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By Woodbine Communications/ Chris Lomon TORONTO – War Painter, under Patrick Husbands, brushed to the lead late en route to victory in Sunday’s $100,000 Victorian Queen Stakes, for 2-year-old Ontario-sired fillies, at Woodbine. Trained by Kevin Attard for Canuck Racing Club, the daughter of Danish Dynaformer-Morning Tale came into the seven-furlong turf race with a second and Read more

TORONTO – Zippy Gizmo got up in the final strides to take top prize in the $100,000 Bull Page Stakes, a seven-furlong grass event for Ontario-sired 2-year-old colts and geldings, Sunday at Woodbine. A son of Amis Gizmo-Avie’s Zip, Zippy Gizmo, with Kazushi Kimura aboard, got away last of six as the duo of Yacht Boy and Read more

TORONTO – Fresh off a resounding maiden-breaking score, Meko Makee, a bay son of Hyper-Miss Curly Q, steps up to the stakes ranks in Sunday’s $100,000 Bull Page at Woodbine. ​ A seven-furlong E.P. Taylor Turf test for Ontario-sired 2-year-olds, the Bull Page is part of a 10-race card that also includes the running of the Read more

By Woodbine Communications/ Chris Lomon TORONTO – Patches O’Houlihan, under Daisuke Fukumoto, fended off a furious late charge from a pair of rivals to take Saturday’s $150,000 Vigil Stakes (G3), one of four stakes on Turf Champions Day at Woodbine. A 3-year-old son of Reload-Maythefourthbwithu, Patches O’Houlihan arrived at the six-furlong main track race for Read more

By Woodbine Communications/ Chris Lomon TORONTO, September 15, 2023 – A field of nine fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up, will travel seven furlongs on the Toronto Tapeta in Sunday’s $150,000 Seaway Stakes (G3) at Woodbine. Millie Girl, a 5-year-old daughter of Hard Spun-Mendocino Beano, has reached the podium in all seven career starts to sport Read more

By Woodbine Communications/ Bill Tallon TORONTO, September 14, 2023 – My Boy Prince, who turned plenty of heads with his runaway victory in Woodbine’s Simcoe Stakes, will look to boost his status in Saturday’s bet365 Summer Stakes (G1T). The winner of the $500,000 Summer, a one-mile turf race for 2-year-olds, will earn a fee-paid berth for Read more

By Hayley Morrison FORT ERIE - The 88th running of the Prince of Wales is Tuesday, September 12, and is the second jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown (CTC). The three-year-old colts and geldings consist of a full field of twelve contenders hoping to dethrone the prince. The second jewel will be contested over Fort Read more

By Woodbine Communications/ Chris Lomon TORONTO – In other stakes action Sunday, Sacred Dancer, at 14-1, took the $100,000 Zadracarta, a five-furlong inner turf sprint for Ontario-bred fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up. Ridden by Sahin Civaci, the 4-year-old daughter of Giant Gizmo-Classic Soul notched her first stakes victory courtesy of a head win in a time Read more

By Woodbine Communications/ Chris Lomon TORONTO – Tito’s Calling rocketed home along the rail to win the $250,000 Wonder Where Stakes, the third leg of the Canadian Triple Tiara, Sunday at Woodbine. Time for an Angel, under Rico Walcott, emerged from an early scramble to grab the lead in the 1 ¼-mile turf race for Read more

By Woodbine Communications/ Chris Lomon TORONTO – Moira, Canada’s reigning horse of the year, rocketed away from her rivals en route to an emphatic score in Saturday’s $200,000 Canadian Stakes (G2T) Presented by the Japan Racing Association on Saturday afternoon at Woodbine. The Canadian, an about 1 1/8-mile race over the E.P. Taylor turf for Read more