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TORONTO, July 17, 2022 – Ontario bred Poulin in O T didn’t need any late race heroics to capture Sunday’s $125,000 Victoria Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack. The Steve Owens trainee, named for Canadian women’s hockey hero Marie-Philip Poulin, posted a statement 3 ¼ length victory over five rivals in the 5 ½ furlong event for Read more

TORONTO, July 14, 2022 – Late race heroics could be in store for Sunday’s Victoria Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack. A field of six two-year-olds will go 5 ½ furlongs over the Woodbine Tapeta in the $125,000 Victoria. All six competitors have race experience with five having already visited the winner’s circle. Among those winners is Read more

TORONTO, July 13, 2022 – An opportunity at early stakes glory will be up for grabs in Saturday’s $125,000 My Dear Stakes for two-year-old fillies at Woodbine Racetrack. A field of five will travel 5 ½ furlongs on the Woodbine Tapeta in Saturday’s feature race. All but one of the competitors has made their pari-mutuel Read more

Ontario Racing’s Thoroughbred Improvement Program Committee has continued its commitment to the Ontario Sire Heritage Series, by increasing the purse for each leg to $100,000 raising the total purse value of the Ontario Sire Heritage Series to $800,000. Established in 2021, the Ontario Sire Heritage Series is comprised of three opening legs and a $100,000 Read more

TORONTO, June 28, 2022 — A quartet of Ontario Breds Artie’s Storm, Mighty Heart, Skywire, and Avoman are part of the field of nine entered in the Grade 3 $150,000 Dominion Day Stakes. The Dominion Day is a 1 1/8-mile main track event and race six Friday at Woodbine. Fresh off a third straight score, Read more

TORONTO, June 26, 2022 – Artie’s Princess, under Patrick Husbands, made it look easy in taking the $101,600 Ballade Stakes, for Ontario-sired fillies and mares, four-years-old and up on Sunday at Woodbine Racetrack. Sent off as the 3-5 choice in the six-furlong race Artie’s Princess was hustled to the rail by Husbands, as multiple stakes Read more

TORONTO, June 25, 2022 – Sport brings people together over shared passions and interests. Hello Friends, a competitor in tomorrow’s Ballade Stakes for Ontario Sired Fillies and Mares four-year-olds and up, tells a tale of new friends through an intersection of baseball and horse racing. The daughter of Court Vision is a Maggie Leblanc homebred Read more

TORONTO, June 19, 2022 – Mason’s Gamble, a four-year-old son of Gamble’s Exchange-Dynaco, held on gamely to take all the spoils in the $100,800 Ontario Jockey Club Stakes for Ontario Sired four-year-olds and up, on Sunday, June 19 at Woodbine Racetrack. ​ ​It was an early scramble for the lead, as four horses left the Read more

The $125,000 Queenston Stakes, a key prep on the road to this year’s Queen’s Plate (August 21), takes the spotlight on Sunday’s 10-race card at Woodbine. ​ ​ ​The seven-furlong Queenston, for three-year-olds, foaled in Canada, has attracted some top contenders hoping for a shot at Plate glory, including undefeated The Minkster. ​ ​Tabbed as Read more

Trainer Kevin Attard sends out the duo of Moira and Souper Flashy in Saturday’s $125,000 Stella Artois Fury Stakes at Woodbine. ​ ​A key prep on the road to this year’s $500,000 Woodbine Oaks presented by Budweiser (July 24, at Woodbine), the seven-furlong main track Fury, for three-year-old fillies, foaled in Canada, has attracted eight Read more