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Summer Storm Riding Big Streak Into Noble Damsel
September 17, 2015 The Grade III Noble Damsel Handicap brings together four very solid fillies this year, each with eyes on the biggest share of the $200.000 purse but ones for whom the Grade I BC F&M Turf is just… Read More ›
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Son Of Ra Gets Redemption in WO Mile
September 16, 2015 The Grade I WO Mile featured a rematch of the first and third finishers from last year, when Seven Years was able to outfinish Son Of Ra, but this year, the tables were turned as Son Of… Read More ›
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Rip Snortin Rides Rail to Win Canadian
September 16, 2015 The Grade II Canadian Stakes at WO was about as evenly matched a field as you will get on the turf this year but leave it to the favourite to come through in the clutch as Rip… Read More ›
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Desolation Island Up in Time to Win Northern Dancer BC
September 16, 2015 The Grade I Northern Dancer BC Turf was truly a battle between defending champion Turon Warrior and a pair of Grade I winning three-year-olds in Bombastic Kathology and Desolation Island and at the end of 1 ½… Read More ›
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Canadian Stakes Wide Open Event
September 12, 2015 As a BC Win And You’re In race, the Grade II Canadian Stakes usually attracts some very good fillies and mares to the WO turf and on Sunday afternoon, a big field of 11 is signed on… Read More ›
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Turon Warrior Looks Tough in Northern Dancer BC
September 12, 2015 Much like previous years, the Grade I Northern Dancer BC Turf stands alone as a race for horses prepping for the Grade I BC Turf and as such, has only attracted a field of six who opt… Read More ›
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Seven Years Tries To Rewrite History in WO Mile
September 10, 2015 There is very little about the Grade I WO Mile that I have not already said in covering two past editions and this year, the race takes on an added significant in real-life with the retirement of… Read More ›
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Dead Ant Dead Ant Much The Best in Prioress
September 9, 2015 Sent off at odds of 1-5, Dead Ant Dead Ant was expected to win the Grade II Prioress on Sunday after sunny SAR but the way she won was much easier than expected, as she simply started… Read More ›
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Drill Closes Fast in DMR Debutante Triumph
September 6, 2015 Pedigree certainly played a huge factor in determining the top two finishers in the Grade I DMR Debutante and while Plucky Elmo, a daughter of a BC Mile winner and a multiple Grade II winning dam, was… Read More ›
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Stolen Secret Runs Winning Streak to Four in FL Sire Stakes-Susan
September 7, 2015 A win against similar in the FL Sire Stakes-Vixen made Stolen Secret the logical favourite to double up on Saturday in the Susan going a furlong longer and the daughter of Steel His Fate did not disappoint,… Read More ›
