Ron Gierkink

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – The Brazilian champion Raptor’s makes his North American debut off a year-long layoff going a mile on the main turf in Thursday’s featured conditioned allowance with an $80,000 claiming option at Woodbine.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Silent Sky, who had a productive spring on the Tapeta at Woodbine, should be favored in Friday’s headliner going 1 1/16 miles on the inner turf for nonwinners-of-three Ontario-sired allowance types and $40,000 claimers.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Fracen Macho has run two solid races on different surfaces and will look to take care of business in Friday’s finale, a 6 1/2-furlong turf sprint for Ontario-sired and $40,000 maidens.

Julie Wright In two starts at Woodbine this year, Play the Music has won the Whimsical on Tapeta and the Royal North (above) on turf. She returns to Tapeta for the Hendrie Stakes on Saturday.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Little Teddy will try to mow down the speed in the $100,000 Georgian Bay, one of two five-furlong inner-turf stakes for Ontario-sired 3-year-olds Sunday at Woodbine, along with the $100,000 Lake Huron for the boys.

Michael Burns War Painter (6) returned $10.50 in winning the Ashbridges Bay at Woodbine on Sunday.

Old Forester, the sire of 2017 Canadian Horse of the Year Pink Lloyd, died peacefully at age 23 at T.C. Westmeath Stud on Nov. 17, according to farm owner John Carey.

Following a spate of injuries on the synthetic Tapeta surface, Woodbine has hired longtime track superintendent Juan Meza as a racing surfaces consultant.

Trainer Mark Casse entered Winterberry, Patriotic War, War Signal, and Princess of Storm in Saturday's Shady Well Stakes at Woodbine, but all four may not run in the six-furlong sprint for Ontario-sired and Ontario-bred 2-year-old fillies.

Pop Idol broke on top and never looked back, scoring a 2 1/2-length win in Saturday’s $150,000 Shady Well Stakes, giving leading rider Sahin Civaci his fifth win on the Woodbine card.