Moira smashes Woodbine Oaks; Sir for Sure upsets Plate Trial
On a busy Sunday of racing at Woodbine, possible Queen’s Plate S. contender Moira caught eyes with a terrific victory in the Woodbine Oaks. […]
Woodbine Oaks
Wakanaka, Lady Speightspeare square off in Dance Smartly on Woodbine Oaks Day
Woodbine hosts four stakes on Sunday. While the Woodbine Oaks opens the classic series for three-year-old fillies, Queen’s Plate hopefuls audition in the Plate Trial. Bookending those Canadian-restricted events are the Dance Smartly (G2) and Hendrie (G3). […]
March to the Arch gives jockey Hernandez three stakes wins at Woodbine
March to the Arch set himself up for a possible tilt in next month’s Woodbine Mile (G1) while improving his record on the Toronto turf to 2-for-2 in Saturday’s $134,808 King Edward Stakes (G2). It […]
Plate Trial, Woodbine Oaks among stakes smorgasbord at Woodbine
A trio of graded stakes and a pair of important tests for Canadian-bred 3-year-olds highlight a stakes-laden card at Woodbine on Saturday. Here’s a rundown of what’s on tap. Dance Smartly (G2) The C$175,000 Dance […]
Desert Ride aiming to score a hat trick for fillies in this week’s Queen’s Plate
It dates to 1860, making it older than any of the U.S. Triple Crown events and virtually every race in North America (though Keeneland’s Phoenix [G2] has a checkered lineage tracing back to the 1830s). […]
Dixie Moon foils Wonder Gadot in Woodbine Oaks; Telekinesis, Road to Victory win
While the Kentucky Oaks (G1) winner Monomoy Girl enjoyed a victory Saturday in the Acorn (G1) at Belmont Park, the Kentucky Oaks runner-up, Wonder Gadot, met defeat as a 3-10 favorite in the $386,800 Woodbine […]
Wonder Gadot returns in Woodbine Oaks
Canadian champion WONDER GADOT headlines a five-filly field entered to go 1 1/8 miles at Woodbine on Saturday in the C$500,000 Woodbine Oaks. The Mark Casse trainee has spent her sophomore career thus far running […]
Holy Helena captures Woodbine Oaks; Guy Caballero upsets Plate Trial
Stronach Stable’s homebred Holy Helena earned her first stakes triumph on Sunday at Woodbine when taking the $372,440 Woodbine Oaks by a length under jockey Luis Contreras. Holy Helena settled between runners just behind Stallion […]