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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

Lemon Maid Dusts Duchess Foes

Lemon Maid made easy work of five rivals in Saturday's $165,550 Duchess Stakes (Can-III) as the 2-5 favorite at Woodbine.

 Saturday, August 13, 2005

Frankel Takes Queen's Plate with Wild Desert

Wild Desert gave jockey Patrick Valenzuela and stand-in trainer Bobby Frankel their first victory in the $1 million Queen's Plate, the first leg of the Triple Crown for 3-year-old Canadian-breds at Woodbine Sunday.

 Sunday, June 26, 2005

Filly Gold Strike Seeks Queen's Plate Riches

Dance With Ravens and Gold Strike head a field of 10 Canadian-bred 3-year-olds in Sunday's $1 million Queen's Plate at Woodbine.

 Thursday, June 23, 2005

Gold Strike A Nugget in Woodbine Oaks

Harlequin Ranches' homebred Gold Strike overpowered the field in the $502,000 Labatt Woodbine Oaks Sunday to become the first Manitoba-bred to win Canada's premier event for sophomore fillies since the Oaks began in 1956.

 Sunday, June 12, 2005

Gold Strike Favored in Woodbine Oaks

Harlequin Ranches' Gold Strike has been established as the 9-5 morning line favorite over nine Canadian-bred 3-year-old filly rivals for Sunday's $500,000 Labatt Woodbine Oaks.

 Friday, June 10, 2005

Jockey Castellano to Pilot Ready and Alluring in Canadian Oaks

Jockey Javier Castellano will ride Ready and Alluring in Sunday's $500,000 Labatt Woodbine Oaks, the premier event for Canadian-bred 3-year-old fillies at Woodbine. Ready and Alluring could face as many as 10 challengers in the 1 1/8-mile race.

 Monday, June 06, 2005

Gold Strike Hits Pay Dirt in Selene Stakes

Gold Strike, bred and owned by Harlequin Ranches, drew off in the stretch to take Sunday's $280,400 Selene Stakes (Can-III) for 3-year-old fillies at Woodbine in impressive fashion.

 Sunday, May 22, 2005