Pamina overcomes obstacles in Ontario Matron Stakes win
by J. Keeler Johnson A long ship, a wide trip, an unfamiliar racing surface – any one of these obstacles would have been a logical excuse for Pamina to come up short in the C$125,000 […]
Woodbine
One Bad Boy good on lead in gate-to-wire Queen’s Plate score
Considering her success with horses on synthetic surfaces, bloodstock agent Brooke Hubbard has found the right partners in Stephen Young’s Sayjay Racing and Greg Hall as their silks are emblazoned with the recycle symbol. The […]
Wet Your Whistle, Synchrony, Holy Helena star in graded turf stakes on Queen’s Plate Day
David Palmer’s Wet Your Whistle continued his upward spiral with a new career high in Saturday’s $232,806 Highlander (G1), one of five turf stakes during the Queen’s Plate Festival at Woodbine. Bet down to 7-2 […]
Queen’s Plate headlines six-stakes card at Woodbine
One filly, six colts, six geldings and one ridgling comprise the C$1 million Queen’s Plate field at Woodbine on Saturday. The 1 1/4-mile contest, restricted to Canadian-bred sophomores, is the feature contest on a stakes-laden […]
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). […]
Sister Peacock wires Star Shoot
by JOHN MUCCIOLO Brent McLellan, Russell McLellan and trainer Stuart Simon’s Sister Peacock broke best in Sunday’s $76,089 Star Shoot S. at Woodbine. The sophomore filly never looked back after the start in a securing […]
Upcoming Stakes for December 6 – 12
A light weekend in terms of graded action is upon us, but Gulfstream Park and Fair Grounds more than make up for the slack with jam-packed days of stakes. The Los Alamitos Futurity (G1) and […]
Woodbine At a Glance December 3
WOODBINE AT A GLANCE Avg. Winning Odds: 5.28 – 1 Favorite Win%: 36%, Favorite Itm%: 73% EXOTICS PAYOFF Exacta 85.00 Daily Double 91.95 Trifecta 544.12 Pick 3 645.52 Superfecta 3,479.00 Pick 4 5,337.85 Pick 5 […]
Woodbine At a Glance November 26
WOODBINE AT A GLANCE Avg. Winning Odds: 5.29 – 1 Favorite Win%: 36%, Favorite Itm%: 73% EXOTICS PAYOFF Exacta 86.07 Daily Double 92.52 Trifecta 552.47 Pick 3 656.61 Superfecta 3,508.36 Pick 4 5,411.51 Pick […]
Upcoming Stakes for October 25 – 31
Keeneland is gearing down and Churchill Downs is revving up in preparation for the 2018 Breeders’ Cup, which is a little over a week away. There are only three U.S. graded contests this weekend, and […]