BABIES RULE Hotshots at Woodbine Friday readying for big 2yo stakes Okay, there figures to be about a zillion horses in the upcoming Summer Stakes, a Win and You’re In race that could lure some Amerians – but this corner says …don’t bother, we have some dandies here. The Summer prep was yesterday and while […]

THIRSTY THURSDAY The temperature has dropped and the rains and storms are headin to T.O. for the weekend. Nice. Thursday was overcast for the most part, the track had been abuzz all morning with the news that someone in the barn area, reportedly in the barn of trainer Malcolm Pierce barn 39, had been stabbed […]

  YEARLING SHOW AT RICHARD HOGAN’S BALLYLYNCH Food, drink and the Fiddlestix were the highlights at a super yearling show put on once again by Richard Hogan at his Ballylynch Farm in Kleinburg. The consignor previewed more than a dozen of his yearling prospects for the upcoming September sale at Woodbine put on by the […]

CARELESS JEWEL owned by Canadians Donna and Vern Dubinsky (Donna – blue gress, Vern, yellow tie), ridden by a Canadian, Rob  Landry, and trained by a Canadian, Josie Carroll (left, white pant suit) wins the Grade 1 Alabama! Sweet! Photo courtesy EQUIDAILY. COM   JEWEL THIEF 106 Beyer Figure  for Canadian-owned filly First it was […]

  If you didn’t get blown away by the tornados that touched down throughout southern Ontario and in the Toronto area – check out some new links on THOROUGHBLOG. The new TODO numbers are quickly becoming a craze – it’s not a speed figure, it’s a compilation of a horse’s ability and performance and the […]

WOODBINE WEDNESDAY NIGHT What started out as a formful night with favourites winning the DAILY DOUBLE, turned into a longshot-fest over an outside biased Polytrack last evening at Woodbine. Almost every race looked the same as speed horses along the isnide were getting inhaled in the late stages. Robert Tiller saddled THREE HOUR TOUR to […]

      CANADIAN DERBY DRAW! Stylish Citizen 8 to 5 (!!)   WOODBINE SHIPPER STYLISH CITIZEN is 8 to 5 for the Canadian Derby at Northlands Park on Saturday. The Proud Citizen fellow, winner of the Charlie Barley Stakes on the Polytrack, will be ridden by Jim McAleney for owners Max Berketa and Joe […]

  WOODBINE WRAP The stretch of racing of Friday-Sat. and Sunday was very good to folks like trainers DAN VELLA, BRIAN LYNCH, EARL BARNETT and jockeys JIM MCALENEY ROB LANDRY and EMMA-JAYNE WILSON. Sunday highlights include a litany of longshot winners that helped a $15,000 Pick 4 payoff to end the day. The VICTORIANA STAKES […]

Mine That Bird soaps up Sarah K. Andrew photo                 HE’S A HIT – 104 BEYER FIGURE FOR NEW GUY IN TOWN The hype machine continues to churn out for TODD KABEL, absent from riding off and on for more than a year, but now zooming through the […]

  Hi all,   Yours truly was the victim of identity theft in the last 24 hours. Please disregard any emails about me in London etc. I have fixed the problem with Rogers but need to speard the word about this terrible hoax. Don’t ever give out your password! The ‘blog will be back tomorrow […]

WANT A YEARLING BY BERNARDINI?? – WIN THE LOTTERY FIRST SARATOGA SALE The news was good at the SARATOGA sale last night, average was up and there was big money being thrown around. Canadiana did not buy but some sold: CANADIAN-BRED RESULTS Hip Breeding Consignor $300,000 – 3 b.c. Smart Strike – Sails Unfurled Sam-Son […]

  Gee he’s good – GIO PONTI is a machine on the grass. He romped in the Arlington Million and could shorten for the Woodbine Mile next month… Vanessa Ng photo.    Read more below..       THE ‘WOW’S FROM A  WOODBINE WEEKEND Things that make you say ‘wow’. Undefeated runners CAREM CRESCENT and […]

   Lots of action today all around the continent with the big day being Arlington Million card…Woodbine based Malcolm Pierce has Points of Grace in the Beverly D….read the Woodbine wrap ups below and check out some yearlings at the Spa….     FIELD BOXES COURTESY THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS Saturday, Arlington Park, post time: 4:42 […]

COL. CHARLES BAKER 1920-2009 One of the most important figures in Ontario racing since Woodbine opened in 1956…    FROM CANADIAN HORSE RACING HALL OF FAME WEBSITE: Charles Baker Hall of Fame inductee – Builders 1993 The first horse to carry the red and blue silks of Charles (Bud) Baker’s Norcliffe Stable in the Queen’s […]

  **Today’s post in memory of Martin Rogers. Popular exercise rider Martin Rogers passed away recently after a reported car accident. He was the curator of the Patrick Husbands facebook site and had his own Facebook page that is filled with condolences.            Shepperton, a chestnut warrior. Canadian Horse Racing Hall […]