Jolie Olimpica triumphs over Woodbine turf to take Nassau Stakes
TORONTO, July 24, 2021 – Fox Hill Farm’s Jolie Olimpica bested a field of a dozen distaffers to take the $175,000 Nassau,…
Luis Contreras
Avie’s Flatter captures Grade 2 Connaught Cup
TORONTO, July 18, 2021 – Turf stakes action kicked off at Woodbine Racetrack on Sunday with Ivan Dalos’ popular homebred Avie’s Flatter…
Easy Time triumphs in Grade 3 Marine / Tio Magico has his way in the Queenston
TORONTO, July 11, 2021 – Easy Time put forth a strong showing in the $150,000 Marine Stakes for three-year-olds on Sunday, giving…
Souper Escape holds on to Trillium title in a thrilling finish
TORONTO, June 26, 2021 – Defending champion Souper Escape just held off Crystal Glacier at the wire to win the $150,000 Trillium…
Boardroom makes the grade in Whimsical Stakes; Can’t Buy Love surges to Star Shoot victory
TORONTO, June 19, 2021 – With the action heating up at Woodbine Racetrack, LNJ Foxwoods’ four-year-old filly Boardroom earned her first graded…
Belichick turfs rivals in Breeders’ Stakes, Mighty Heart finishes seventh in Triple Crown bid
TORONTO, October 24, 2020 – Belichick, second to Mighty Heart in the Queen’s Plate, turned the tables on his stablemate, and trounced…
Sophomores Proven Strategies and Boardroom share stakes spotlight at Woodbine
TORONTO, October 3, 2020 – Leading jockey Justin Stein deployed front-end tactics in the $100,000 Toronto Cup and the Mark Casse-trained Proven…
Count Again rolls to Singspiel upset in first stakes try
TORONTO, September 19, 2020 – Count Again, making his stakes debut, rallied strongly at odds of 9-1 to take down Saturday’s Grade…
Canadian-breds star in lucrative Sales Stakes
TORONTO, August 30, 2020 – Woodbine’s action-packed Sunday program showcased graduates of the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society’s sales vying for $770,000 in…
Ready to Repeat wins Victoria Stakes; Lermyte injured in accident
TORONTO, August 2, 2020 – A fitting repeat winner at Woodbine, the Gail Cox-trained two-year-old Ready to Repeat fashioned a front-end score…
Joy’s Rocket takes off in My Dear Stakes
TORONTO, August 1, 2020 – Team Hanley’s undefeated two-year-old filly Joy’s Rocket was impressive in her stakes debut at Woodbine Racetrack on…
Souper Escape runs away with Trillium trophy
TORONTO, July 18, 2020 – Live Oak Plantation’s Souper Escape gave her filly and mare foes the slip in the $125,000 Trillium…
Newstome and Owlette win first stakes of the Woodbine meet
TORONTO, June 13, 2020 – Stakes action kicked off at Woodbine Racetrack on Saturday afternoon with three-year-old colt Newstome winning the $100,000…
Live Thoroughbred racing returns at Woodbine Racetrack
TORONTO, June 6, 2020 – Live Thoroughbred racing returned to Woodbine Racetrack on Saturday afternoon (June 6) with an 11-race card. Originally…
Another celebration for Cooler Mike and company
TORONTO, November 30, 2019 – Cooler Mike gave the father-son team of Mike and Nick Nosowenko something to celebrate during their post-race…
Winning momentum continues for Attard and Da Silva
TORONTO, October 20, 2019 – Trainer Kevin Attard and jockey Eurico Rosa Da Silva teamed up to win Sunday afternoon’s first three…
Starship Jubilee the star of the E.P. Taylor Stakes show
TORONTO, October 12 – Starship Jubilee, under Luis Contreras, surged to the lead at the top of the stretch, and went on…
Red Giveaway runs away with Bull Page victory
TORONTO, September 22, 2019 – Red Giveaway took all the spoils in the co-featured $100,000 Bull Page Stakes, defeating the favoured Simcoe…
Starship Jubilee defends Canadian Stakes title
TORONTO, September 14, 2019 – Starship Jubilee went to the front and never looked back en route to a 4 ¼-length victory…
Camp Creek prevails in second round of the Woodbine Turf Endurance Series
TORONTO, August 24, 2019 – Camp Creek and Luis Contreras came out on top in a three-across finish at the end of…
Seek and Destroy trounces Ontario Colleen foes as Contreras completes Saturday stakes sweep
TORONTO, July 20, 2019 – Woodbine invader Seek and Destroy was able to seize another Grade 3 victory as she took the…
Armistice Day earns first stakes win in Toronto Cup
TORONTO, July 20, 2019 – Back at Woodbine under the tutelage of trainer Barbara Minshall, Armistice Day lived up to expectations in…
Pamina defeats favourite Katie Baby in an Ontario Matron photo finish
TORONTO, July 13, 2019 –Augustin Stable’s four-year-old filly Pamina outduelled favourite Katie Baby to prevail in a photo finish in the $125,000…
Pay for Peace pulls off 19-1 upset in the Plate Trial Stakes
TORONTO, June 8, 2019 – Pay for Peace overtook 9-5 favourite Federal Law in mid-stretch to pull off a 19-1 upset in…