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Rafael Hernandez, a former Canadian champion jockey, reached his 3,000th career win Friday when Sean and Dorothy Fitzhenry's homebred Bill Needle scored in the fourth race at Woodbine.
Nine fillies and mares, including Queen’s Plate winner Moira, will vie for top prize in the Grade 1 $750,000 E.P. Taylor Stakes, up from $600,000 last year, part of a stellar stakes-filled Saturday card of racing at Woodbine.
The finish of the Grade 2 Canadian Stakes at Woodbine Race Track produced one of those head-bobbing finishes where it seems a shame for either horse to be declared a runner-up but Fev Rover prevailed.
Lady Speightspeare, under Emma-Jayne Wilson, was full of run late in taking the $158,200 Trillium Stakes (G3) for fillies and mares Saturday at Woodbine.
For the fourth time in six years, Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen claimed the top prize of $50,000 in the Maryland Jockey Club’s $100,000 trainer bonus offered to horsemen for their participation in stakes races over Preakness weekend, May 20-21, at historic Pimlico Race Course.