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Part 1 of a retrospective on Ontario Bred superstar Moira. Click here for Part 2. By Hayley Morrison The Great Canadian filly Moira has fashioned her way into the history books, becoming one of the most dominant thoroughbreds Ontario has ever produced. The five-year-old daughter of Ghostzapper out of Devine Aida was foaled into this Read more

TORONTO, November 24, 2024 – Mansetti, trained by Kevin Attard, is back on the winning track after taking the $150,000 Clarendon Stakes, Sunday at Woodbine. Sent off as the 9-2 third choice of six in the six-furlong event for Ontario bred or Ontario sired 2-year-olds, Mansetti, with Leo Salles aboard, was on a mission to Read more

TORONTO, November 23, 2024 – Pop Idol earned her first stakes victory in style, taking top prize in the $150,000 Shady Well, Saturday at Woodbine. Making her fourth start at the Toronto oval, Pop Idol popped out of the gate running in the six-furlong main track race for Ontario-bred or Ontario-sired 2-year-old fillies and was Read more

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

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

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

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

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

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

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