Remember this BREEDERS’ STAKES? CHARLIE’S DEWAN BEATS MT. SASSAFRAS!    TIME FOR MORE LONGSHOTS IN THE BREEDERS’ STAKES?  The 3rd jewel of the CANADIAN TRIPLE CROWN is up on Sunday and while there is no chance of a Triple Crown winner, again, a large field is looking and on the grass, we know what that […]

hey, welcome to the new HORSE-CANADA.COM and along with it, a streamlined THOROUGHBLOG Unfortunately it will take another day to get things sorted out – the TOP 10 LISTS are out of date, the recent posts are out of date. For now, I want to share with you a super day at FORT ERIE ON […]

   MARKETING MIX (shown on Woodbine Oaks day) collected a big prize yesterday at Woodbine, the Wonder Where Stakes, 1 1/4 miles on turf – 84 Beyer Speed Figure. Terence Dulay photo                   HOWIE DOIN? VERY GOOD AND REMEMBER, HUSBANDS IS ALWAYS IN THE MIX! The two […]

LETTER FOR A SUNDAY MORNING…  Hi, Jennifer: It’s wonderful news that this filly ended up safe and sound – congratulations to her connections for stepping in! I have personal knowledge that John Hillier has always been a generous supporter of thoroughbred retirement. It is also my understanding that there was actually signed documentation that, when […]

REMEMBERING MEL LAWSON   Mel Lawson, at last year’s Hall of Fame ceremony when he was inducted by his peers. Cindy Pierson Dulay photo       There are just some people that you just want to sit and talk horses with  all day long. Mel Lawson was one of those people. The news came […]

    WINDWARD ISLANDS motors past FIFTY PROOF in Nijinsky Stakes at Woodbine Sunday Terence Dulay-www.horse-races.net       STRANGE DAYS INDEED A rash of horse and people injuries at Woodbine has added to the strangeness of the season – complete with longshot winners who make little sense and big favourites not getting it done. […]

BIOFUEL RETIRED   HORSE OF THE YEAR BIOFUEL emerged from the Ontario Matron Stakes yesterday with a chp in her ankle and has been retired from racing, said trainer READE BAKER. The day daughter of Stormin Fever – Ms Cornstalk, owned and bred by BRERETON JONES In kentucky, was a mild 3rd in the race […]

      TODAY’S PICK FROM JAKE’S TAKE!!   The heat has been getting to JAKE, the guest handicapper on Thoroughblog – but today he really likes the 7yo grey gelding WINDWARD ISLANDS with jockey Emma Wilson to win the $300,000 Nijinsky Stakes! While FIFTY PROOF will be a big fave and the lone speed, […]

    Here’s hoping RILEY RIPASSO runs well tomorrow at Woodbine in race 3, a turf allowance, Riley’s trainer DEBBIE ENGLAND was hurt this week at Woodbine and she has a lot of nice horses racing all weekend Get better Deb!!!   Riley Ripasso image by NORM FILES         RACING RETURNS TO […]

too hot to write too much…sweatin at the desk here…. Hope you are inside with air conditioning, or that you stay cool with water and a breeze while looking after our cherished horses. 1 – Tough to imagine our horses in stalls today, with the temp going up to 49Celcius with the humidity, but at […]

  FEELIN HOT HOT HOT   Humans and animals alike are having to hunker down in air conditioning OR behind fans just to get through the next week or so of swletering and very humid weather. It is dense heat, with a burning sun and sticky sticky air. The reading will be 41 celcius with […]

  *****11:30 A.M. UPDATE – DID YOU KNOW THAT j. Paul Reddam and Doug O’Neil have returned SQUARE EDDIE TO THE RACES AGAIN!! Retired twice, just bred 40 mares and is working at Del Mar – this is incredibly shocking…   TODAY IS MONDAY JULY 18 – PRINCE OF WALES was a great race, and […]

   FORT ERIE, trying to get the betting up, one year left on the lease..expect to see everyone who loves the game there tomorrow…..it’s Wales day and you should be there!   **THOROUGHBLOG is on the road this morning and shall return MONDAY                WOODBINE – WHAT IS THIS………27.18, […]

76th Running of the Prince of Wales Stakes POST POSITIONS… To Be Run Sunday, July 17th Post Time 5:45 p.m.   Post        Horse                     Jockey               Trainer            M/L         1      Oh Canada                 Krista Carignan         Robert Tiller     12/1         2      Pender Harbour         Luis Contreras          Mike DePaulo    3/1         3      Hippolytus                  Tyler Pizarro            Mark Casse        2/1         […]

NEWS ALERT FOR TODAY – MOBY DIP , 3 TO 1 IN RACE 5 AT FORT ERIE TODAY, could be trainer Martin Drexler’s record-equalling consecutive win at the meeting. Alex Bankuti set the record almost 30 years ago…stay tuned.   The PRINCE OF WALES, the 2nd jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown, puts FORT ERIE […]