THIS WAS LAST NIGHT AT WOODBINE RACETRACK       KEENELAND JANUARY Bill Graham’s WINDHAVEN in Caledon purchased the Street Cry (Ire) mare PARLEY yesterday at the first session of the Keeneland January sale for $225,000. Graham was one of few Canadians to buy at the sale, which had a 22% dip in […]

From the Costigan family… It is with heavy hearts that we let you know that Nora got her Angel Wings this evening, she passed away in our arms. Nora fought a long and courageous battle with Pancreatic Cancer for a year. To all you of you who gave Nora their prayers, love, support and encouragement […]

    WELCOME TO THE YEAR OF THE HORSE! The Chinese New Year does not start until later this month but this is the Year of the Horse and so let’s embark on 2014 with a pledge to our horses to keep them safe, help them when they are no longer racing and give them […]

    HAROLD AND JESSIE AND A HORSE NAMED PALADIN by Jennifer Morrison Deep in the wilderness of the tiny Alberta hamlet of Lac la Biche, Harold Ladouceur  grew up learning the keys to survival. As one of seven children and the only boy of French Metis – Cree Indian parents, Ladouceur learned to hunt […]

     NOTHING BUT  ‘NET Ontario bred Mr. Online wins $100K El Prado   Mr. Online (Silent Name – Our Miss Jones, by Alphabet Soup)  made a triumphant return to Gulfstream Park with a front-running victory in the $100,000 El Prado Stakes on Saturday afternoon. Claimed twice last winter, including a $30,000 snag by owner […]

CHRISTMAS MORNING        

      RIVER SEVEN – 102 BEYER FIGURE in Gulfstream stakes score – KENNY MARTIN PHOTO, GULFSTREAM PARK   SEVENTH HEAVEN! Fairytale season for the Tucci family continues RIVER SEVEN powered past a decent field of older horses at Gulfstream Park yesterday and won the $100,000 Harlan’s Holiday Handicap for his 3rd straight stakes […]

  SAY NO MORE, RIVER SEVEN, among Canadian horses in action this weekend   Saturday, Fair Grounds, post time: 4:54 p.m. EDT BONAPAW S., $75,000, 3yo/up, 5 1/2fT PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML 1 Expecting Cash Littleexpectations Albarado Gibson 8-1 2 Sum of the Parts Speightstown Napravnik Amoss 4-1 3 Decisive Move Awesome Again […]

 **MEMORIES made, memories that fade. Horse racing ends at Hollywood Park during the Christmas season. ..THOROUGHBLOG invites all comments and thoughts on racing in 2013 or coming up this winter..have a racing report for me? a result?  a photo? Send it to THOROUGHBLOG. Also, if you have not seen it yet, the last issue of […]

  and so this is the end of 2013…what have we done? Well, a lot of betting and cheering, a lot of work and a lot of sweat, some tears for sure. The year had it all, the highs and the lows and where would we be without these incredible and beautiful animals born to […]

Hi there! THOROUGHBLOG will be on hold for a few days. Best of luck for the end of the 2013 season and what may follow!     photos by WILL WONG FOR WOODBINE – Display Stakes won by Jose Sea View      WOODBINE ON THE WEEKEND Just 4 racing cards left for 2013 and […]

 SATURDAY MORNING UPDATE! December 7 2013 – KINGARVIE, you remember him right? Kingarvie, an implacable individual who certainly would not have won an equine beauty contest, was a stringy chestnut gelding with a long, skinny neck and a heart as big as a cannon ball. He toiled for ten years, competing in stakes races from […]

Congratulations to my new buddy APPRENTICE HANOVER (owned by Brad Grant) who won the 2nd race at Woodbine last evening. I won’t go so far as to say it was my caressing of his forehead  that relaxed him and gave him the energy he needed to win, but… Congratulations to everyone connected with that cool […]

          IN CHARGE OF THE DUDE What a finish in the Grade 1 Clark, 101 Beyer for 3yo Will Take Charge   from Churchill Downs Willis D. Horton’s Will Take Charge, beaten a nose by Mucho Macho Man in the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (Grade I) on Nov. 2, launched […]

HAPPY THANKSGIVING to all my wonderful friends and associates in the United States – enjoy your day, may you be healthy and happy.     CTHS ONLINE MIXED SALE   KARA’S ORIENTATION, Grade 2 winner of over $459,000 and a stallion prospect and Appealing Forum, the dam of champion MILWAUKEE APPEAL are among 97 horses […]