Woodbine Racetrack has announced post time for Thursday's card of live Thoroughbred racing has been pushed back to 2:15 p.m. to allow for track maintenance to be performed.
Significant rainfall overnight Wednesday into Thursday led to unfavorable track conditions and the need to delay Thursday's races for track maintenance.
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A stakes-filled weekend across Woodbine Racetrack and Woodbine Mohawk Park generated a total of $30,391,567.55 in handle over five cards of Woodbine Entertainment live racing from Friday through Sunday.
The highlight of the weekend was a record-setting $13,856,030.71 handle on Saturday's Thoroughbred card at Woodbine Racetrack, which established a new record for a Ricoh Woodbine Mile card and was a 17.3 per cent increase over 2020.
Horseplayers wagered $2.2 million on the Ricoh Woodbine Mile race and $1.7 million on the Pattison Canadian International race. A quartet of multi-leg wager guarantees and a Jackpot Hi-5 mandatory payout, which generated $957,408.21 in new money, were also highlights of the successful 12-race card.
Sunday afternoon's card from Woodbine generated a $7.2 million handle on an 11-race program. The afternoon included a pair of Grade 1 Breeders' Cup “Win and You're In” Challenge Series races to cap off Woodbine's Turf Festival Weekend.
The stakes action continued west at Woodbine Mohawk Park, with the Canadian Trotting Classic the marquee race on another large Saturday evening Standardbred program. Horseplayers wagered $3.1 million on the Saturday 13-race card at Mohawk Park, an increase of 9.4 per cent from last year's Trotting Classic.
The strong Saturday followed a $2.6 million handle on Friday's card from Campbellville.
Live racing resumes tonight (Tuesday) at Woodbine Mohawk Park and continues Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Post time is 7 p.m.
Woodbine Thoroughbred action picks back up on Thursday afternoon and runs through the weekend. Post time Thursday, Saturday and Sunday is 1:10 p.m., while Friday's card begins at 4:50 p.m.
For a recap of Woodbine's stakes action, click here.
For a recap of Woodbine Mohawk Park's stakes, click here.
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Diamond City, under Emma-Jayne Wilson, took the $130,750 Ontario Racing Stakes, while Derryane, with Joel Rosario in the irons, won the $126,750 Woodbine Cares Stakes Sunday at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario.
The Ontario Racing, for two-year-olds, and the Woodbine Cares, for two-year-old fillies, were each contested at five furlongs on the Inner Turf.
A chestnut son of Shackleford, Diamond City, trained by Mark Casse for D.J. Stable LLC, was the 4-5 choice in the Ontario Racing.
The Kentucky-bred settled just off the early pace before taking a narrow lead at the stretch call.
Diamond City, who came into the race off a pair of third-place finishes to launch his career, drew away in the late going to win by 1 ¾-lengths in a time of :57.68 over firm ground.
Bred by Canvasback Thoroughbreds, he paid $3.60 for the win.
Derrynane, sent on her way as the 8-5 choice, powered by the leaders in mid-stretch to record an impressive 2 ¾-length triumph for trainer Christophe Clement and owner-breeder Waterville Lake Stable.
The daughter of Quality Road was patiently handled by Rosario as Fulminate set the early tone, but Derrynane loomed a major threat as the field made the turn for home.
Once the bay filly struck front, it was simply a question of what the margin of victory would be.
The final time over firm going was :57.04. Derrynane returned $5.50.
It was the second win from three starts for the New York-bred, who won her debut this July at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Former champion jockey Eurico Rosa da Silva, who was feted early as the recipient of this year's Avelino Gomez Memorial Award earlier in the afternoon, made the trophy presentation.
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Godolphin and trainer Charlie Appleby went back to back in the Grade 1 juvenile stakes at Woodbine Sunday, as Albahr took the Summer Stakes on the heels of Wild Beauty's win in the Natalma at the Toronto, Ontario track. With his victory in the G1 Summer, Albahr earns a guaranteed spot in the starting gate for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf at Del Mar.
Breaking seventh from the gate, Lanfranco Dettori gave Albahr much the same ride he had on Wild Beauty in the Natalma, content to sit toward the back of the pack early and improving position up the backside to fifth as they entered the far turn.
Into the stretch, Dettori took Albahr to the outside to find racing room as front runner First Empire tired, the Godolphin horse taking over the lead. As Albahr began to separate from the field, Degree of Risk went with him, briefly running head to head. Albhar's turn of foot was too much for the Eoin Harty trainee as the Godolphin colt pulled away to win by 2 1/2 lengths. Grafton Street passed Degree of Risk late to take second.
The final time for the one-mile Summer was 1:35.77. Find this race's chart here.
Albahr paid $3.30, $2.60, and $2.50. Grafton Street paid $6.10 and $5.80. Degree of Risk paid $4.80.
As a part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series, the winner of the Summer Stakes earns a fees-paid, guaranteed spot in the starting gate for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf on Nov. 5 at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, Calif.
Bred by his owner, Albahr (GB) is a 2-year-old gelding by Dubawi (GB) out of Falls of Lora (IRE), by Street Cry (IRE). With his win in the Summer, he improves to four wins in five starts to $235,181.
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