Woodbine’s 2021 Thoroughbred meet concludes with record closing day
TORONTO, December 5, 2021 – It was a fitting result for Woodbine’s leading trainer Mark Casse on Sunday, as Sir Winston and…
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Laura Krasauskaite lands first stakes win in La Prevoyante / Artie’s Storm reigns supreme in Steady Growth
TORONTO, December 4, 2021 – Laura Krasauskaite earned her first training stakes win courtesy of Silent Causeway in Saturday’s $100,800 La Prevoyante Stakes at…
Valedictory Stakes part of 14 races on final card of 2021 Woodbine Thoroughbred season
TORONTO, December 2, 2021 – The Grade 3 $150,000 Valedictory Stakes, set for 1 ½-miles on the Tapeta, has attracted 14 starters,…
Summer Sunday: One chapter ends, another begins
Summer Sunday has one last journey to take before heading to greener pastures. Less than a week from now, the striking six-year-old…
163rd Queen’s Plate scheduled for Sunday, August 21, 2022
TORONTO, December 1, 2021 – Woodbine Entertainment today announced the 163rd running of the $1 million Queen’s Plate, first jewel of the…
Mrs. Barbara comes up with ‘Jim Dandy’ effort in Mazarine / God of Love flies home late to take Grey
TORONTO, November 28, 2021 – Mrs. Barbara put in an impressive stretch run to capture the Grade 3 $156,400 Mazarine Stakes, Sunday…
Chart-topper: Pink Lloyd goes out a winner
TORONTO, November 27, 2021 – Pink Lloyd, one of Canada’s greatest and most beloved sprinters, ended his remarkable career with a gutsy…
Told It All looks to claim Crimson crown
TORONTO, November 26, 2021 – Suzanne Drake is seeing grey ahead of the $50,000 Crimson Handicap, Saturday at Woodbine. Nine hopefuls, including…
Grade 3 double bill: Grey and Mazarine set for Sunday at Woodbine
TORONTO, November 25, 2021 – A pair of $150,000 rookie stakes, the Grade 3 Grey and Grade 3 Mazarine, highlight Sunday’s 12-race…
Chart-topping Pink Lloyd to make final start in Saturday’s Grade 2 Kennedy Road
TORONTO, November 24, 2021 – Pink Lloyd, one of Canada’s most decorated champions, will make the final start of his illustrious career…
Silent Runner makes some noise in Frost King / Ya Mar sails to victory in South Ocean
TORONTO, November 21, 2021 – Silent Runner was full of run late to take all the spoils in the $100,000 Frost King Stakes,…
Curtain closes on Ontario Sire Heritage Series with pair of primetime performances
TORONTO, November 19, 2021 – The Ontario Sire Heritage Series concluded Friday at Woodbine with Lorena capturing the $100,000 Ashbridges Bay Stakes…
Villeneuve seeks second Frost King crown, this time as trainer
TORONTO, November 18, 2021 – Classy Whisper chases his second straight score when he takes on six rivals in the $100,000 Frost…
If the shoe fits: Mighty Heart all heart in Autumn Stakes victory
TORONTO, November 14, 2021 – Mighty Heart, confidently handled by Patrick Husbands, returned to the winner’s circle with a front-running score in…
Lady Speightspeare stellar in Grade 2 Bessarabian / Skygaze strong in Grade 3 Maple Leaf
TORONTO, November 13, 2021 – Lady Speightspeare kept her perfect record intact after another impressive performance, this time in the Grade 2…
A golden Hall of Fame horse racing romance
It’s a horse racing love story going on 50 years. When they sit down to lunch with their children, grandchildren and other…
Special Forces looks like a force (again) in Grade 2 Autumn
TORONTO, November 11, 2021 – Eight hopefuls, including multiple graded stakes winner Special Forces, reigning Canadian Horse of the Year Mighty Heart,…
Juxtapose ready for Grade 2 Bessarabian test / 10 face-off in Grade 3 Maple Leaf
TORONTO, November 10, 2021 – Juxtapose, a four-year-old daughter of Verrazano-Aldara, goes after her first added-money win in Saturday’s Grade 2 $175,000…
Pink Lloyd sprints to 25th career stakes crown
TORONTO, November 7, 2021 – Pink Lloyd added another stakes title to his outstanding career after taking Sunday’s $100,000 Ontario Jockey Club…
Hernandez heaps praise on Pink Lloyd ahead of Ontario Jockey Club Stakes
TORONTO, November 4, 2021 – Multiple stakes winner and Canadian champion Pink Lloyd takes on five rivals in Sunday’s $100,000 Ontario Jockey…
Looking back on 30th Anniversary of Dance Smartly’s Breeders’ Cup Victory
On November 2, it was the 30-year anniversary that Dance Smartly made history becoming the first Canadian-bred and Canadian-owned horse to win…
Frosted Over flies home to take Grade 3 Ontario Derby / Munnyfor Ro cashes top prize in Ontario Damsel
TORONTO, October 31, 2021 – Frosted Over, under leading rider Kazushi Kimura, pulled off the mild upset in the $159,300 Grade 3…
The Minkster is magnificent in Coronation Futurity
TORONTO, October 30, 2021 – The Minkster, under David Moran, looked impressive in taking the 118th running of the $252,400 Coronation Futurity,…
Summer Sunday hangs on in Eternal Search thriller
TORONTO, October 29, 2021 – Summer Sunday was able to fend off a furious late charge from Royal Wedding to take the…