On a quiet Saturday in mid-November, between the Nov. 1-2 Breeders’ Cup and stakes activity late in the month, only two graded stakes are to be contested Nov. 16 in North America, both worth CA$175,000 at Woodbine.
Only one such race, the Kennedy Road Stakes (G2), was originally on the schedule. The Autumn Stakes (G2) was added to the Saturday program after Woodbine halted its Nov. 9 card before its completion over concerns about the safety of its main track. After the Nov. 10 card was also scrapped, the synthetic Tapeta surface at Woodbine came under extensive evaluation, and track maintenance was modified, resulting in a resumption of training and scheduled racing this week.
Two Canadian champions, streaking sprinter Patches O’Houlihan and 2023 King’s Plate Stakes winner Paramount Prince , are in action Saturday, with the former battling 2023 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1T) winner Nobals in the six-furlong Kennedy…
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