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Sandy met a fellow Jockey Kaoru Tsuchiya when they were riding at Keeneland Race Track in 1987. The two were married in Lexington, Kentucky on March 10, 2019. [ 3 ] Sandy and his wife are working with the team of retired jockeys to help the permanently disabled Jockeys fund in many of the Community Association for Riding for the Disabled former ...
The Overskate Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the latter part of October at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. An Ontario Sire Stakes, it is a restricted race for horses age three and older. It is currently contested over a distance of 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 furlongs on Woodbine's inner turf course with a purse of C ...
In July 2012, once again on board Game On Dude, Sutherland became the first woman jockey to win the Hollywood Gold Cup. [11] On Sunday October 21, 2012 at Woodbine Race Course she announced her retirement from the sport of horse racing as a jockey. This would be short-lived, as she returned to racing in July, 2013 at Hollywood Park Racetrack.
Woodbine Racetrack is a race track for Thoroughbred horse racing in the Etobicoke area of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Owned by Woodbine Entertainment Group, Woodbine Racetrack manages and hosts Canada's most famous race, the King's Plate. The track was opened in 1956 with a one-mile oval dirt track, as well as a seven-eights turf course. [1]
The Ontario Jockey Club (OJC) was founded in 1881 to improve the quality of horse racing in the city of Toronto. William Hendrie, president of the Ontario Jockey Club and of the Hendrie Co., Limited, was a railway promoter and capitalist who was the founder of one of the most prominent families in the history of Thoroughbred racing in Canada.
During World War II, Long Branch Racetrack did not operate, and the Race was held at Dufferin Racetrack. Long Branch Racetrack closed in 1956, and the Race moved to Woodbine Racetrack. The Race became a turf race in 1958. [5] The Race name changed to Canadian International Championship Stakes from 1966 to 1980.
The Grey Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the first week of October at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto. A Grade III, it is open to two-year-old horses and is raced on dirt at a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 16 miles. Since 2006, the dirt racing surface at Woodbine Racetrack has been the synthetic Polytrack.
Speed record: (Through 1998, Woodbine times were recorded in fifths of a second. Since 1999 they are in hundredths of a second) 1:42.70 - La Tia (2014) Most wins: 2 - La Voyageuse (1979, 1980) 2 - Spanish Play (1990, 1991) 2 - Santa Amelia (1997, 1998) 2 - One For Rose (2004, 2005) Most wins by an owner: 3 - Tucci Stables (2004, 2005, 2006 ...