ETOBICOKE, Ontario—Wigmore Hall, the favored shipper from England, encountered traffic problems on the far turn during a ground-saving trip before closing to capture the Grade 1 Northern Dancer Turf at Woodbine on Sunday.

Bourbon Bay was pressed through a slow pace by Seaside Retreat in the 1 1/2-mile turf route, and they were joined on the lead by Simmard midway on the backstretch.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario — Never Retreat, returning to the scene of her score in the Grade 2 Dance Smartly on Aug. 13,  pressed the pace of longshot Woolly Bear and took over around the final turn en route to a half-length victory here at Woodbine in Sunday’s Grade 2, $300,000 Canadian Stakes for fillies and mares.

Never Retreat prevailed as a the fourth choice in the about 1 1/8-mile turf race, which attracted a field of 14.

 ELMONT, N.Y. - It is a matter of public record that Winter Memories won Saturday’s Grade 1 Garden City Stakes by a neck at Belmont Park. But trainer Jimmy Toner had to watch the replay several times for further evidence.

“I’m still not sure how she won,’’ Toner said. “So every time I watched it, I said `Are you sure she won?’ ‘’

ELMONT, N.Y. - Though they will take different paths to get there, the ultimate goal is to have Uncle Mo and Stay Thirsty end up in the same starting gate for the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic on Nov. 5 at Churchill Downs.

Those sentiments were expressed Sunday by owner Mike Repole and trainer Todd Pletcher after they watched both 3-year-olds put in workouts over Belmont Park’s main track on a gorgeous fall-like morning. Both horses worked by themselves.

 Belmont Stakes winner Ruler On Ice will make his next start in Saturday’s $1 million Pennsylvania Derby at Parx Racing, trainer Kelly Breen confirmed Sunday morning.

 Breen added that Garrett Gomez will ride Ruler On Ice, replacing Jose Valdivia, who was aboard for the gelding’s victory in the Belmont Stakes.

“It was an opportunity to get him and we seized it,’’ Breen said of the rider change. “That’s all.’’

King Leatherbury wants to play “Let’s Make a Deal.”

Leatherbury, 78, is the breeder, owner, and trainer of Ben’s Cat, a 5-year-old who earned an automatic berth in the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint on Nov. 5 at Churchill Downs by winning the Grade 3, $350,000 Turf Monster Handicap at Parx Racing on Sept. 5.

Gerry Olguin finished second in the fifth race at Woodbine, just after 3 p.m. on Saturday. The jockey then hopped a jet for the 942-mile flight to Winnipeg and was in the winner’s circle at Assiniboia Downs  less than seven hours later after guiding C.C. Ride to victory in the  $50,000 J.W. Sifton for 3-year-old Manitoba-breds.

C.C. Ride ($3.70), trained at Woodbine by Stuart Simon, had come into the 1 1/8-mile J.W. Sifton as a maiden after eight starts and had never run on dirt or father than one mile.

For a few anxious  moments Saturday night at Charles Town, trainer Mike Trombetta felt like he was reliving the stretch run of the Grade 2 Delaware Oaks, a race in which his filly Strike the Moon led by 3 1/2 lengths with a furlong remaining, only to wind up a head behind the fast-closing St John’s River. The same thing looked like it might happen in the $400,000 Charles Town Oaks as Strike the Moon’s three-length advantage at the eighth pole was being gobbled up by deep closer Groupie Doll.

Trainer Ron Grieves had a huge day at Northlands Park by winning three of the seven stakes races carded on Alberta Fall Classic Day.

Grieves saddled the winners of the last three stakes, including longshot Major Temper in the featured Alberta Breeders Handicap for 3-year-olds and up. Grieves  won  with favored Two Horn Unicorn in the Distaff ($4.50) and Silver Baubles, who paid $11.50 ,in the Alberta Premier’s Futurity.

“It was a great day,” Grieves said. “I expected the first two horses to compete, but not the last one. He was a big surprise.”

POMONA, Calif. – Willa B Awesome could not beat Heleonor Rugby this summer at Del Mar. The 2-year-old fillies met three times; Heleonor Rugby won two stakes and finished in front of her rival all three times.

Fairplex Park, however, is Martin Pedroza territory. The jockey’s four winning mounts Saturday included a polished ride on Willa B Awesome, $11.20 upset winner over Heleonor Rugby in the $89,900 Barretts Debutante.