Down the Stretch 333 for June 1, 2026

About this episode

The episode covers various horse racing events and notable achievements in the sport.

From Woodbine, 3 Stakes – the Belle Mahone, the Eclipse and the Jacques Cartier. From Mohawk - the Somebeachsomewhere and a pair of $100,000 Graduate Series races for 4-year-olds. Woodbine’s Alanna Nolan is on the phone telling how the company’s production team notched a pair of finalists for the Hashtag Sports Awards. A horse bred by Sam Son Farm won at Churchill Downs and paid $54.50 to win. Chantal Sutherland is now 50 and still winning races – 2 on one afternoon at Monmouth At Ajax Downs, another good day for the Benitez brothers and a pair of quarter horse rarities. A mother horse racing against her daughter and a speedster named Peighntmeadiamond , who is not only a blood relative to the great Northern Dancer , but on May 27, which would have been the Dancer’s 65th birthday, the 4-year-old won a race. And when Conn Smythe the horse won 2 races in a row, we recalled the human Conn Smythe and how he financed a Stanley Cup win after betting on a 107-1 shot. Jockey Jeffrey Alderson admits he knows much more about the horse named Conn Smythe than the man,

Topics covered

• horse racing
• stakes races
• jockeys
• horse breeding
• sports awards
• historical references

Keywords

• Woodbine
• Chantal Sutherland
• Conn Smythe
• horse racing
• stakes races
• Sam Son Farm
• Hashtag Sports Awards
• Mohawk

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Woodbine, Hashtag Sports Awards

Places: Churchill Downs, Monmouth At Ajax Downs, Mohawk

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