Michael Burns
Nipissing
Michael Burns
Nipissing
Michael Burns
Nipissing - Woodbine July 5, 2013.
Michael Burns
Nipissing - Woodbine July 4, 2013.
Michael Burns
Nipissing - Woodbine July 1, 2013.
Michael Burns
Nipissing at Woodbine for the Queen's Plate.
Michael Burns
Nipissing preps for the Queen's Plate.
Michael Burns
Nipissing wins the Woodbine Oaks.
Michael Burns
Nipissing wins the Woodbine Oaks.
Michael Burns
Nipissing wins the Woodbine Oaks.
Michael Burns
Nipissing wins the Woodbine Oaks.
Michael Burns
Nipissing wins the Woodbine Oaks.
Michael Burns
Nipissing - Woodbine June 6, 2013.
Michael Burns
Nipissing - Woodbine May 15, 2013.
Michael Burns
Nipissing wins the South Ocean Stakes.
Michael Burns
Nipissing wins the Princess Elizabeth Stakes.
Front-running Smartyfly put away favored Spring in the Air past mid-stretch to win the $240,652 Wonder Where Stakes on the Woodbine turf Aug. 4 in the final leg of the Triple Tiara for Canadian-bred 3-year-old fillies.
Nipissing and Spring in the Air, two fillies that failed to make much impact facing males in the Queen's Plate one month ago, are back with their own sex in the $250,000 Wonder Where Stakes Aug. 4 at Woodbine.
Up With the Birds, dominating winner of the Marine Stakes, was made the 2-1 favorite in the $1 million Queen's Plate, heading a field of 12 Canadian-bred 3-year-olds July 7 at Woodbine.
Chiefswood Stable's filly Nipissing, an impressive winner of the Woodbine Oaks presented by Budweiser, put in a final breeze June 30 in advance of the upcoming Queen's Plate, covering a half-mile in :48 flat.
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The script for the $490,400 Woodbine Oaks Presented by Budweiser had a happy ending for Chiefswood Stable and its homebred filly Nipissing after she denied favored Spring in the Air with a late surge June 9 at Woodbine.
A day after the Belmont Stakes (gr. I) wraps up the American Triple Crown series for 2013, the spotlight shines on 3-year-olds at Woodbine.
Coffee Clique swept past runaway pacesetter Leigh Court in upper stretch and bounded to an easy four-length win in the $152,019 Selene (Can-III) May 19, collecting her first stakes tally at Woodbine.
Perfect in four starts over the Woodbine Polytrack last year, Nipissing faces seven other 3-year-old fillies in the $150,000 Selene Stakes (Can-III) May 19, a first step toward next month's Woodbine Oaks.
Seventy-three horses have been made eligible for the 154th edition of the historic Queen's Plate, to be held July 7 at Woodbine.
John Oxley's grade I winner Spring in the Air will face a full field of 13 rivals in the $500,000 Central Bank Ashland (gr. I) for 3-year-old fillies going 1 1/16 miles on the main track at Keeneland April 6.
Favored Nipissing remained unbeaten in three starts when she ran down outsider Strut the Course in the last few strides to capture the $251,525 Princess Elizabeth Stakes by half a length at Woodbine Oct. 28.
Ten 2-year-old Canadian-foaled fillies will try to burnish their credentials in the $250,000 Princess Elizabeth Stakes Oct. 28 at Woodbine, an important steppingstone to next year's north-of-the-border classics.
| Trainer | Rachel Halden |
|---|---|
| Jockey | Steven Ronald Bahen |
| Owner | Chiefswood Stable |
| Breeder | Chiefswood Stables Limited |
| Nipissing View Five-Cross Pedigree | Niigon | Unbridled |
| Savethelastdance | ||
| Kiche | Dixieland Band | |
| La Nana (FR) |
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