Woodbine is one of the top tracks in North American but sometimes gets overlooked as a Canadian track. Horse players will certainly zero in on Woodbine Saturday as the best card of the weekend is north of the border on Saturday. Also looking strong this week is Monmouth Park. Horse racing has enjoyed a strong renaissance thanks to COVID-19 as gamblers returned to the tracks when all of the other major sports were shut down. Since the return of the major stick and ball sports gamblers have stuck with the ponies as well. This weekend is a great example as to why that is.
Let’s now take a look at the highlights of this weekend’s schedule from tracks across North America!
Woodbine – Rexdale, Ontario – Saturday and Sunday
Woodbine has a big Saturday scheduled with a total of 13 races and three features. The Bison City Stakes is worth $250,000. So too worth $250,000 is the Grade 2 Canadian Stakes. The big one for Saturday is the $1 million Queen’s Pride Stakes. And then for Sunday is a 10 race Woodbine card.
First place in the jockey standings at Woodbine is Rafael Manuel Hernandez with over $2.8 million in earnings. In 354 starts Hernandez has a total of 74 wins, 56 second, and 37 third place finishes.
Justin Stein is the second-place jockey at Woodbine with over $2.6 million in winnings. Stein has 345 career starts with 74 wins, 41 second, and 49 third place finishes.
Kazushi Kimura is the third-place jockey at Woodbine with over $2.4 million in winnings. Kimura has 373 starts with 51 wins, 78 second, and 51 third place finishes.
Fourth place in the jockey standings at Woodbine is Luis Contreras with over $2 million in earnings. Contreras has 325 starts with 45 wins, 45 second, and 43 third place finishes.
Rounding out the top five of the Woodbine jockey standings is Patrick Husbands with over $1.8 million in earnings. Husbands has 230 starts with 38 wins, 29 second, and 27 third place finishes.
Monmouth Park – Oceanport, New Jersey – Saturday and Sunday
On Saturday Monmouth Park will feature 10 races with the main event being the $100,000 Mr. Prospector Stakes. Sunday brings 10 more races to Monmouth Park with the $75,000 Regret Stakes as the headliner.
Paco Lopez is the first-place jockey at Monmouth Park with over $2.1 million in earnings. Lopez has 177 starts with 45 wins, 45 second, and 27 third place finishes.
Second place at Monmouth among the jockeys is Joe Bravo with over $1.7 million in earnings. Bravo has 104 starts with 30 wins, 14 second, and 22 third place finishes. Bravo has the top win percentage at Monmouth at 29%, Rounding out the top three in the Monmouth jockey standings is Jorge A. Vargas Jr with over $1 million in earnings. Vargas has 121 starts with 16 wins, 23 second, and 21 third place finishes.
Remington Park – Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – Saturday
Remington Park has a total of nine races on the card for Saturday
Gulfstream Park – Hallandale, Florida – Saturday and Sunday
Gulfstream Park has 11 races scheduled for Saturday with 10 more races on the card for Sunday.
Golden Gate Fields – Albany, California – Saturday
There are nine races on the Golden Gate Saturday and Sunday cards.
Arlington Park - Arlington Heights, Illinois – Saturday
There are eight races on the Saturday Arlington Park card.
Laurel Park – Laurel, Maryland – Saturday
Laurel Park will have a 10-race card set for Saturday.
Delaware Park – Wilmington, Delaware – Saturday
Delaware Park has a total of 10 races on the card for Saturday.
Prairie Meadows - Altoona, Iowa – Saturday and Sunday
Prairie Meadows will have 10 race cards set for both Saturday and Sunday.
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