TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Toll Bridge A win in Saturday’s $500,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic would have made War Like Goddess the first three-time champion in the history of the ½-mile event. But as you may have already gleaned, that did not happen. Instead, it was 5-2...

TORONTO — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Race: $400,000 Breeders’ Stakes – the third jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown   Date: Sunday, September 29 (Race 9, 5:40 pm ET )   What to do with a $20 Bet: $20 win on Saccharine   The Reason: She...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Bring it Home After five seasons, 12 wins (10 graded stakes), and $2.875 million banked, War Like Goddess has given her connections just about everything they could have asked for. But the 7-year-old mare is by no means ready to hang up the...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Moment Seized After missing the board entirely the last two times out, Seize the Grey made his triumphant return to the winner’s circle on Saturday afternoon at Parx. The 3-year-old colt avenged substandard showings in the Belmont (G1)...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Rested and Raring to Go The last two starts have been tantamount to a championship hangover for 2024 Preakness (G1) winner Seize the Grey, but the 3-year-old colt can right the ship in Saturday’s $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (G1) at Parx....

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Show Me the Money Usain Bolt was born to be a sprinter. Prince Fielder was born to be a baseball player. Win for the Money was born to be a champion racehorse. The 5-year-old gelding joined elite company after capturing the $1 million Woodbine...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Three’s Company For all the talk around Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, and a potential Kansas City Chiefs threepeat, there’s another powerhouse trio with a shot at history this weekend. On Saturday, jockey William Buick, trainer Charlie...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   In Theory… Kentucky Downs’ stellar Saturday of stakes kicked off with a big bang courtesy of 3-year-old colt Howard Wolowitz. The 3-1 closing line choice in the $2 million Franklin-Simpson (G1T) delivered on his high billing with a come from...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Still Burnin’ After 29 starts, four graded stakes wins, and over $2 million in total purse earnings, 7-year-old gelding Get Smokin is still hungry for more. The marvelous Mark Casse trainee will make his triumphant return to Kentucky Downs this...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Business Trip Bellum Justum (IRE) continued the recent trend of the Irish winning in Kentucky with a textbook 2 ¼-length victory in Saturday’s $3.1 million Nashville Derby (G3T) at Kentucky Downs. Following in the footsteps of Notre...