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By Woodbine Communications/ Chris Lomon TORONTO – Five hopefuls, including sprint standouts Patches O’Houlihan and Poulin in O T, will vie for top prize in the $100,000 Lake Superior, to be contested at six furlongs over the E.P. Taylor turf. The Lake Superior is a part of the Ontario Sire Heritage Series. Trained by Canadian Horse Read more

By Woodbine Communications/ Chris Lomon TORONTO – A pair of Ontario-sired 3-year-old turf stakes, the $100,000 Thunder Bay, and $100,000 Lake Superior, both a component of the Ontario Sire Heritage Series, share the spotlight on Sunday’s 14-race card at Woodbine. Seven fillies, including Souper Sunday, will take to the E.P. Taylor Turf Course for the six-furlong Thunder Read more

TORONTO, JULY 26, 2023 – Paramount Prince was dominant in the $150,000 Plate Trial, the last key prep for the King’s Plate on August 20, and his victory was thrilling for all the connections, including breeder Ericka Rusnak.   Rusnak, a resident of Stouffville, Ont., has been breeding thoroughbreds for close to 20 years, and Paramount Read more

By Woodbine Communications/ Chris Lomon TORONTO – Elysian Field, under Sahin Civaci, unleashed a spirited stretch run to take all the spoils in the 68th running of the $500,000 Woodbine Oaks Presented by Budweiser, Sunday at Woodbine. Trained by Mark Casse for Team Valor International and Gary Barber, Elysian Field took the lead just before the stretch call and confidently Read more

By Woodbine Communications/ Bill Tallon TORONTO— Paramount Prince, racing beyond seven furlongs for the first time, made all the running and drew off for an emphatic five-length victory under Patrick Husbands in Sunday’s 1 1/8-mile Plate Trial at Woodbine Racetrack. The Plate Trial, a race for Canadian-bred 3-year-olds, is the major local prep for the Read more

By Woodbine Communications/ Bill Tallon TORONTO— II Malocchio, an Ontario bred mare, rallying strongly on the outside, was up in the shadow of the wire to eke out a head victory in Sunday’s Grade 3, $150,000 Trillium Stakes, presented by Stella Artois. Angelou outdueled the 3-2 favorite Souper Hoity Toity by a neck for second Read more

TORONTO – Kevin Attard will have four chances to win his third straight $500,000 Woodbine Oaks Presented by Budweiser, one of four stakes on Sunday’s 11-race card at Woodbine. Inaugurated in 1956, the filly classic, which has attracted 14 Canadian-foaled 3-year-old fillies carrying 121 pounds over one mile and one-eighth on the Tapeta, will go Read more

The weekend’s stakes action at Woodbine Racetrack will begin Saturday afternoon with the $125,000 five and a half furlong Victoria Stakes for two-year-old fillies, and Ontario Bred Dancing Ducchess is 5-2 on the morning line.  Dancing Duchess, bred by Mitchell Kursner, bounced back from a seventh in her career debut on May 20 with an Read more

By Woodbine Communications/ Chris Lomon TORONTO – The Ontario Sire Heritage Series launched Saturday afternoon at Woodbine Racetrack with a pair of $100,000 stakes, the Lake Huron and Georgian Bay. The five-furlong Inner Turf events are part of the Ontario Sire Heritage Series, an eight-leg stakes series open to Ontario sired 3-year-olds, to be contested Read more

By Woodbine Communications/ Chris Lomon TORONTO, July 5, 2023 – A pair of stakes, the $100,000 Georgian Bay and $100,000 Lake Huron, mark the start of this year’s Ontario Sire Heritage Series, Saturday at Woodbine. Established in 2021, the Ontario Sire Heritage Series is comprised of three $100,000 legs and a $100,000 final for two divisions: Read more