Ron Gierkink

Mrs D and Hesatrooper, both authoritative debut winners, head their respective 2-year-old stakes on Sunday at Woodbine – the My Dear for fillies and the Victoria.

The powerful Uncle Mo colt Uncle Dodo graduated in style in Sunday’s $128,000 Victoria, the first 2-year-old stakes of the Woodbine meet.

Significant purse increases for Woodbine’s stakes and overnight races were announced Monday by Woodbine Entertainment, the Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association of Ontario, and Ontario Racing.

Inner-turf horse for the course Celebrity Ro should be rolling late in Friday's featured sixth race for fillies and mares at Woodbine.

Luster has been shining leading up to Sunday's $750,000 Woodbine Oaks and should be favored in the 71st running of the historic 1 1/8-mile Tapeta event, which has been won by the likes of Dance Smarty, Gal In a Ruckus, and Moira.

Inner turf horse-for-course Celebrity Ro should be rolling late in Monday’s featured sixth race at Woodbine. The five-furlong dash is a hybrid event for nonwinners-of-two Ontario-sired allowance types and $40,000 claimers.

Woodbine Entertainment announced Friday a new partnership with Citytv, Sportsnet, and CBC that will bring Woodbine’s marquee racing events and many of the world’s most prominent races to audiences across network television and streaming platforms throughout the 2026 racing season.

Favored Luster established herself as the clear favorite for the prestigious King’s Plate with a blowout score under John Velazquez in Sunday’s $750,000 Woodbine Oaks.

Longshot G T Five Hundred gave trainer Dale Desruisseaux his second stakes victory on Sunday’s Woodbine Oaks card under a fine ride from Jose Campos in the Grade 2 Connaught Cup.

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.