RYAN PACHECO won his first race at Woodbine aboard HONEST AL on Sunday…Norm Files photo           JUST LIKE IN THE MOVIES from a Positive comes a …positive HOLLYWOOD HIT didn’t know he was not allowed to race anymore, once his sensational Kennedy Road Stakes (GII) last season was flagged and […]

   BIOFUEL romps at Woodbine Norm Files photo   VROOM Biofuel turns on the jets Co-champion 2yo filly in Canada BIOFUEL was heavily bet and mostly everyone’s pick to win her season debut in the Star Shoot Stakes yesterday at Woodbine and she didn’t disappoint. Just as she did in her career debut last year, […]

     HISTORY – ZENYATTA GOES FOR 16 Sarah K. Andrew photo           CHAMPIONS RETURN! (and psst, Zenyatta races today but does anyone outside the biz know?) Canadian racing’s champions are back in action this weekend as BIOFUEL competes tomorrow in ther Star Shoot Stakes and FIELD COMMISSION races Sunday. The […]

 TUESDAY’S NEWS – Wild racing at Woodbine, wild jockeys at Santa Anita and wild week coming up, get your picks in for the Fantasy Challenge, put on by Woodbine! They’re off at Woodbine – race 1 on Friday is sent on its way. Dave Landry photo         SUNDAY AT WOODBINE You knew […]

AND WELCOME BACK TO WOODBINE!.. Sunday’s news, the first 2 days of Woodbine, notes and photos, and ESKENDEREYA and his big Wood Memorial Beyer Figure, a kentucky Derby fave!   GRAZETTES LANDING (yellow cap, white bridle) storms to the front in the Debut Stakes on Good Friday to kick off Woodbine for 2010.   DON’S […]

TODAY’S NEWS (Thursday) – John Whitson joins FORT ERIE, …Woodbine set to go tomorrow and big Derby preps Saturday! COMING SOON TO THOROUGHBLOG – ‘JAKE’S TAKE’, an analysis of a race (or 2) each weekend at Woodbine!    ONE MORE SLEEP and Happy Easter! Woodbine revs up tomorrow with a nice card of 10 races and […]

TODAY’S NEWS – It’s almost 3 p.m. and let’s look a bit at the first day of racing at WOODBINE on Friday! (Good friday)   Dave Landry photo ENTRY DAY FOR WOODBINE 2010! AMERICANS FLOCK Racing starts Friday, temperature to hit 23 degrees! (Celsius) The stars are coming out at WOODBINE these days, stakes winners […]

  SUPER SHOT by VANESSA NG of the finish of the DUBAI WORLD CUP – everyone is in synch Glora de Campeao on rail. Allybar in the middle and Lizard’s Desire on the outside.           GLORIA! He’s got their number A WHIRLWIND OF EXCITING RACES THAT BEGAN YESTERDAY AT 9:30 A.M. […]

TODAY’S NEWS – DUBAI RACES UNDERWAY, HONG KONG WINS FIRST EVENT, Canadian colt in La. Derby…more!   *I HOPE EVERYONE IS NOW ABLE TO READ THOROUGHBLOG – apparently there was a problem with the site and refreshing the pages – March 7 seems to be the last day people could read the ‘Blog – it’s […]

 TODAY’S NEWS – Dubai World Cup on Saturday – Sam-Son 3yo’s , Fort Erie and lots of pics!    BLAST OFF! Meydan Racecourse in Dubai is a stunner according to many and it’s the site of the DUBAI WORLD CUP on Saturday. Vanessa Ng photo     GIANT’S TOMB RAIDS FAIR GROUNDS ‘I think he […]

TODAY’S NEWS (Sunday morning) – BIG CANADIAN FINISH in Appleton …Florida Derby flatters the big E…TODAY SHOW does feature on Paragallo horses and Canadian Stuart Hyman’s photo in Toronto Star appears!     SOCIETY’S CHAIRMAN, photo by Cindy Pierson Dulay         THE CHAIRMAN beats the law Attfield vs. Black again During a […]

                                                                    MIND YOUR MANNERS!This little Alumni Hall filly foal, born at Norse Ridge Farm recently, is getting a scolding! Dave Landry photo […]

OCALA BREEDERS’ SALES MARCH 2YO SALE Multiple Sovereign Award winning trainer MARK CASSE was busy shopping yesterday at the first session of the March 2yo sale at OBS. Casse, as agent paid $240,000 for a Lemon Drop Kid – Cheerfulcolt from the Nial Brennan consignment. Casse also signed for a Canadian bred by Forest Wildcat. […]

Celebrate! While ZENYATTA fans were wowed by her 15th straight win in as many starts, Ontario-bred DANCE TO MY TUNE (Stravinsky – Bandore, by Forty Niner) was a brave 2nd. originally bought and raced by DAVE COTEY, the mare won the La Lorgnette Stakes at 3 and was sold at auction in 2008. Photo Uploaded […]

TODAY’S NEWS – ZENYATTA IS SCARY GOOD, please come to WOODBINE!, RACHEL LOSES, Derby preps have local breeding, Kinghaven, Sue Foreman etc.!  Sarah K Andrew photo IT`S OFFICIAL ZENYATTA IS THE BEST  HORSE OF THE YEAR 09 RACHEL loses return Aaaah, horse racing. Opinions are like…well you know, everyone has one and all those folks […]