Tom Pedulla offers takeaways from a racing weekend highlighted by competition at Toronto’s Woodbine Racetrack. Woodbine hosted three Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series races Saturday that offered automatic, fees-paid berths in corresponding contests at the Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Del Mar.
Month: September 2024
Enable: A Breeders’ Cup Queen and Champion of Hearts
Nineteen times she met the starter and in 15 of those Enable was the first across the line. Her 12-race win streak spanned three seasons as she matured from filly to mare, no stage too big for this homebred Juddmonte star. Under the Twin Spires, she showed what she was made of, adding Breeders’ Cup victor to her already stellar résumé. A record-breaking career not only made Enable a star in Europe, but her stateside performance made her a queen of hearts everywhere.
Economics is the real deal, writes DOMINIC KING, the collision between the Willaim Haggas trained horse and Auguste Rodin induced GOOSEBUMPS – as Mail Sport recaps on a huge weekend of racing
DOMINIC KING: It was the most compelling and informative weekend of the Flat season so far with a host of pointers to the defining autumn targets.
Jockey Norton, 54, to retire after nearly 2,000 wins
Jockey Franny Norton will retire at Chester on Saturday aged 54 after a career that brought nearly 2,000 wins.
