Down the Stretch for March 2, 2026

+ Trainer Katarina Vassilieva and Chiefswood Stables scored their first winner of the year and the 9-1 price was generous + We’ve got Kentucky Derby preps from Gulfstream and Aqueduct + Big news as Woodbine is bidding to host the Hambletonian for 3 years. Mark McKelvie breaks it down + Ho hum - a 6-win night at Mohawk for James MacDonald + Two Ontario-bred horses won big at the recent Dan Patch Awards in the U.S. We give props to Lexus Kody and Beau Jangles + Renaissance man, Santino DiPaola has won a Media Sovereign Award, and this year he is nominated in two horse categories as well as for outstanding photography, so we talk with Santino + The latest star stallion to arrive in Canada is Sergei Prokofiev. David Anderson talks about his acquisition and we play some of Sergei Prokofiev’s greatest hits + And a Pick-5 from Gulfstream in which all you had to do was... Pick 5