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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

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

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

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

Funny Cide, Wando, Silver Wagon Work in Florida

Sackatoga Stable's Funny Cide, in preparation for the Feb. 29 New Orleans Handicap (gr. II) at Fair Grounds, breezed a bullet five furlongs Feb. 25 at Palm Meadows in South Florida.

 Wednesday, February 25, 2004

Wando's Little Sis' Captures Ontario Lassie

Wando made a name for himself in 2003 becoming only the seventh Triple Crown winner in Canadian horse racing history. Sunday, it was little sister's turn in the spotlight when Six Sexy Sisters captured the $160,950 Ontario Lassie Stakes at Woodbine.

 Sunday, November 23, 2003

Wando Put Away for Remainder of Year


Gus Schickedanz's 2003 Canadian Triple Crown winner, Wando, will not race again this year, trainer Mike Keogh today said Thursday.

 Thursday, October 09, 2003

Mobil Tries to Make Grade in Sky Classic

Led by 2002 winner Strut the Stage, 3-year-old Mobil will face a tough field of older runners in Sunday's Sky Classic (Can-II) over 11 furlongs at Woodbine.

 Friday, September 26, 2003

Crown Winner Wando Faces Tough Atto Field

Canadian Triple Crown winner Wando and a pair of Neil Drysdale-trained veteran turf specialists lead a powerful field of 11 entered for Sunday's $1 million Atto Mile (Can-I) at Woodbine.

 Thursday, September 11, 2003

Mobil Shows Gas in Easy Halton Stakes Win

Rider Todd Kabel admits Mobil has mellowed a bit over the past few months, but on Monday at Woodbine, the bay colt proved he's still as tough as nails when it comes to taking a bite out of the competition.

 Monday, September 01, 2003

Wando Turns in Low-Key Work for Atto Mile

It was a low-key morning work for Canadian Triple Crown champion Wando, but rider Patrick Husbands still had plenty of reasons to be geared up for what lies ahead.

 Sunday, August 24, 2003

Wando Goes for Canadian Triple Crown

Gus Schickedanz's brilliant three-year-old Wando will try to become only the seventh winner of the Canadian Triple Crown, when hevgoes postward in Saturday's $500,000 Breeders' Stakes at Woodbine.

 Friday, August 08, 2003

Wando Works on Turf for Breeders' Stakes

Queen's Plate and Prince of Wales champion Wando was certainly in sync during a Breeders' Stakes workout over Woodbine's E.P. Taylor Turf Course on Friday morning.

 Friday, August 01, 2003

Wando One Win Away From Canada's Triple

To the surprise of no one, Gustav Schickedanz's Wando won the Prince of Wales Stakes (Can-I) by a comfortable four lengths Sunday at Fort Erie Race Track, picking up the second jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown.

 Sunday, July 20, 2003

Mobil Rebounds from Queen's Plate Effort to win Toronto Cup

Queen's Plate runner-up Mobil pulled away in late stretch to win the featured CAN$164,100 Toronto Cup Handicap by one length, getting the 1 1/8-mile distance on a turf course listed as 'good', in 1:49.15.

 Sunday, July 13, 2003

Wake at Noon to Answer Sprint Question

With six victories this year, including four stakes tallies, Bruno Schickedanz's Wake At Noon appears ready to take on the world's best at Arlington Park in the Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I).

 Friday, October 18, 2002

Lismore Knight Wins Summer Stakes Stretch Duel

Lismore Knight and jockey Pat Day outbattled Wando and Jim McAleney in a thrilling stretch duel Sunday at Woodbine to win the $291,250 Summer Stakes.

 Sunday, September 08, 2002