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Woodbine Mohawk Park To Begin Gradual Reopening To Live Racing Fans

Woodbine Entertainment is pleased to announce that Woodbine Mohawk Park will reopen to live racing fans and simulcast guests on a limited basis starting Monday, Aug. 31.

The facility at Mohawk Park is able to gradually reopen thanks to successfully hosting limited horse owners and connections for live racing in recent weeks. Those that recently attend live racing adhered to all the necessary protocols, including practicing physical distancing and wearing a face mask when onsite.

Preventing the spread of illnesses continues to be a top priority and Woodbine Entertainment is confident in its approaching to providing a safe experience.

In order to ensure the safety of all guests, experiences at Woodbine Mohawk Park will reopen gradually, on a limited basis, with a reservation required to attend.

What's Open at Woodbine Mohawk Park:

  • Main Floor Race Book (maximum capacity of 50 guests, no persons under 18 permitted in the Race Book).
  • Apron access for up to 100 guests.
  • Mohawk Harvest Kitchen (MHK) will be open on Friday and Saturday evenings and has been redesigned to allow physically distant dining.
  • Tim Hortons (reduced hours, consistent with hours of operation).
  • Draft Beer Stand featuring sandwiches, salads, snacks, as well as non-alcoholic beverages, beer and wine.
  • Wagering terminals throughout the facility

Hours of Operation:

  • Monday: 6 p.m. to end of Live Racing
  • Tuesday: 6 p.m. to end of Live Racing
  • Wednesday: Closed
  • Thursday: 6 p.m. to end of Live Racing
  • Friday: 6 p.m. to end of Live Racing
  • Saturday: 6 p.m. to end of Live Racing
  • Sunday: Closed

For more information and to make a reservation, visit www.Woodbine.com/Mohawk/Guest-Registration/.

Outside food and drinks will no longer be permitted with the reopening of limited food and beverage services.

Woodbine Entertainment will continue to follow the latest information from governments and applicable health authorities to ensure a safe environment for all guests.

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Bayern Filly Last to First in Muskoka S.

Overlooked at long odds here and one of two unraced juvenile fillies in the line up, El Bayern became her GI Breeders’ Cup Classic-winning sire’s first black-type winner in the Muskoka S. on Sunday. Awkwardly away, she looked like she was spinning her wheels while dead last by several lengths for the first few furlongs. Asked for her bid with 2 ½ furlongs left to travel, she looped the field very wide out in the center of the track. Finding more as favored For My Elbi began to run out of steam, she swept by that foe to win going away, breaking her maiden and her black-type duck simultaneously.

Since foaling the winner, El Tara has a yearling colt by Silent Name (Jpn) and a filly of this year by Seattle Serenade. Under the third dam is Canadian Champion Sprinter and MGSW Apelia (Cool Victor), herself the dam of Canadian Champion Older Mare and MGSW Saoirse (Cure the Blues) and GII Adirondack S. victress More Happy (Vindication).

MUSKOKA S., C$250,800, Woodbine, 8-30, 2yo, f, 6 1/2f (AWT), 1:18.91, ft.
1–EL BAYERN, 119, f, 2, by Bayern
                1st Dam: El Tara (SP), by Schossberg
                2nd Dam: Parkview Hills, by Iskandar Elakbar
                3rd Dam: Arbela, by Conquistador Cielo
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN.(C$8,000 Ylg ’19 CANSEP). O-Stacey Van
Camp; B-Hill ‘N’ Dale Farms (ON); T-Michael Mattine; J-Sheena
Ryan. C$150,000. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $114,523. *1/2 to
Quidi Vidi (Marcavelly), MSP, $354,384. **1st SW for her sire
(by Offlee Wild).
2–For My Elbi, 119, f, 2, Souper Speedy–Executrix, by Bold
Executive. (C$24,000 Ylg ’19 CANSEP). O-Krasauskaite Racing
Stable and Raymon, Marco; B-John Carey (ON); T-Laura
Krasauskaite. C$50,000.
3–Ms Wicked, 119, f, 2, War Dancer–Sinful, by Touch Gold.
(C$4,500 RNA Ylg ’19 CANSEP). O-Centennial Farms (Niagara)
Inc.; B-Janeane Everatt, James Everatt & Arika Everatt-Meeuse
(ON); T-Cole Bennett. C$25,000.
Margins: 1, HD, 2HF. Odds: 23.00, 1.75, 3.95.
Also Ran: Howmuchistoomuch, Sensational Girl, Holy Lighting, Leave It With Me, Flawless Pink, Hekla’s Aura, Silent Mamba.
Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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Chart Lands Ontario Colleen In Four-Horse Blanket Finish At Woodbine

With a determined stretch run, Chart prevailed in a photo finish to take the $125,000 Ontario Colleen Stakes (Grade 3) for three-year-old fillies on a windy Saturday at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario.

One of four Mark Casse trainees in the field of six, Chart got the first call breaking sharply from the gate for jockey Justin Stein and settled into second behind the Casse-trained Grade 3 Selene champion Two Sixty, who sped out front and clocked an opening quarter in :23.55 and half-mile in :46.93.

Heading into the turn in the one-mile turf test, Chart advanced outside of the pacesetter with the Alex Patykewich-trained Saratoga Vision moving three-wide and Diamond Sparkles, another Casse contender, poised to go widest of all past three-quarters in 1:10.38.

Down the stretch into a headwind, Chart battled on gamely against Two Sixty with even-money favorite Avie's Samurai, from the Josie Carroll barn, emerging at the rail.

Digging in, the determined Chart prevailed in a blanket finish, getting the nod in 1:35.24 over Avie's Samurai. Diamond Sparkles finished another head back on the outside in third, with Two Sixty a half-length back between foes. Saratoga Vision finished less than a length behind in fifth while Fly So Pretty rounded out the field.

“She broke sharp and I didn't have to ask her to leave there,” said Stein, who is now just a couple wins behind meet-leading rider Rafael Hernandez. “She settled into stride right away and just galloped around there until it was really time to start running.

“I got to sit and wait for a while. I was pretty comfy sitting up to the quarter pole and when I asked her to run, she really kicked. I just could feel the try that she had inside. She was digging in and giving me everything that she had. Running into that headwind, I don't know how she did it, but she found more to get the job done.”

The lightly raced Kentucky-bred filly sired by Lea has now won half of her six career starts for owner D. J. Stable LLC.

Sent postward as the 9-2 second choice, Chart returned $11.20 to win.

Morning line favorite Walk In Marrakesh was scratched.

In other action, Theregoesjojo ($7.80) and Kazushi Kimura won the $50,000 second leg of the Woodbine Turf Endurance Series for trainer Michael De Paulo and the Samotowka Stables.

Stretching out to 1 1/2 miles, the five-year-old English Channel gelding stalked the top pair before sweeping to command on the final turn and winning by two lengths in 2:29.78 over the late-rallying Peace of Ekati.

Theregoesjojo was a runner-up in the 1-3/8-mile first leg to Artistico, who finished third in round two as the 6-5 favourite.

The series, which offers $40,000 in bonuses to the top point-earners, continues on Saturday, Sept. 26 with the third round at 1-5/8-miles.

Live Thoroughbred racing continues at Woodbine on Sunday, featuring the $770,000 Canadian Yearling Sales Stakes. Post time for the 11-race card is 1 p.m.

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Shirl’s Speight Out of Derby Contention

‘TDN Rising Star’ Shirl’s Speight (Speightstown) is no longer being pointed to the GI Kentucky Derby after developing a cough Saturday.

“Unfortunately, Shirl’s Speight has come up with a minor cough today and he will not be going to the Kentucky Derby,” owner/breeder Fipke Stable tweeted. “His health is our number one concern, and we’ll look forward to his next race.”

“He’s coughing and full of mucus so we’ve had to put him on antibiotics,” trainer Roger Attfield said. “I’ve had four or five of them [get sick] these last couple weeks actually. It’s nothing majorly serious but it’s bad timing. We were looking forward to seeing if we could something fancy but there will be another day. Just normal stuff we have to go through quite often.”

An impressive debut winner at Woodbine July 4, Shirl’s Speight followed suit with a victory in that venue’s GIII Marine S. July 25.

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