PREMIER  KATHLEEN WYNNE VISITED MOHAWK LAST NIGHT If you are a horse racing fan concerned about the industry in Ontario, then Mohawk was where you should have been last night. A huge crowd came out to the Campbellville track (watch video) to bet just over $3 million on the card. CAPTAINTREACHEROUS won the […]

 Congratulations to Bill Graham and the Cappuccitti family for being named OUTSTANDING BREEDER and MINT JULEP CUP winners last night at the CTHS Awards dinner in Kleinburg.   PREMIER WYNNE AT MOHAWK AT 7:20 tonight Premier Kathleen Wynne will visit Mohawk Raceway tonight at 7:20 on the night of its biggest race, the NORTH AMERICA […]

    BREAKING NEWS: 2yo filly is put down with fever, neurological issues, more being monitored in Barn 1 at Woodbine. http://www.thestar.com/sports/2013/06/11/woodbine_barn_put_under_quarantine.html   Hey, it’s NORTH AMERICA CUP week, time to switch gears for a bit. WOODBINE is flying high off a stunning weekend of wagering including that $5 million day Sunday, up almost $800,000 […]

      Palace Malice (by Curlin)  was slowing down but no one caught him in the Belmont. Cindy Pierson Dulay photo       How was that for action yesterday? PALACE MALICE won the Belmont over Oxbow and Orb is a fun race to watch (wild pace splits). Today? Even Better – meet JOEL […]

  NYRA PHOTO OF FREEDOM CHILD, freaky boy or one hit wonder??     Saturday morning – don’t forget SPA DAY for the Ladies at the Woodbine Club today for $65!! and don’t forget to go here: http://www.hbpa.on.ca/  for the latest broadcast of IN THE WINNER’S CIRCLE!   HAPPY BELMONT DAY (and OAKS WEEKEND IN […]

  SUPER SUNDAY at Woodbine! The prestigious WOODBINE OAKS will be run for the 58th time. It is a 1 1/8 mile race for 3-year-old fillies foaled in Canada. Entries are not drawn until Thursday so much can change but as of now a field of 8 or 9 is likely. The PLATE TRIAL is […]

SHELDON WOLFE TRAINEE HOPENSCOPE at VINTAGE GREENWOOD – FAIRBANKS STAKES -Read more on Sheldon Wolfe below, he passed away on May 29 in Brampton.      SUNDAY MORNING UPDATE – JUNE HAIL MARY! – Champion snatches Hendrie in last strides on  Saturday at Woodbine There were a lot of interesting events during Saturday’s races at […]

Wednesday morning:  Another Woodbine expansion vote could take place…celebrating Dan Steeves tomorrow in Hillsburgh, Marketing Mix out Canadian darling and who can catch the Bird on July 7?     DAN STEEVES – 62 STEEVES, Daniel Allen – Retired from Air Canada Partner in Woodlands Farm in Hillsburgh At St. Mary’s Hospital in Kitchener on […]

This past March, on a cold morning, I took a friend of mine to Woodlands Farm in Hillsburgh. She had never seen racehorses, mares or foals and my friends who own Woodlands, Gail and Dan, are always welcoming. Gail was away on this particular day and Dan was the perfect host, showing myself and my […]

LOVE HAMMER was the first winner for former jockey MICHELLE LOVE (far right) as a trainer. She also owns the Silent Name 3yo. Norm Files photo Its a cool and crisp weekend ahead as Woodbine sets out for day 17 of its 133 day meeting. And how about FORT ERIE that opens up with some […]

  You got it! Gary Stevens and Oxbow. Cindy Pierson Dulay photo     All aboard! Tomorrow is the day, a day to push a casino at Woodbine,  push your councillors, push your city that there is no other place for expanded casino and entertainment – beside the airport! What else will all those people […]

  You ready for today? WILL TAKE CHARGE IS..Cindy Pierson Dulay photo     EMMA-JAYNE WILSON, one of the continent’s best riders, shows then how its done winning the Battle of Sexes Jockeys Challenge at Pimlico. The website www.horse-races.net got the scoop: The $34,000 Xpressbet “Battle of the Sexes” Jockey Challenge, has a team of […]

WYNNE-FIELDS NORTHERN DANCER PAVILLION:  landmark building at CFC will house multi-discipline programs WOODBINE ENTERTAINMENT GROUP’S leader NICK EAVES talks with PREMIER KATHLEEN WYNNE at the old Windfields.CFC on Wednesday. Tom Sandler photos     Walking through the property of the Canadian Film Centre on Bayview Avenue in Toronto one can almost feel the presence of […]

Okay, well, now the focus of yours truly does not stray to the Leafs anymore (NEXT YEAR?  that division they will be in is much much tougher)   STARTING OVER….ASKING FOR A LONGTERM PLAN FOR RACING Postmedia News By Matthew Pearson, OTTAWA CITIZEN OTTAWA — Premier Kathleen Wynne has asked a panel of former MPPs […]

You gotta Be-Leaf! –Game 7 tonight! Norm Files photo of Consolidator Joe last fall     OH, IT’S SO JOE!!  CONSOLIDATOR JOE ….SETS TRACK RECORD!! Woodbine is on a break until Friday and the chillin weather really made things faster on the weekend – yesterday the previous 6 1/2 furlong track record set by HORSE […]