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Tough To Choose a Favourite in BC Classic
November 3, 2016 Every year in North America, there are three horse races that people across the country look forward to watching, reminiscing about and ultimately, making their opinions known about even if they come from left field. The first… Read More ›
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MB Stables Holds Top Cards in BC F and M Sprint
November 2, 2016 Before the inauguration of the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint as an off-chute of the Sprint itself, female runners had done quite well against their male counterparts with the likes of Safely Kept, Meafara, Desert Stormer… Read More ›
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Evenly Matched Field In BC Dirt Mile
October 31, 2016 When the Breeders Cup decided to create a counterpart to the Mile, it was hailed as the boon for horses who were not fast enough to handle the six-furlong Sprint but also without the stamina for the… Read More ›
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Speed Looks Dangerous in Cup And Saucer
October 20, 2016 Routinely one of the more important races for juveniles in Canada, the Cup And Saucer Stakes has been held since 1937 and won by such luminaries as Archworth, Uttermost, Kingarvie, Canadian Champ, New Providence and Victoria Park…. Read More ›
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Charged Adage Draws Clear in Taylor Stakes
October 20, 2016 The rains came to WO on Sunday afternoon for the Grade I Taylor Stakes and that played right into the hands of off-track specialist Charged Adage, who rocketed home from last to score her first Graded Stakes… Read More ›
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Dragonville Looks to Fire in Taylor Stakes
October 14, 2016 Many of the stakes races at Woodbine in Toronto, Canada are named for pillars of the horse racing community there but none is more significant than the Grade I Taylor Stakes, named for arguably the most influential… Read More ›
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Lure Holds On To Win Hill Prince
October 9, 2016 A battle of recent stakes winner loomed in the Grade III Hill Prince at BEL but when the speed stopped, it was Lure who was up to the task, holding off charging longshot Raj Action Packed to… Read More ›
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BC Berth Up for Grabs in Flower Bowl
October 5, 2016 One of the seminal preps for the BC F&M Turf is the Grade I Flower Bowl at BEL, routinely run on the undercard to the JC Gold Cup at the classic distance of 1 ¼ miles and… Read More ›
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Fluctuation Draws Inside for Hill Prince
October 5, 2016 Ever since the Grade III Hill Prince was moved from its Summer placement in the schedule to the Fall Meeting, it has become a key race for three-year-olds looking to get into the BC Mile or even… Read More ›
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Grade I Winners Battle it Out in JC Gold Cup
October 5, 2016 For the better part of 70 years, the Grade I Jockey Club Gold Cup was the ultimate race to win for a colt or gelding in North America, carrying with it the prestige of a Kentucky Derby,… Read More ›
