Wee Miss Artie, Judy the Beauty, Marketing Mix, Private Zone, Concave, Pool Play are Canadian-bred entrants in 14 Breeders’ Cup races.. plus Canadian based horses  My Conqestadory, Commander, Broadway Empire, Laugh Track and Conquest Titan. BREEDERS’ CUP PRE-ENTRIES..http://www.drf.com/news/breeders-cup-2013-pre-entries-odds   CANADIAN BRED HOT HUMOR SELLS FOR $500,000 American owner Ernie Semersky wants a good […]

  Favourite moments from the CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL,  a 75-year-old race that has brought together some really cool horses from all over the world. How about Canadian-breds SKY CLASSIC IN 1991 for Sam-Son Farms and his son  THORNFIELD, who currently lives at Old Friends Retirement Farm? Owned and bred by Steve Stavro, Thornfield paid $39 when […]

 SATURDAY MORNING – Good luck to everyone racing today – welcome back HUNTERS BAY, who runs in the Labeeb Stakes at Woodbine (stay away rain!) – let’s hope he runs big and stays around so we can enjoy this powerhouse.                         CHAMPIONS DAY AT […]

 HEEE’S BACK! HUNTERS BAY returns to racing tomorrow in Labeeb Stakes   CUP AND SAUCER OF SUNDAY First run in 1937, this is one of the oldest races at Woodbine. Originally called Mrs. Orpen’s Cup and Saucer, the race was a dirt event before it was switched to grass in 1959. SUFFERN was its first […]

 TUESDAY – OCTOBER 15 2013 – FORT ERIE CLOSES FOR THE SEASON:  let’s hope it opens next year read more later on THOROUGHBLOG     DREAM IS TRUE heavy rain not good news for faves in Nearctic       Paul Buttigieg’s homebred PHIL’S DREAM, an Ontario sired 5yo, loved a wet grass and took […]

  IS IT ENOUGH? WHAT ABOUT THE BREEDERS?   On THE MOTTS radio show (NewsTalk1010)  this sunny Saturday morning, OHRIA president Sue Leslie  thanked Premier Kathleen Wynne for her effort and the announcement of the transition panel’s 5 year horse racing plan, but she was realistic too: “We suffered a devastating blow, and I still […]

  Fort Erie may be in trouble, again, but its dates could be added on to Woodbine, quarterhorse racing at Woodbine? Thoroughbreds at Ajax? maybe a festival meet at Fort Erie, ship in to run? In general, good news for horse racing today: Kathleen Wynne Grand River ON. October 11, 2013 “Building a Sustainable Future” […]

BREAKING NEWS FROM TROT INSIDER Trot Insider has learned that Premier Kathleen Wynne will be at Grand River Raceway in Elora, Ont., on Friday, October 11 to release the long-awaited plan for Ontario’s horse racing industry. The press conference, open to accredited media, will reportedly start at 10:00 a.m. on Friday morning. Nearly one month […]

IT’S TIME TO PLAY THE JACKPOT HIGH 5 – Woodbine’s new bet starts tonight in the 8th race, see below for some tips! It’s the THANKSGIVING WEEKEND coming up with racing Friday through Monday.  The NEARCTIC STAKES on Saturday is a WIN AND YOU’RE IN EVENT at Woodbine..not sure what kind of field it will […]

  It is not likely that there has been a day like yesterday for Canadian-breds/Ontario-breds …ironic since the pulling of the OLG program in March has led to the crumbling of our breeding industry. So, while we wait for the transitional panel’s report on how the industry will be aided over the next 5 years, […]

WOW!  There can’t be many people who did not think that MY CONQUESTADORY’S win in Friday’s Alcibiades Stakes (GI) at Keeneland was not stunning.. Woodbine’s EURICO DA SILVA has himself a good one…now let’s see if she can go to Breeders’ Cup and conquer the NO LASIX RULE…..   SCINTILLATING! MY CONQUESTORY gets out of […]

    KEENELAND STARTS UP FRIDAY – one month until Breeders’ Cup! Canadians have one month to see if they have Breeders’ Cup quality runners for the World Championships at Santa Anita. So far, there does not seem to be much in the way of local representation: LLANARMON, the winner of the Natala Stakes, a […]

 **MONDAY MORNING THOUGHTS What a great sport and industry we have: beauty, power, thrills and emotion as hard working people from all facets of the business get together to bring horses to the races hoping for a win. Bettors do the same too, attempting to decipher each race and how it will be run, who […]

        ARE YOU READY FOR SUPER SATURDAY?? Who are you excited to see? FLAT OUT?  ROYAL DELTA? CROSS TRAFFIC? BIG BLUE KITTEN? ORB? What a day at Belmont as there are 6 Grade 1’s on the card and a juicy $500,000 Pick 4 starting with race 7, the Vosburgh. Here is a […]

 SUPER SATURDAY AND MORE Tons of awesome horse racing action this weekend with eyes on BELMONT for a pile of Win and You’re In Breeders’ Cup stakes races. Canadian breds are in action too..like MARKETING MIX in California: $250,000 Rodeo Drive Stakes (gr. I, race 6, approximate post time 3:34 p.m. PDT) F&M, 3yo&Up, 1 […]