Horse Racing News

Very few fillies were up for the challenge of facing undefeated 2-year-old champion My Miss Aurelia and two-time Grade 1 winner Questing in the Sept. 22 Cotillion Stakes at Parx Racing Sept. 22.

Kiaran McLaughlin, trainer of Alpha, and Kenny McPeek, trainer of Golden Ticket, both said they were thrilled with the result of the Travers.

Hansen, last year's champion 2-year-old male and Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner, has been retired from racing due to a tendon injury he sustained in August, according to his breeder/co-owner, Dr. Kendall Hansen.

Stealcase, sent off as the 2-1 favorite in the Grade 3, $158,934 Ontario Derby, certainly did not disappoint at Woodbine on Sunday. Coming off a subpar seventh in the Grade 1 Travers, he bounced back here to earn his first graded stakes win.

Jockey Davey Moran landed a fortunate pick-up mount aboard English shipper Barefoot Lady in Sunday's Grade 2, $323,217 Canadian Stakes at Woodbine, and delivered a perfect ride to land the spoils.

Mark B. Hawtin's globetrotting Wigmore Hall had endured an eight-race losing streak since his victory in last year's Northern Dancer Turf, but a return to Woodbine for Sunday's renewal helped the English invader regain the winning thread.

Wise Dan has earned his way into the Breeders' Cup Mile this fall and would likely be the favorites after his smashing win as the 1-2 choice in the Ricoh Woodbine Mile Sept. 16 on the Woodbine grass course.

I'm Boundtoscore upset the $258,205 Summer Stakes Presented by TVG at odds of 10-1 Sept. 15 at Woodbine, earning an automatic trip to the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Nov. 3 at Santa Anita Park.

Naples Bay broke through with her first stakes victory in the $150,000 Noble Damsel on the turf at Belmont Park Sept. 15.

Trainer Mark Casse won the $250,000 Natalma Stakes for the fourth time in the past seven years.