Keeneland catalogues arrived at the door, the ‘caws’ of crows are now heard more than chirps of robins…it’s getting time for September, whoa nelly! Tonight – Wednesday night racing at Woodbine as we have gone past the halfway point of the season, lots of rain today at points and extreme […]

  The great NORTHERN DANCER was honoured at the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame ceremony on Thursday night in Mississauga. A lengthy film was shown and his foal papers and catalogue pages were on display. The painting sold for $2,400 at the live auction. Terence Dulay/horse-races.net photo           IT’S A […]

RAHY’S ATTORNEY RETIRED Oh Happy Days! Joe MacLellan (sunglasses) celebrates the Woodbine Mile win with wife Ellen (to his immediate left) and partners and trainer Ian Black. Terence Dulay photo     RAHY’S ATTORNEY  – RETIRED Reports from the FACEBOOK page of RAHY’S ATTORNEY announce that the Canadian champion has been retired from racing. The […]

TU ENDIE WEI STAYS PERFECT holds on in Debutante Brereton Jones’ homebred JOHAR filly TU ENDIE WEI elected a speed style in her 2nd career start yesterday at Woodbine, the Ontario Debutante Stakes, and held off a rapidly closing Northern Passion to win the 6 1/2 furlong dash in 1:16. 2/5. Her Beyer Figure was […]

  MILLION DOLLAR DAY ARLINGTON MILLION DAY is always a fun betting event so sharpen your pencils and get studying. GIO PONTI and CAPE BLANCO are the big boys in the field – the former was 2nd in the race last year. TREASURE BEACH powered through a gallop yesterday and looked good, let’s play him. […]

SEND IN YOUR YEARLING PICTURES – STARTING TOMORROW WE WILL FEATURE YEARLINGS COMING UP IN THE SALE NEXT MONTH!   NOTACLOUDINTHESKY won the Nandi Stakes under wraps for leading owners Donver Stable. The Weather Warning filly is from the first crop of an Ontario sired who was shipped off to New Mexico  earlier this year. […]

  OF SEAGRAM, HELEN AND A LOT OF HISTORY The 120th Breeders’ Stakes is a famous race in Canadian thoroughbred history, mostly if it is poised to cap a Triple crown sweep for a champion racehorse. JOSEPH SEAGRAM’S  HELEN LEIGH was the first winner of the Breeders’ and Seagram was honoured yesterday with the Seagram […]

BREEDERS’ STAKES UPDATE FRIDAY MORNING- FAVOURITE SCRATCHED – QUEEN’SPLATEKITTEN OUT OF BREEDERS’! DAILY RACING FORM’S BILL TALLON is reporting that QUEEN’SPLATEKITTEN, the favourite for Sunday’s $500,000 Breeders’ Stakes will not make the trip from New York for owner Nicholas Brady and trainer Todd Pletcher. The colt was one of 3 stakes winners in the 14 […]