TABLES TURNED – LEXIE LOU (a la ‘Bunny’ on Saturday) steals Woodbine stake Champion 2yo filly down to 2 daughters of SLIGO BAY     This time, LEXIE LOU got the jump and had enough left to win. The dream season for owner/trainer JOHN ROSS continued as he won 2 races on Sunday […]

  GENTILDONNA wins her 2nd JAPAN CUP but JOSHUA TREE is eased up and last of 17.   Three-time Canadian International winner JOSHUA TREE was eased in the Japan Cup and a decision is to be made soon on whether he will race again in 2014:   http://japanracing.jp/_news2013/131124-02.html Before a crowd of nearly 90,000 fans […]

        THE BEAR CIRCLE In 2005, BEAR’S KID won the Grade 2 Summer Stakes at Woodbine on the grass and became the first stakes winner ever trained by Reade Baker for Danny Dio’s Bear Stables. Dio, who hails from Alberta, grew his stable up from there, adding high priced yearlings and 2yos, […]

HAPPY SUNDAY – it will be warm and windy in Toronto today, the big race is the CORONATION FUTURITY, the top 2yo race of the year worth $250,000. AMI’S HOLIDAY is the unbeaten favourite, let’s hope we get the races in, there is a wind warning currently.   RIVER ROLLS!       Canadian invader […]

      Yes, the Super High 5 Jackpot was won yesterday, somehow! When Renee Kierans’ and partners’ WHO DAT AMBUSH literally ambushed the field in the last half a furlong and won at 17 to 1, he set off a parade of longshots that someone had, in order, on their ticket. The bet has […]

UPDATE – Thoroughblog has been edited since original posting this morning   CONGRATULATIONS BILL TALLON   After 34 years with DAILY RACING FORM, mostly as the Canadian editor and a lot as beat writer, handicapper and all-around organizer of the Canadian troops, BILL TALLON is retiring as of Friday November 15. 2013.  Hard working and […]

  BLOWN AWAY It is the time of year when the winds come howling in, the rain and wet snow follow and, well it seems as if it is dark all the time. Mother Nature has really taken things out on horse racing as tough gusts led to a cancellation of races a week ago […]

Tuesday Nov 5 – Keeneland November the focus today and through the week, lots of Canadians selling and some 170 Stronach Stables and Horse Racing League horses are selling, let’s see how many come back to Canada…here is today’s news..       MORE CUP WRAP It is fair to say (no pun intended) that […]

WISE DAN and MUCHO MACHO MAN highlight the Breeders’ Cup     DAN AND THE MAN Wise Dan’s miraculous rally, Mucho Macho Man’s thrilling Classic score highlights of Breeders’ Cup   The 9-race, day 2 of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships got underway at 3 eastern yesterday and set off 5 hours of very exciting […]

Happy Saturday – it’s Breeders’ Cup Day 2, 9 races – GAME ON DUDE, WISE DAN, Canadian breds like MARKETING MIX and PRIVATE ZONE..picks are below           BEHOLD THE BREEDERS’ CUP – EDITION 30 Santa Anita, it’s gorgeous, yes, but the track surface favours speed NUMBERS UP – Total handle for […]

      Anyone who has been lucky enough to attend a Breeders’ Cup day or days has a ton of favourite memories. The Breeders’ Cup started out as a one day event in 1984 at Hollywood Park, the idea of John Gaines to bring the best horses in the world to a one-day, year-end […]

 BREEDERS’ CUP – FRIDAY FOCUS COMMANDER going for SOVEREIGN AWARD honours at Breeders’ Cup – read more below                               FRIDAY – BREEDERS’ CUP DAY ONE SELECTIONS AND NOTES 4:45 p.m. EASTERN-  MARATHON – 1 3/4 miles Canadian content – COMMANDER, owned […]

      **Friday’s Breeders’ Cup races will air in Canada on TSN2 from 4:00pm to 8:00pm, while Saturday’s races will also be on TSN2 (3:30pm to 9:00pm)   MY CONQUESTADORY gets post 14 for Juv. Fillies One-time Woodbine based filly MY CONQUESTDORY, winner of the Summer Stakes at Woodbine first time out and trained […]

CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL weekend, typical weather and today’s day-long rain and wind with clear out for tomorrow’s big race. Turf course sure to be soft but the racing card at Woodbine tomorrow is super and the races are going to be fun handicapping puzzles! Comments on the big 2 races below…           […]

CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL POSTS 1 Hyper/Ken & Sarah Ramsey/Chad Brown/Joel Rosario 2 Temeraine/Niall Racing/Tom Proctor/Luis Contreras 3 Lucayan/Pandora Stud/Neil Drysdale/Stephane Pasquier 4 Perfect Timber/Charles Fipke/Roger Attfield/John Velazquez 5 Joshua Tree/K. K. Al Nabooda & K. Albahou/Ed Dunlop/Ryan Moore 6 Stormy Len/Leonard Leveen & Mike Shanley/David Donk/Edgar Prado 7 Now We Can/W. Englebrecht-Bresges/ Nicolas Clement/Thierry Thulliez 8 […]