Woodbine Mile

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 Woodbine Mile Race Facts

  • Location: Woodbine Racetrack, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Inaugural Race: 1988
  • Distance: 1 mile (8 furlongs)
  • Track Type: Left-handed, Turf
  • Age Qualifications: Three Year Olds and up
  • 2024 Purse: $1,000,000
  • 2024 Race Date: Saturday, September 14th

2024 Woodbine Mile Race Results

POST
HORSE
JOCKEY / TRAINER
WIN / PLACE / SHOW
6
Win for the Money
Patrick Husbands / Mark E. Casse
$29.30 / $11.80 / $8.00
5
Filo Di Arianna (BRZ)
Kazushi Kimura / Mark E. Casse
$6.70 / $4.60
4
Big Rock (FR)
Umberto Rispoli / Maurizio Guarnieri
$6.30
2
Naval Power (GB)
William T. Buick / Charles Appleby
1
Playmea Tune
John R. Velazquez / Josie Carroll
8
My Boy Prince
Sahin Civaci / Mark E. Casse
3
Secret Reserve
Leo Salles / Michael Mattine
7
Niagara Skyline
Rafael Manuel Hernandez / John Charalambous

Exotic Payoffs:

  • $1.00 Exacta (6-5) Paid: $79.45
  • $0.20 Trifecta (6-5-4) Paid: $84.03
  • $0.20 Superfecta (6-5-4-2) Paid: $174.45

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Woodbine Mile Race History

Established in 1988, the Woodbine Mile is run each year at the Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Canada. The race regularly fields some of the best turf horses, with many winners also counting Champion Turf Horse awards among their career accomplishments. Among the past winners and Champion Turf Horses include Izvestia, Quiet Resolve, Soaring Free, Leroidesanimaux, Rahy's Attorney, Wise Dan (2 time race winner and champion), Tepin (2 time champion), World Approval, and Starship Jubilee.

With is back to back wins in 2012 and 2013, Wise Dan is the only horse that has notched more than one win at the Woodbine. His wins came in his spectacular five and six-year-old seasons where he was not only named American Champion Male Turf Horse, but also American Champion Older Male Horse and American Horse of the Year. To this day, he is the only horse to win the same three Eclipse Awards in consecutive years.

Jockey John R. Velazquez has recorded a record five wins at the Woodbine Mile, while trainer Neil D. Drysdale holds a record four wins himself.

As part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series, horses that take home first place gain automatic entry into the Breeders' Cup Mile.

Woodbine Mile Past Winners

Year
Winner
Jockey / Trainer
Distance / Time
2024
Win for the Money
Patrick Husbands / Mark E. Casse
1 M / 1:32.11
2023
Master of The Seas (IRE)
William T. Buick / Charles Appleby
1 M / 1:33.79
2022
Modern Games (IRE)
William T. Buick / Charles Appleby
1 M / 1:32.77
2021
Town Cruise
Daisuke Fukumoto / Brandon Evan Greer
1 M / 1:35.14
2020
Starship Jubilee
Justin Stein / Kevin Attard
1 M / 1:32.06
2019
El Tormenta
Eurico Rosa da Silva / Gail Cox
1 M / 1:32.60
2018
Oscar Performance
José L. Ortiz / Brian A. Lynch
1 M / 1:33.12
2017
World Approval
John R. Velazquez / Mark Casse
1 M / 1:33.05
2016
Tepin
Julien Leparoux / Mark Casse
1 M / 1:34.13
2015
Mondialiste (IRE)
Feargal Lynch / David O'Meara
1 M / 1:36.66