Though it had been a tough year for The Pizza Man so far, he put it all back together in today’s Northern Dancer (GI) at Woodbine.

He looked like The Pizza Man of old — not only because he saw the winner’s circle for the first time since November, but also because he reverted to a running style that he used to use earlier in his career.

Head over to Picks and Ponderings, and read my recap of the day’s stakes races — including a gutsy and game victory by Illinois’s favourite turf horse.