*Thoroughblog will handicap some of the big races for Saturday and post picks in the morning!  **Don’t forget the huge carryover that continues at WOODBINE for the standardbred races, up to $268,000 for this evening.   CALIFORNIA CHROME VS. SHARED BELIEF L.A. Daily News feature (with great photo) By Art Wilson, Correspondent   Better […]

  TALKIN’ HORSES  is back! SEASON 2 set for JUNE https://www.youtube.com/user/TalkinHorsesTV/videos September 2014 saw the HBPA of Ontario introduce the T.V. show Talkin’ Horses. Pleased with the success of last year’s show, the Board of the HBPA is excited to announce that Talkin’ Horses will be back for another season, expanding from 10 to 21 […]

         CATCHING UP WITH…JOHN LEBLANC JR. With just about 2 weeks before horsepeople and horses start to filter into Woodbine’s backstretch, one stable to watch for 2015 is that of John LeBlanc Jr. who has some eye-catching horses coming off a winter break. PHIL’S COCKTAIL, a homebred son of Philanthropist for Ron […]

    In memory of Alexandrea Tersigni, one of Woodbine’s greatest fans   Fratelli Vescio Funeral Homes 8101 Weston Road, Woodbridge, Ontario L4L 1A6  905.850.3332 Visitations as follows:  January 31, 2015  6:00 – 9:00 pm February 1, 2015  2:00 – 4:00 pm 6:00 – 9:00 pm Mass celebration           Immaculate Conception Church (Woodbridge)      February 2, 2015 […]

**Horse-Canada’s new website is about ready to be unveiled – that will mean that there will be 1 or 2 moving days for the site so you may see it “under construction” for a bit. Thank you!   COMING UP THIS WEEK – The Ocala Racing day is tomorrow, here is a preview (there are […]

    THOROUGHBLOG’s first foal picture of 2014 comes from Curraghmore Farm in Waterdown. Here is a filly by KENTUCKY BEAR out of BEARAVIE foaled on January 16. Bearavie is a winning daughter of Old Forester. Bear Stables is the proud owner of this newcomer.     THOROUGHBLOG’S QUEEN’S PLATE CONTENDERS     It is […]

  UPDATE – SOVEREIGN AWARD FINALISTS ANNOUNCED The 2014 Sovereign Award Finalists, listed alphabetically in each category, are: Champion Two-Year-Old Filly: Brooklynsway Conquest Harlanate London Tower Mississippi Delta Champion Two-Year-Old Male: Conquest Tsunami Conquest Typhoon Decision Day Phil’s Cocktail Champion Three-Year-Old Female: Executive Allure Lexie Lou Paladin Bay Sweater Weather Champion Three-Year-Old Male: Ami’s Holiday […]

  SATURDAY MORNING UPDATE.. RADICAL RULES IN NEW YORK Four new rules will have a major impact on how owners and trainers approach racing their horses in New York. The rules were announced on Friday and included Aqueduct racetrack not taking entries for horses that have raced in the previous 14 days and reduce its […]

  REMINDER: Voters for the SOVEREIGN AWARDS have until Friday to get their votes in for the 2014 awards – be diligent in your selections and vote for the best of 2014.   KEENELAND JANUARY STARTS TODAY     Canadian champion YOUCAN’TCATCHME is one of hundreds of horses offered in the 2 book January Horses […]

           VIOLETTE RELEASES STATEMENT ON AQU BREAKDOWNS (from Thoroughbred Daily News) After two more breakdowns in Aqueduct’s second race Friday–one fatal (Apex, Italian Rules suffered career ending injury)–and NYRA’;s decision to cancel the rest of the card due to blowing snow, New York Thoroughbred Horsemens Association President Rick Violette, Jr. released […]

 Hello Thursday and the snow is on the way for southern Ontario, which is already in a deep freeze. There is a lot of action to watch in the south, however, with big cards of racing at Gulfstream most days and a lot of Canadians to cheer for…   CANADIAN BREDS UP WITH THE BIRDS […]

        Thank you Pam and Mark Frostad for your comment regarding the coming retirement of track announcer Dan Loiselle: https://canadianthoroughbred.com/thoroughblog/collect-4/ It is the quiet time of year for Canadians but Thoroughblog requests comments, photos and news so please, hit the “comment”  button on the blog and send some news!     FLATTERING […]

          CANADIAN BREDS FILLIES SET FOR SANTA YNEZ (GRADE 2) SEDUIRE and CONQUEST HARLANATE are in the lineup for the Grade 2 Santa Ynez today at Santa Anita. The race is for newly minted 3yo fillies at 6 1/2 furlongs. SEDUIRE is a daughter of Elusive Quality out of Holy Eclair […]

            HEY HEY it’s PERFECT TAY Keith Johns’s True North Stable and trainer Lorne Richards celebrated a win to close out 2014 as they sent out PERFECT TAY to win the last race at Gulfstream of the 2014 season. The Ontario bred was returning to a track where he was […]

  Adena Springs North doled out some New Year’s cheer with a nice open house and stallion show and tons of people braved the cold temperatures to take a peek.           FROM THE PAGES OF THOROUGHBLOG – 2014   JANUARY – We lost NORA COSTIGAN, racing lover and owner of the […]