Retired Canadian jockey Francine Villenueve dies after long illness
Francine Villeneuve, a popular former jockey in Ontario, passed away June 5 after a long battle with cancer at age 61.
Ron GierkinkJun 05, 2026
Francine Villeneuve, a popular former jockey in Ontario, passed away June 5 after a long battle with cancer at age 61.
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Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Sunday 6/7 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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Chad Brown already has a top filly in the 3-year-old division in Always a Runner, the undefeated winner of the Kentucky Oaks.
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Katie Davis, who hit her head on the side of the gate prior to the start of Thursday’s fourth race, which required her to be removed from the track on a stretcher and taken to Albany Medical Center, was back in the saddle Friday where she rode 54-1 shot Luz de Guia to a third-place finish in the first race.
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Tommy Jo, a two-time Grade 1 winning 2-year-old filly of 2025, is getting closer to her 3-year-old debut, which, provided all goes well, will take place in the Grade 3, $225,000 Victory Ride Stakes here on July 10.
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While the connections of Tawny Port ponder a start in the Melbourne Cup in November, there are plenty of domestic races on the agenda for the 7-year-old who won Thursday’s Belmont Gold Cup by 2 1/2 lengths.
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The two-time Grade 1 winner Scottish Lassie returns to the races Sunday in a second-level allowance race going seven furlongs at Saratoga.
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The anticipated duel between Ways and Means and Grand Job more than met expectations in Friday’s Grade 2 Bed o’ Roses Stakes at Saratoga with a familiar outcome. Ways and Means caught Grand Job at the finish to win the $300,000 race by a nose. Ways and Means became the first horse to win the Bed o’ Roses twice since By the Moon in 2016 and 2017.
Four of the top-eight horses in the Road to the Winning Key Farm Hambletonian rankings, including No. 1 Apex in his seasonal debut, will meet in New Jersey Sire Stakes action Friday (June 5) at the Meadowlands.
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Kenny Walters' horses to watch list from Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.