CRISP

brief hiatus but Thoroughblog is back – let’s get ready to rumble…2 weeks till Breeders’ Cup…PICK 6 MANIA AT WOODBINE TODAY! $56,000 CARRYOVER FRIDAY AT WOODBINE We don`t get to boast about this much but there is a sizy carryover in the PICK 6 at WOODBINE for Friday`s card. $56,000 WILL MOVE OVER to the […]

SPARKLE

Happy Sunday – the Cup & Saucer kicks off the wind down to the end of Woodbine 2010…International day was sparkling, tough to pick winners though! GRAND ADVENTURE off to Breeders’ Cup for Sam-Son Farms… Beyer Figures from Woodbine’s Big 3.. SERIOUS ATTITUDE – 109 REGGANE 103 JOSHUA TREE 101   photo – JOSHUA TREE […]

EVE

  (PHOTO – AL KHALI (3) wins the Bowling Green over SIMMARD (inside) and both will be back tomorrow in the grade 1 Canadian International. Vanessa Ng photo   HANDICAPPING THE BIG THREE RACES SATURDAY AT WOODBINE Three intriguing handicapping puzzles will greet fans who will flock to Woodbine tomorrow for a fun day of […]

LINEUP(2)

 THURSDAY MORNING – heavy rain last night and this morning in the area but there will be a couple of days for htings to dry out – the course figures to be good – which would be more like firm to the Euro’;s. The races are 8 – 9 – 10 and tricky to handicap. […]

GRADE

THOROUGHBLOG ON SITE ALL DAY TODAY AT WOODBINE Post position draw for Canadian International, Taylor and Nearctic later …Toronto Thor, Racing Club meets at 7:30 in Champions, we’ll discuss the big races! Special guests include ELISSA BLOWE, marketing manager at Fort Erie, and more!     PRETTY BOY – SIMMARD is fresh, must prove himself […]

SEASON

  WHEW, just got finished with a long weekend of racing, action packed, and now right into 5 straight days including Saturday’s blockbuster card at Woodbine with the Canadian International – Grade 1 – leading the way. the big name horse, Arctic Cosmos got hurt.the fields for the Nearctic and E.P. Taylor may be a […]

GRACE

  picture – WYOMIA (Wyomia Tyus was famous Olympic sprinter from Georgia) streaks to a Mazarine win – www.horse-races.net/Terence Dulay   SUNDAY MORNING – HAPPY THANKSGIVING WEEKEND…FROST ON THE GRASS THIS MORNING! THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO READS THOROUGHBLOG, THANKS TO THOSE WHO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS – GOOD OR BAD   ***UPDATE – REMINGTON PARK TODAY, […]

SCRATCH

  SATURDAY – let’s give thanks for all the great racing all over the place this weekend – good luck to Milwaukee Appeal as she seeks her first win since last year’s Oaks – short re-caps pf yesterday’s stuff follows…       WHAT’S GOING ON HERE? More starting gate antics has led to bettors […]

PROCESS

  UPDATE UPDATE – THE ONTARIO RACING COMMISSION HAS DISMISSED BRUNO SCHICKEDANZ`S APPEAL TO HAVE THE BAN ON HIS HORSES RACING AND STABLING AT WOODBINE. the 15 page ruling was issued today to general public and media, yesterday to others. It can be found on the oORC website.  THURSDAY MORNING – TIME IS IMPOSSIBLE TO […]

HEADLINE

  MONDAY MORNING NEWS – ARCTIC COSMOS COMING TO WOODBINE.. . SECRETARIAT MOVIE OPENS IN 4 DAYS AND REPORTS HAVE WOODBINE HAVING SECRETARIAT DAY! (http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/stories/2010/10/04/daily1.html) and more, more more.  HE’S SPECIAL – HAYNESFIELD, out of Josham Farms-bred mare NOTHING SPECIAL, wins the Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup. Cindy Pierson Dulay www.horse-races.net         […]

MEASURE

HAPPY SATURDAY, OCT 2 –  ALL STAKES PICK 4 AT BELMONT, old timer wins claimer at Woodbine,  noms for Can. international… ZENYATTA goes for 19 straight at 7:15!   SUPER SATURDAY FOR BREEDERS’ CUP PREVIEW RACES Don’t Blame me if I have a Zen for sitting in front of TV all day The best in […]

SAFE

  LATEST – THURSDAY EVENING..SOVEREIGN AWARDS on Apirl 1 AT WOODBINE.. MORE CHANGES RUMOURED TO COME  NEWSPAPER STORIES HAVE TO BE IN DAILY NEWSPAPERS PERHAPS?      THE GIRL WITH THE HORSE TATTOO…Reade Baker employee Tanya shows off her tattoo of stakes winner KENTUCKY BEAR, now at stud at Curraghmore…            HE’S […]

ARMY

  HAPPY TUESDAY – From Woodbine, to France, to British Columbia, Fort Erie and Manitoba, THOROUGHBLOG  has got all the news bits to keep you up to date! BIOFUEL will pass on Breeders’ Cup, Alberta rider coming to Woodbine…get in the game with THOROUGHBLOG – advertise today!!   (PHOTO FROM A PREVIOUS WIN, WWW.HORSE-RACES.NET)   […]

QUESTIONS

LATER SATURDAY UPDATES…VICTOR IS THE VICTOR, the American breds trounced our Canadian boys in the Ontario Derby as Grade 1 WINNER STATELY VICTOR, easily the class of the Ontario Derby field, rallied 4 wide off the turn to romp in the 9 furlong race under jockey Lebron. The son of Ghostzapper (those offspring are winning […]

STOMP

HAPPY MONDAY – LONGRUN HOEDOWN TONIGHT – BE THERE!!! PRESENTED BY THE KREMBIL FOUNDATION…COURT VISION AND REDWOOD AND SOME GOOD CANADIAN GUYS TOO.                       COURT VISION surges to a WOODBINE MILE WIN over THE USUAL Q.T. and Ontario bred longshot WOODBOURNE (he’s in yellow cap). […]