THE FIELD FOR THE 155TH QUEEN’S PLATE  by Post Position Horse     Owner       Trainer           Jockey                   last 3 Beyers (from most recent)  Birth Month      Comment 1 Cap in Hand – Tucci Stables, Sid Attard  66 82, 73 MARCH  Hmm, a Midnight Lite, owned by Tucci’s, claimed for Plate? 2 Coltimus Prime – Cabarnet Racing […]

     QUEEN’S PLATE  – 4 DAYS! The top Canadian-bred 3-year-olds representing owners from California, Kentucky, Alberta and Ontario  will be entered tomorrow morning for the 155th QUEEN’S PLATE, to be run Sunday as part of an 11-race card. post time on Sunday for race 1 is 12 Noon – the Plate will likely be […]

ONE DESTINY SIZZLES IN FINAL PLATE PREP Alec Fehr and Winston Penny’s ONE DESTINY worked a bullet 5 furlongs in 59 yesterday at Woodbine matching the time of his older brother, multiple SW Ultimate Destiny, and is getting a chance to run for glory on Sunday. The son of Dance to Destiny, who no longer […]

                      JACQUES DUMAS –  1939-2014 From the Montreal Gazette, OCT. 1 1968 …[Blue Bonnets] track president Jean Louis Levesque recognizes the knowledge and ability of the young Montreal horseman and has signed [Jacques] Dumas as contract trainer of the thoroughbreds on his beautiful farm at […]

     Daily Racing Form has its Kentucky Derby Watch, Thoroughblog will do the same for the possible entrants in the 155th Queen’s Plate coming up on July 6. The field is far from set but here are 14 possible starters, 13 that have to somehow get past We Miss artie:    QUEEN’S PLATE PROBABLES  […]

    SUMMER STAKES ARE SIZZLIN – 108th VICTORIA STAKES, 106th KING EDWARD STAKES   Woodbine has 2 full cards of racing on the weekend packed with turf, 2-year-olds and ton of horses. The stakes races, 4 of them, did not do as well as they have small fields and perhaps the Victoria Park Stakes […]

                                    AFTER 33 CARDS (100 left!)… The first Canadian classic at Woodbine has been recorded in the history books and it is less than 3 weeks until the Queen’s Plate. The field will likely be large: Lexie Lou’s […]

                    LEXIE FLEXES HER MUSCLES IN OAKS, on to Queen’s Plate It was a day where Ontario sired horses and the biggest race of the year for Canadian-born fillies went to a gal who originally cost just $5,500. LEXIE LOU, recently purchased privately by Gary Barber, […]

ONE OF MANY REASONS TO COME TO WOODBINE ON OAKS DAY! Canada’s top racehorses, hats and events (as a prep for Plate day) and award and rewards for betting on your account, come out to Woodbine on Oaks day for an experience you will remember.       PALADIN BAY GRACES THE PAPERS The Oaks […]

  It is Friday the 13th, in June, with a full ‘Honey Moon’ – will not see this again until 2098. Welcome to the provincial Liberal majority, Premier Kathleen Wynne romped in the election and Ontario horse racing will hope that she continues to support this important industry. Now that she has the majority, a […]

 Good Wednesday morning – heavy rain today through tomorrow..today’s post – Liberals government (Ontario) pledges $12 million to breeders just in time for June 12 vote..or is it too late….plus  Oaks preview for Sunday, recaps of last week at Woodbine   UPDATE – WOODBINE OAKS, PLATE TRIAL Trainer MARK CASSE is pleased at the progress […]

                        News, emotions and tons of racing action made up Saturday June 7. Too much to get at this Sunday morning but ONTARIO Thoroughbred breeders were greeted at last night’s CTHS Breeders’ Awards with big news: breeders’ awards incentives are getting a $12 million […]

    A CALIFORNIA CROWN? OR AN UPSET? Are you ready for one of the most exciting races in recent years? If you have been to Belmont Park for the Belmont Stakes, it is a unique horse racing experience. The track’s 1 1/2 mile circumference makes for a different race spectacle. The grandstand is huge. […]

  EARLE MACK PURCHASES FRIETAG,  MARK FROSTAD TO TRAIN   The successful owner/trainer combo of Earle Mack and trainer Mark Frostad has teamed up with recent Woodbine allowance winner FREITAG, recently purchased by Mack from owner and trainer NATHAN SQUIRES. Mack, former US Ambassador to Finland, philanthropist and senior partner of the Mack Company, a […]

                    ECLIPSE STAKES today at Woodbine – for picks and more don’t forget to visit http://jmbets.ca!     THE GREAT EXCAPER! – 101 Beyer in first stakes win   There was something satisfying, as strictly a horse racing fan, to watch EXCAPER battle back on to […]