today’s news…CHAMPS ELYSEES goes out like…, well,a champ…no Breeders’ Cups for Woodbine winners but there are some nice 2yo’s out there! and is the Breeders’ Cup going to come back to Woodbine?   Champs Elysees (far left) mows them down in the  International. Cindy Pierson Dulay photo       HE’S THE CHAMP – AND […]

WHO DO YOU LIKE?     SPICE ROUTE wants to know your pick for the big races at Woodbine tomorrow! Thoroughblog analyzes the 3 graded races on turf that will be seen on ESPN2 TODAY… Sarah K. Andrew photo                       Post    Horse    Trainer    Jockey    Odds […]

TODAY’S NEWS – the Big Three races at Woodbine on Saturday, on ESPN2…Woodbine news (more whip stuff)…LINDROS, our horsey friend, dies…..   JUST AS WELL (LEFT) and MARSH SIDE (tongue out), plus QUIJANO (yellow and black) are back at it against the troubled CHAMPS ELYSEES in the Can. International on Saturday. Those 4 just ran […]

 Champs Elysees – what do you think? Would he have won the Northern Dancer if he had not been wiped out?. Is he the horse to beat on Saturday? Cindy Pierson Dulay photo.               CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL 8 into the gate   Headed by last year’s Canadian International winner MARSH […]

  HOLLYWOOD HIT BANNED BREAKING EWS…Track record holder HOLLYWOOD HIT  has been banned from racing in Ontario for 90 days according to a ruling issued by the ONTARIO RACING COMMISSION yesterday. The rapid 3yo, owned by James Redekop and trained by Terry Jordan, set a 6 furlong record at Woodbine on Sept. 30 – 1:07.38, […]

BANG BANG The Bullet bounces back photo from Reade Baker Racing website Canadian Horse of the Year FATAL BULLET is back on track and headed to Santa Anita for the Breeders’ Cup on Nov. 7 after a wild win in the Phoenix Stakes worth $250,000 yesterday on opening day of Keeneland. The 1:09 flat time […]

      HORSE OF THE YEAR FATAL BULLET on the rise Friday, Keeneland, post time: 5:45 p.m. EDT PHOENIX S.-GIII, $250,000, 3yo/up, 6f (AWT) PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML 1 Greeley’s Conquest Mr. Greeley Theriot Thomas 8-1 2 Silver Edition Silver Deputy Bridgmohan Lukas 20-1 3 Ez Dreamer In Excess (Ire) Leparoux Owens […]

 today’s news – JUKEBOX JURY – YOU WILL LOVE ME and watch MINE THAT BIRD all day long on the camera!   SINGING AND SWINGING – JUKEBOX JURY is on his way to WOODBINE. Photo from... http://www.frogsracing.com/component/content/article/1-frogsracing/346-sunday-deauville-report-jukebox-jury-ends-the-old-boys-streak     CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL/ E.P.TAYLOR Coming up Oct. 17 The plane with the Europeans horses for the big […]

  TODAY’S NEWS – no Youmzain to Woodbine, but Rainbow View is coming…Leonnatus is at stud, Classy ‘n Smart etc.   RAINBOW VIEW, multiple Group 1 winner, is headed to Woodbine with a litany of European gals for the Oct. 17 E.P. Taylor photo courtesy Three Chimneys         YOUMZAIN NOT COMING TO […]

     YOUMZAIN may be headed to Woodbine – photo by Vanessa Ng. YOUMZAIN EXPECTED AT WOODBINE Youmzain, a super racehorse but one of the most unlucky, is expected to travel to Woodbine for the Canadian International on Saturday Oct. 17 after his third consecutive 2ND PLACE finish in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. The […]

JEWEL SPARKLES AGAIN but Beyer Figures say it was a subpar run? Racing well off the rail for most of the 1 1/16 miles and going quite fast all the way, CARELESS JEWEL, the Kentucky-bred, Canadian owned,trainer ridden 3yo filly, still romped in the COTILLION STAKES yesterday at Philly Park. Perhaps the fast pace and […]

    CARELESS JEWEL tomorrow! The country’s ‘other’ top filly, Careless Jewel,to run at Philadelphia Park By DICK JERARDI Philadelphia Daily News jerardd@phillynews.com The best horse in the country is a 3-year-old filly. She won’t be racing anywhere the rest of 2009. The second-best horse in the country might also be a 3-year-old filly. She […]

   Today’s news…Fastest horse in Canada? …Caroline Duquet wins her first race, Part 2 of the Lindros story…   SMASHING! Hollywood Hit gets in Bullet range Three-year-old speedball HOLLYWOOD HIT had jaws dropping and his connections dancing as he streaked to an eye popping 5 1/2 length win in the overnight KING CORRIE STAKES last […]

UPDATE – THOROUGHBRED TIMES reports that champion MARCHFIELD suffered a factured leg and has had surgery – he’s out of the Canadian International…. TODAY’S NEWS: SEE ‘STARS’ on HPI TV and bet the ARC on Sunday morning…PICK 4 gets guarantee at WOODBINE…CARELESS JEWEL…former Woodbine favourite LINDROS and more… CARELESS JEWEL VS. 5 ON SATURDAY Canadian-owned […]

Today’s news – 3yo divisions in Canada a mess as favourites flop…El Brujo wins big in Kentucky..Toccet’s rockets in B.C…LongRun Gala…Woodbine winners…more! HE’S THE WIZ can El Brujo win champion 3yo colt in Canada? Canadian-breds have done well in other places in 2009 and it will be exciting to see the likes of SQUARE EDDIE […]