The Eagle landed – EAGLE POISE and Patrick Husbands won the Valedictory Stakes on the last day of racing at Woodbine Norm Files photo         The 2011 Woodbine meeting came in for a smooth, soft landing Sunday night after 6 hours of racing action on the day, most of it uneventful. The […]

  Last day of thoroughbred racing! 13 races to bet! You want winners? JAKE is your dog! His pick yesterday won for fun and today, he’s got another one…see below DIXIE STRIKE, Patrick Husbands up, has 2 wins and 2 seconds in 4 races and is now a stakes winner for John Oxley. Norm Files […]

Aaaah, she’s a fine Lassie. ROSE AND SHINE, with her yellow and black blinkers and white, red and blue silks, is in the featured Ontario Lassie Stakes today but what does Jake the ace handicapper say? See below for the answer… M Burns photo     FINAL WEEKEND,  24 RACES, HOLD ON TO YOUR HATS […]

You never know who you are going to see at Woodbine! DIONNE WARWICK looks amazing for 71 and she visited Gold Members of the OLG slots – then came up to the Woodbine Club for a photo shoot with some of the Gold Members. Love Dionne Warwick! +Do you know the way to San Jose/, […]

Maritimer, 91 Beyer!..will try to buck Coronation- Queen’s Plate jinx…owner from Chechnya raced at Woodbine, not allowed elsewhere…Emma-Jayne is okay…one week left in the season!   M. Burns photo from: http://blogs.bettor.com/Maritimer-made-a-strong-case-for-a-Sovereign-Award-after-winning-the-Display-Stakes-a114844         MARITIMER WINS WITH EAS (T) In battle with Excaper for champion 2yo male MARITIMER came back from a booming win […]

      He’s running! RUN IN ARUBA zooms to a Kingarvie Stakes win. Terence Dulay/horse-races.net     RUN IN ARUBA, first horse for owner, now stakes winner , “He was a present from my husband, he told me while I was in Aruba. We’re very proud of Aruba today. I’m speechless.” Asked if she […]

 HOT HORSES AND PEOPLE at Woodbine, only 7 racing days left! Results and picks and lots more!   He may not have clothes that match (blinkers and silks) but the wascally JENNA’S WABBIT is a wery, I mean very, good 2yo who will be odds on to win today’s Kingarvie Stakes at Woodbine. Terence Dulay/horse-races.net […]

  NEVER RETREAT – the most accomplished racehorse to run 3 times at Woodbine in 2011 – $850,000 in earnings and looking for more – she is likely Canada’s HORSE OF THE YEAR EquiSport photo       GETTING DOWN TO THE NITTY GRITTY The penultimate Wednesday card of racing was held last night at […]

RAPID REDUX did it!! watch it all here – not sure why he wears different silks a lot and he hardly was matching with his blinkers last night, but hey, he won number 20 in a row anyway! Since I have visited the site and museum in Dealy Plaza, I had to remark on the […]

Essence Hit Man – Norm Files photo     TAKING A HIT Pick 4 pays $50,000 at Woodbine   ESSENCE HIT MAN got back on the winning track and some very shrewd, and lucky, bettors won a pile of money just by selecting the most unlikely winners at Woodbine.   Oh, and Lost the Ring […]

  LOVELY ROSE maiden winner battles on the rail to win Wed. stake It’s one of those many bizarre phenomena of horse racing. A horse takes a zillion races to win the maiden race, and then decides, hey, I like this! ATHENA ROSE, a homebred for Robert and Patricia Weber, battled 3 to 5 shot […]

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS RACE?? Before we get into the weekend wrap, you must watch MAXIMUM RIDE winning her debut for Carol Mott of THE MOTTS show (www.themotts.ca). The filly was trying 2 turns for her opener and it was a wild ride for her rider Sunny Singh (about 1:27 of the replay. watch the […]

**NOTE TO THOROUGHBLOG READERS – The HORSE-CANADA WEBSITE is going under the knife this weekend to change servers etc. so you won’t see any news until Monday enjoy the weekend!   LONGRUN DAY AT WOODBINE! Time to get some gifts for the horses – and your friends and family too! LONGRUN is holding its annual […]

    GRACE PHIL, winning the South Ocean Stakes last night at Woodbine, latest stakes winner for Philanthropist.Norm Files photo POWER AND GRACE IN SOUTH OCEAN On a wet, windy and true November night, the 2yo filly GRACE PHIL ran to her name and won the South Ocean Stakes to remain undefeated in 2 career […]

    GAYEGO (Gilded Time), a $1.7 million earner and top class miler/sprinter, enters stud at Norse Ridge this season. $6,500 fee. Read more below – www.horse-races.net photo   79 BEYER FOR MARITIMER IN CORONATION Norseman Racing’s homebred MARTIMER stretched out well under a good rider to win the 108th CORONATION FUTURITY and he launched […]