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Roxy Gap Beats 'Hurricane for Royal North Win

Roxy Gap Beats 'Hurricane for Royal North Win

Roxy Gap defeated Atlantic Hurricane in a determined stretch duel to secure her first stakes win on turf by a half-length in the $186,402 Royal North Stakes (Can-IIIT) July 29 at Woodbine.

 Sunday, July 29, 2012
Balanced Field Faces Roxy Gap in Royal North

Balanced Field Faces Roxy Gap in Royal North

Roxy Gap, enjoying a solid campaign so far this year with a pair of graded wins and two seconds in her past four starts, tries to transfer her form to turf against a good field in the $150,000 Royal North Stakes (Can-IIIT).

 Thursday, July 26, 2012

Much Rejoicing Heads Big Field in Royal North

Much Rejoicing seeks her first graded stakes win as the lukewarm favorite in the $150,000 Royal North Stakes (Can-IIIT) on the Woodbine turf Aug. 1.

 Saturday, July 30, 2011
Glitter Rox Wins Royal North With Late Charge

Glitter Rox Wins Royal North With Late Charge

Glitter Rox, the longest shot in the field at odds of 15-1, charged from between horses in deep stretch to register a three-quarters of a length win in the $169,842 Royal North Stakes (Can-III) on the Woodbine turf course Aug. 1.

 Saturday, August 01, 2009
Saskawea, Dancing Allstar Vie in Royal North

Saskawea, Dancing Allstar Vie in Royal North

Saskawea, a two-time stakes winner on the Woodbine turf, faces four older fillies and mares in the $150,000 Royal North Stakes (Can-IIIT) Aug. 1 in Toronto.

 Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Akronism Scores in Seaway

Akronism Scores in Seaway

Delaware Park shipper Akronism seems to have found a home in Canada, as the 4-year-old filly won her second consecutive graded stakes at Woodbine, this time taking the $157,800 Seaway Stakes (Can-III) by a length Sept. 6.

 Saturday, September 06, 2008
Akronism Overpowers Field in Royal North

Akronism Overpowers Field in Royal North

Trainer Tim Ritchey's decision to skip Saratoga's Honorable Miss Handicap (gr. II) with Akronism in favor of the $159,085 Royal North Stakes (Can-III) at Woodbine Aug. 2 proved to be a smart one when the Robert S. Evans homebred bolted to a 3 3/4-length win on the grass.

 Saturday, August 02, 2008
'Ballerina Seeking Grade in Royal North

'Ballerina Seeking Grade in Royal North

After a 3 1/4-length stakes triumph on a yielding turf course, the connections for Marina Ballerina certainly won't mind if the Woodbine lawn comes up as something less than firm for the $150,000 Royal North Stakes (Can-III) on Aug. 2.

 Wednesday, July 30, 2008

South African-bred Tara's Touch Upsets Woodbine's Royal North

Six-year-old mare Tara's Touch, bred in South Africa, captured the CAN$176,800 Royal North Stakes, the Civic Holiday Monday feature event at Woodbine.

 Monday, August 01, 2005

Velvet Snow Fits Royal North at Woodbine

With two consecutive triumphs on the E.P. Taylor Turf Course, Velvet Snow looks to extend her winning ways in the $167,550 Royal North Stakes (Can-III) for fillies and mares on a special Simcoe Holiday Monday card of racing at Woodbine.

 Saturday, July 31, 2004

Happy Reunion for Ramsammy at Woodbine

It was just over a year ago when Emile Ramsammy last rode Quick Blue on Canadian soil, a wire-to-wire win in the Bison City Stakes at Fort Erie. On Saturday, the pair picked up where they had left off, duplicating their front-running triumph of 12 months ago, this time galloping to glory in the $164,550 Royal North Stakes at Woodbine.

 Sunday, August 04, 2002