After a summer full of Songbird and California Chrome, Arrogate and Flintshire, Beholder and Stellar Wind, its finally Tepins turn.On Saturday, the nations reigning female turf champion will be making her first start since taking the British Isles by storm in winning the Queen Anne Stakes on the first day of the Royal Ascot meeting last June. The setting is the Woodbine Mile, worth 1 million Canadian dollars, and Tepin faces seven, including the British invaders Mutakayyef and Arod.The stage for the champ is perfect. You will not find a prettier, more bulletproof layout for race in North America than the mile on the grass at Woodbine. Every horse and every rider should be allowed to experience the course at least once, just to say they did.The long, straight backstretch allows a field of any size to sift through its early differences and arrive at a pace that makes sense. This is followed by a gentle turn that shocks neither the European sensibilities nor gives undue advantage to Americans accustomed to hooping it around tight ovals.Then comes the final straight, an emerald-green alley 1,440 feet long and 100 feet wide from the top of the stretch to the finish line, 3.3 acres of imported Kentucky bluegrass that has tested great milers like Wise Dan, Ventura, and Leroidesanimeaux to their exciting limits.Touch of the Blues and Kent Desormeaux used every inch of those 1,440 feet to get the job done in the 2003 Mile, beating local hero Soaring Free in a thriller. Soaring Free came right back to win the following year.Announcer Dan Loiselle had all but conceded the 2007 Mile to Kip Deville, who had outfought Galantas and Remarkable News to take the lead late. Then, at the sixteenth pole, Loiselle spied Shakespeare and Garrett Gomez slipping up the inside, labeling the moment homestretch heroics as they won by a length.Robert Masterson, Tepins owner, has raced his horses far and wide, but he has never been to Woodbine to watch one of them run. Until now.Mark was just inducted into the Canadian Racing Hall of Fame, Masterson said, referring to trainer Mark Casse. But hes never won the Woodbine Mile, so we thought this race would be good for him as well as her.It certainly makes sense if a horse wants to have an impact on the Breeders Cup Mile, to be run Nov. 5 at Santa Anita Park. Nine Woodbine Mile winners, plus the disqualified Hawksley Hill, have finished first, second, or third in the BC Mile. The list includes last years Woodbine Mile winner, Mondialiste, who beat everybody at Keeneland except Tepin.At Ascot, Tepin was winning her fifth race of 2016, which counts these days as a grueling schedule.The idea was to give her plenty of time to recover after her trip to England, Masterson said. Then there was a little thing where Mark wasnt a hundred percent happy with the way she was handling the dirt track while training at Saratoga earlier in the meet.Tepin rebounded with a series of blistering moves on the Oklahoma turf course at Saratoga that had Casse breathing a sigh of relief and Masterson packing for Ontario.Still, going three months without a Tepin race would seem like an eternity for her fans and family. Masterson, at least, can tap into the lingering buzz from her victory in the Queen Anne, the most prestigious European race that an American-trained horse has won since Fourstars Allstar took the Irish 2000 Guineas in 1991.I lost my top hat in all the excitement, Masterson said. It took us about five minutes to find it before I could go down to the winners stand.In the wake of Royal Ascot fizzles by such American stars as Animal Kingdom (up the track) and California Chrome (scratch), Tepin came as a welcome historical tonic.They come over here and run against us in the Breeders Cup all the time, so I thought, Why not go over there and run on their land, under their conditions? Masterson said. I really didnt go there expecting to win. I just hoped she would run her race and do the best she could. Anyway, the experts over there didnt think she could be any better than fourth because of no Lasix, no nasal strip, and running straight up a hill.Afterwards, when she had won, the British crowd was elated, Masterson added. Their reaction was almost as big a thrill as winning itself. I mean, here we are, winning the race named for Queen Anne, who started the Royal Ascot meet in 1711. Thats about as good as it gets.Woodbine Mile Day will offer an attractive program of 12 races. The Canadian Stakes, at nine furlongs for mares on grass, has lured Diana Stakes winner Dacita, while the 12-furlong Northern Dancer Turf will pit turf aces World Approval, Wake Forest, The Pizza Man, and Big Blue Kitten.Appropriately, Tepin will be the last horse to take the field, wearing No. 8 of eight in the Mile, the final race of the day. She will not be greeted by quite the same pomp and circumstance as attended her last appearance at Royal Ascot. 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SONOMA, Calif. -- In a yearlong celebration of Roger Penskes 50th season in racing, Simon Pagenaud brought yet another championship to trophy to one of the most storied organizations in motorsports.The Frenchman won his first career IndyCar title in his sophomore season driving for Penske, and did it in dominating fashion by winning the season finale Sunday at Sonoma Raceway.Pagenaud only needed a smooth race to put a wrap on this breakthrough season.Instead, he picked up his fifth win of the year and led a strong Penske finish to the final podium. The Penske team went 1-2-3 in the final series standings, the first team to do so since another Penske trio pulled off the sweep in 1994.That was a strong run and I take my hat off to the entire team, Penske said.A 14th IndyCar title -- and 29th in various forms of motorsports -- was guaranteed at the start of the race because only Pagenaud and teammate Will Power were mathematically eligible to win the title.Pagenaud entered the weekend 43 points ahead of Power, but earned an additional point for winning the pole. Then he led the most laps and won a race that was worth double points in the standings.What Im thinking about right now is, its been a long career, Pagenaud said. You start, seven years old. You go through a lot. I remember my first race in France in a go-kart. It was raining. I had my visor open because I had the wrong helmet.I still have that picture at home. The ground I covered since is quite incredible. I just feel so blessed to being a human that has been able to live his dream and get to this. I basically accomplished all the dreams I had.Pagenauds performance was a moot point, though: Power had mechanical issues 38 laps into the race that sealed the outcome.Obviously I saw Will slowing down, which I wanted this fight to go all the way, Pagenaud said. It was a bit of a relief, I have to say. I feel sorry for his luck.Probably needing to win to unseat Pagenaud, Power instead finished 20th. Pagenauds final margin was 127 points, the largest points win since Alex Zanardi defeated teammate Jimmy Vasser by 119 points in 1998.It was pretty realistic considering it was (worth) double points, Power said. Its just how it flows, when its your year, its your year, and Simon has done a phenomenal job to lead a 1-2-3 finish.Power finished second in the standings, Helio Castroneves was third and Chevrolet won its fifth consecutive manufacturer title since its return to IndyCar in 2012.Throughout the entire season, he was not only an amazing driver but a champion, Castroneves said of teammate Pagenaud. Really honored to be working with a guy like that. The whole team was a dream to work with and today was the proof of that.Itss the fourth time Power has finished second in the standings, but it was easy to swallow because he won his only title in 2014.dddddddddddd And, he missed the season opening race this year when IndyCar ruled him out with concussion-like symptoms -- it was an inner ear infection -- so climbing back into title contention was somewhat of a victory.If I hadnt won a championship, I guess it would be a pretty bad day, Power said. But finishing second, considering how I started the year, getting four wins, its a good year.A year after losing the title in the final race -- Juan Pablo Montoya led the standings wire-to-wire, but a Scott Dixon win in the finale cost Penske the championship on a tie-breaker -- the Penske organization cruised to the top of the series. The combination of Pagenaud, Power and Montoya won 10 of the 16 races.Across all motorsports, Penske this year also achieved its 500th pole, its 100th victory in NASCARs top Sprint Cup Series, and now an additional championship. The Penske team still has another shot: Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano both had top-five finishes Sunday in the opening race of NASCARs playoffs.GOODBYE TARGET: Scott Dixon didnt give sponsor Target the send-off it had hoped after 27 years in IndyCar.Dixon started the day tied for third in the standings and trying to keep his streak of finishing third or better in the standings every year since 2007.But he had radio issues, had to change his helmet during a caution, and finished 17th. It dropped him to sixth in the final standings. Its the lowest Dixon has finished since 2005.MONTOYA MOVING ON?: If Sunday was the final race for Montoya driving for Penske, he closed out his tenure on a strong note.Montoya finished third at Sonoma to bookend the year with podium finishes. He won the season-opener at St. Pete, but had a significant drop-off the rest of the way.Although Montoya won the Indianapolis 500 for Penske last year, the team owner is unsure if hell bring the Colombian back next year. Penske hopes to make a decision within 60 days on if hell field a fourth car, and who will drive it, and Montoya doesnt believe the door is closed yet on a return.ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Alexander Rossi finished fifth on Sunday to lock up top rookie honors for the IndyCar season.Rossi won the Indianapolis 500 for a huge bright spot on a season he otherwise believes failed to live up to expectations. Rossi had just one podium all year.Hes yet to announce his 2017 plans, and his name began to surface Sunday as a possible Penske driver next year.Wouldnt that be nice, Rossi said after the race. ' ' '