Snuck away for four days, out of province, and sometimes it is harder than ever to catch up when the news is not all  good. Thoroughblog and Horse-Canada send condolences..   NIPISSING March 12, 2010 – Aug. 4, 2013 bay filly Niigon – Kiche’s Spirit by Dixieland Band Owner/breeder: Chiefswood Stable. Trainer: Rachel Halden. Jockey: […]

  Whew – it’s AUGUST already! Where did the time go. CIVIC HOLIDAY WEEKEND here in Ontario (no idea what that means) so there is an extra day of racing at Woodbine  on Monday (but no racing Wednesday night)   Too much bad news about horses being cast-off, jockeys getting suspended 60 days, trainers getting […]

The 78th PRINCE OF WALES Stakes features CANADA’S HORSE OF THE YEAR UNCAPTURED…can he prove himself against Canadian-breds at an extended distance or is the race ripe for an upset? Trainer Mark Casse has entered 4, 3 owned by John Oxley so odds are, that team will win the race for the 2nd straight year…will […]

  UNCAPTURED – can he be caught at FORT ERIE on Tuesday evening? Dave Landry photo   Summer time is well underway, SARATOGA is fun to watch and wager on and WOODBINE has had 6 stakes races in the last 7 days…congrats to JADE DRAGON, the newest stakes winner for TRAJECTORY, who took the Deputy […]

dedicated to MONZANTE (sign a petition, donate to a retirement group, get the Industry to respond to this horrific event)   Sunday at Woodbine, Emma-Jayne put on a riding clinic. And as a horse lover first and foremost we know she would be upset at the Monzante story. Norm Files photo   EMM-PHATIC Wilson wins […]

BREAKING NEWS…..         STRAIT OF DOVER PASSES – Twisted colon costs Queen’s Plate champion his life From owner Wally Leong – July 14   It is with much sadness and heavy heart that we wish to inform that STRAIT OF DOVER was euthanized this evening at Milton Equine Hospital in Toronto. He […]

Check out this week’s IN THE WINNER’S CIRCLE podcast from the HBPA – Renee Kierans flies solo and reviews, previews and interviews!! www.hbpa.on.ca Racing recaps from this week, news and other bits, ending with a sad story from Hollywood Park.     All that.. JAZZY ALEXIS (brown silks) ralies to win Wed. night for J […]

 Will it be SAM-SON FARMS, CHIEFSWOOD JOHN OXLEY, TUCCI OR THE HORSE RACING LEAGUE, or someone else? The Queen’s Pate – the biggest sporting event in Canada today!       IN TODAY’S TORONTO STAR (www.thestar.com) Malcolm Pierce talks about the “big jinx”, the Coronation Futurity winner and the plight of coming back a year […]

 The participants in the QUEEN’S PLATE tomorrow (at least the human ones) posed for photos at the breakfast and draw on Thursday. This photo by Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame   It’s a weekend to remember the greats of Canadian racing – such as today’s honouree CHARLIE BARLEY, the race named after him runs […]

UP WITH THE BIRDS – Terence Dulay photo   A little drizzle may have kept Queen’s Plate champ INGLORIOUS away from making an appearance at the Plate post position draw this morning but there was no shortage of involved people, media and assorted others at the lavish breakfast under the Woodbine tent. A field of […]

    QUEEN’S PLATE WEEK – Post position draw tomorrow morning – ! ONLINE AT WOODBINE’S WEBSITE! Special guest – INGLORIOUS, recently retired Queen’s Plate champion!   The field is almost set for the 154th Queen’s Plate.. waiting on the status of longshot RACKMAN, who recently won his maiden in a dead-heat. The field is […]

    proud to be Canadian! Make sure YOU have a flag on your land.     FOLLOW THE SCRIPT     JESSE CAMPBELL is ecstatic as he guided ORIGINAL SCRIPT to the Bison City win Michael Burns photo     Gosh, it was a super run by the big grey gal ORIGINAL SCRIPT in […]

 BREAKING NEWS – JOCKEY JIM MCALENEY has reportedly been injured at Woodbine this morning : reports are that he was complaining of neck/back pain and he was taken to hospital for examination  – he is at Sunnybrook and….UP WITH THE BIRDS and HIS RACE TO WIN work for the Plate…5 furlongs in 1:00 3/5 breezing […]

   HI HO SILVER!! If you catch the new movie LONE RANGER when it opens this weekend, you will see Ontario boys CLOUD TEN and WHITE PHAROAH! Blazing Colours Farm, a Wellandport, Ontario-based equestrian center and breeding facility, announced today that two white thoroughbred horses bred at Blazing Colours Farm and sold to Walt Disney […]

Royal Ascot tragedy SATURDAY MORNING – THOMAS CHIPPENDALE wins 1 1/2 mile Hardwicke Stakes over heavy turf and collapses and dies after the race…The Hardwicke had a spill earlier in the race as a  horse slipped on the wet grass.   Following a hectic weekend of CTHS Awards, standardbred racing and more, THOROUGHBLOG is updating […]