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By Woodbine Communications/ Chris Lomon TORONTO - Sunday’s card also includes the $100,000 Zadracarta Stakes, a five-furlong inner turf sprint for Ontario-bred fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up. Trained by Renico Lafond for Kris Manohar, Canadiansweetheart will make her second straight stakes appearance after a win in the $125,000 Sweet Briar Too at Woodbine on Read more

By Woodbine Communications/ Chris Lomon TORONTO – This year’s edition of the Canadian Triple Tiara concludes with Sunday’s running of the $250,000 Wonder Where Stakes, at Woodbine. Set at 1 ¼ miles on the E.P. Taylor Turf Course, the Wonder Where, for 3-year-old Canadian-bred fillies, drew eight starters. Elysian Field, who won the Woodbine Oaks Presented by Budweiser, went on to Read more

By Woodbine Communications/ Chris Lomon TORONTO, September 6, 2023 – Saturday’s 12-race card at Woodbine includes the running of the $150,000 Pattison Singspiel Stakes (G3T). The world-renowned E.P. Taylor turf will play host to the 1 ¼-mile Singspiel, a race for 3-year-olds and upward that has drawn eight hopefuls, including Malibu Mambo. A 6-year-old son of Read more

TORONTO, SEPTEMBER 1, 2023 – The 2023 Canadian Premier Yearling Sale took place this week and the foals of dams purchased through Ontario Racing’s Mare Purchase Program (MPP) outpaced the sale average and median. Eleven foals from the 2022 MPP were catalogued, and the six that sold went for an average of $27,333 and a Read more

By Woodbine Communications TORONTO, August 31, 2023 – Kevin Attard trainees Dream Jereem and Love to Shop chase top prize in the $125,000 Toronto Cup Presented by Crown Royal, Sunday at Woodbine. Dream Jereem, a son of Austern (AUS)-Lexi Tap, and Love to Shop, a daughter of Violence-Tiffany Case, both arrive at the one-mile event for Read more

Woodbine Communications/ Chris Lomon TORONTO, August 24, 2023 – Rookie and sophomore Canadian Premier Yearling Sale graduates will step into the spotlight Sunday afternoon at Woodbine for a quartet of stakes races totaling $600,000 in purse money. The annual Canadian Sales Stakes precedes the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society’s yearling sale (sponsored by OLG), held on Wednesday, Read more

Woodbine Communications/ Chris Lomon TORONTO, August 24, 2023 – Rookie and sophomore Canadian Premier Yearling Sale graduates will step into the spotlight Sunday afternoon at Woodbine for a quartet of stakes races totaling $600,000 in purse money. The annual Canadian Sales Stakes precedes the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society’s yearling sale (sponsored by OLG), held on Read more

TORONTO – Paramount Prince, under jockey Patrick Husbands, bested filly stablemate Elysian Field, both conditioned by dual hall of fame trainer Mark Casse, in the 164th running of the $1 million King’s Plate, Sunday at Woodbine. Last time out in the Plate Trial, Husbands put Paramount Prince on the front end and the pair coasted to an impressive Read more

TORONTO – Patches O’Houlihan, a 3-year-old son of Reload-Maythefourthbwithu, wired his rivals in the $150,000 Bold Venture Presented by Johnnie Walker (G3), for 3-year-olds and up, on King’s Plate Sunday at Woodbine. Stepping up in class and taking on older, more seasoned competition, didn’t faze Patches O’Houlihan one bit in the afternoon’s seventh race, one of five Read more

TORONTO, AUGUST 17, 2023 – The seventeen King’s Plate starters will be examined from every angle ahead of the 164th Gallop for the Guineas on Sunday at Woodbine Racetrack. So, we thought we’d pitch in by taking a closer look at the four Ontario Sired runners. The horses are listed by their post position, which Read more