Cindy Pierson Dulay’s shot of 9-year-old MUSKETIER….OLD GUY HAS STILL GOT IT!       Neither wind, nor rain nor chilly temps are going to ruin this weekend – the biggest day of the year at WOODBINE with 3 Grade 1’s on the grass and a big card of racing. Sharpen your pencils […]

  BREAKING NEWS – JIM AND SUSAN HILL ENTER MIAMI DECO in International at last minute It is the media’s worst nightmare, a late addition to a major race without any indication. MIAMI DECO was a sudden entrant in the $1.5million Canadian International yesterday, while STORMY LORD, who WAS expected to be featured on THE […]

Happy Hump day – tonight at Woodbine, Ladie’s Night for the Toronto Thoroughbred Racing Club with some personalities of the industry and a preview of the CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL!…rain, rain stay away! forecast for the big day on Sunday is a tad shakey but the fields should be loaded! – 20 EUROS’ arriving by planes this […]

  YUMMY!! Canadian Horse of the Year BIOFUEL has her tongue wagging over all the action this weekend. She is retired in Kentucky. Janis Maine photo TU ENDIE WEI 7TH ALCIBIADES Woodbine based TU ENDIE WEI, a double stakes winner, had her first loss yesterday at Keeneland when she flattened out in the Alcibiades. The […]

Woodbine get ready – DENNIS RODMAN is on his way! The Hall of Fame basketball player and, well, all ’round interesting guy, will be the guest drawmaster for the CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL on Thursday out in the Woodbine tent. Rodman, who has attended the Kentucky Derby and recently celebrated his 50th birthday in Montreal, was inducted […]

From FACEBOOK – Arc winner DANEDREAM has her own FB page and here is a pic of her just after being born- how precious!!   Of course, Winchester will not be around for the Can. Int. but JOSHUA TREE looms the big fave…. IF YOU LIKED DANEDREAM IN THE ARC… U2 WILL LIKE JOSH AGAIN! […]

UPDATE – DANEDREAM powers to ARC WIN – The 3yo filly DANCEDREAM crushed the 15 Arc rivals on firm turf. She is a German gal by Lomitas out of a Danehill mare. She was coming off 2 big wins in Germany, most recently she crushed JOSHUA TREE and that guy is coming back to Woodbine, […]

OH WHAT A NIGHT (..late September, back in 2011…) A packed house laughed and danced the night away all for the love of the horse last evening at Woodbine where the LONGRUN THOROUGHBRED RETIREMENT GALA took place. When you arrived, you were greeted by immaculate decor, black and silver, with crystal  ball – type  table  […]

Hope to see everyone tonight at the LONGRUN GALA!! Owners, trainers, jockeys…let’s go! It’s for the horses….Woodbine supports it, so should you..   DRF report – INGLORIOUS DONE FOR YEAR No surprise here as Queen’s Plate and Woodbine Oaks winner INGLORIOUS has been put away for the year after a strenuous run since last fall. […]

    Heading here? Bob Costigan’s yearling filly by Pivotal out of his Horse of the Year ARRAVALE was bought back for 270,000L yesterday at Goffs Orby sale…         DOH! PASO DOBLE MISSES IN OVERSKATE Trainer Casse aims to set win record today with claimer PASO DOBLE was just yards away from […]

C’MON FOLKS….LET’S HELP AND HONOUR OUR HORSES — LongRun’s Legends Gala at Woodbine Race Track on Friday, September 30th The Legends Gala being held at Woodbine Race Track on Friday, September 30th promises to be another exciting evening benefiting LongRun Thoroughbred Retirement Society.   LongRun’s sponsors have once again given generously to this worthwhile cause and […]

  BIG DAY FOR CASSE? Three more to win to break Passero record Woodbine’s leading trainer MARK CASSE is set to break a 15-year-old record, perhaps this weekend, as he is just 3 wins short of passing FRANK PASSERO’S mark of 89 wins in one Woodbine season. Thanks to a 4-bagger on Friday (!!), the […]

  PENDER HARBOUR, MOONSHINE MULLIN, INGLORIOUS, ANNE’S BEAUTY… Stars are out at Woodbine (or on the TV) this weekend!   INGLORIOUS (far left), MOONSHINE MULLIN, PENDER HARBOUR – going for possible championships. Vanessa Ng photos and Dave Landry photo                   Race 11 – 5:45 PM     Second Half […]

Happy last day of Summer – rain on the way again, turf racing in Ontario in jeopardy through weekend…   In Memory of ALEZZANDRO – Canadian champion 3 year old of 2007, winner of $767, 919 including his last start, December 2010 at Woodbine. Recently donated to LongRun by Knob Hill Stable. but got ill. […]

CORRECTION  – I could blame my bad eyesight, but I won’t. Thoroughblog regrts an error last week when reporting on the losing favourites during a wild week of results. OH CANADA, coming off a short little rest period was NOT wearing front bandages in his return. CHARGE! Another super Woodbine Mile – the grey is […]