PROOF

    QUEEN’S PLATE WEEK – Post position draw tomorrow morning – ! ONLINE AT WOODBINE’S WEBSITE! Special guest – INGLORIOUS, recently retired Queen’s Plate champion!   The field is almost set for the 154th Queen’s Plate.. waiting on the status of longshot RACKMAN, who recently won his maiden in a dead-heat. The field is […]

LAND

    proud to be Canadian! Make sure YOU have a flag on your land.     FOLLOW THE SCRIPT     JESSE CAMPBELL is ecstatic as he guided ORIGINAL SCRIPT to the Bison City win Michael Burns photo     Gosh, it was a super run by the big grey gal ORIGINAL SCRIPT in […]

CRACKERS

 BREAKING NEWS – JOCKEY JIM MCALENEY has reportedly been injured at Woodbine this morning : reports are that he was complaining of neck/back pain and he was taken to hospital for examination  – he is at Sunnybrook and….UP WITH THE BIRDS and HIS RACE TO WIN work for the Plate…5 furlongs in 1:00 3/5 breezing […]

HAWK

   HI HO SILVER!! If you catch the new movie LONE RANGER when it opens this weekend, you will see Ontario boys CLOUD TEN and WHITE PHAROAH! Blazing Colours Farm, a Wellandport, Ontario-based equestrian center and breeding facility, announced today that two white thoroughbred horses bred at Blazing Colours Farm and sold to Walt Disney […]

BARNS

Royal Ascot tragedy SATURDAY MORNING – THOMAS CHIPPENDALE wins 1 1/2 mile Hardwicke Stakes over heavy turf and collapses and dies after the race…The Hardwicke had a spill earlier in the race as a  horse slipped on the wet grass.   Following a hectic weekend of CTHS Awards, standardbred racing and more, THOROUGHBLOG is updating […]

TOGETHER

    PREMIER  KATHLEEN WYNNE VISITED MOHAWK LAST NIGHT If you are a horse racing fan concerned about the industry in Ontario, then Mohawk was where you should have been last night. A huge crowd came out to the Campbellville track (watch video) to bet just over $3 million on the card. CAPTAINTREACHEROUS won the […]

GRACE

 Congratulations to Bill Graham and the Cappuccitti family for being named OUTSTANDING BREEDER and MINT JULEP CUP winners last night at the CTHS Awards dinner in Kleinburg.   PREMIER WYNNE AT MOHAWK AT 7:20 tonight Premier Kathleen Wynne will visit Mohawk Raceway tonight at 7:20 on the night of its biggest race, the NORTH AMERICA […]

PLAY

    BREAKING NEWS: 2yo filly is put down with fever, neurological issues, more being monitored in Barn 1 at Woodbine. http://www.thestar.com/sports/2013/06/11/woodbine_barn_put_under_quarantine.html   Hey, it’s NORTH AMERICA CUP week, time to switch gears for a bit. WOODBINE is flying high off a stunning weekend of wagering including that $5 million day Sunday, up almost $800,000 […]

GENUINE

      Palace Malice (by Curlin)  was slowing down but no one caught him in the Belmont. Cindy Pierson Dulay photo       How was that for action yesterday? PALACE MALICE won the Belmont over Oxbow and Orb is a fun race to watch (wild pace splits). Today? Even Better – meet JOEL […]

SANDY

  NYRA PHOTO OF FREEDOM CHILD, freaky boy or one hit wonder??     Saturday morning – don’t forget SPA DAY for the Ladies at the Woodbine Club today for $65!! and don’t forget to go here: http://www.hbpa.on.ca/  for the latest broadcast of IN THE WINNER’S CIRCLE!   HAPPY BELMONT DAY (and OAKS WEEKEND IN […]

GALS

  SUPER SUNDAY at Woodbine! The prestigious WOODBINE OAKS will be run for the 58th time. It is a 1 1/8 mile race for 3-year-old fillies foaled in Canada. Entries are not drawn until Thursday so much can change but as of now a field of 8 or 9 is likely. The PLATE TRIAL is […]

BUDDING

SHELDON WOLFE TRAINEE HOPENSCOPE at VINTAGE GREENWOOD – FAIRBANKS STAKES -Read more on Sheldon Wolfe below, he passed away on May 29 in Brampton.      SUNDAY MORNING UPDATE – JUNE HAIL MARY! – Champion snatches Hendrie in last strides on  Saturday at Woodbine There were a lot of interesting events during Saturday’s races at […]

DEEP

Wednesday morning:  Another Woodbine expansion vote could take place…celebrating Dan Steeves tomorrow in Hillsburgh, Marketing Mix out Canadian darling and who can catch the Bird on July 7?     DAN STEEVES – 62 STEEVES, Daniel Allen – Retired from Air Canada Partner in Woodlands Farm in Hillsburgh At St. Mary’s Hospital in Kitchener on […]

AWAY

This past March, on a cold morning, I took a friend of mine to Woodlands Farm in Hillsburgh. She had never seen racehorses, mares or foals and my friends who own Woodlands, Gail and Dan, are always welcoming. Gail was away on this particular day and Dan was the perfect host, showing myself and my […]

FRIEND

LOVE HAMMER was the first winner for former jockey MICHELLE LOVE (far right) as a trainer. She also owns the Silent Name 3yo. Norm Files photo Its a cool and crisp weekend ahead as Woodbine sets out for day 17 of its 133 day meeting. And how about FORT ERIE that opens up with some […]