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.
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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.
Jonathan’s Way Wins Iroquois to Take First Step on Road to 2025 Kentucky Derby
Trainer Phil Bauer and owner Richard Rigney had plenty to celebrate after Rigney's Jonathan's Way wired the field for a handy 2 3/4-length score in the $254,745 Grade 3 Iroquois Stakes for 2-year-olds at
Win for the Money Lives Up to Name in Woodbine Mile, Two 2-Year-Olds Also Earn BC Nods
Slipping up the inside of front-running stablemate Filo Di Arianna, Win for the Money rallied to score a 13-1 upset under jockey Patrick Husbands in the Grade 1 $1 million Rogers Woodbine Mile Stakes Sept. 14 at Woodbine.
