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HIGHEST WINNING BEYER SPEED FIGURES IN CANADA OCT 9 – OCT 13 102 STARSHIP JUBILEE – E.P. Taylor Stakes – G1 100 DESERT ENCOUNTER – Canadian International-G1 93 CITY BOY – Nearctic Stakes – G2 88 GAMBLE’S CANDY – Ruling Angel Stakes 87 BRASS COMPASS Other numbers – two-year-old filly INFINITE PATIENCE (Sungold),undefeated in […]
Saturday, Hastings Racecourse, post time: 7:35 p.m. EDT BRITISH COLUMBIA DERBY-GIII, C$250,000, 3yo, 1 1/8m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Doobiedoobiedoobie Adios Charlie Rob & Sheena Maybin Maybin Asencio 126 2 Explode Trappe Shot Canmor Farms Cloutier Perez […]
SUNDAY MORNING – 110 BEYER SPEED FIGURE for wild FLORIDA DERBY – 1:52 1/5 for 9 furlongs; CHROME heads to ROYAL ASCOT, INTERNATIONAL STAR sweeps Fair Grounds stakes and more! NOTE – (read all the news and notes on Dubai in yesterday’s post called “Eager”) […]
Live blogging DUBAI WORLD CUP card – picks for big races in the US further down this post) yeesh – PRINCE BISHOP makes mincemeat of California Chrome and Lea – CC had poor journey but the winner, an 8-year-old horse from […]
SMART STRIKE, at Lane’s End – PHOTO BY LANE’S END SMART STRIKE (1992 – 2015) 16 CROPS 1,431 FOALS OF RACING AGE 1,047 STARTERS 771 WINNERS 112 STAKES WINNERS $118 MILLION PROGENY EARNINGS Mr. Prospector – Classy’n Smart by Smarten Owner/breeder: Sam-Son Farms Grade 1 winner, 6 wins in 8 races, $337,376 […]
CALIFORNIA CHROME worked 4 furlongs in 50 on the Meydan dirt in Dubai and is set for the DUBAI WORLD CUP on Saturday – MATHEA KELLY PHOTO FROM DUBAI RACING CLUB DUBAI WORLD CUP SATURDAY EST 8:40 A.,M…4pm – Dubai Kahayla Classic, US$1m (Dh3.67m) 9.40 a.m – Godolphin Mile, $1m […]
**WE MAY HAVE A COLD WEATHER ALERT TODAY (!!) but…. WOODBINE WORKTAB HEATS UP The first very busy day on the Woodbine worktab was Saturday when 204 horses had workouts, from 2 to […]
UPDATE – Trainer Marcus Vitali told Thorougbhblog today that RIDING THE RIVER, Canadian champion and earner of over $900,000, was put down yesterday at Gulfstream due to a broken shoulder. “It is a pretty gloomy day,” said Vitali, who trained the 8-year-old for Commonwealth Stables in Massachusetts. The gelding was sold by Dave Cotey, […]
CARLO TUCCI picks up $155,000 2yo in Ocala, Casse buys big CARLO TUCCI, one half of the successful TUCCI STABLES, signed the ticket for a $155,000 Ontario bred 2-year-old colt at Tuesday’s Ocala March sale. The Tucci’s, whose Midnight Aria won the Queen’s Plate in 2013 and who have scaled the […]
TORONTO STAR FEATURE – JACK KENNEY MAY 18 1935 – MARCH 14, 2015 It was 1964 and Ontario’s horse racing community was on its way to being globally recognized. The shiny, new Woodbine racetrack built by E.P. Taylor was a few years old, and Taylor’s great little Canadian-bred Northern Dancer was on […]
We lost friend Jack Kenney on March 14. HORSE RACNG LOVER, INNOVATOR, BUILDER AND A HALL OF FAMER – JACK KENNEY If you were lucky enough to be in the horse racing game for the Jack Kenney years at Woodbine (president and CEO 1975-1993) you would have had the chance to see […]
The profile of Woodbine racetrack continues to change even with one more to go before the 60th season opens on April 11. Already this spring, president and CEO Nick Eaves will be leaving his post as chairman Jim Lawson will ably take over the […]
WEDNESDAY MORNING UPDATE – EXPANDED CASINO GAMING STILL BEING SOUGHT FOR WOODBINE RACETRACK WOODBINE ENTERTAINMENT GROUP has reportedly approached Toronto Mayor JOHN TORY in an effort to reconsider the failed 24-20 council vote from 2013 with regards to expanding gaming at Woodbine racetrack… http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/03/11/casino-debate-could-focus-on-expanded-gaming-at-woodbine-racetrack.html […]
SHARING IS GREAT 111 BEYER SPEED FIGURE FOR SHARED BELIEF Mike Smith barely had to move on the racy almost-back gelding SHARED BELIEF who cruised to an easy win in the $1 million Santa Anita Handicap last evening, capping off a wild day of tons of racing action all over the world. The […]
