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On June 19, 2020, at Woodbine Racetrack, Tiller won his 2000th race. [4] Tiller has been one of Woodbine's leading trainers, especially in the sprint division. [3] He came back into the spotlight in 2017 when trainee Pink Lloyd earned eight straight stakes victories on his way to Canadian Horse of the Year and Champion Sprinter honours. He had ...
He eventually began riding at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, where he made his home and became a dominant force in racing for more than twenty years. Avelino Gomez statue at Woodbine. Canada's top jockey on seven occasions, in 1966 Gomez became the first jockey in Canadian racing history to win 300 races in a single season.
Leading rider at Blue Bonnets Raceway (1961) George Gubbins (born December 8, 1935, in Hamilton, Ontario ) is a Canadian retired jockey . He began his professional riding career in 1953 in Toronto where he competed at Greenwood Raceway and Woodbine Racetrack until 1974, with several years missed due to accidents.
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]
Jesse M. Campbell (born October 9, 1977, in Twinsburg, Ohio) is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who earned the biggest win of his career on July 7, 2013, in the $1 million Queen's Plate aboard Midnight Aria at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. [2] He is also the regular rider of 2016 Canadian Horse of the Year Caren.
Woodbine Mile (1996) Blue Grass Stakes (1996, 1997, 2004 ) ... Sellers won several national riding championships and was a leading rider at Arlington Park.
In 2007, she returned to Canada to ride at Woodbine after a 2-year stint in the New York and Florida circuit. She finished seventh in the Woodbine standings with 69 victories out of 572 mounts with earnings of $3,246,387. She finished 77th in the national earnings title that same year with 79 victories out of 668 mounts with earnings of $3,480,229.
On July 11, 2024, she won the 4th race at Woodbine, to become the highest-earning female jockey in history, surpassing the record of $90,126,584 previously held by HOF rider Julie Krone. In October 2024, Wilson suffered a neck fracture and shattered her pelvis when her mount Ready Shakespeare fell due to an apparent cardiac arrest .