BREAKING NEWS – WOODBINE MILE GAINS ANOTHER ….from PA.. Ed Vaughan’s stable star Dance And Dance is to travel to Canada for his next run in the Woodbine Mile on September 18. The Royal Hunt Cup runner-up was last seen chasing home Andrew Balding’s Side Glance in the Group Three Sovereign Stakes at Salisbury.Having sparkled in his work on Wednesday under big-race pilot Jamie Spencer, Vaughan is happy to let him take his chance.”Dance And Dance worked under Jamie Spencer on the Peat Moss gallop this morning. I was very happy with him,” Vaughan told www.efvaughan.com.
Oh baby! This yearling colt is
set toship into WOODBINE this week – he is HIP NO 119 (second session TUESDAY AFTERNOON) for the select sale. He is a Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency, as agent, offering, and is a colt by Tomahawk out of Royal Diamond – the mare is from the family of REGAL INTENTION, DIXIELAND DIAMOND etc. Thanks to J. Zealand (the ‘m’ girl) for the photo)
DAY 98 – WOODBINE GETS READY FOR YEARLING FEVER!!
Racing resumes tonight at Woodbine (no racing tomorrow) and it leads into a long weekend that includes the 6 yearling sales stakes day on Monday.
Hopes are high again for the yearling sales to start following along the groove set by racing here in Ontario. WOODBINE’s product continues to overpower most tracks around North American – gosh, even Fort Erie is improving now since it has been shown on TVG on Monday’s and Tuesdays!
Our horses are good: How great is it to read the following blurb (from trainer WESLEY WARD on his Canadian-bred/Ontario foaled filly JUDY THE BEAUTY (Ghostzapper – Holy Blitz)
“From the day I bought her she’s been the one,” said Ward, who paid only $20,000 for her (Keeneland Sept.). “You buy a horse and you just know. I break them all myself, and she was so smart, so good, so athletic I just thought this is going to be an unbelievable horse.”
Our horses bought in recent years at the sales are really good – PENDER HARBOUR, INGLORIOUS, HIPPOLYTUS, you name it..
70 youngsters will be auctioned off MONDAY NIGHT at 7 p.m.
PENDER HARBOUR – just many CTHS Ontario yearling sales grads to win big! – DAVE LANDRY PHOTO
WOODBINE LEADING JOCKEYS
What happens when the leading rider goes 5 for his last 29 and the 2nd leading rider goes 14 for 43? The gap between LUIS CONTRERAS and PATRICK HUSBANDS is started to narrow sports fans.
It’s just 13 into tonight – could it happen?? Should be fun to watch through the end of the season!
1 Luis Contreras 622 133 113 92 $7,762,492 21% 338 54%
2 Patrick Husbands 484 120 63 73 $5,984,574 25% 256 53%
3 Eurico Rosa Da Silva 533 97 90 80 $4,623,284 18% 267 50%
4 Emma-Jayne Wilson 466 68 73 56 $3,475,931 15% 197 42%
5 Justin Stein 366 49 62 46 $2,531,301 13% 157 43%
6 Tyler Pizarro 353 48 41 42 $2,827,531 14% 131 37%
7 Emile Ramsammy 349 36 34 33 $1,977,581 10% 103 30%
7 Omar Moreno 360 36 49 45 $1,812,730 10% 130 36%
9 James McAleney 254 33 24 27 $1,889,706 13% 84 33%
10 David Clark 229 31 31 27 $1,710,524 14% 89 39%
10 Gerry Olguin 276 31 25 42 $1,427,558 11% 98 36%
12 Jesse M. Campbell 308 28 39 37 $1,902,136 9% 104 34%
13 Slade Callaghan 211 23 26 21 $1,060,371 11% 70 33%
13 Ryan Pacheco 225 23 8 22 $807,279 10% 53 24%
15 Quincy Welch 235 20 19 29 $884,670 9% 68 29%
LEADING TRAINERS
1 Mark E. Casse 318 73 48 44 $4,217,769 23% 165 52%
2 Reade Baker 161 33 25 18 $1,873,034 20% 76 47%
3 Steven M. Asmussen 130 30 27 18 $957,780 23% 75 58%
4 Sid C. Attard 160 26 33 29 $1,836,960 16% 88 55%
5 Robert P. Tiller 166 22 28 23 $1,286,392 13% 73 44%
6 Roger L. Attfield 104 20 16 21 $1,545,710 19% 57 55%
7 Josie Carroll 90 19 6 10 $1,947,598 21% 35 39%
8 Michael J. Doyle 160 18 16 14 $1,071,945 11% 48 30%
9 Steve Attard 115 17 17 12 $741,410 15% 46 40%
9 Terry Jordan 55 17 6 6 $678,665 31% 29 53%
9 Scott H. Fairlie 138 17 17 25 $653,066 12% 59 43%
12 Michael P. De Paulo 144 16 10 19 $1,146,871 11% 45 31%
12 Ralph J. Biamonte 73 16 12 11 $938,723 22% 39 53%
12 Laurie Silvera 117 16 18 15 $763,013 14% 49 42%
15 Nicholas Gonzalez 128 15 24 23 $713,214 12% 62 48%
15 Sam Di Pasquale 103 15 20 13 $674,605 15% 48 47%
15 Michael V. Pino 59 15 13 7 $384,213 25% 35 59%
LEADING OWNERS BY WINS
1 Melnyk Racing Stables, Inc. 48 22 5 3 $1,209,586 46% 30 63%
1 Bear Stables, Ltd. 104 22 10 11 $1,128,773 21% 43 41%
3 Steven M. Asmussen 41 15 7 5 $399,021 37% 27 66%
4 Stronach Stables 65 13 15 9 $856,247 20% 37 57%
5 Donver Stable 35 9 1 4 $1,341,749 26% 14 40%
6 Centennial Farms (Niagara) Inc. 28 8 0 4 $391,163 29% 12 43%
6 Tucci Stables 61 8 12 17 $390,471 13% 37 61%
8 Wesley A. Ward 18 7 3 2 $291,375 39% 12 67%
9 Sam-Son Farms 52 6 5 6 $589,002 12% 17 33%
9 Chiefswood Stable 21 6 4 0 $351,577 29% 10 48%
9 C. E. C. Farms 41 6 6 7 $279,129 15% 19 46%
9 C. Scott Abbott Racing Stable Ltd. 31 6 3 4 $222,568 19% 13 42%
9 Nickolas De Toro 66 6 6 5 $146,239 9% 17 26%
9 Linmac Farms 23 6 1 1 $79,614 26% 8 35%
WOODBINE’S BANNON WINS GEMINI FOR CBC/PLATE RACE
Jim Bannon was named best sports analyst for his work on CBC’s broadcast of the 2010 Queen’s Plate horse race at a ceremony last evening.
Bannon has been the top handicapper in Canada for decades and anchors the local TV department for the big races.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2011/08/30/canada-geminis-news-awards.html
WOODBINE MILE
While Andrew Balding trainee SET THE TREND (2nd in Celebration Mile Group 2 last weekend) may now by-pass the WOODBINE MILE, the trainer could still send SIDE GLANCE to the race. The 4yo gelding a Group 3 winner, is owned by Pearl Bloodstock.
Hopefully the Mile will be able to entice some Euro runners this year.
SIDE GLANCE, a son of PASSING GLANCE
PAULICK REPORT REPORTS…
Northern Dancer’s home getting some care
The TORONTO STAR newspaper caused a stir last week with a number of racing articles and one was the state of NORTHERN DANCER’S home, WINDFIELDS FARM, which is closed down but still has several gravesites of top horses – including the great one.
Indeed, there has been some noise that a- the NORTHERN DANCER statue will be moved from the front of the slots entrance at Woodbine and put closer to the paddock and now perhaps NORTHERN DANCER and friends will be moved somewhere safe too.
http://www.paulickreport.com/news/ray-s-paddock/story-prompts-clean-up-of-northern-dancer-gravesite/
HASTINGS PARK FEATURE
Track tries to keep it goin’
Historic Vancouver track races to keep horse betting relevant
ROD MICKLEBURGH
It’s a sunny Wednesday afternoon at Vancouver’s storied Hastings Racecourse, and the sights and sounds of this jewel of a track backdropped by the North Shore mountains are little changed from decades ago.
The blare of trumpets. The sharp clang of the starting gate. The thunder of hooves by the rail and swift flash of bright silk on the backs of dirt-spattered jockeys as half a dozen thoroughbreds pound towards the finish line amid a crescendo of yells from the crowd.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/historic-vancouver-track-races-to-keep-horse-betting-relevant/article2144442/
AND WOODBINE KEEPS ON TRUCKIN’
with the best racing of the season still to come!
