HEY THERE – HORSE OF THE YEAR SEALY HILL (2007) shows off her little girl, born Feb. 2, by Distorted Humor. The filly is owned and was bred by Eugene Melnyk and was foaled at Vera Simpson’s Curraghmore Farm.                           […]

   Cindy Pierson Dulay photo                            STERWINS TO BARBADOS! One of the top Canadian-bred runners in recent years, STERWINS, is headed to the BARBADOS GOLD CUP on March 6 at the Garrison Savannah in Bridgetown, Barbados. The Eugene Melnyk-bred 7-year-old was recently moved […]

  today’s news – SQUARE EDDIE ALL DONE…Don Handicap today – YOU AND I FOREVER is the pick…Canadian-bred COOL N COLLECTIVE RACING AT AGE 13…and where do people get their INFORMATION?????    HEY – CANADIAN THOROUGHBRED is on the newsstands with February and March will be there soon. Read about GARDINER FARMS, THEN AND NOW…it’s […]

NO SHADOW FOR WIARTON WILLIE – 6 more weeks of winter. Just the news I wanted to hear           Hotep dominates rivals in allowance race Monday at Fair Grounds By Bob Fortus, The Times-Picayune February 01, 2010, 6:13PM With an authoritative victory in a two-turn allowance race Monday at the Fair […]

  TODAY’S NEWS – SUNDAY MORNING…SOVS WRAP-UP..PALLADIO, BARRIE, ONTARIO FELLOW WINS BIG IN VEGAS!!   CHAMPS ELYSEES, the first horse since 1995 to be based in the U.S. but win the big award at the Sovereigns HORSE OF THE YEAR Dave Landry photo                     AND A […]

        I GOTTA FEELING…tonight’s gonna be a good night to celebrate horse racing!…The ULTRA CLUB will open its doors to the racing folks of Canada tonight – 6:30-10 we party and celebrate and then at 10, the doors open to the public. It’s an exciting night for everyone nominated – enjoy. The […]

  TODAY’S NEWS – One more sleep and then it’s SOVEREIGN AWARDS NIGHT in Toronto! An interesting evening awaits the litany of folks flying in for the party at Ultra Club – noms listed on today’s post and CANADIAN THOROUGHBRED is prominent!! and does CHAMPS ELYSEES’ one win get him the big award?     […]

  TUESDAYS NEWS – More from the Michael Gill/Penn National fiasco, Palladio is up for a Sovereign on Friday and he’s racing on Saturday!   DAVE LANDRY PHOTO OF PALLADIO     PALLADIO KEEPS ON TICKIN’ He’s up for another Sovereign Award this year (FRIDAY IS AWARDS NIGHT!!) and 8-year-old millionaire PALLADIO is not done […]

  TODAY’S NEWS (MONDAY THE 25TH) – Former Woodbine claimer LAUGHING MOON breaks down , LESS SLOTS FOR EORT ERIE…AND MORE   LET’S START THINKING DERBY – GET THE FEVER! Okay, it’s a tad early but there were a couple of one-mile, 3-year-old races in the U.S. on the weekend that were interesting enough to […]

HAPPY FRIDAY – today’s news includes the woes of Santa Anita, the Canadian-breds who are in action today  and the locals in action tomorrow at tracks around the U.S…was that MINE THAT BID on Conan last night? Uh, no…      SANTA ANITA DROWNING CANWEST NEWS SERVICES REPORT Artificial surfaces fail the test in California; […]

     www.horse-races.net photo             IT’S RACHEL! 130 pts TO 90, NOT THAT CLOSE… Well, this corner is a bit surprised that the vote was not very close but RACHEL ALEXANDRA was named Horse of the Year last night at the Eclipse Awards in an unusual showdown with just one […]

TODAY’S NEWS – ZENYATTA will be back! Woodbine Woodbine Woodbine!!!! maybe? Casse wins first of 2010, NYUK NYUK NYUK still winning!   ZENYATTA WILL RACE IN 2010! Now it’s up to WOODBINE to get her to come to Canada for a visit! She might be named the Horse of the Year tomorrow night at the […]

  I LOOOOOVE SNOW! He’s the leading sire of 2009 by progeny earnings (according to Jockey Club Information systems) He’s the old man of Ontario – BOLD EXECUTIVE   Photo by Dave Landry       BYRNE SELLS THURSDAY TOPPER Michael C. Byrne, agent (Park Stud) sold the top priced horse at Thursday’s session of […]

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 HE’S BAAAACK – Who can forget the 1996 Breeders’ Cup races at Woodbine? – it was a gorgeous October day and the best in the world were at our track. This guy was the hero of the day, winning a 4 horse close finish in the Classic, beating the might CIGAR.   It’s ALPHABET SOUP, […]