THURSDAY MORNING – BOWMAN’S CAUSEWAY IN PLATE TRIAL – DA SILVA TO RIDE, stretch runner has new trainer in Chad Brown after Florida Derby debacle – Trial could get as many as 6 entrant – OAKS draw on the WOODBINE WEBSITE live today…
WOODBINE OAKS – first run in 1956
So, why are so many top 3-year-old filly races called Oaks?
According to horse racing lore, 1778 a dinner party was held at a building called The Oaks near Epsom in Surrey County England. Several men decided to hold a horse race for 3 year old Fillies. The race was run nearby in 1779. The winning horse was called Bridget. She was owned by Edward-Smith Stanley, the 12th Earl of Derby.
WOODBINE OAKS – PLATE TRIAL HEAD SMASHING WOODBINE WEEKEND
It’s time to get the passion flowing for Canadian horse racing as championship season for the 3yo’s is here.
The gals take the stage Sunday and the boys have their final prep Sunday for the QUEEN’S PLATE.
NINE are listed for the Oaks now, with Sense of Pride still seemingly on the ‘bubble’…
Abrianna/Stronach Stables/Roger Attfield/Javier Castellano
Bear It’s Time/Bear Stables Ltd./Reade Baker/Indefinite
Charismatically/Mike Kowalski/Sam DiPasquale/David Clark
Grand Style/G. W. Humphrey Jr./Mike Doyle/Eurico Rosa da Silva
Inglorious/Donver Stable/Josie Carroll/Luis Contreras
Marketing Mix/Glen Hill Farm/Tom Proctor/Jose Lezcano
Roxy Gap/Melnyk Racing Stables/Mark Casse/Patrick Husbands
Silver Ami/Ivan Dalos/Josie Carroll/Tyler Pizarro
Spooky Kitten/Roddy Valente/Mark Casse/Edgar Prado
The PLATE TRIAL will have a small field with three for sure:
BEAR’S CHILL
CHECK YOUR SOUL
STRIKE OIL
plus perhaps IMHOTEP and SPEED RING maidens.
WOODBINE LEADING TRAINERS HEADING INTO TONIGHT
1 Mark E. Casse 103 26 12 9 $1,196,862 25% 47 46%
2 Reade Baker 61 12 13 6 $632,759 20% 31 51%
3 Sid C. Attard 52 10 12 11 $667,039 19% 33 63%
4 Steven M. Asmussen 42 9 7 7 $294,067 21% 23 55%
4 Michael V. Pino 25 9 5 3 $190,636 36% 17 68%
6 Laurie Silvera 41 8 5 7 $347,433 20% 20 49%
7 Robert P. Tiller 57 7 10 9 $495,306 12% 26 46%
7 Josie Carroll 30 7 2 3 $435,315 23% 12 40%
7 Roger L. Attfield 23 7 5 4 $376,231 30% 16 70%
7 Michael J. Doyle 63 7 7 5 $341,453 11% 19 30%
7 Wesley A. Ward 25 7 7 2 $279,238 28% 16 64%
7 Sam Di Pasquale 41 7 8 4 $255,153 17% 19 46%
7 Scott H. Fairlie 54 7 7 9 $234,305 13% 23 43%
JOCKEYS
1 Luis Contreras 214 45 41 28 $1,990,754 21% 114 53%
2 Patrick Husbands 140 35 17 20 $1,676,613 25% 72 51%
3 Eurico Rosa Da Silva 165 31 29 22 $1,469,686 19% 82 50%
4 Tyler Pizarro 133 24 17 12 $1,130,600 18% 53 40%
5 Emma-Jayne Wilson 151 22 32 19 $1,163,707 15% 73 48%
6 Omar Moreno 149 17 21 24 $874,594 11% 62 42%
7 Justin Stein 127 16 12 11 $764,895 13% 39 31%
7 Emile Ramsammy 127 16 8 15 $714,612 13% 39 31%
9 David Clark 101 12 14 18 $645,544 12% 44 44%
10 Jesse M. Campbell 98 10 13 10 $509,819 10% 33 34%
10 Gerry Olguin 104 10 9 15 $495,440 10% 34 33%
LEADING WOODBINE OWNERS BY EARNINGS
1 Bear Stables, Ltd. 45 13 4 4 $511,693 29% 21 47%
2 Melnyk Racing Stables, Inc. 12 6 1 0 $303,151 50% 7 58%
3 Stronach Stables 26 4 6 4 $256,953 15% 14 54%
4 Cappuccitti, Audre and Gordon 17 3 3 2 $225,811 18% 8 47%
5 Frank D. Di Giulio, Jr. 14 1 1 4 $215,355 7% 6 43%
6 Donver Stable 10 3 0 0 $191,503 30% 3 30%
7 Centennial Farms (Niagara) Inc. 11 4 0 0 $181,017 36% 4 36%
8 Tucci Stables 26 4 5 10 $179,493 15% 19 73%
9 Wesley A. Ward 13 6 3 1 $176,437 46% 10 77%
10 Janice Attard 4 2 0 1 $169,586 50% 3 75%
11 Kinghaven Farms, Fielding, J. and Hutzel, B. 2 2 0 0 $157,547 100% 2 100%
12 Terra Racing Stable 15 2 4 1 $157,071 13% 7 47%
DICEY TIMES FOR QUEEN’S DERBY HORSE
RACING POST – Stoute: We’re doing our best with Carlton House
By James Burn and David Milnes 9:10AM 1 JUN 2011
CONNECTIONS of Investec Derby favourite Carlton House remained cautious on Wednesday morning about the chances of
the Queen’s colt lining up at Epsom on Saturday, but were “doing our best” to get him there.
The son of Street Cry knocked a near-fore joint in a routine canter on Monday, prompting fears he may have to miss
the Derby, for which he has been favourite for since his classy Totesport Dante Stakes success last month.
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DIVINE MUSIC SETS TRACK RECORD AT FORT ERIE
iFthere was any doubt that DIVINE MUSIC is a better dirt horse than Polytrack, there is not now.
The 3yo son of Songandaprayer – Counterpoise by Storm Cat snuck down to Fort Erie yesterday for an alowance race
following his 5th place finish in the Woodstock Stakes at Woodbine.
The colt, who had been racing very well on dirt at Fair Grounds in New Orleans, won by more than 8 lengths over easy
rivals and sped 6 1/2 furlongs in 1:15.22, bettering Teacher Boynoe’s mark of 1:15.43 from last year. That mark
bettered a 42-year-old record at Fort Erie of 1:15.80.
Divine Music was also the first winner for trainer Malcolm Pierce in Ontario in 2011.
AJAX DOWNS – THE WAVE IS DEFEATED!
ONE KOOL WAVE, the qUARTER RACING oWNERS OF ONTARIO INC. HORSE OF THE YEAR of 2010 AND AN UNBEATEN 2YO AFTER 8
RACES, was nabbed at the wire in an allowance race on Sunday at Ajax Downs in Ajax, ontario in a huge upset. THE
DIAMOND SIDE, ridden by Helen Vanek rushed up and edged the grey speedball at 10 to 1 odds for owner/trainer Eric
Lehtinen and team.
One Kool Wave was ridden by John McInerny.
Last year’s press release on awards night:
Ajax, Ontario — Two-year-old superstar One Kool Wave was named “Horse of the Year” by the Quarter Racing Owners of
Ontario (QROOI) during their annual awards banquet held Saturday at the Ajax Hilton.
This is the first time that a 2 year old has received the award since inception of the Quarter Racing Owners of
Ontario.
As noted on the front cover of the Awards booklet “Quest for Perfection”, the son of world champion and first crop
sire Wave Carver is as close as any horse could get.
One Kool Wave, who is affectionately known as Heston, was a perfect 8-for-8 including four stakes wins and a track
record . In six of his eight starts he ran speed indexes of over 100, winning most of the races by several lengths.
He earned $164,301.
The gray gelding is out of the stakes winning mare Starawflyin Bud’s mare One Kool Bud. He was bred by Robert
Bailey, raced for Bailey and Don Ito, was trained by Don Reid and ridden by Kim Ito.
IN TRINIDAD, CONTRERAS WINS THERE TOO!
Woodbine’s leading rider LUIS CONTRERAS won two races on the big Midsummer Classic racing day at Santa Rosa Park
yesterday in Trinidad. The rider did not win the big one, but took a couple of scores anyway…
PRESS RELEASE… Touch D Road on road to Triple Crown
TOUCH D ROAD literally slaughtered 10 “rivals” to win the rich $450,000 Carib Brewery Ltd Midsummer Classic at Santa
Rosa Park, Arima, yesterday, Indian Arrival Day, and keep on course to give trainer Glenn Mendez his third Triple
Crown.
The Junior Sammy-owned colt was always up with the leaders Lawbreaker, and Galveston throughout the 1,900 metres
race.
And as the horses swung for home, Venezuelan rider Santiago Gonzalez asked the son of Big Country/Little Sophia to
go on and he flew down the stretch to win by a long-looking 11 ½ lengths from a struggling Galveston while
Frankenstein ran on from the middle of the group to get third ahead of a fading Lawbreaker.
Not only did Touch D Road who won the first leg, the Easter Guineas, stamp his class on his three-year-old
compatriots but he destroyed the race record time, finishing in one minute 58.31 seconds, eclipsing the time of
Crown Point in 2005 of 2:00.61.
