Wonder Gadot (alias Wonder Woman, check her halter) couldn’t care less about the apparent devilishness of her role in the $1.25-million Travers Stakes on Saturday at old Saratoga. The Queen’s Plate winner is, well, a FEMALE running against the best American 3-year MALES (minus Triple Crown winner Justify, retired with a minor injury.) Six fillies have won the … [Read more...] about Wonder Gadot in Search of History
Wonder Gadot
Wonder in the Mud
The torrent of rain that pummeled Fort Erie Racetrack three races before the $400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes, the second jewel in Canada’s Triple Crown was apocalyptic. In a few minutes a track that had been rated fast became sloppy. It was gumbo. It was soul sucking. After all, it is a dirt track, not Tapeta, like Woodbine. The scene looked like the end of the world. There … [Read more...] about Wonder in the Mud
A Few of my Favourite Things
My world last week in photos: … [Read more...] about A Few of my Favourite Things
Wonder Gadot triumphs in Queen’s Plate
It’s Wonder Ga-DOT, people. Not Wonder Ga-DOUGH, as so trippingly falls off the tongues of those Canadian folk who think in bilingual terms. Now you’ll all have to remember the name of Wonder Gadot, because the imposing 3-year-old filly just became the 37th filly to win the Queen’s Plate against the boys over the past 159 years, (and the ninth since Woodbine opened in 1956.) … [Read more...] about Wonder Gadot triumphs in Queen’s Plate
Queen Bee set for Queen’s Plate
If Dixie Moon were human, she would cast a side-eye to someone’s loud guffaw, tell her neighbours to behave, throw things at her detractors, and generally voice her opinion. So maybe she’s almost human. She just doesn’t need words to make her point. She’s quite eloquent, really, in her own way. Since she started racing for breeders Dorothy and Sean Fitzhenry and … [Read more...] about Queen Bee set for Queen’s Plate