Woodbine Communications/ Bill Tallon TORONTO— II Malocchio, an Ontario bred mare, rallying strongly on the outside, was up in the shadow of the wire to eke out a head victory in Sunday’s Grade 3, $150,000 Trillium Stakes, presented by Stella Artois. Angelou outdueled the 3-2 favorite Souper Hoity Toity by a neck for second Read more

TORONTO – Kevin Attard will have four chances to win his third straight $500,000 Woodbine Oaks Presented by Budweiser, one of four stakes on Sunday’s 11-race card at Woodbine. Inaugurated in 1956, the filly classic, which has attracted 14 Canadian-foaled 3-year-old fillies carrying 121 pounds over one mile and one-eighth on the Tapeta, will go Read more