Pattison Canadian Int'l Day Shaping Up

 

The Pattison Canadian International, contested at 1 1/2 miles over the E.P. Taylor Turf Course, is slated for Sunday, October 19 at Woodbine as part of a lucrative card that includes the grassy $500,000 Grade 1 E.P. Taylor Stakes for fillies and mares and the $300,000 Grade 2 Nearctic Stakes, a six furlong turf sprint for three-year-olds and upwards.

The International will be aired live across Canada on TSN as part of a special broadcast from 3-4 p.m.

Joshua Tree, celebrated hero of the 2010, 2012 and 2013 renewals of the International, will not return to defend his crown against a talented field of 10 hopefuls led by Brown Panther.

Brown Panther, with a record of 10-4-3 from 24 career starts and purse earnings in excess of $1-million, arrives at the International from a breathtaking score in the Group 1 Irish St Leger at the Curragh.

The six-year-old Shirocco horse is owned by retired soccer legend Michael Owen, who rose to prominence as a Liverpool striker and made headlines at the 1988 World Cup becoming England's youngest player and youngest goal scorer at the time.

Horses will be descending on Woodbine throughout the week from Europe and the U.S. including the Marco Botti trained Bayrir, winner of the Grade 1 Secretariat at Arlington Park in 2012; Hillstar, a four-year-old son of Danehill Dancer trained by Sir Michael Stoute, ships to Woodbine from an impressive score in the Group 3 Arc Trial Legacy Cup at Newbury, England; and Team Block's Suntracer arrives from a dramatic last-to-first nose score in the Grade 3 Kentucky Turf Cup, at Kentucky Downs.

For more information on the field and contenders, visit CanadianInternational.Com and follow the conversation on Twitter using the official #WoIntl hashtag.

 

Bayrir / Marco Botti / G L & Mrs L F Huddy /  TBA

Big Blue Kitten / Chad Brown / Ken & Sarah Ramsey / Joel Rosario

Brown Panther / T Dascombe / A Black & Owen Promotions Ltd / Richard Kingscote

Dynamic Sky / Mark Casse / John Oxley / Patrick Husbands

Hillstar / Sir Michael Stoute / Sir Evelyn De Rothschild / Ryan Moore

O'Prado Ole / Dale Romans / Donegal Racing / TBA

Reporting Star / Pat Parente / Copper Water Thoroughbred Company / Justin Stein

Suntracer / Chris Block / Team Block / Luis Contreras

The Pizza Man / Roger Brueggemann / Midwest Thoroughbreds Inc. / Florent Geroux

War Dancer / Kenneth McPeek / Diamond M Stable / TBA

 

 

Toronto Maple Leaf legend Wendel Clark will be in attendance at Woodbine on Thursday, October 16, to pull the post positions for the Pattison Canadian International.

Clark was chosen first overall in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs, whom he played with on three separate occasions, captaining the team from 1991 to 1994.  Known for his gritty performances on the ice, Clark also had great hands scoring 330 goals in 793 regular season games.

His famous number 17 was retired by the Leafs in 2008.

Now a community ambassador for the team, Clark is a prominent fixture at Leaf home games and is involved in a number of charities in the city. 

Follow Clark on Twitter @WendelClark17

 

The post position draw will be streamed live on CanadianInternational.Com

 

 

ANGEL TERRACE/JONATHAN SHEPPARD/FLORENT GEROUX

DECEPTIVE VISION/MALCOLM PIERCE/EURICO DA SILVA

ENERGIA FRIBBY (BRZ)/MARCO BOTTI/TBA

EYEFUL/ANDRE FABRE/Flavien Prat

JUST THE JUDGE(IRE)/CHARLIE HILLS/JAMIE SPENCER

MERI SHIKA (FR)/ROGER ATTFIELD/EMMA-JAYNE WILSON

ODELIZ(IRE)/KARL BURKE/RYAN MOORE

POLLYANA (IRE)/JOHN HAMMOND/TBA

ROYAL FURY/BRIAN LYNCH/TBA

TANNERY (IRE)/ALAN GOLDBERG/TBA

WALL OF SOUND (GB)/TOM DASCOMBE/RICHARD KINGSCOTE

WATSDACHANCES(IRE)/CHAD BROWN/TBA

WHITE ROSE/BILL MOTT/TBA

 

Source: Woodbine Entertainment Group