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Russell Baze, who recorded 12,842 career wins, 270 of them stakes, has been named the 2023 recipient of the Avelino Gomez Memorial Award.

Slade Callaghan, who has recorded nearly 850 career wins, including 31 stakes, has been named the 2022 recipient of the Avelino Gomez Memorial Award.

Slade Jones, the teenaged son of Derby and Gold Cup winner Jonathon Jones and the grandson of the legendary Challenor Jones, is joining the jockey colony at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Canada, this week. The 16-year-old, who was born in Canada, is leaving with his father on Thursday and could have his first ride at the weekend. “I am very excited. I always wanted to be a jockey and to …

Sponsored by: Avies Flatter Multiple stakes winner Avies Flatter, who cruised to victory in his return to action in June, faces eight rivals on the E.P. Taylor Turf Course in Sundays Grade 2 $175,000 Connaught Cup Stakes, at Woodbine. Bred and owned by Ivan Dalos (Tall Oaks Farm), the five-year-old son of Flatter, trained by Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee Josie Carroll, romped to an impressive 5 ¼-length score over the Tapeta on June 13 at Woodbine. The victory, at seven...