The Woodbine Mile (Can-G1) has finally arrived and Tepin is primed and ready! The contest has drawn a field of eight runners, but none as popular as Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) queen Tepin. The five-year-old mare will be making her first start at Woodbine on Saturday, but is no stranger to...
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Woodbine Mile News & Notes
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Posted Saturday, September 17
Natalma attracts overflow field; Conquest Farenheit heats up Summer
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Posted Thursday, September 15
One day after the Woodbine Mile (Can-G1), juveniles will get their turn in the spotlight at Woodbine on Sunday when lining up in the C$250,000 Natalma Stakes (Can-G1) and C$200,000 Summer Stakes (Can-G2). Each one-mile turf race will award the winner an automatic berth to the Breeders’ Cup at...
Carroll horses look live on Woodbine Mile Day
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Posted Thursday, September 15
Trainer Josie Carroll is no stranger to Woodbine Race Course, nor Canadian racing in general, as the 58-year-old conditioner has been a local mainstay since going out on her own in 1994. Carroll became the first female trainer to bag the country’s most prestigious event, the Queen’s Plate, with...
Runhappy breezes six furlongs for Ack Ack
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Posted Thursday, September 15
Edited Press Release Reigning champion male sprinter Runhappy breezed six furlongs Thursday morning from the Churchill Downs starting gate in 1:14.40 under jockey Edgar Prado in preparation for his much-anticipated four-year-old debut in the $100,000 Ack Ack Handicap (G3) on October 1. Owned by...
Don’t overlook Presque Isle stakes
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Posted Thursday, September 15
By DICK POWELL Breeders’ Cup prep races have been going on for months and while the “Win And You Are In” events are well-publicized, there are others that merit our attention. This coming Sunday and Monday, Presque Isle Downs will run a pair of stakes races that have yielded many good runners...
Trotting Drums Along The Mohawk; Empire Freshmen Assault Sires Stakes; Wiggle It Jiggleit Races Home
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Posted Wednesday, September 14
Mohawk gathers last week’s elimination contenders for five huge finals. Among the fields are many of the stars aiming still higher to reach earnings and perhaps capture the divisional championships in the Breeders Crown series. A Twinspires million-point Pick 4 on the Sept. 17 Mohawk program is...
Trio Of Lucrative Affairs For Trot And Pace Divisions
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Posted Wednesday, September 14
Another week of Grand Circuit racing takes place at Mohawk Racetrack, with their program on Saturday, Sept. 17 featuring the $363,000 Peaceful Way Final, $350,000 William Wellwood Memorial Final, and two $35,000 eliminations for mares in the Milton Pace. The Peaceful Way appears to surround...
Points chase for 2017 Kentucky Derby begins with Iroquois
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Posted Wednesday, September 14
Saturday’s $150,000 Iroquois (G3) at Churchill Downs is the first of 35 qualifying races in the 2016-17 “Road to the Kentucky Derby” series and a contentious field of eight juveniles has been assembled for the 1 1/16-mile test, which will award points on a 10-4-2-1 scale to the top four finishers...
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