#Toronto Cup

Kentucky Downs offers five $1 million turf races in weekend horse racing

Kentucky Downs offers five $1 million turf races in weekend horse racing

Dalaika, shown winning the Grade I Beverly D. at Churchill Downs, returns for the $1 million Kentucky Downs Ladies Turf on Saturday. Photo courtesy of Churchill Downs Sept. 9 (UPI) -- It's all about the turf in weekend horse racing with Kentucky Downs staging an extravaganza unmatched anywhere in North America short of the Breeders' Cup World…
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Churchtown Captures $135K Gio Ponti in Frontrunning Fashion

Churchtown Captures $135K Gio Ponti in Frontrunning Fashion

Churchtown wins the Gio Ponti under Junior Alvarado (NYRA/Coglianese) By Mary Eddy - NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y.- W. B. Harrigan and Mike Pietrangelo's Kentucky homebred Churchtown posted a game wire-to-wire victory for Hall of Fame trainer Roger Attfield in Saturday's $135000 Gio Ponti, a 1 1/16-mile outer turf route for 3-year-olds, at…
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Grade 3 Ontario Derby, Ontario Damsel on tap Sunday at Woodbine

Grade 3 Ontario Derby, Ontario Damsel on tap Sunday at Woodbine

TORONTO, October 28, 2021 - The Grade 3 $150000 Ontario Derby, for three-year-olds, and the $125000 Ontario Damsel, for three-year-old fillies, co-headline Sunday's 10-race card at Woodbine. Riptide Rock, a son of Point of Entry, heads into the 1 1/8-mile main track Ontario Derby off a runner-up effort to British Royalty (who'll also run) in the…
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