KEENELAND DAY 1 – REGIS RACING BUYS $1.1 MILLION COLT BY UNBRIDLED’S SONG.. hip 100 at Keeneland, son of SW IRISH SMOKE by Smoke Glacken   Nat Rea’s REGIS RACING(3 starters 1-1-1, not including Regal Farm stats)  bought 4 yearlings at the first session of Keeneland yesterday including the above UNBRIDLED’S SONG colt. The […]

I apologize to TB owner Bruno Schickedanz for an error in two Toronto Star articles I wrote. Schickedanz did not violate the Woodbine rule I wrote about by having Wake at Noon on the training track at Woodbine. There was no such rule preventing Wake from training at the track. The ORC administration later accepted […]

    Still have to have hope for the future…Woodbine racetrack this morning..photo by Renee Kierans         Is the ONTARIO SIRED PROGRAM PAST ITS PRIME? does it need a change? Comments have come alive on THOROUGHBLOG since the select yearling sale had a 13% drop in average price on Tuesday. The open […]

  Dave Landry photo of the sale topping Perfect Soul (Ire) Tapatina colt yesterday at Woodbine.   It was not the results we were all looking for. The select yearling sale for Canadian-breds, held Tuesday by the CTHS (Ont) was supposed to make a little gain back to 2011, erasing somewhat the crash of 2012 […]

Let’s try and find another one of these!  (RNS, $25,000, you know who it is) Photo courtesy of Canadian Horse racing Hall of Fame Start the buzz! The sales grounds at Woodbine racetrack are busy with prospective buyers requesting long looks at some 300 yearlings, all Canadian-bred, selling this week. Interesting to see the young […]

  Dave Landry caught  owner Dennis Windsor (left) getting a sponge bath from Jim McAleney after Dennis and Christine’s WELLOILEDMACHINE won the Halton Stakes Wed. night.     Welcome to the middle day of the long weekend, the Labour day weekend that definitely has that feel to it..the backyard dinners and rinks soon to come […]

LIVE BLOGGING!!! **UPDATE….THE CANADIAN MILLIONS SALES STAKES NIGHT RESULTS GO GREELEY, Canada’s top 2yp colt, wins the Simcoe by inches! great night of racing at Woodbine,, all the best to owners, breeders , and horsepeople, consignors as we head into important week for this business… 10:03 p.m. LOGAN’S PEAK bought back for $6,500 at the […]

 Regis Racing roars! Woodbine Mile, waiting for the wise one and more!   NYRA PHOTO – ZINZAY all the way, first win for REGIS RACING   100 BEYER FOR DIMENSION Could come back in Woodbine Mile As we wait to find out what happens as far as WISE DAN coming or not coming to Woodbine […]

 REMEMBERING THE KING…. The Play the King Stakes is a favourite race of this site, I have presented the trophy to the winner in the past. Play the King was a champion and Horse of the Year in Canada. He was an incredible sprinter, a blocky, laid back gelding with obscure breeding. His race is […]

UP WITH THE BIRDS shakes clear of River Seven (3rd from left) and Global Express (2nd from left) to win the Breeders. Cindy Pierson Dulay/www.horse-races.net photo        IT’S GETTING CLOSE TO YEARLING TIME! Who is in the mood to buy a horse?  Everyone is at this time of year and on Monday, locals […]

Sunday morning…Cotey and Baker from Woodbine saw something in Arlington Million winner’s dam!! …big day for Melnyk,Carroll at Woodbine, Broadway Empire stakes claim for champion 3yo in Canada…   MILLION DOLLAR DRIFT OUT! THE APACHE carries out Ramsey’s colt in Arlington Million stretch battle It was a furious finish in the ARLINGTON MILLION (The Apache […]

MICHAEL BURNS PHOTOS OF SEALY HILL, a horse of the Year now momma,. SOARING FREE and BRUCE WALKER, with another inductee, SECRETARIAT.   BIG DAY FOR HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame will induct 7 horses and humans to the great Hall tonight at a ceremony in Mississauaga, ON. This […]

  BREEDERS’ STAKES this Sunday, CANADIAN DERBY Saturday…Sunday at Woodbine was Baker day! who is the top apprentice jock in Canada??..and more!!! DAVE LANDRY’S PORTRAIT OF GO GREELEY as a yearling. The $50,000 purchase is a 2 time stakes winner in 4 races this year for owner/trainer John Ross.       123RD  BREEDERS’ STAKES […]

BREEDERS’ STAKES this Sunday, CANADIAN DERBY Saturday…Sunday at Woodbine was Baker day! who is the top apprentice jock in Canada??..and more!!!     DAVE LANDRY’S PORTRAIT OF GO GREELEY as a yearling. The $50,000 purchase is a 2 time stakes winner in 4 races this year for owner/trainer John Ross.       123RD  BREEDERS’ […]

How about WISE DAN? 8 WINS IN SUCCESSION..106 Beyer with 129 pounds on his back in the Fourstardave at Saratoga yesterday, let’s hope he comes to Woodbine next month for the WOODBINE MILE!!! Associated Press photo below.     WISE DAN – 8 STRAIGHT, carries 129 yesterday Is Woodbine next? “Maybe Woodbine, maybe Keeneland, maybe […]