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Delegation Meets For Durham Cup Score

Delegation Meets For Durham Cup Score

Favorite Delegation ran like a 6-5 choice should, taking the Durham Cup field wire-to-window to win the grade III Polytrack race over nine furlongs by 1 1/4 lengths over defending champ City Wolf.

 Sunday, October 14, 2012
City Wolf Runs Streak to Four in Durham Cup

City Wolf Runs Streak to Four in Durham Cup

City Wolf, making his stakes debut, shook loose of his rivals at the head of the stretch to register his fourth consecutive victory for trainer Reade Baker in the $144,589 Durham Cup (Can-III) at Woodbine Oct. 2.

 Sunday, October 02, 2011
Durham Cup Lures Champion Eye of the Leopard

Durham Cup Lures Champion Eye of the Leopard

Eye of the Leopard, the 2009 Queen's Plate Stakes winner and Canada's champion 3-year-old male, will be making his first start of the year as he takes on several fellow stakes-winning veterans in the Durham Cup.

 Thursday, September 29, 2011
Southdale Takes Rail to Durham Cup Triumph

Southdale Takes Rail to Durham Cup Triumph

Favored Southdale squeezed through an opening at the top of the stretch and cruised to a 3 1/4-length victory in the $170,065 Durham Cup (Can-III) on Woodbine's Polytrack Oct. 3.

 Sunday, October 03, 2010
Last Two Durham Cup Winners Return

Last Two Durham Cup Winners Return

Pool Play and Palladio, the last two winners of the $150,000 Durham Cup (Can-III), are both back for another try in the 1 1/8-mile Polytrack race Oct. 3 at Woodbine.

 Thursday, September 30, 2010
Durham Cup: Pool Play Prevails in Stakes Bow

Durham Cup: Pool Play Prevails in Stakes Bow

Pool Play, making his stakes debut for trainer Mark Casse, charged late to overtake favored Ice Bear, winning the $156,914 Durham Cup (Can-III) over Woodbine's Polytrack by one length Oct. 4.

 Sunday, October 04, 2009
Gran Estreno Eyes 7th Straight in Durham Cup

Gran Estreno Eyes 7th Straight in Durham Cup

Gran Estreno, claimed for $20,000 on two different occasions this year, was installed as the 2-1 morning-line favorite for the $150,000 Durham Cup (Can-III) Oct. 4 at Woodbine.

 Friday, October 02, 2009
Palladio Breaks Through in Durham Cup

Palladio Breaks Through in Durham Cup

Winless in nearly 17 months, Palladio broke through in a big way in the $154,200 Durham Cup (Can-III) Oct. 11 at Woodbine, as the 6-year-old took over at the quarter pole and held on in the stretch to score by 1 3/4 lengths on the Polytrack.

 Saturday, October 11, 2008

Monsoon Rain Steps Up For Durham Cup

Larry Carter's Monsoon Rain, a winner of five consecutive races, ships to Woodbine to try graded stakes company for the first time in the $150,000 Durham Cup (Can-III) Oct. 11.

 Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Autumn: Eccentric Faces Stiff Test

Autumn: Eccentric Faces Stiff Test

Gary Tanaka's Eccentric has won four of his last seven starts, but two of those losses have come against horses that he will face in the $150,000 Autumn Stakes (Can-III), to be held Nov. 17 on the Woodbine Polytrack.

 Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Leonnatus Anteas Wins Durham Cup in Record Time

Leonnatus Anteas Wins Durham Cup in Record Time

On a fast day at Woodbine, Leonnatus Anteas, Canada's champion 2-year-old male in 2006, set the Toronto oval's Polytrack record for 1 1/8 miles in the $150,000 Durham Cup Stakes (Can-III) Oct. 13.

 Saturday, October 13, 2007

Late-Running Cryptograph Decodes Durham Cup

Pin Oak Stable's Cryptograph, with Todd Kabel aboard, roared down the stretch to capture the $161,050 Durham Cup Stakes (Can-III) Saturday at Woodbine.

 Saturday, October 15, 2005

Norfolk Knight Upsets Mobil in Durham Cup

Norfolk Knight, with a well-judged Jillian Scharfstein ride, shocked heavily favored Mobil and jockey Todd Kabel in Saturday's $159,450 Durham Cup Stakes (Can-III) at Woodbine.

 Saturday, October 16, 2004

Mobil Can Provide Fuel as Kabel Chases Mark

Jockey Todd Kabel can match a 38-year-old Woodbine record for stakes wins in a season when he partners with 126-pound high weight Mobil in the $150,000-added Durham Cup Stakes (Can-III) Saturday.

 Thursday, October 14, 2004