Horse racing men, women and fans rejoice, it will be a fun 3 weeks! I’ll Have Another is the real deal, clocks a 109 Beyer Speed Figure   In an incredible show of determination and ability, I’LL HAVE ANOTHER is one win away from greatness. Cindy Pierson Dulay       AND ANOTHER!! Racing […]

in memory of WOODBOURNE…                             does speed ball Bodemeister hang on this time? just 2 weeks later? Cindy Pierson Dulay photo     and without further delay, THOROUGHBLOG’S PREAKNESS ANALYSIS..!   PREAKNESS ANALYSIS   Saturday, Pimlico Racetrack, post time: 6:18 p.m. EDT […]

Thursday news – PREAKNESS set to go Saturday…long weekend in Canada with 3 racing days this weekend…go Emma!!     ABSOLUTELY go and see CAVALIA: ODYSSEO, forget what you know about Cavalia, this is stunning, live music gorgeous horses, incredible sets. It’s in Toronto right now.       PREAKNESS (Contreras mount I’ll Be Clever […]

How about Dixie Strike returning to Woodbine and scoring big! Now to the Oaks…Eugene Melnyk has Plate contender, colt won yesterday and goes straight to Plate now….Contreras gets re-hired for Preakness Dixie Strike romps in the Selene, onto the Oaks! Norm Files photo HOMER Dixie strikes back at home With a quick turn of foot […]

  Happy Mother’s Day!  Kiss your mom and your broodmares today! Ace photographer NORM FILES captures JUSTIN STEIN giving a pat to the super 3yo colt STRAIT OF DOVER. Mp BC bred horse has ever won the Queen’s Plate.     STRAIT AND STRONG B.C. bred colt sails in Marine Sailing and waterway puns aside, […]

  A short hiatus for Thoroughblog as the exciting QUEEN’S PLATE PREVIEW issue is sent to the printers,yes, there is a bit of space to wait for the results of races this weekend (Marine etc.). With horses like INCREDICAT, STRAIT OF DOVER (enough with the water, sailing puns!), PRINCE RAPHAEL, DIXIE STRIKE, SHAKESPEARE’S BREW and […]

‘ANOTHER’ GREAT DERBY – tho’ 101 Beyer Speed Figure below par     I’LL HAVE ANOTHER (second from right) ON HIS WAY to Derby glory Cindy Pierson Dulay at www.horse-races.net   I’LL HAVE ANOTHER (the name is in reference to an after-dinner cookie) won the Kentucky Derby in the final strides of what was a […]

KENTUCKY OAKS DAY! who is your pick, we have some picks for you below, comments and little stories on all the action…FORT ERIE cards 1st day on SUNDAY..let’s go!   **Notice to the Ontario Horse Racing Industry Please be advised that MPP Monte McNaughton’s private members’ bill C76 passed with a vote of 57/19 (Thursday) […]

  The BUZZ horse at the Derby is TAKE CHARGE INDY…here he is yesterday with Calvin Borel, looking pumped and primed. Cindy Pierson Dulay photo   THE FIELD IS SET FOR THE KENTUCKY DERBY! D. Wayne Lukas calls this field of horses one of the best he has ever seen and certainly there are a […]

 WOODBINE WEDNESDAY NIGHT RACING IS BACK, Toronto Thoroughbred Racing Club meets tonight at the track…Kentucky Derby week in full force, Canadians in action in Oaks and Derby..let’s go! Below is yesterday’s Backstretch Buzz at Churchill with Jill Byrne and a funny interview with NFL commentator/player TERRY BRADSHAW:     BODEMEISTER, could be the favourite Did […]

Prospective galloped under Juan Bernardini last Tuesday morning. Credit: Churchill Downs/Reed Palmer Photography           OOOO, AWESOME RUSH A series of runners posted Beyer Figures in the 80s yesterday at Woodbine but it was the manner of victory of some of them that made any racing fan and handicapper go, ooooo. NORTHERN […]

  And that’s why they call it freaky Friday in the racing world (at least we do at Woodbine)…no shortage of story lines yesterday with some old fashion wild West stuff at Woodbine, 3 wins for BEAR STABLES, Kabel back in the winner’s circle and a stunning 2yo debut by a Canadian owned and trained […]

        Do huge Beyer Speed Figures bode well for the Meister? BODEMEISTER is a Kentucky Derby favourite -Steve Queen photo     KENTUCKY OAKS/DERBY, 8 DAYS! Hard Not to Like goes for Canada next Friday, Prospective in ‘Roses’ Erin, Ontario’s  Garland and Marie Williamson are hopefully headed to the big dance for […]

Bummer that HAVRE DE GRACE has been retired..but at least the Derby action is exciting, Queen’s Plate stuff is heating up and Canadians buying at the 2yo sale in Florida!   **LATEST ON GOVERNMENT – Today’s Budget vote unlikely to be defeated…”transitional funding” being discussed.. Paulick Report and BulletNewsNiagara report the following: At 5:30 p.m. […]

  “I watched a lot of my old tapes of races for the last couple of years, Soaring Free, Sky Conqueror, some of my favourites” – Todd Kabel, Apr. 19 2012 (photo from Terence Dulay)   KABEL ATTEMPTS A COMEBACK Listed on horses today through Sunday It’s quite a story – both TODD KABEL and […]