Ron Gierkink

Woodbine announced Monday that the 1 1/2-mile main turf, known locally as the E.P. Taylor turf course, is set to reopen about a month ahead of schedule on Aug. 8 following extensive renovations.

Aretha makes her much-anticipated stakes debut in Saturday's $175,000 Ontario Colleen, the first of three Grade 3 stakes on the Woodbine card, along with the $175,000 Hendrie and the $175,000 Trillium.

Favored Creed’s Gold won Saturday’s Grade 3 Hendrie at Woodbine for the second year in a row with Rafael Hernandez along for the ride again.

Splash of Bourbon made quite a splash in Sunday’s $150,500 Thunder Bay at Woodbine by winning her third in a row and her first stakes for red-hot trainer Sid Attard.

Weller Green extends to what could be a favorable distance in Sunday's sixth race at Woodbine, a 1 3/8-mile first-level allowance on the inner turf with a $32,000 optional claiming tag.

The Mark Casse-trained 2023 King’s Plate victor Paramount Prince won a thrilling renewal of Saturday’s Grade 3 Seagram Cup at Woodbine over the favored Runaway Again.

Pietro Moran leads the Woodbine jockey standings by a 58-52 margin over Fraser Aebly. Surprisingly, neither of them have a mount in Friday's nominal feature, the seventh on an eight-race card, a $25,000 conditioned claiming race headed by King Rosso.

Chiefswood Stables will have three representatives in each of Saturday's Woodbine stakes, including Piper's Gift, Bold Time, and Glitter and Glow in the $350,000 Bison City, the middle leg of the Canadian Triple Tiara.

Racing returns to Woodbine's main turf course for the first time in nearly a year in Sunday's featured conditioned allowance/optional claimer going seven furlongs.

Katie’s Grace won her first stakes in style on Saturday at Woodbine, taking the $350,000 Bison City, the middle leg of the Canadian Triple Tiara, under a patient ride from Ryan Munger.