HAPPY SUNDAY – brutal cold continues here in Ontario (see some wild photos below)..first big Kentucky Derby prep race is in the books, just over 3 months until the Kentucky Derby! CARRYOVERS for Pick 6’s at Santa Anita and Gulfstream today…jump in!!     CAIRO PRINCE ROMPS IN HOLY BULL 95 Beyer Speed Figure for […]

  UPDATED SATURDAY MORNING…HOLY BULL STAKES PREVIEW As southern Ontario gets clobbered by more snow today (already a foot here by 9 a.m.) the HOLY BULL STAKES at Gulfstream is a huge race for American 3yos. Canadian based trainers Katerina Vassilieva and Mark Casse have 3yos in the race (Big Bazinga and Conquest Titan) For […]

  Another great Canadian – AFLEET, has passed away at 30 Michael Burns photo   from Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame:   No horse had more of an impact on Canadian racing in 1987 than Afleet, a flashy 3-year-old colt who was named Horse of the Year. Owned and bred by Rick Kennedy of […]

  BREAKING NEWS…SOVEREIGN AWARD FINALISTS ANNOUNCED! 4 FINALISTS per division, HORSE OF THE YEAR finalists announced at party on April 11.   Champion Two-Year-Old Filly: Lexie Lou On Rainbow Bridge Paladin Bay Ria Antonia Champion Two-Year-Old Male: Ami’s Holiday Asserting Bear Go Greeley Jose Sea View Champion Three-Year-Old Filly: Coffee Clique Leigh Court Nipissing Overheard […]

     ECLIPSE AWARDS While the TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS ruled the roost at Air Canada Centre last night over the dreaded Montreal Canadiens, the computer was abuzz with the stream of the Eclipse Awards event, which was about 2 1/2 hours long and filled with some interesting speeches from winners of horse racing’s 2013 awards. […]

MUCHO MACHO MAN gets his 2014 season underway at 5 o’clock today at Gulfstream he’s 2 to 5 to win the SUNSHINE MILLIONS CLASSIC. Then a few hours later, he could be named HORSE OF THE YEAR at the Eclipse Awards. His Breeders’ Cup Classic win was voted Moment of the Year through an NTRA […]

                            DR. MARK DEDOMENICO talks Eclipse Award for 2yo filly His filly She’s a Tiger vs. Ria Antonia “I have no idea who’s going to get it, but we’re going anyway,” Dedomenico said. “We need to be there because she’s done such […]

              THURSDAY IS THE DEADLINE FOR VOTING FOR THE SOVEREIGN AWARDS! A select group of Canadian horse racing experts will be carefully going through a load of stats and records of horses and humans as we vote for the best of 2013. The voting is done on-line and the […]

    Of SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (the favourite team of yours truly) and equine Hawks!       MIDNIGHT HAWK SOARS IN SHAM Los Angeles Times By Eric Sondheimer January 12, 2014 Mike Tice, hired as the offensive line coach for the Atlanta Falcons earlier this week, could have an exciting few months ahead with some […]

 Happy Friday wherever you may be – if on the grass at Gulfstream today – take a little look at Ontario bred DUKE OF LANGFUHR in race 4…debuting fellow has power turf pedigree!     Josie Carroll among New Shooters at Oaklawn This Meet EDITED BY THOROUGBLOG Trainer Josie Carroll, the only woman [TRAINER] to […]

    THIS WAS LAST NIGHT AT WOODBINE RACETRACK       KEENELAND JANUARY Bill Graham’s WINDHAVEN in Caledon purchased the Street Cry (Ire) mare PARLEY yesterday at the first session of the Keeneland January sale for $225,000. Graham was one of few Canadians to buy at the sale, which had a 22% dip in […]

From the Costigan family… It is with heavy hearts that we let you know that Nora got her Angel Wings this evening, she passed away in our arms. Nora fought a long and courageous battle with Pancreatic Cancer for a year. To all you of you who gave Nora their prayers, love, support and encouragement […]

    WELCOME TO THE YEAR OF THE HORSE! The Chinese New Year does not start until later this month but this is the Year of the Horse and so let’s embark on 2014 with a pledge to our horses to keep them safe, help them when they are no longer racing and give them […]

    HAROLD AND JESSIE AND A HORSE NAMED PALADIN by Jennifer Morrison Deep in the wilderness of the tiny Alberta hamlet of Lac la Biche, Harold Ladouceur  grew up learning the keys to survival. As one of seven children and the only boy of French Metis – Cree Indian parents, Ladouceur learned to hunt […]

     NOTHING BUT  ‘NET Ontario bred Mr. Online wins $100K El Prado   Mr. Online (Silent Name – Our Miss Jones, by Alphabet Soup)  made a triumphant return to Gulfstream Park with a front-running victory in the $100,000 El Prado Stakes on Saturday afternoon. Claimed twice last winter, including a $30,000 snag by owner […]