Woodbine Winter Report: March 3, 2021
TORONTO, March 3, 2021 – Each week, in the lead-up to Opening Day (April 17) of the 2021 Woodbine Thoroughbred season, we’ll…
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Woodbine Winter Report: February 10, 2021 (Mark Casse, Rachel Halden, Path to the Plate, Ones To Watch, and more)
TORONTO, February 10, 2021 – Each week, in the lead-up to Opening Day of the 2021 Woodbine Thoroughbred season, we’ll follow some…
Hernandez edges Stein in close jockey race, Casse earns 12th Woodbine training title
TORONTO, November 27, 2020 – The jockeys’ race for the 2020 meet title at Woodbine Racetrack went right down to the wire,…
Ride a Comet leads Casse exacta in Grade 2 Kennedy Road Stakes
TORONTO, November 21, 2020 – Mark Casse trainees Ride a Comet and Souper Stonehenge swept the Kennedy Road Stakes exacta on Saturday…
A touch of ‘Grey’ and Mazarine on tap this Sunday at Woodbine
TORONTO, November 19, 2020 – Nine two-year-olds, including impressive first-time winner Haddassah, are set to contest Sunday’s $125,000 Grey Stakes (G3), at…
Mark Casse: The story behind 3,000
By: Chris Lomon for Woodbine.com TORONTO, November 19, 2020 – In the aftermath of the text he received from one of Thoroughbred…
The stars (and stakes) are set to shine on Saturday at Woodbine
TORONTO, November 18, 2020 – Multiple stakes winner and 2017 Canadian Horse of the Year, Pink Lloyd, looks to add to his…
Casse and Hernandez sweep Saturday’s graded stakes at Woodbine
TORONTO, November 7, 2020 – Woodbine’s meet-leading trainer Mark Casse teamed up with jockey Rafael Hernandez to sweep Saturday’s graded stakes action…
A Great One goes south: Gretzky the Great heads to Kentucky
By: Chris O’Leary for Woodbine.com TORONTO, November 5, 2020 – Mark Casse and his wife had just arrived in Lexington, Kentucky on…
Not So Quiet thwarts rivals in Overskate
TORONTO, October 31, 2020 – After an early three-way tussle for the top spot that lasted into the final turn, Not So…
Helium rises to the occasion, becoming stakes winner in Display
TORONTO, October 18, 2020 – Helium, who had stamped himself as one to watch in his victorious debut at Woodbine on September…
Souper Sensational is perfect in Glorious Song
TORONTO, October 17, 2020 – Live Oak Plantation’s two-year-old filly Souper Sensational kept her record perfect with a stunning score on Saturday at Woodbine…
Husbands and Casse team up again with Durham Cup champion Salute With Honor
TORONTO, October 11, 2020 – Jockey Patrick Husbands and trainer Mark Casse completed a sweep of the Thanksgiving weekend stakes events at…
Master Spy triumphs in Cup and Saucer Stakes
TORONTO, October 10, 2020 – Master Spy seized the lead in the 84th running of the $250,000 Cup and Saucer Stakes and…
Not So Quiet makes some noise in Vice Regent Stakes
TORONTO, October 4, 2020 – Heste Sport’s homebred five-year-old Not So Quiet thundered past the favoured graded stakes winner City Boy down…
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…
Gretzky the Great shoots for Summer Stakes glory… and scores!
TORONTO, September 20, 2020 – Gretzky the Great netted his second added-money trophy in taking Sunday’s Grade 1, $250,000 Summer Stakes, a…
Lady Speightspeare gets top billing in competitive cast for Natalma Stakes
TORONTO, September 17, 2020 – On Saturday, trainer Roger Attfield and owner/breeder Charles Fipke will be looking to knock off some big…
Budding stars set to shine in Grade 1 Summer Stakes
TORONTO, September 17, 2020 – Seven first-year stars take their talents to the E.P. Taylor Turf Course in Sunday’s Grade 1 $250,000…
Turf talents look to go the extra mile in Ricoh Woodbine Mile
TORONTO, September 16, 2020 – Starship Jubilee, Canada’s reigning Horse of the Year, will take on a gifted group of seven rivals,…
Stronger Together Online Panel and Ricoh Woodbine Mile Post Position Draw set for Wednesday
TORONTO, September 14, 2020 – Woodbine Entertainment is hosting the post position draw for the 2020 Ricoh Woodbine Mile as part of…
Chart registers first stakes win in Grade 3 Ontario Colleen
TORONTO, August 29, 2020 – With a determined stretch run, Chart prevailed in a photo finish to take the $125,000 Ontario Colleen…
King Edward champ March to the Arch gives Hernandez third straight stakes win
TORONTO, August 15, 2020 – Leading jockey Rafael Hernandez collected his third straight stakes win on the Saturday program at Woodbine, as…
Two Sixty leads all the way in Grade 3 Selene Stakes
TORONTO, July 25, 2020 – Two Sixty dashed to the lead out of the gates and never looked back in the $125,000…