CHASING 221 – PART 2 – BATTLING THE ELEMENTS   On Wednesday morning, well before the sun has even had to chance to get close to the horizon, a stream of cars and pick ups begin filing into the Woodbine backstretch. All you see are headlights and taillights and the breath  of the east-gate security […]

1st Race – Woodbine – Wednesday, November 14th, 2018 MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT. 7 Furlongs Synthetic. Purse $45,000. FOR ONTARIO SIRED MAIDENS, FILLIES TWO YEARS OLD. Weight, 119 lbs. (06:45PM) (7) Wager Types: Rolling Double / Exacta / 0.20 Trifecta / 0.20 Superfecta 0.20 Pick 3 (Races 1-2-3) 7 Pink Scribbles (ON) 2/1 Luis Contreras 119 […]

ONTARIO RACING TO MANAGE THOROUGHBRED IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TORONTO, November 13 – As part of its mandate as agreed to with the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation through the Long Term Funding Agreement, Ontario Racing (OR) will assume management of the Thoroughbred Horse Improvement Program (TIP). OR, who annually directs the Horse Improvement Program (HIP) in […]

MIGHTY MANITOBA FILLY ESCAPE CLAUSE WINS DEL MAR STAKE Sovereign Award for Champion Older Mare in Canada looks likely ESCAPE CLAUSE has spent the first three years of her racing career pulverizing her opposition at Assininboia Downs, and at times, in Alberta too. the Manitoba bred by Going Commando – Danger Pay by Circulating, owned […]

  1st Race – Woodbine – Sunday, November 11th, 2018 MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT. 1 Mile Turf. Purse $61,000. FOR MAIDENS, TWO YEARS OLD. Weight, 120 lbs. (01:00PM) (7) Wager Types: Rolling Double / Exacta / 0.20 Trifecta / 0.20 Superfecta 0.20 Pick 3 (Races 1-2-3) 5 Mo Speed (KY) 8/5 Eurico Rosa Da Silva 120 […]

1st Race – Woodbine – Saturday, November 10th, 2018 MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT. 6 1/2 Furlongs Turf. Purse $61,000. FOR MAIDENS, FILLIES AND MARES THREE YEARS OLD AND UPWARD. Three Year Olds, 120 lbs.; Older, 123 lbs. (01:00PM) (7) Wager Types: Rolling Double / Exacta / 0.20 Trifecta / 0.20 Superfecta 0.20 Pick 3 (Races 1-2-3) […]

EURICO DA SILVA – 24 RACING DAYS chasing WOODBINE RECORD 221. That is the magic number, the record number of wins in a season by a jockey at Woodbine put up by Mickey Walls 27 years ago. In 1991 there were some 30 more racing dates at Canada’s most famous horse racing track but many […]

1st Race – Woodbine – Friday, November 9th, 2018 MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT. 7 Furlongs Synthetic. Purse $61,000. FOR MAIDENS, FILLIES TWO YEARS OLD. Weight, 119 lbs. (01:00PM) (7) Wager Types: Rolling Double / Exacta / 0.20 Trifecta / 0.20 Superfecta 0.20 Pick 3 (Races 1-2-3) 7 Avie’s Sky (ON) 2/1 Luis Contreras 114 2 F […]

1st Race – Woodbine – Wednesday, November 7th, 2018 MAIDEN CLAIMING. 5 Furlongs Synthetic. Purse $27,200. FOR MAIDENS, FILLIES TWO YEARS OLD. Weight, 119 lbs. Claiming Price $25,000. (06:45PM) (7) Wager Types: Rolling Double / Exacta / 0.20 Trifecta / 0.20 Superfecta 0.20 Pick 3 (Races 1-2-3) 1 Kewanne (KY) 5/2 Daisuke Fukumoto 114 2 […]

PATRICK HUSBANDS BREAKS PELVIS In a freak accident, jockey Patrick Husbands suffered a broken pelvis and is out for the remainder of the Woodbine season. One of this country’s all-time leading riders, Husbands was jogging Islay Inlet to the gate on Sunday when the filly took a bad step and got skittish. The filly ended […]

  (Beyer Figures of Breeders’ Cup/Churchill Stakes winner courtesy of Daily Racing Form) **Full coverage of all things Breeders’ Cup and Woodbine in tomorrow’s Enews/Blog posting   LUCKY SHAMROCK! Canadians Manfred and Penny Conrad celebrate first Breeders’ Cup win MANFRED and PENNY CONRAD bought their first Thoroughbred eight years ago, a couple of broodmares on […]

1st Race – Woodbine – Sunday, November 4th, 2018 MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT. 5 Furlongs Synthetic. Purse $61,000. FOR MAIDENS, TWO YEARS OLD. Weight, 120 lbs. (01:00PM) (7) Wager Types: Rolling Double / Exacta / 0.20 Trifecta / 0.20 Superfecta 0.20 Pick 3 (Races 1-2-3) 7 Bobby Bittman (ON) 7/2 Eurico Rosa Da Silva 115 2 […]

1st Race – Woodbine – Saturday, November 3rd, 2018 MAIDEN OPTIONAL CLAIMING. 7 Furlongs Synthetic. Purse $34,000. FOR MAIDENS, THREE YEARS OLD AND UPWARD ONTARIO SIRED MAIDENS OR THREE YEAR OLDS AND UPWARD MAIDEN CLAIMING PRICE $40,000. Three Year Olds, 120 lbs.; Older, 123 lbs. Claiming Price $40,000. (12:20PM) (7) Wager Types: Rolling Double / […]

STOP THE PRESSES! NEWSPAPEROFRECORD headlines first Breeders’ Cup day                   Even if you have had dozens, even hundreds of racehorses in the past, when a special one comes along, it is hard to keep that grin off your face. Seth Klarman, who races as Klaravich Stable (familiar […]

  “It’s an incredible sight of serenity, you don’t hear a noise. Everything is measured. The horses are so relaxed. They know the people they are with. It almost looks like a ballet, think of a yoga class it is so serene.” – analyst Fanny Salmon when the Aidan O’Brien horses came out onto the Churchill Downs track for […]