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Arravale Wins E.P. Taylor for Canadian Team

Woodbine-based Arravale burst through along the rail to capture her second grade I event of 2006, taking Sunday's $1 million (Canadian) E.P. Taylor Stakes for fillies and mares at Woodbine.

 Sunday, October 22, 2006

Front-Running Ready's Gal Holds On in Canadian

James T. Scatuorchio's Ready's Gal held off the determined late charge of odds-on favorite Arravale en route to a front-running victory in the $304,400 Canadian Stakes (Can-II) for fillies and mares on the Woodbine turf course Sunday.

 Sunday, September 17, 2006

Homecoming for Arravale in Canadian Stakes

After a lucrative summer in Southern California, Robert Costigan's Arravale makes her homecoming in the $300,000 Canadian Stakes (Can-II) on Sunday's Woodbine Mile card.

 Friday, September 15, 2006

Homecoming for Arravale in Canadian Stakes

After a lucrative summer in Southern California, Robert Costigan's Arravale makes her homecoming in the $300,000 Canadian Stakes (Can-II) on Sunday's Woodbine Mile card.

 Friday, September 15, 2006

First Stake for Ambitious Cat in Dance Smartly

Ambitious Cat, last year's Sovereign Award winner as Canada's top female turf horse, captured her first stakes race on Saturday in the $300,000 Dance Smartly (Can-II) at Woodbine.

 Saturday, July 15, 2006

Noble Stella Chases Dance Smartly Repeat

Noble Stella, a 5-year-old daughter of Monsun, chases a repeat victory in the $300,000 Dance Smartly Stakes Can-II) Saturday at Woodbine.

 Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Naissance Royale Gives Clement Nassau Win

Monceaux Stable's Naissance Royale outfinished Ambitious Cat to win the $308,900 Nassau Stakes (Can-II) for fillies and mares Saturday at Woodbine over a soft turf course.

 Saturday, June 03, 2006

Invitational In Steep in Woodbine's Nassau

Invitational, off the board just once in seven career starts, makes her 4-year-old debut for conditioner Catherine Day Phillips in Saturday's $300,000 Nassau Stakes (Can-II) at Woodbine.

 Thursday, June 01, 2006

Wend Winds Way Back Home for Jenny Wiley

Claiborne Farm's Wend, owner of a five-race winning streak on the East Coast last year, returns to her Lexington home as the 5-2 morning line favorite in Saturday's $200,000 Jenny Wiley (gr. IIT) on the Keeneland turf.

 Thursday, April 13, 2006

Honey Fox, The Very One Complete Gulf Stakes Line-Up

The $100,000 Honey Fox Handicap (gr. III) and $100,000 The Very One Handicap (gr. III), both for fillies and mares on the grass, complete a stakes-filled card at Gulfstream Park Saturday.

 Thursday, March 02, 2006

A Bit O'Gold Named Canadian Horse of Year

Two Bit Racing Stable's A Bit O'Gold, a winner of three stakes in seven starts with earnings of nearly $600,000 in 2005, was named the Sovereign Award winner as Canadian Horse of the Year Dec. 16.

 Saturday, December 17, 2005

Honey Ryder Makes Beeline in E.P. Taylor

The powerhouse jockey/trainer tandem of John Velazquez and Todd Pletcher shipped Honey Ryder to Woodbine Sunday to take the $1 million E.P. Taylor Stakes (Can-I) in game fashion.

 Sunday, October 23, 2005

Punctilious Figures in E.P. Taylor Stakes

Godolphin's Punctilious heads a field of 12 fillies and mares for Sunday's $1 million E.P. Taylor Stakes (Can-I), at 10 furlongs on the turf at Woodbine, part of the undercard on Pattison Canadian International day.

 Saturday, October 22, 2005

Wilson Guides Classic Stamp to Bell Canadian Win

Woodbine's leading rider, Emma-Jayne Wilson, celebrated the first stakes victory of her career, guiding 7-1 shot Classic Stamp to a successful title defense in the 1 1/8-mile $316,536 Bell Canadian Stakes (Can-II) for fillies and mares.

 Sunday, September 18, 2005

Wilson Can Put Stamp On Big Woodbine Meet

Emma-Jayne Wilson, Woodbine's leading rider, teams with a familiar partner, Classic Stamp, in the $336,000 Bell Canadian Stakes (Can-II), one of two undercard features on Sunday's Atto Mile (Can-I) program at the Toronto oval.

 Friday, September 16, 2005

Mona Rose Chases Dance Smartly Repeat

Mona Rose seeks her second consecutive victory in the $323,100 Dance Smartly Handicap (Can-III) at 1 1/8 miles over Woodbine's E.P. Taylor Turf Course on Saturday.

 Thursday, July 14, 2005

Que Puntual Overcomes All in Taking Nassau

Earle Mack's Que Puntual survived a rough trip and two claims of foul to win the featured $357,200 Nassau Stakes (Can-II) for fillies and mares on the turf Saturday at Woodbine.

 Saturday, June 04, 2005

U.S. Rivals Try to Lick Classic Stamp in Nassau

Classic Stamp, the multiple stakes-winning daughter of Regal Classic, makes her 2005 added-money debut in Saturday's Nassau Stakes (Can-II) at Woodbine, an event that has attracted some strong talent from Canada and the United States.

 Friday, June 03, 2005