TORONTO-The advantage of the home stretch paid off very well on Saturday for the cruise in the city. Daisuke Fukumoto led the six-year-old gelding to a wire-to-wire victory in the million Ricoh Woodbine Mile grass race at the Woodbine circuit. The victory came at the 14th career start of Town Cruise from Ontario, all in […]
Veteran Jockey Husbands Guides longshot British Royalty
TORONTO-there was a Breeders’ Stakes for Jockey Patrick Mann and an unannounced British license to remember. Husbands rode the 24/1 Longshot to an emphatic four-length victory in the Turf race at Woodbine Racetrack on a cloudy Sunday afternoon. It was the Breeders’ record fifth win and marked British royalty’s first trip into the winner’s circle […]
Derby Victor Medina Soul Breakdowns Kicks the Bucket
Medina Spirit, a 3-year-old filly whose Kentucky Derby win in May was being investigated for a positive medicine test, collapsed and died after a practice on Monday in Santa Anita, Southern California. Trainer Bob Baffert said in a statement that the horse had suffered a heart strike. The colt had just completed five lengths in […]