CHANTAL SUTHERLAND ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT FROM HORSE RACING
This breaks my heart. Woodbine's Pride and Joy Chantal Sutherland announced her v. sudden Retirement from Horse Racing today after an outstanding Career which saw her win the Sovereign Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey in Canada twice and almost becoming the first-ever Female Jockey to win the Breeders' Cup Classic aboard Game on Dude last year.
Sutherland's popularity spread also South of the Border with spreads in Vanity Fair, Vogue and more recently she starred in HBO's ill-fated but ...
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JOSHUA TREE (IRE) WINS THE PATTISON CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL TWICE
Lightning struck the tree twice as Irish-bred Joshua Tree (Ire) - a hunch bet for U2 Fans - won the $1.5 million Pattison Canadian International a second time today at Woodbine Racetrack, keeping Dandino (GB) and Forte Dei Marni (GB) in second and third, respectively. Known as Canada's richest Horse Race, the mile-and-a-half Turf Race brought together some of the World's best Jockeys and Horses together for what was a fantastic Card of Racing this afternoon at the Toronto Oval.
Joshua Tree ...
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POST POSITIONS DRAWN FOR 2012 PATTINSON CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL
I couldn't be more excited - the one Race I live to see every year! Post Positions were drawn earlier today for Sunday's $1.5 million Pattison Canadian International and thanks to our Friend TripleDeadHeat and his Photo above, here are our official Contenders.
Ten Gentlemen and one Lady will go head-to-head for fame and glory over Woodbine's gorgeous E.P. Taylor Turf Course, which is so close to the Grandstand you can almost reach-out and feel the action. Here are the Contenders:
1. Lay ...
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ENTER TO WIN A $25 GIFT CARD AT WOODBINE RACETRACK ON PATTISON CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL DAY!
Next Sunday marks the 74th edition of the Pattison Canadian International, bringing the World's finest Turf Stars together in a mile-and-a-half Showdown at Woodbine Racetrack. Valued at $1.5 million, several of Horse Racing's greatest Legends have won the Grade I Race in the past including the inimitable Secretariat, who capped off his celebrated Career here in Toronto back in 1973 with a smashing runaway Victory.
Here's the scoop - our Friends at the Woodbine Entertainment Group were kind ...
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“WISE DAN”, SMARTEST OF ALL IN THE WOODBINE MILE
It was a superb day at Woodbine yesterday with the $1-million Ricoh Woodbine Mile being run before a large, excited crowd. American invader Wise Dan won the race by three lengths, ahead of local Star Hunters Bay (owned by Frank Stronach) who in his first-ever race on the grass has solidified himself as the leader of the Older Horse division at Woodbine. European invader Cityscape (GB) from the famed Juddmonte Farm was about four lengths behind the Winner in third. The final time of the ...
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