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Up With the Birds Dominates Marine Stakes

Up With the Birds Dominates Marine Stakes

Favored Up With the Birds, tuning up for the Queen's Plate in six weeks, romped to victory over open company in the $163,681 Marine Stakes May 26 at Woodbine.

 Sunday, May 26, 2013
Magic Broomstick Flies to Bessarabian Victory

Magic Broomstick Flies to Bessarabian Victory

Magic Broomstick flew home late under jockey Emma-Jayne Wilson to take the $154,535 Bessarabian Stakes (Can-III) by 1 1/4 lengths Nov. 24 at Woodbine.

 Saturday, November 24, 2012
Atlantic Hurricane Can Hook Bessarabian Again

Atlantic Hurricane Can Hook Bessarabian Again

Atlantic Hurricane won last year's Bessarabian Stakes (Can-III) at Woodbine on her way to a Sovereign Award as Canada's best female sprinter. She's back for another try.

 Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Up With the Birds Soars to Coronation Victory

Up With the Birds Soars to Coronation Victory

Up With the Birds, rallying from last, circled the field rounding the far turn and swept past favored Star Contender en route to a convincing win in the $249,576 Coronation Futurity for 2-year-olds at Woodbine Nov. 10.

 Saturday, November 10, 2012
Sam-Son Has Two Shots in Coronation Futurity

Sam-Son Has Two Shots in Coronation Futurity

Sam-Son Farms will be represented by two homebred sons of Stormy Atlantic, Up With the Birds and His Race to Win, in the $250,000 Coronation Futurity Stakes Nov. 10 at Woodbine.

 Wednesday, November 07, 2012
Points of Grace Has Tactical Edge in Canadian

Points of Grace Has Tactical Edge in Canadian

Grade II winner Points of Grace is the 119-pound highweight among six fillies and mares signed on for the $300,000 Canadian Stakes (Can-IIT) on the Woodbine turf Sept. 19.

 Thursday, September 16, 2010
Melnyk Celebrates Sterwins' Win in Gold Cup

Melnyk Celebrates Sterwins' Win in Gold Cup

In front of 200 and his closest friends and family plus thousands of fans in the grandstand and infield, Eugene Melnyk celebrated his second win in the Sandy Lane Gold Cup in his homeland of Barbados.

 Saturday, March 06, 2010
El Brujo Rallies for Perryville Victory

El Brujo Rallies for Perryville Victory

Windways Farm's El Brujo notched his second straight graded stakes score when he split horses in mid-stretch and went on for a 1 1/4-length win in the $150,000 Perryville (gr. III) for 3-year-olds Oct. 17 at Keeneland.

 Saturday, October 17, 2009
Points of Grace Wins Dance Smartly at 13-1

Points of Grace Wins Dance Smartly at 13-1

Points of Grace became a graded stakes winner when she captured the $300,000 Dance Smartly Stakes (Can-II) at Woodbine July 11.

 Saturday, July 11, 2009
Sterwins, Rahy's Attorney Set for Rematch

Sterwins, Rahy's Attorney Set for Rematch

Sterwins turned in probably the race of his life when he came from behind to defeat Rahy's Attorney by a head for the Connaught Cup (Can-IIIT) while setting a course record at Woodbine last month. The question in the upcoming $300,000 King Edward Stakes (Can-IIT) is whether the Eugene Melnyk homebred can do it again.

 Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Much Obliged Wins First Thousand Guineas

Pin Oak Stable's homebred Much Obliged surged past Scolara in the final strides to post a half-length win in the inaugural running of the $200,000 American One Thousand Guineas on the Arlington Park grass May 24.

 Saturday, May 24, 2008
Sterwins Comes From Last, Shocks Ben Ali

Sterwins Comes From Last, Shocks Ben Ali

Ignored at the betting windows, Melnyk Racing Stables' homebred Sterwins rallied from last, shot through the stretch, and pulled away for a commanding 3 1/4-length victory in the $150,000 Ben Ali Stakes (gr. III) April 20 on the Keeneland Polytrack.

 Sunday, April 20, 2008
Familiar Foes Meet in Col. Bradley

Familiar Foes Meet in Col. Bradley

The turf event at Fair Grounds will test 10 older horses, five of which met each other last month.

 Wednesday, January 09, 2008

She's Indy Money Banks Seaway for First Graded Win

Live Oak Plantation's She's Indy Money recorded her first graded stakes win Sept. 8 at Woodbine, capturing the CAN$168,500 Seaway Stakes (Can-III) by a comfortable two lengths over odds-on choice Financingavailable.

 Saturday, September 08, 2007

Idle Rumor Finds Tight Spot in Connaught Cup

Idle Rumor, who three consecutive wins at Fair Grounds came at margins of a head, a neck and a nose, should find another tight spot in Sunday's $150,000 Connaught Cup (Can-III), the first turf stakes race of the 2007 Woodbine season.

 Friday, May 25, 2007

Stradivinsky Dominates First 2007 Woodbine Stakes

Stradivinsky, under Emma-Jayne Wilson, dominated some of Canada's top sprinters in Woodbine's first stakes event of the year, Saturday's $125,000 Jacques Cartier Stakes.

 Saturday, April 14, 2007

Hide and Chic Runs Away With Seaway Stakes

Live Oak Plantation's Hide and Chic kept her 2006 record spotless with an impressive tally in the $161,600 Seaway Stakes (Can-III) Saturday at Woodbine.

 Saturday, September 09, 2006

Cryptograph No Secret in Woodbine Slots Win

Cryptograph, with Todd Kabel in the irons, rallied from just off the pace to win Saturday's $165,600 Woodbine Slots Cup (Can-III) at the Toronto oval.

 Saturday, November 19, 2005

Charming Ruckus Fights Wind to Win Jammed Lovely

Charming Ruckus saved her best for last, as the 3-year-old daughter of Silver Charm captured her first added-money race in late-running fashion Sunday in the $169,250 Jammed Lovely Stakes at windy Woodbine.

 Sunday, November 13, 2005

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

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

Hi Dubai Leads Euro Raiders in E.P. Taylor

Seven imports were entered for Sunday's $750,000 E.P. Taylor Stakes (Can-I) for fillies and mares on the same Woodbine card as the Pattison Canadian International (Can-I).

 Friday, October 17, 2003

Will Real Strizzi Show in Toronto Cup?

For trainer Malcolm Pierce, the burning question heading into Saturday's Toronto Cup Stakes (Can-IIIT) for 3-year-olds at Woodbine is, 'Will the real Strizzi show up?'

 Thursday, July 10, 2003

Queen's Plate Hope Rock Again Runs in Trial

Stronach Stables' 3-year-old Rock Again, by champion Awesome Again, the 1997 Queen's Plate and 1998 Breeders' Cup Classic winner out of the mare Track Gal, who competed in two Breeders' Cup Sprints, has some large shoes shoes to fill. On Saturday, trainer Malcolm Pierce should find out whether the homebred colt is ready to try those shoes on when he goes postward in the $162,600 Plate Trial Stakes at Woodbine.

 Wednesday, May 28, 2003

Pierce Has Secret in Canada's Cup and Saucer

Trainer Malcolm Pierce will saddle Classified Secret in Woodbine's $250,000 Cup and Saucer Stakes for 2-year-olds over 1 1/16 miles on the E.P. Taylor Turf Course at Woodbine Saturday.

 Thursday, October 10, 2002