The 2026 Kennedy Road Stakes (Grade 2) runs Saturday, November 14, as Race 10 at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, with a 5:42 p.m. ET post time. Victory Achieved, trained by Mark Casse and ridden by Rafael Hernandez, leads the seven-horse field as the 2-1 morning-line favorite at 6 furlongs on the Tapeta all-weather track.
Stablemate My Boy Prince sits second at 5-2, and two-time defending champion Nobals opens at 6-1. Here are the full Kennedy Road Stakes odds, post positions, and connections.
| # | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | G T Five Hundred | C. Douglas | Dale A. Desruisseaux | 8/1 |
| 2 | Arbiter | P. Moran | Wesley A. Ward | 3/1 |
| 3 | My Boy Prince | F. Aebly | Mark E. Casse | 5/2 |
| 4 | Nobals | W. A. Rodriguez | Larry Rivelli | 6/1 |
| 5 | Victory Achieved | R. M. Hernandez | Mark E. Casse | 2/1 |
| 6 | War Strategy | S. Civaci | Michael Wright, Jr. | 10/1 |
| 7 | Ready to Collect | K. Nicholls | Roger Broomes | 20/1 |
The Kennedy Road Stakes is scheduled for November 14, 2026, at Woodbine (Post Time: 5:42 PM ET). All information is subject to scratches and race-day changes.
Last Updated on 11/13/2026
Victory Achieved is the 2-1 morning-line favorite for the 2026 Kennedy Road Stakes. The Mark Casse-trained gelding breaks from post 5 under Rafael Hernandez. He enters off a three-length win in the Nearctic Stakes on the Woodbine turf on October 3, his first graded stakes victory.
The market respects his consistency. Victory Achieved has won two of five starts in 2026 and finished second in the other three. Stablemate My Boy Prince sits right behind him at 5-2. Those two runners top the Kennedy Road Stakes odds board heading into Saturday.
The 2026 Kennedy Road Stakes goes off at 5:42 p.m. ET on Saturday, November 14, according to Equibase entries. It runs as Race 10 on the Woodbine card. First post for the afternoon program is 1:05 p.m. ET, per Woodbine's racing calendar.
The Majorette Stakes also runs on the same Saturday card, per Equibase. Bettors who want to play a Rolling Double into the Kennedy Road can build around that race. Check scratches about 30 minutes before post, since late changes move the Kennedy Road Stakes odds fast in a seven-horse field.
Nobals won the 2025 Kennedy Road Stakes for jockey Rafael Hernandez and trainer Larry Rivelli. He held on by a half-length in 1:09.85 on November 15, 2025. As the 4-5 favorite, Nobals paid $3.80 for a $2 win ticket, according to the official results reported by Woodbine.
That race ended in drama. Lucky Score rallied from far back to finish second, but the stewards disqualified him to fourth for interference. Awesome Bourbon moved up to second and Society's Thunder to third. One year earlier, Nobals won the 2024 edition under E.T. Baird in 1:08.59.
You can bet the 2026 Kennedy Road Stakes through an online sportsbook and racebook such as BUSR. Open an account, fund it, find Woodbine Race 10, and choose your wager. Woodbine offers Win, Place, Show, Exacta, $0.20 Trifecta, $0.20 Superfecta, $1 Swinger, and Rolling Double wagers on this race.
Small fields reward structure. With seven runners, the Exacta and Trifecta pools give you the best room to beat the favorite's short price. The horse-by-horse breakdown below covers what you need for smart Kennedy Road Stakes betting.
G T Five Hundred brings the most experience in the field. The 6-year-old son of Astern (AUS) has made more than 40 starts. Centennial Farms (Niagara) bought him after the March 2026 Fasig-Tipton Digital Sale and sent him to trainer Dale Desruisseaux.
His 2026 campaign started hot. He won the Forego Stakes at Turfway Park in February for trainer Michael Maker. He then won the Thorncliffe Stakes at Woodbine on May 3, covering 5 1/2 furlongs on the main track in 1:04.64. He finished sixth in the Jacques Cartier Stakes (Grade 3) on May 30.
His biggest score came on July 19. With blinkers off, G T Five Hundred upset the Connaught Cup Stakes (Grade 2) on the turf at 31-1, paying $64.20 to win. The trouble came next. He bled despite Lasix, and his rider eased him in the King Edward Stakes (Grade 2) on August 15, per BloodHorse.
Desruisseaux freshened him for three months, so Saturday marks a comeback. Christoff Douglas rides from the rail. America's Best Racing lists his best Equibase Speed Figure in similar races at 114, a number that fits here. The bleeding episode is the key question at 8-1.
Arbiter is the lone 3-year-old in the field. Wesley Ward trains the son of Charlatan for Resolution Road Stables. Bloodstock agents bought him for $375,000 at the 2025 OBS April Sale after he breezed an eighth in :10 flat.
His 2025 debut season showed real talent. He broke his maiden at Churchill Downs on November 30, 2025, sprinting about 5 furlongs on turf. He followed with a 6-furlong allowance win at Turfway Park on December 17, 2025.
In 2026, Arbiter delivered his best effort at Woodbine. He drew off by six lengths in the Woodstock Stakes on April 26 under Pietro Moran, paying $4.70. His last start, however, came on June 7, when he finished fourth in a Churchill Downs allowance. He returns off a layoff of more than five months.
Moran, the 2025 Eclipse Award-winning apprentice, keeps the mount. Arbiter likes Woodbine's surface, and he owns early speed from post 2. Still, his best Equibase Speed Figure in similar races sits at 95, per America's Best Racing. At 3-1, he takes a lot of money for a horse that must improve.
My Boy Prince owns the deepest résumé in the race. The 5-year-old son of Cairo Prince races for Gary Barber and Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse. He won the 2023 Sovereign Award as Canada's champion 2-year-old colt. His record stands at 29 starts, 10 wins, six seconds and two thirds, with $1,611,425 in earnings.
He kept busy in 2025, winning the Elusive Quality Stakes. His 2026 season brought three stakes wins: the Turf Dash Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs in February, the Shakertown Stakes (Grade 2) at Keeneland in April, and the Van Clief Stakes at Colonial Downs on August 1. In the Van Clief, he rallied from eighth to beat Victory Achieved by a head.
His last two starts fell short. He finished sixth, beaten less than four lengths, in the Kentucky Downs Turf Sprint (Grade 2) on September 5. He then ran fifth, beaten 3 1/4 lengths, in the Woodford Stakes (Grade 2) at Keeneland in early October. Casse pre-entered him for the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint, but he did not draw in from the also-eligible list.
The surface switch matters. My Boy Prince has five wins and two seconds from seven starts on Woodbine's all-weather track, per America's Best Racing. He has not raced on it in more than two years. Fraser Aebly rides a deep closer who should benefit if the speed horses tangle early.
Nobals chases history. The 7-year-old son of Noble Mission won the 2024 and 2025 Kennedy Road Stakes. A third win would tie Pink Lloyd, who won in 2017, 2019 and 2021. Nobals would become the first horse to win it three straight years.
He also owns a 2023 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (Grade 1) win and more than $2 million in earnings. Larry Rivelli trains him for Patricia's Hope LLC. His career record reads 36 starts, 13 wins, seven seconds, and four thirds. He set Woodbine's 6-furlong track record of 1:07.63 in the 2022 Woodstock Stakes.
His 2025 season followed a clear pattern. He finished second in the Karl Boyes Stakes at Presque Isle Downs and second by a neck in the Nearctic Stakes. Then he won the Kennedy Road. In 2026, he ran sixth in the Karl Boyes and second to Victory Achieved in the Nearctic. He most recently ran third in a Keeneland allowance on October 22.
Nobals has not won in 2026, but he loves this track. He is 3-for-4 on Woodbine's all-weather surface. Walter Rodriguez picks up the mount because Rafael Hernandez rides Victory Achieved. Rivelli wins at a 5-for-13 clip at Woodbine over the last five years, per America's Best Racing.
Victory Achieved enters as the horse in form. Live Oak Plantation bred and owns the 5-year-old Florida-bred gelding by Street Sense. He has won five of 14 starts, with four seconds and a third, and he has earned $343,097.
His history points to Woodbine's main track. He won three straight races there in the fall of 2024. After a fifth-place finish in the Sunshine Turf Stakes, he sat out more than six months. He returned in May 2026 as a first-time gelding.
His 2026 form looks rock solid. He won a $62,500 optional claiming race on the Gulfstream Park Tapeta on May 30. He then ran second three straight times in listed stakes at Presque Isle Downs, Colonial Downs, and Laurel Park. On October 3, he won the Nearctic Stakes by three lengths, beating Nobals. That run earned a career-best 110 Equibase Speed Figure.
He also fits the surface. BloodHorse reports a 4-2-0 record from nine starts on Tapeta. Hernandez, Woodbine's leading rider, keeps the mount. The concern is a bounce: America's Best Racing notes that he has regressed after past peak efforts. At 2-1, he offers little cushion if that happens.
War Strategy brings late-season momentum. The 7-year-old son of War Front races for TEC Racing (Elliott Logan) and veteran trainer Mike Wright Jr., the 1998 Sovereign Award winner as Canada's outstanding trainer.
Mark Casse trained him in 2025, an abbreviated three-race campaign. In one allowance, Simcoe beat him at the wire. He then tired after a speed duel in the King Edward Stakes (Grade 2) on August 16, 2025, according to the Daily Racing Form.
In 2026, he came back from an eight-month break in April. He won at Woodbine on July 11 at 12-1, paying $27.60. He then won an allowance optional claiming race at Woodbine on September 27. His best Equibase Speed Figure in similar races sits at 109, per America's Best Racing.
Sahin Civaci rides again from post 6. War Strategy has won two of his last starts, and he handles the main track. At 10-1, he gives Trifecta and Superfecta players a live price underneath the top three.
Ready to Collect is the longest price on the board. The 5-year-old Ontario-bred gelding by Reload races for owner Jamar Gibson and trainer Roger Broomes. Keveh Nicholls rides from the outside post.
His 2025 season produced two allowance wins at Woodbine, on September 21 and October 17, both at 5 furlongs on turf. He also ran third in the Vice Regent Stakes. In 2026, he won a 5-furlong turf race at Woodbine on August 14 and ran second on September 4. He then finished third in the Overskate Stakes.
His best work comes on turf at short distances. His best Equibase Speed Figure in similar races sits at 97, per America's Best Racing. He needs a major step forward against graded stakes winners at 6 furlongs on Tapeta.
America's Best Racing expects plenty of early speed. G T Five Hundred, Arbiter and War Strategy all show forward styles. Victory Achieved likes to sit close, and Nobals will likely stalk under Rodriguez.
That setup helps My Boy Prince most. He drops far back early and finishes late. If three or four horses press each other through the first half-mile, the closer gets a perfect target. If the pace slows, Victory Achieved and Nobals hold the tactical edge.
The Kennedy Road Stakes odds put two Casse runners at the top. That creates the first opportunity. Victory Achieved at 2-1 carries bounce risk, while My Boy Prince at 5-2 needs pace help. Neither offers a big overlay on the Win line.
The clearest price angle belongs to Nobals at 6-1. He owns a 3-for-4 record on this surface and two straight wins in this race. America's Best Racing flags him as a strong Exacta piece near his morning line. For Win bettors, he gives more value than either favorite.
Arbiter at 3-1 looks short. He brings one big Woodbine win, a five-month layoff, and the lowest top figure among the main contenders. Bettors who oppose him can build Exactas around the three proven graded stakes winners.
For smart Kennedy Road Stakes betting, consider these structures:
Odds move until post. Track the live Kennedy Road Stakes odds and watch for late money on Arbiter or G T Five Hundred. Any drift on Nobals above 6-1 makes him even more attractive for Kennedy Road Stakes betting.
What distance is the Kennedy Road Stakes?
The Kennedy Road Stakes covers 6 furlongs on Woodbine's Tapeta all-weather main track. It runs for 3-year-olds and up.
Where does the Kennedy Road Stakes take place?
Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, hosts the race every November.
What is the purse for the 2026 Kennedy Road Stakes?
The 2026 Kennedy Road Stakes carries a $200,000 purse, according to Equibase.
Who is the favorite in the 2026 Kennedy Road Stakes?
Victory Achieved is the 2-1 morning-line favorite. My Boy Prince is second at 5-2.
Who won the 2025 Kennedy Road Stakes?
Nobals won in 1:09.85 under Rafael Hernandez for Larry Rivelli. He paid $3.80 to win.
Which horse has won the Kennedy Road Stakes the most times?
Pink Lloyd won three times: 2017, 2019, and 2021. Nobals can tie him on Saturday.
Who is the Kennedy Road Stakes named after?
The race honors Kennedy Road, Canada's 1973 Horse of the Year and a Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame member. Woodbine first ran it in 1989.
What time is post for the 2026 Kennedy Road Stakes?
Post time is 5:42 p.m. ET on Saturday, November 14, as Race 10.
Three graded stakes winners, a two-time defending champion and a Casse barn showdown make Saturday's sprint a betting puzzle worth solving. The Kennedy Road Stakes odds will shift right up to the 5:42 p.m. ET post, and the sharpest players lock in value early.
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