SUNDAY MORNING DEEP FREEZE – it’s -20 something , you don’t go out for long right now in southern Ontario.. Canadians doing some winning (Brian Lynch with 2 scores) COLEBROOK FARMS joins THOROUGHBLOG TEAM! Yep, 53,000 unique viewers last year for the ‘blog’, thanks for reading!   The Langfuhr 7yo EUROEARS is back with a […]

  SOVEREIGN AWARD NOMINEES 2010 Canadian Thoroughbred sweeps photo category! CANADIAN THOROUGHBRED MAGAZINE is represented by all 3 photos nominated for the 2010 SOVEREIGN AWARDS – coming up April 1. That feels good for everyone at the magazine since decisions have to made each month by everyone in charge as to which photos ARE WORTHY […]

HAPPY WEDNESDAY and congrats to the Eclipse Award winners – thanks to TBCHAMPIONS forum for managing to help us watch the show when no one else will show it to us (unless you have TVG, which most of us in Canada do not) anyway, the QUEEN has been crowned and it appears mostly everyone is […]

  ZENNNNNN-SATIONAL!!!!!  128 to 102 in the voting…..someone didn’t vote (?)  HOORAY!! ZENYATTA IS HORSE OF THE YEAR and all is right with the racing world! Not sure how so many guys could write that Blame should win but thank goodness the votes went the right way…. OMAR WINS! Canadian jock…”this is the happiest moment […]

OH WHOA, MORE SNOW! It’s that time of year, watch racing, read books..(have you checked my reading list lately on the main page of Thoroughblog?) SUNDAY’S NEWS – SQUARE EDDIE SIZZLES, BIG DRAMA AT THE GULF AND FORMER WOODBINE-OWNED GUY WINS CAL DERBY! Welcome to the HORSEMEN’S BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION who have joined the […]

  HAPPY FRIDAY!  and, sounding like a skipping CD, more snow tomorrow, like the snowbanks are not high enough already! Puzzles today – SQUARE EDDIE? EQUIBASE CHART CALLER?  ALBERTA? LAST DAY FOR SOVEREIGN AWARD VOTING TOO!!  Dave Landry photo         THOROUGHBLOG CRUSHES!   In 2010, Thoroughblog attracted some 53,000 UNIQUE VIEWERS!  GET […]

 The sidewalks are too deep with snow to negotiate this morning! There is some heat on at the Keeneland January sale, however, as Canadians are buying up some mares…              KEENELAND DAY 2 – JANUARY SALE Canadians still buying, bring those mares up here! 0450     DB/BR.M. Loving Vindication    Anderson […]

WHAT’S UP? IT’S TUESDAY with an impending storm and MORE SNOW coming again! SOVEREIGN AWARD voting closes on FRIDAY!! Guess I better get going on that…Canadians buying, racing, winning, good stuff gang! DEACONS FARM (Dixie Union) dies on track at Parx Racing for trainer Fairlie ..SCHICKEDANZ NEWS and more     COMMENTS, WE GET COMMENTS.. […]

     dave landry photo                 CANADIAN STUFF Zoning in on Barbados SAFETY ZONE, claimed last fall by Eugene Melnyk and trainer Mark Casse, won an allowance race at Tampa Bay Downs yesterday in his first run since he won the Labeeb Stakes at Woodbine. The son of […]

HEAVY SNOW IN ONTARIO TODAY – I may have lost the dog out there! – Kidding. So while Thoroughblog stays in to watch racing, snuggle with the pup and read my books, how about some excitement already cooking up south of the border for Canadian racing fans? Read on!     OOOO, FREAKY STUFF.. That […]

    ROBERT CHARLES LANDRY – embarking on a new career (well, he actually started last year) and he has hung up his tack… photo by Dave Landry (his brother!)         ROBERT LANDRY OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT It was not a surprise announcement but the timing was. Rob Landry, one of Canada’s top […]

                  SO LONG TO 2010 not sure we’re gonna miss ya The biggest stories in Ontario racing were a mixture of the feel-good and some horrific events. WAKE AT NOON’s death on the training at track at Woodbine was certainly the biggest story of the year. The […]

 Tomorrow is the last day of 2010 – where did it all go so fast?? CANADIAN STUFF RED STRIKE, the undefeated Smart Strike – Hummingbird Red fellow for Sam-Son Farms, is in the WOODCHOPPER STAKES tomorrow at Fair Grounds. The Ontario bred is 2 for 2 on the Woodbine turf with Beyer Figures of 87 […]

  It’s sunny but sharp here in southern Ontario, -20 Celcius currently but hey, it’s going up to 6 by the end of the week (that’s 45 fahrenheit, balmy!) Canadians are back in action at tracks around the continent – Scott Fairlie saddles several at Parx today (unless weather cancels that card) and Emma-Jayne Wilson […]

    It’s Boxing day in Ontario, good luck to those who went out shopping!  What a happy time for friends and family, certainly horse racing lovers perhaps received some new books for Christmas – LORD OF MISRULE perhaps? the new DICK FRANCIS (Felix Francis), or maybe the new Laura Hillebrand (author of Seabiscuit?) – […]