UPDATE – Thoroughblog has been edited since original posting this morning   CONGRATULATIONS BILL TALLON   After 34 years with DAILY RACING FORM, mostly as the Canadian editor and a lot as beat writer, handicapper and all-around organizer of the Canadian troops, BILL TALLON is retiring as of Friday November 15. 2013.  Hard working and […]

  BLOWN AWAY It is the time of year when the winds come howling in, the rain and wet snow follow and, well it seems as if it is dark all the time. Mother Nature has really taken things out on horse racing as tough gusts led to a cancellation of races a week ago […]

Tuesday Nov 5 – Keeneland November the focus today and through the week, lots of Canadians selling and some 170 Stronach Stables and Horse Racing League horses are selling, let’s see how many come back to Canada…here is today’s news..       MORE CUP WRAP It is fair to say (no pun intended) that […]

WISE DAN and MUCHO MACHO MAN highlight the Breeders’ Cup     DAN AND THE MAN Wise Dan’s miraculous rally, Mucho Macho Man’s thrilling Classic score highlights of Breeders’ Cup   The 9-race, day 2 of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships got underway at 3 eastern yesterday and set off 5 hours of very exciting […]

Happy Saturday – it’s Breeders’ Cup Day 2, 9 races – GAME ON DUDE, WISE DAN, Canadian breds like MARKETING MIX and PRIVATE ZONE..picks are below           BEHOLD THE BREEDERS’ CUP – EDITION 30 Santa Anita, it’s gorgeous, yes, but the track surface favours speed NUMBERS UP – Total handle for […]

      Anyone who has been lucky enough to attend a Breeders’ Cup day or days has a ton of favourite memories. The Breeders’ Cup started out as a one day event in 1984 at Hollywood Park, the idea of John Gaines to bring the best horses in the world to a one-day, year-end […]

 BREEDERS’ CUP – FRIDAY FOCUS COMMANDER going for SOVEREIGN AWARD honours at Breeders’ Cup – read more below                               FRIDAY – BREEDERS’ CUP DAY ONE SELECTIONS AND NOTES 4:45 p.m. EASTERN-  MARATHON – 1 3/4 miles Canadian content – COMMANDER, owned […]

      **Friday’s Breeders’ Cup races will air in Canada on TSN2 from 4:00pm to 8:00pm, while Saturday’s races will also be on TSN2 (3:30pm to 9:00pm)   MY CONQUESTADORY gets post 14 for Juv. Fillies One-time Woodbine based filly MY CONQUESTDORY, winner of the Summer Stakes at Woodbine first time out and trained […]

CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL weekend, typical weather and today’s day-long rain and wind with clear out for tomorrow’s big race. Turf course sure to be soft but the racing card at Woodbine tomorrow is super and the races are going to be fun handicapping puzzles! Comments on the big 2 races below…           […]

CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL POSTS 1 Hyper/Ken & Sarah Ramsey/Chad Brown/Joel Rosario 2 Temeraine/Niall Racing/Tom Proctor/Luis Contreras 3 Lucayan/Pandora Stud/Neil Drysdale/Stephane Pasquier 4 Perfect Timber/Charles Fipke/Roger Attfield/John Velazquez 5 Joshua Tree/K. K. Al Nabooda & K. Albahou/Ed Dunlop/Ryan Moore 6 Stormy Len/Leonard Leveen & Mike Shanley/David Donk/Edgar Prado 7 Now We Can/W. Englebrecht-Bresges/ Nicolas Clement/Thierry Thulliez 8 […]

    Wee Miss Artie, Judy the Beauty, Marketing Mix, Private Zone, Concave, Pool Play are Canadian-bred entrants in 14 Breeders’ Cup races.. plus Canadian based horses  My Conqestadory, Commander, Broadway Empire, Laugh Track and Conquest Titan. BREEDERS’ CUP PRE-ENTRIES..http://www.drf.com/news/breeders-cup-2013-pre-entries-odds   CANADIAN BRED HOT HUMOR SELLS FOR $500,000 American owner Ernie Semersky wants a good […]

  Favourite moments from the CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL,  a 75-year-old race that has brought together some really cool horses from all over the world. How about Canadian-breds SKY CLASSIC IN 1991 for Sam-Son Farms and his son  THORNFIELD, who currently lives at Old Friends Retirement Farm? Owned and bred by Steve Stavro, Thornfield paid $39 when […]

 SATURDAY MORNING – Good luck to everyone racing today – welcome back HUNTERS BAY, who runs in the Labeeb Stakes at Woodbine (stay away rain!) – let’s hope he runs big and stays around so we can enjoy this powerhouse.                         CHAMPIONS DAY AT […]

 HEEE’S BACK! HUNTERS BAY returns to racing tomorrow in Labeeb Stakes   CUP AND SAUCER OF SUNDAY First run in 1937, this is one of the oldest races at Woodbine. Originally called Mrs. Orpen’s Cup and Saucer, the race was a dirt event before it was switched to grass in 1959. SUFFERN was its first […]

 TUESDAY – OCTOBER 15 2013 – FORT ERIE CLOSES FOR THE SEASON:  let’s hope it opens next year read more later on THOROUGHBLOG     DREAM IS TRUE heavy rain not good news for faves in Nearctic       Paul Buttigieg’s homebred PHIL’S DREAM, an Ontario sired 5yo, loved a wet grass and took […]