SIX SIX SIX! One shrewd bettor went home with $25,000 plus yesterday after sweeping the PICK 6 over everyone else who played. Certainly the carryover that had accumulated for several weeks helped generate a solid Friday handle of over $2.5 million. The winning Pick 6 was not that easy to get even if the highest […]

FILLIES WILL BRIGHTEN PLATE PICTURE – On THE SCORE racing show last night, the Woodbine crew showed a Mark Casse interview and reported on trainer Scott Fairlie’s ideas regarding their fillies possibly entering the Plate. Casse’s TASTY TEMPTATION, owned by Woodford Racing, was 2nd in the Oaks and is a Plate definite if she is […]

Hooray – while I missed the fact that I wrote my 1000th THOROUGHBLOG post a few days ago , here’s to 1,004 posts and perhaps a few more to come. Sending in comments is easy, just fill in the form at the bottom of each post. Check out the home page of THOROUGHBLOG for the […]

(A comprehensive recap of the Oaks and the co-features is also on www.horse-races.net. This photo is by Terence Dulay).     LOTS TO LIKE Milwaukee Appeal zooms to big Oaks win The storylines are plentiful from yesterday’s WOODBINE OAKS: *Eugene George and his 40-year-old C.E.C. Farm won the biggest race of his its history with […]

ARNOLD ZATCHER and BOB BAFFERT Will Oaks continue roll? Owner ARNOLD ZATCHER and trainer Bob Baffert won the Acorn Stakes (Grade 1) yesterday at Belmont with the 3yo front running gal GABBY’S GOLDEN GAL. Could the pair double up in the biggest race in canada for fillies? Zatcher owns Canadian-bred WYNNING RIDE, a 5 to […]

PHOTO – Toronto Raptors popular centre CHRIS BOSH towers between racing secretary STEVE LYM and track annoucner DAN LOISELLE at a fun post position draw for the WOODBINE OAKS at WEGZ bar yesterday. Terence Dulay photo.       WOODBINE OAKS $500,000 Sunday June 7 – 1 1/8 miles, 3yo fillies, foaled in Canada POST […]

  Check back after the luncheon today for news on post positions and other bits from the draw for Sunday’s Woodbine Oaks…plus a Wednesday night recap and more. Thursday racing at Woodbine begins today with 8 races…

CANADIAN THOROUGHBRED AND THE GAME MERGE! – The two powerhouses in Canadian horse racing publishing, CANADIAN THOROUGHBRED – a leading racing magazine for half a century – and THE GAME, sucessfully run by the Roberts family for many years, have merged into one monthly publication and will debut following this year’s Queen’s Plate. Canadian Thoroughbred’s […]

DAILY RACING FORM REPORTS SOUTHDALE OUT OF PLATE! By Bill Tallon ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Southdale, a leading contender for the June 21 Queen’s Plate, came out of last weekend’s Plate Trial with an injury and is expected to be be sidelined for at least the balance of the summer. A thorough examination on Monday found […]

Post #997 of THOROUGHBLOG. Get ready for a wild week of racing action. At Woodbine, it is WOODBINE OAKS week with the draw for posts on Thursday and the race on Sunday. The BELMONT STAKES is on Saturday as is the EPSOM DERBY in England and the Quarter Horses are back at Ajax Downs with […]

  The Plate trophy will be won in 3 weeks – but by whom? Photo by www.horse-races. net. PLATE TRIAL STAKES 67th running 4:35 p.m. today It all comes down to this. Today’s 9 furlong Plate Trial Stakes, where the colts carry the Plate weight of 126 lbs. will determine the favourite for the 150th […]

   SQUARE EDDIE OUT UNTIL SEPTEMBER, PLATE TRIP OFF Not Ready Eddie May 29, 2009 04:30 AM www.thestar.com/sports/horseracing/article/642291   PLATE TRIAL – HERE’S YOUR PLATE! (with the exception of a couple such as Mr. Foricos Two U) – EDDIE IS OUT and the QUEEN’S PLATE, the 150th edition, is now wide open. We will get […]

SPILL AT WOODBINE Apprentice Sihota, Go Boldly involved – A scary incident occured in race 6 last night at Woodbine when Maria Gardiner and partners’ GO BOLDLY appeared to clip heels when in tight in deep stretch and fell. The filly appeared to be okay as he got up and was bucking from the saddle […]

  TRIAL, NO ROOM FOR ERROR -The way the Canadian-bred 3yo crop of 2009 has formed this season, we may see this year’s 150th Queen’s Plate this Sunday when the most likely contenders all compete in the Trial. With the 126 pounds and the 1 1/8 mile distance, most have been lured to this race […]

  Yesterday’s feature at Woodbine was the CONNAUGHT CUP won by graded stakes winner STERWINS. Here, Bill Bristow (second from right) leads in Eugene Melynk’s homebred. Terence Dulay photo.   TONY MATTINE – TORONTO, May 22 – Trainer Tony Mattine died Friday at the age of 74. A native of Avellino, Italy, Mattine began conditioning […]