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TORONTO, October 17, 2024 – My Boy Bruce, a last-time out winner, steps up to the stakes ranks in Sunday’s $100,000 Frost King, a 6 ½-furlong main track event for Ontario-sired 2-year-olds, at Woodbine. Trained by Bill Tharrenos for owners Beclawat Stable and Zona Pereira, the son of Seattle Serenade out of the Flatter mare My Read more

TORONTO, October 13, 2024— Winterberry and jockey Sahin Civaci made a decisive, winning move into the turn for home in the $125,000 Glorious Song Stakes, Sunday at Woodbine. Owned by D.J. Stable LLC and trained by Mark Casse, the dark bay filly landed fourth early in the seven-furlong main track event for 2-year-old fillies, as Read more

TORONTO, October 12, 2024 – One race after earning his first Woodbine stakes victory, Fraser Aebly notched his first graded triumph when he guided A Game to an upset score in the Grade 3 $135,000 Ontario Fashion Stakes Presented by Tanqueray, Saturday at Woodbine. Aebly, enjoying an impressive 2024 campaign, had little time to celebrate Read more

TORONTO, October 5, 2024 – Patches O’Houlihan, with Sofia Vives in the irons, was challenged early, but fought on gamely down the lane to win Grade 2 $250,000 Nearctic Stakes Presented by The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance, Saturday at Woodbine. The six-furlong turf stakes for 3-year-olds and upward, attracted a competitive field of 10, including Patches O’Houlihan, Canada’s reigning Read more

By Chris Lomon/Woodbine Communications TORONTO, September 29, 2024 – Roscar, Saccharine, and Side Street gave Chiefswood Stables a homebred podium finish in the $400,000 Breeders’ Stakes, the final jewel in the OLG Canadian Triple Crown, Sunday at Woodbine. Thor’s Cause, 4-5 choice Hurricane Clair, and Side Street scrapped over the early lead in the 1 Read more

TORONTO, September 26, 2024 – Seven 3-year-olds are set to go postward in Sunday’s $400,000 Breeders’ Stakes, the third jewel in the OLG Canadian Triple Crown, at Woodbine. The final event of the tri-surface series for Canadian-bred sophomores concludes on the world-renowned E.P. Taylor turf with the longest leg of 1 ½ miles. In her Read more

By Chris Lomon/Woodbine Communications TORONTO, September 21, 2024 – Owen’s Tour Guide, under Jose Campos, was full of run late to take Saturday’s $100,000 Zadracarta Stakes, at Woodbine. The Zadracarta, a five-furlong inner turf event for Ontario-bred fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up, went postward with seven hopefuls, including 7-1 Owen’s Tour Guide, who was Read more

By Chris Lomon/Woodbine Communications TORONTO, September 15, 2024 – Dewolf was able to get the upper hand late 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 Silent Name (JPN)-Holy Cargo, Dewolf, with Rafael Hernandez aboard, sat a Read more

By Chris Lomon/Woodbine Communications TORONTO, September 15, 2024 – Souper Supreme, under Patrick Husbands, took the lead early and was resolute throughout en route to victory in Sunday’s $100,000 Victorian Queen Stakes, for 2-year-old Ontario-sired fillies, at Woodbine. Trained by Mark Casse for owners Michael Langlois and Gary Barber, the daughter of Souper Speedy-Platinum Steel Read more

By Woodbine Communications TORONTO, September 14, 2024 – Patches O’Houlihan took command at the start, turned back a couple of challenges from longshot Rockcrest, and motored to his third win in as many starts this season in Saturday’s Grade 3, $150,000 Branded Cities Vigil Stakes, at Woodbine. The defending champion in the six-furlong Vigil, Patches Read more