Hall of Famer Josie Carroll Reaches 1,000 Training Wins

Josie Carroll celebrates 1,000 career training wins | Michael Burns

Josie Carroll recorded her 1,000th career win as a trainer in Sunday's fourth race at Woodbine when the 4-year-old Tapit gelding Spinzar won for LNJ Foxwoods. Carroll, who became the first woman to trainer a King's Plate winner in 2006, also trained this year's Woodbine Oaks winner. Horses racing out of the Josie Carroll barn include names such as two-time Canadian Horse of the Year Mighty Heart (Dramedy), Careless Heart (Stormin Fever), champion 2-year-old colt Avie's Flatter (Flatter), Ami's Holiday (Harlan's Holiday) and champion 3-year-old colt Ami's Gizmo (Giant Gizmo). Carroll has earned nearly $59m in purse earnings with 176 stakes wins and 59 graded wins. She was inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 2019.

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