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Mansetti looks for all the dough in Clarendon

2024-11-22T12:28:31-05:00November 22, 2024|

TORONTO, November 22, 2024 – Mansetti, trained by Kevin Attard for Al and Bill Ulwelling, takes on five rivals in the $150,000 Clarendon Stakes, for Ontario-bred or Ontario-sired 2-year-olds, Sunday at Woodbine. A son of Collected out of the Sky Mesa mare Gidget Girl, Mansetti won at first asking on Sept. 26 at Woodbine. The Read more

Lapochka: The People’s Horse

2024-11-25T09:53:18-05:00November 22, 2024|

TORONTO, November 22, 2024— An honest living isn’t always an easy living but when you show up to work every day with a smile on your face, people are destined to take notice. So goes the story for Eight Star Racing Stable’s Lapochka, the well-travelled war horse who has left an indelible mark on all Read more

No More Options comes up big in Lake Ontario

2024-11-18T09:43:59-05:00November 18, 2024|

By Chris Lomon/Woodbine Communications ​TORONTO, November 17, 2024 - In the $100,000 Lake Ontario, No More Options, at 4-5, glided to an easy victory under Ryan Munger. No More Options, winner of last year’s Frost King Stakes, broke smoothly and glided to the front ahead of the wire for the first time, tracked by Jo Read more

War Painter brushes to lead late in Ashbridges Bay

2024-11-18T09:36:34-05:00November 18, 2024|

By Chris Lomon/Woodbine Communications TORONTO, November 17, 2024 – The Ontario Sired Heritage Series concluded Sunday at Woodbine with War Painter winning the $100,000 Ashbridges Bay Stakes and No More Options taking the $100,000 Lake Ontario Stakes. ​ The 1 1/16-mile main track events, the Lake Ontario for Ontario sired 3-year-old colts and geldings, and Read more

Wicked Django delivers in Grade 2 Autumn; Passport to victory: Nobals digs deep for Grade 2 Kennedy Road score

2024-11-19T10:34:23-05:00November 16, 2024|

TORONTO, November 16, 2024 – Wicked Django, under a sharp ride from Keveh Nicholls, earned his first stakes triumph in Saturday’s Grade 2 $175,000 HPIbet Autumn at Woodbine. ​ Sent on his way at 24-1 in the field of eight, the 4-year-old bay colt broke a step slowly while the quartet of Paramount Prince, Forever Souper, Stanley House Read more

Heritage Series concludes Sunday at Woodbine

2024-11-14T17:19:57-05:00November 14, 2024|

TORONTO, November 14, 2024 – A pair of stakes, the $100,000 Lake Ontario and $100,000 Ashbridges Bay, co-headline Sunday’s card at Woodbine. The 1 1/16-mile main track events are the curtain-closers for the eight-leg Heritage Series. The 2024 Ontario Sired Heritage Series features a total of four races – three opening legs and one final – for Read more

Grade 2 Kennedy Road: Patches O’Houlihan chases fifth straight win

2024-11-13T15:22:36-05:00November 13, 2024|

TORONTO, November 13, 2024 – Champion and multiple graded stakes winner Patches O’Houlihan will face five rivals in Saturday’s Grade 2 $175,000 bet365 Kennedy Road Stakes, for 3-year-olds and up, at Woodbine. A 4-year-old son of Reload out of the Silent Name (JPN) mare Maythefourthbwithu, Patches O’Houlihan’s latest triumph came in the Grade 2 $250,000 Nearctic Stakes Read more

Elysian Field nets first graded success in Grade 3 Maple Leaf / Stormcast strong early and late in Grade 3 Bessarabian

2024-11-11T11:47:24-05:00November 9, 2024|

TORONTO, November 9, 2024 - Elysian Field, under Sahin Civaci, rallied impressively to take the Grade 3 $135,00 Maple Leaf Stakes, Saturday at Woodbine. Trained by Mark Casse for Gary Barber and Team Valor International LLC, the 4-year-old daughter of Hard Spun out of the Smart Strike mare Elysian came into the 1 ¼-mile main Read more

O Canada: Moira victorious in Breeders’ Cup

2024-11-05T09:50:59-05:00November 4, 2024|

TORONTO, November 4, 2024 – 2022 Queen's Plate winner Moira delivered Canada one of its biggest racing moments this past Saturday by winning the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf at Del Mar in California. The five-year-old mare powered to the lead at the top of the stretch in the mile and three-eighths Read more