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Last Answer Uses Theft Tactics in Nijinsky Stakes

Last Answer Uses Theft Tactics in Nijinsky Stakes

Last Answer, under an astute front-running ride from Emile Ramsammy, upset 2006 Sovereign Award champion Sky Conqueror and the rest of the field in the CAN $300,000 Nijinsky Stakes (Can-II) on a yielding grass course Aug. 26 at Woodbine.

 Sunday, August 26, 2007

Wando to Enter Stud at Lane's End

Wando, Canada's Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old colt following his sweep of the 2003 Triple Crown, has been retired from racing and will enter stud at William S. Farish's Lane's End Farm near Versailles, Ky.

 Monday, August 08, 2005

Canada's Triple Crown Winner Wando Retired

Wando, who swept Canada's Triple Crown of Thoroughbred racing in 2003, was retired Thursday morning because of a leg injury.

 Thursday, May 12, 2005

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

Hour of Justice on Time in Royal North Stakes

A new era trainer Mike Keogh dawned on the Simcoe Holiday Monday when he collected his first stakes win for another high-profile owner, Stronach Stables, as Hour Of Justice scored won the $217,550 Royal North Stakes (Can-III) at Woodbine.

 Monday, August 02, 2004

Dominion Day Field Gassed by Mobil

Gus Schickedanz's Mobil ran the race of his life and produced the most dominant performance by any horse at Woodbine this year when crushing six rivals in the $217,220 Dominion Day Stakes (Can-III) Thursday.

 Thursday, July 01, 2004

Wando Makes Woodbine Return in King Edward

After two starts in the United States, Wando, Canada's reigning Horse of the Year, makes his 2004 Woodbine debut on Saturday in the $324,300 King Edward Breeders' Cup Stakes (Can-II).

 Thursday, June 17, 2004

Bluegrass Castle Burns

"The Castle," a prominent structure on Versailles Road in Woodford County, Ky., suffered severe damage Monday night when a fire apparently started around 8 p.m.

 Tuesday, May 11, 2004

Mobil Motors Past 'Bad Boy in Vigil

Just days before the running of the $160,800 Vigil Stakes (Can-III), trainer Mike Keogh termed Mobil a "forgotten horse." Not after the 4-year-old colt's superb 2004 debut Saturday at Woodbine.

 Sunday, May 02, 2004

Mobil to Make 2004 Bow in Woodbine's Vigil

Multiple stakes winner Mobil makes his 2004 debut in Saturday's $160,800 Vigil Stakes (Can-III) at Woodbine with high expectations from trainer Mike Keogh.

 Thursday, April 29, 2004

Wando Begins '04 Campaign With Grass Win

Wando, Canada's 2003 Horse of the Year and Triple Crown champion, defeated seven turf rivals in his first start as a 4-year-old at Keeneland Racecourse in Kentucky on Sunday.

 Sunday, April 18, 2004

Wando Works at Palm Meadows

Wando, who became the seventh horse to win Canada's Triple Crown, took to the training track on Friday morning at Palm Meadows Training Center in Florida, and worked three furlongs in :39.60 that definitely pleased trainer Mike Keogh

 Friday, January 30, 2004

Consummate Teacher

By James B. Keogh -- December 19, 2003, was a cold, wintry day in Central Kentucky, and a very dark day for the horse industry. It marked the death of Joseph L. Taylor, co-owner of Taylor Made Farm and former manager of Gainesway Farm.

 Tuesday, December 23, 2003

Six Queen's Plate Hopefuls in Trial Saturday

Gus Schickedanz's Mobil, winner of four of his last five, is the early 9-5 favorite in the field of six for Saturday's Plate Trial at Woodbine.

 Friday, May 30, 2003