BIG   RED   MIKE   Dave Landry photo                                  TODAY’S BITS FOR A STEAMY WEDNESDAY: if your brain has not fried yet, tune in for another installment of Bet Night Live tonight on […]

TODAY’S (TUESDAY,) BLOG – Just some notes from a day at the Plate  Thanks to Cindy Pierson Dulay and Terence Dulay at www.horse-races.net for photos ( I believe they might the media champs for the Queen’s Plate Fantasy pool too!) Thanks also to NORM FILES for his cool shots.   EURICO ROSA DA SILVA likely […]

    TODAY’S NEWS – PLATE DAY IS HERE, BRING WATER! 4TH  VISIT BY HRH THE QUEEN…                     GOOD PLATE MORNING! It has arrived, finally (did it seem like longer this year because of the July 4 date?). THE QUEEN’S PLATE, no. 151 (for me, my […]

TODAY’S NEWS – PLATE, PLATE, it’s almost the PLATE!…Refresh and reload your Thoroughblog page, it is a bit tricky, don’t miss anything and review all the posts from the last month…lots of comments rolling in recently, be patient, they will appear on the site soon..       They will be coming at you tomorrow!! […]

                              GIANT’S TOMB with owner Rick Balaz, third from left, Lisa Balaz, Mark Frostad and Mike .Balaz. Cindy Pierson Dulay/horse-races.net photo  PICKING POSTS FOR PLATE The usual answer yesterday at the lengthy post position draw for the Queen’s Plate – still […]

  WAKE AT NOON’S DEATH INTERRUPTS PLATE CELEBRATIONS 1997-2010 Eight years ago around this time, Wake at Noon  was a Queen’s Plate starter and on the big day, he finished 5th behind Scatter the Gold in an effort that was so much better than anyone could have expected. Blessed with blazing speed, that unique high  […]

TODAY’S NEWS – PLATE, PLATE and more Plate                                MOB SCENE – ANDREW FREDERICKS, from Trinidad, is hoping his guy MOBTHEWARRIOR is the Plate winner. (Terence Dulay/www.horse-races.net photo, check their site for more pics and news)   ARCTIC FERN OUT, CAPTAIN […]

  TODAY’S NEWS – PLATE STUFF, off the barbeque today, Mobilizer to wear blinkers, Sam-Son trio work and Hotep crushes and more. HOTEP – pumped and ready for Plate…DAVE LANDRY PHOTO PLATE WORKOUTS FROM SUNDAY Hotep blows by mates The SAM-SON FARMS TRIO of GIANT’S TOMB, DARK CLOUD DANCER and HOTEP had a workout at […]

          THOROUGHBLOG must congratulate SPORTSWRITER, the locally trained, owned 3yo pacer who won last night’s North America Cup…WWW.HORSE-RACES.NET photo   BIOFUEL SOLID 3RD, BAY 2ND She ran the best Beyer Figure of her career, a 93, but was only ablt to finish 3rd, beaten just 2 1/4 lengths to the good […]

  **UPDATED – TODAY’S NEWS – LONGRUN CHARITY FASHION SHOW ON JULY 19 (HAD WRONG DATE THIS WEEK!)…QUEEN’S PLATE CONTENDERS, BIOFUEL READY FOR MOTHER GOOSE..some are working this morning…more bits..     PHOTO – EUREKA! He’s leading all jockeys at Woodbine by 1, he’s on a Plate contender, Big Red Mike, and he’s a popular […]

TODAY’S NEWS – It’s 1,000 for Nick G! (SORT OF…)…Thoroughblog sidetracked this week with North American Cup!…United Thoroughbred syndicate ready to race…events, Queen’s Plate news and more… Nick Gonzalez on TV with host Sandy Hawley..PHOTO BY NORM FILES   1,000 **wins for trainer Nick Gonzalez……but read Daily Racing Form below for the **   FROM […]

  YUMMY – TASTY TEMPTATION heads Hill ‘n’ Dale Stakes today at Woodbine. – Dave Landry photo   CRAZY 88 Beyer Figure for the Madman Wesley Ward’s homebred MADMAN DIARIES ran like a wild horse and won the Victoria Stakes for 2yos at Woodbine yesterday by 9 1 /4 lengths. He scorched 5 furlongs in […]

  GOTCHA – The 2yo CHARLIE BULL had more fun on the grass before his 2yo debut on Sunday, so he was scratched. Norm Files photo                   WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT WOOD Windy, slow and outside Outsider ralliers dominated racing last night at Woodbine as a strong headwind […]

  TODAY’S NEWS – EMBUR’S SONG CONFIRMED FOR PLATE, FILLIES WILL TEST THE BOYS FOR THE QUEEN!!     HOLD ON! BIG RED MIKE is tough in the Plate Trial. Terence Dulay/www.horse-races.net photo                          WILD FINISH -Moment of Majesty (left) and Embur’s Song (right) […]

MAJESTIC – MOMENT OF MAJESTY tunes up for today’s Woodbine oaks.Dave Landry photo   OAKS ON TRIAL A filly may get pass to Plate, boys all set too The winner of today’s WOODBINE OAKS could go on to bigger and better tings – perhaps a shot at the boys in the Plate, but today’s race […]