TORONTO — By Ellis Starr   The Grade 1, $1 million Rogers Woodbine Mile offers the winning horse an automatic entry into the FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Mile presented by PDJF on Nov. 2. This year’s Woodbine feature drew a field of eight. Leading the field is Big Rock, with $1.7...

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   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...

KENTUCKY — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Race: $500,000 Kentucky Downs Handicap, one mile on the turf Date: Sunday, September 1 (Race 9, 5:50 pm ET ) What to do with a $20 Bet: $1 exacta box ($12)- #2 Siege of Boston, #4 Minnesota Ready, #6 Smokin’ T, #9 Funtastic...

KENTUCKY — By Ed DeRosa   Live racing returns to Kentucky Downs today, Aug. 29, and opening weekend features plenty of stakes and million-dollar races! The highlight is the $3.1-million Nashville Derby on Saturday, one of 19 stakes during the seven-day meeting that...

TORONTO — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Race: $100,000 Algoma Stakes, seven furlongs on the all-weather track Date: Sunday, August 25 (Race 5, 3:13 pm ET ) What to do with a $20 Bet:  $20 win on #1 Vandoo The Reason:  Kevin Attard trainee keeps getting better with every...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   A Royal Return A Twisters-esque scene in the Greater Toronto Area last Sunday cut short the most celebrated day on the Canadian Thoroughbred racing calendar. Now that the torrential downpours have subsided (knock on wood), the 165th running of...

TORONTO — By Ed DeRosa   Of course the King’s Plate is one of the best wagering opportunities on the 12-race card this Friday at Woodbine, but we already discussed that on Railbirds last week, and the field hasn’t changed. What we didn’t mention is that to be one of the...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Rolled the Tide After a tame start, a late push turned the tide of the $600,000 Alabama (G1) in Power Squeeze’s favor. Working in concert with rider Javier Castellano, the 3-year-old filly patiently stalked then-leader and 9-5 choice Candied...