Sunday morning…Cotey and Baker from Woodbine saw something in Arlington Million winner’s dam!! …big day for Melnyk,Carroll at Woodbine, Broadway Empire stakes claim for champion 3yo in Canada…   MILLION DOLLAR DRIFT OUT! THE APACHE carries out Ramsey’s colt in Arlington Million stretch battle It was a furious finish in the ARLINGTON MILLION (The Apache […]

MICHAEL BURNS PHOTOS OF SEALY HILL, a horse of the Year now momma,. SOARING FREE and BRUCE WALKER, with another inductee, SECRETARIAT.   BIG DAY FOR HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame will induct 7 horses and humans to the great Hall tonight at a ceremony in Mississauaga, ON. This […]

  BREEDERS’ STAKES this Sunday, CANADIAN DERBY Saturday…Sunday at Woodbine was Baker day! who is the top apprentice jock in Canada??..and more!!! DAVE LANDRY’S PORTRAIT OF GO GREELEY as a yearling. The $50,000 purchase is a 2 time stakes winner in 4 races this year for owner/trainer John Ross.       123RD  BREEDERS’ STAKES […]

BREEDERS’ STAKES this Sunday, CANADIAN DERBY Saturday…Sunday at Woodbine was Baker day! who is the top apprentice jock in Canada??..and more!!!     DAVE LANDRY’S PORTRAIT OF GO GREELEY as a yearling. The $50,000 purchase is a 2 time stakes winner in 4 races this year for owner/trainer John Ross.       123RD  BREEDERS’ […]

How about WISE DAN? 8 WINS IN SUCCESSION..106 Beyer with 129 pounds on his back in the Fourstardave at Saratoga yesterday, let’s hope he comes to Woodbine next month for the WOODBINE MILE!!! Associated Press photo below.     WISE DAN – 8 STRAIGHT, carries 129 yesterday Is Woodbine next? “Maybe Woodbine, maybe Keeneland, maybe […]

Snuck away for four days, out of province, and sometimes it is harder than ever to catch up when the news is not all  good. Thoroughblog and Horse-Canada send condolences..   NIPISSING March 12, 2010 – Aug. 4, 2013 bay filly Niigon – Kiche’s Spirit by Dixieland Band Owner/breeder: Chiefswood Stable. Trainer: Rachel Halden. Jockey: […]

  Whew – it’s AUGUST already! Where did the time go. CIVIC HOLIDAY WEEKEND here in Ontario (no idea what that means) so there is an extra day of racing at Woodbine  on Monday (but no racing Wednesday night)   Too much bad news about horses being cast-off, jockeys getting suspended 60 days, trainers getting […]

The 78th PRINCE OF WALES Stakes features CANADA’S HORSE OF THE YEAR UNCAPTURED…can he prove himself against Canadian-breds at an extended distance or is the race ripe for an upset? Trainer Mark Casse has entered 4, 3 owned by John Oxley so odds are, that team will win the race for the 2nd straight year…will […]

  UNCAPTURED – can he be caught at FORT ERIE on Tuesday evening? Dave Landry photo   Summer time is well underway, SARATOGA is fun to watch and wager on and WOODBINE has had 6 stakes races in the last 7 days…congrats to JADE DRAGON, the newest stakes winner for TRAJECTORY, who took the Deputy […]

dedicated to MONZANTE (sign a petition, donate to a retirement group, get the Industry to respond to this horrific event)   Sunday at Woodbine, Emma-Jayne put on a riding clinic. And as a horse lover first and foremost we know she would be upset at the Monzante story. Norm Files photo   EMM-PHATIC Wilson wins […]

BREAKING NEWS…..         STRAIT OF DOVER PASSES – Twisted colon costs Queen’s Plate champion his life From owner Wally Leong – July 14   It is with much sadness and heavy heart that we wish to inform that STRAIT OF DOVER was euthanized this evening at Milton Equine Hospital in Toronto. He […]

Check out this week’s IN THE WINNER’S CIRCLE podcast from the HBPA – Renee Kierans flies solo and reviews, previews and interviews!! www.hbpa.on.ca Racing recaps from this week, news and other bits, ending with a sad story from Hollywood Park.     All that.. JAZZY ALEXIS (brown silks) ralies to win Wed. night for J […]

 Will it be SAM-SON FARMS, CHIEFSWOOD JOHN OXLEY, TUCCI OR THE HORSE RACING LEAGUE, or someone else? The Queen’s Pate – the biggest sporting event in Canada today!       IN TODAY’S TORONTO STAR (www.thestar.com) Malcolm Pierce talks about the “big jinx”, the Coronation Futurity winner and the plight of coming back a year […]

 The participants in the QUEEN’S PLATE tomorrow (at least the human ones) posed for photos at the breakfast and draw on Thursday. This photo by Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame   It’s a weekend to remember the greats of Canadian racing – such as today’s honouree CHARLIE BARLEY, the race named after him runs […]

UP WITH THE BIRDS – Terence Dulay photo   A little drizzle may have kept Queen’s Plate champ INGLORIOUS away from making an appearance at the Plate post position draw this morning but there was no shortage of involved people, media and assorted others at the lavish breakfast under the Woodbine tent. A field of […]