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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
Ice Bear Shoots For Eclipse Stakes Repeat

Ice Bear Shoots For Eclipse Stakes Repeat

Augustin Stable's Ice Bear, winner of the 2009 Eclipse Stakes (Can-III), is back to defend his title against nine older horses in the $150,000 event June 5 at Woodbine.

 Thursday, June 03, 2010
Just as Well Carries Top Weight in Ben Ali

Just as Well Carries Top Weight in Ben Ali

Just as Well, the lone grade I winner in a field of eight older horses going 1 1/8 miles on the Keeneland Polytrack, has been assigned top weight of 123 pounds for the $150,000 Ben Ali (gr. III) April 18.

 Thursday, April 15, 2010
Hail 'The Chief' in 'Millions Classic

Hail 'The Chief' in 'Millions Classic

Bold Chieftain made a late charge from mid-pack to win the Sunshine Millions Classic. Palladio finished a close second.

 Saturday, January 30, 2010
Millions Classic: The Usual Q. T. Stays Home

Millions Classic: The Usual Q. T. Stays Home

The Usual Q. T., on a six-race winning streak on grass, will stay home for the $500,000 Sunshine Millions Classic, even though it means switching to Santa Anita's Pro-Ride main track Jan. 30.

 Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Palladio Pounces to Autumn Stakes Surprise

Palladio Pounces to Autumn Stakes Surprise

Overlooked Palladio swept past Awesome Rhythm approaching the eighth pole en route to a two-length victory at odds of 9-1 in the $147,965 Autumn Stakes (Can-II) at Woodbine Nov. 14.

 Saturday, November 14, 2009
Autumn No Easy Task for Queen's Plate Winner

Autumn No Easy Task for Queen's Plate Winner

Making his first stakes appearance against older horses, Queen's Plate victor Eye of the Leopard has no easy task, facing several multiple added-money winners in the $150,000 Autumn (Can-II) at Woodbine Nov. 14.

 Wednesday, November 11, 2009
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
Washington Park Returns With Unusual Suspect

Washington Park Returns With Unusual Suspect

California invader Unusual Suspect heads the field for the $200,000 Washington Park Handicap (gr. III), which returns to the Arlington Park stakes schedule Sept. 5 after a one-year hiatus.

 Wednesday, September 02, 2009
True Metropolitan to Defend Autumn Title

True Metropolitan to Defend Autumn Title

The two-time Sovereign Award winner True Metropolitan, in the midst of a five-race losing streak, returns to Woodbine to defend his title in the $150,000 Autumn Stakes (Can-II) on the Polytrack Nov. 9.

 Thursday, November 06, 2008
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
Artie Hot Burns Favorite in Seagram Cup

Artie Hot Burns Favorite in Seagram Cup

Artie Hot slipped through an opening along the rail to challenge even-money choice True Metropolitan at the eighth pole and gamely prevailed in the $148,281 Chinese Cultural Centre Seagram Cup (Can-III) at Woodbine July 27.

 Sunday, July 27, 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
Gouldings Green Gets Gold in Seagram Cup

Gouldings Green Gets Gold in Seagram Cup

Melnyk Racing Stables' Gouldings Green showed his versatility while repeating his victory of last year in Sunday's CAN$150,000 Chinese Cultural Centre Seagram Cup (Can-III) at Woodbine.

 Sunday, July 29, 2007

Palladio Big Part of Seagram Cup Six-Pack

Palladio seeks his second graded stakes tally of the season in Sunday's $150,000 Chinese Cultural Centre Seagram Cup Stakes (Can-III) over Woodbine's Polytrack surface.

 Friday, July 27, 2007
Front-Running True Metropolitan Wins Dominion Day

Front-Running True Metropolitan Wins Dominion Day

Tenacious True Metropolitan made every post a winning one in capturing Sunday's $200,400 Dominion Day Stakes (Can-III) at Woodbine.

 Sunday, July 01, 2007

Palladio Has Momentum for Sunday's Dominion Day

Favored Palladio is set to contest his fourth consecutive grade III event, the $200,000 Dominion Day Stakes at Woodbine on Sunday.

 Friday, June 29, 2007

Four Sovereign Winners in Eclipse Field Monday

Seven horses, including four Sovereign Award winners, lock horns in the Eclipse Stakes (Can-III), one of 10 races on a special holiday Monday program at Woodbine.

 Sunday, May 20, 2007

Attfield, Frankel Each Have Pair in Ben Ali

Trainers Roger Attfield and Bobby Frankel both have two horses in Thursday's $150,000 Ben Ali (gr. III) on Keeneland's all-weather track.

 Sunday, April 22, 2007

Bulls Eye for Skip Away Winner A.P. Arrow

Allen Paulson Living Trust's 5-year-old homebred A.P. Arrow may have been the 1-to-2 favorite in Saturday's $114,500 Skip Away Handicap (gr. III) at Gulfstream Park, but the chestnut horse was all out to hold on for his first stakes victory by a head over the hard-charging Rehoboth.

 Saturday, March 31, 2007

A.P. Arrow Straight Choice in Skip Away

Allen Paulson Living Trust's 5-year-old homebred A.P. Arrow should be a solid choice when he takes on eight challengers in the $150,000 Skip Away Handicap (gr. III) at Gulfstream Park Saturday.

 Thursday, March 29, 2007

Alumni Hall Tries for Repeat Win in Ben Ali

Alumni Hall returns to his favorite racetrack for a repeat score in Thursday's Ben Ali Stakes (gr. III) at 1 1/8 miles.

 Tuesday, April 25, 2006

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

Florida Million's Rose Classic An Open Clash

Bea Oxenberg and Laurie Plesa's B.B. Best, who returned to competition with a second-place finish in the Spend a Buck Handicap (gr. III) Oct. 15, is among the favorites for Saturday's $200,000 Carl G. Rose Classic Handicap, part of Calder Race Course's $1.2 million Florida Million.

 Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Canadian Jambalaya Among Saranac Hopefuls

Woodbine-based invader Jambalaya, a winner of three turf races in the past three months, is one of the horses to beat in the $100,000 Saranac (gr. IIIT) for 3-year-olds Sunday on the Saratoga grass course.

 Friday, September 02, 2005

Moment of Truth for Roman Ruler; Faces Seven in Haskell

Trainer Bob Baffert firmly believes that Fog City Stable's Roman Ruler is one of the most gifted horses in the country. On Sunday, the colt will try to prove him right when he takes on seven opponents in Saturday's $1-million Haskell Invitational Handicap (gr. I).

 Thursday, August 04, 2005

Ohio Derby Winner Palladio Joins Haskell Cast

Canadian-based Palladio, winner of the Ohio Derby (gr. II), is scheduled to arrive at Monmouth Park Thursday evening for Sunday's $1-million Haskell Invitational Handicap (gr. I), which could draw as many as nine starters.

 Wednesday, August 03, 2005

Park Avenue Ball Tunes Up for Haskell; Joey P. Confirmed

A pair of New Jersey-bred runners continue to march toward Sunday's Haskell Invitational Handicap at Monmouth Park, with Park Avenue Ball getting his final work on Tuesday morning and Joey P. now confirmed for the race according to his trainer.

 Tuesday, August 02, 2005

Surging Palladio Captures Ohio Derby

Canadian invader Palladio unfurled a strong finishing kick to overcome favored Magna Graduate and post a one-length upset in the $350,000 Ohio Derby (gr. II) Saturday at Thistledown.

 Saturday, July 02, 2005

Unbridled Energy Finds Spark in Marine Stakes

Unbridled Energy, under Todd Kabel, used a late surge to capture the $166,700 Marine Stakes (Can-III) for 3-year-olds Saturday at Woodbine.

 Saturday, May 21, 2005