WOODBINE, Rexdale, ON , CAN
| 1 | Biofuel | Margin: 4½ | TrueNicks: A++ | $143,625 |
2007 | Bay Filly | Stormin Fever - Ms. Cornstalk, Indian Charlie
Sire: Stormin Fever , Dark Bay or Brown, 1994. Raced 4 years. 21 starts, 8 wins, $484,664. Lifetime: 304 yearlings sold, median $25,000.
Broodmare Sire: Indian Charlie, Bay, 1995.
| 2 | Bay to Bay | Margin: 1¾ | TrueNicks: A++ | $38,300 |
2007 | Bay Mare | Sligo Bay (IRE) - Bala, With Approval
Sire: Sligo Bay (IRE) , Bay, 1998. Raced 4 years. 17 starts, 4 wins, $484,695. Lifetime: 115 yearlings sold, median $4,013.
Broodmare Sire: With Approval, Gray or Roan, 1986.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association November 2012 Breeding Stock Sale, $425,000.
Keeneland Association September 2008 Yearling Sale, $35,000.
| 3 | Witch's Coven | Margin: ¾ | TrueNicks: A++ | $26,331 |
2007 | Chestnut Mare | Cuvee - Witch's Call, Caller I. D.
Sire: Cuvee, Chestnut, 2001. Raced 2 years. 9 starts, 4 wins, $402,044. Lifetime: 192 yearlings sold, median $12,250.
Broodmare Sire: Caller I. D., Dark Bay or Brown, 1989.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association September 2008 Yearling Sale, $22,000.
Keeneland Association 2007 November Breeding Stock Sale, ($27,000).
Others: Resentless, $14,363; Cascading, $7,181; Jackpot Joanie, $383; Jenny's So Great, $383; Pretty Pretty Girl, $383.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Biofuel | Eurico Rosa Da Silva | Reade Baker |
| 2 | Bay to Bay | David Clark | Brian A. Lynch |
| 3 | Witch's Coven | Emma-Jayne Wilson | David R. Bell |
| 4 | Resentless | Chantal Sutherland | Ian Howard |
| 5 | Cascading | Patrick Husbands | Josie Carroll |
| 6 | Jackpot Joanie | Luis Contreras | Steven M. Asmussen |
| 7 | Jenny's So Great | Emile Ramsammy | Gregory de Gannes |
| 8 | Pretty Pretty Girl | James McAleney | Scott H. Fairlie |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biofuel | Eurico Rosa Da Silva | $48.20 | $13.10 | $7.80 | |||||||
| Bay to Bay | David Clark | $4.90 | $3.50 | ||||||||
| Witch's Coven | Emma-Jayne Wilson | $6.70 | |||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (6-4) | $220.20 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (6-4-2) | $2,677.30 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (6-4-2-1) | $6,186.70 | ||||||||||
The Ontario Racing Commission has suspended trainer Brian Lynch following his recent arrest Woodbine. He was charged with making death threats and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle.
Friday, May 31, 2013
Greg de Gannes, an equine veterinarian who parlayed his knowledge of horses into a career as a successful trainer, died Feb. 23 in Boynton Beach, Fla. He was 50.
Monday, February 25, 2013
Tu Endie Wei, the Sovereign Award-winning champion 2-year-old filly of 2011, died Dec. 24 in Kentucky while undergoing an operation for fibrous adhesions.
Thursday, January 03, 2013
Canadian champion filly Tu Endie Wei has been retired from racing to become a broodmare for Brereton C. Jones at his Airdrie Stud near Midway, Ky.
Thursday, November 08, 2012
Spring Venture, trained by Mark Casse and ridden by Patrick Husbands, stayed unbeaten while prevailing under a hand ride Oct. 6 at Woodbine in the featured $205,361 Mazarine Stakes (Can-III).
Saturday, October 06, 2012
Join Tom LaMarra and Pete Denk to talk about this weekend's racing, including opening weekend at Keeneland, and its implications for the Breeders' Cup. Sponsored by HRTV.
Friday, October 05, 2012
Recent Natalma Stakes (Can-IIT) winner Spring Venture tries Polytrack for the first time in the $200,000 Mazarine Stakes (Can-III) for 2-year-old fillies Oct. 6 at Woodbine.
Wednesday, October 03, 2012
Back on her favorite track, Tu Endie Wei engaged 1-2 favorite Roxy Gap along the inside and refused to give way en route to a one-length victory in the $170,843 Seaway Stakes (Can-III) at Woodbine Sept. 1.
Saturday, September 01, 2012
Roxy Gap, a three-time graded stakes winner at Woodbine this season, is the 124-pound high weight in a field of five entered for the $150,000 Seaway Stakes (Can-III) Sept. 1 at the Toronto track.
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
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
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
James Miller's Daisy Devine, allowed to get away with an easy lead under James Graham, went wire-to-wire in the $300,000 Jenny Wiley (gr. IT) April 14 at Keeneland.
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Zagora, who ran third in last year's Jenny Wiley Stakes (gr. IIT) at Keeneland, is back for this year running, but this time she's coming off two straight graded stakes wins.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Tapitsfly, given a patient ride by Julien Leparoux, swept past the leaders in deep stretch to pick up her first graded stakes victory in the $150,000 Honey Fox Stakes (gr. IIIT) March 18 on Gulfstream Park's firm turf course.
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Robert Smithen's Bay to Bay hasn't won since taking the Nassau (Can-IIT) last summer at Woodbine, but she figures to be one of the main competitors in her season debut, the $150,000 Honey Fox Stakes March 18 at Gulfstream.
Thursday, March 15, 2012There will be 42 graded races in Canada in 2012, up from 37 last year, The Jockey Club of Canada's Graded Stakes Committee announced Jan. 25 following its annual review.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
German-bred Daveron, C.S. Silk, and Never Retreat, all graded stakes winners in 2011, headline an overflow field of 12 fillies and mares, plus two also-eligibles for the Oct. 8 First Lady Stakes (gr. IT) at Keeneland.
Wednesday, October 05, 2011
Shared Account, last year's winner of the Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT), figures to draw a good deal of interest in the Canadian Stakes (Can-IIT) at Woodbine Sept 18.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Jenny's So Great has a chance to add additional luster to her name as she totes co-high weight of 123 pounds in the $400,000 Presque Isle Downs Masters Stakes (gr. II).
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
Bill and Vicki Poston's Jenny's So Great captured the Aug. 1 Royal North Stakes (Can-IIIT) at Woodbine in dramatic fashion, rallying from last and surging to a two-length advantage at the wire.
Monday, August 01, 2011
Zagora earned her first United States win in five starts when she charged home on the outside to tally convincingly in the $500,000 Diana Stakes (gr. IT) on the Saratoga turf July 30.
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Aviate and Aruna, who ran one-two at Churchill Downs earlier this year, will square off again in a competitive edition of the $500,000 Diana (gr. IT) July 30 at Saratoga.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Biofuel, last year's Canadian Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old filly, has been retired from racing because of a chipped sesamoid.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Front-running favorite Embur's Song registered her fourth consecutive stakes win when she held off an all-out Ariana D by three-quarters of a length in the $193,066 Ontario Matron (Can-III) at Woodbine July 24.
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Seven-year-old Windward Islands, who recorded his biggest win in the 2010 Nijinsky (Can-IIT), is back for another try when he faces five others in the July 24 race at Woodbine.
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Through the remainder of the year, I am going to recount some of my most memorable experiences/moments in racing over the past 40 years. We begin with Rachel Alexandra's victory in the 2009 Woodward Stakes to kick off Saratoga's 150th anniversary. [More]