PROSPECTIVE DOING  ‘AWESOME’ CONFIRMED FOR DERBY Contreras will ride John Oxley’s Prospective, the Tampa Bay Derby winner (90 Beyer) will race in the Kentucky Derby after all. The Malibu Moon colt, who was based at Woodbine last year for Woodbine trainer Mark Casse, has been training at Churchill Downs on dirt for more than […]

  Beyer Figures, whether you love ’em or not love ’em, are in the news right now as people try to get ratings on Kentucky Derby horses and Plate horses; BODEMEISTER’S Beyer of 105 is now a 108 after some adjusting…adjusting happens often when the Beyer people sit down and examine closer – Woodbine maiden […]

HANSEN says ‘bl**??^((*^p  to the Kentucky stewards, who made his folks wash his tail before the Blue Grass Wendy Wooley/EquiSport   whew – what a fun day watching racing from all over yesterday, how exciting are things right now as the Kentucky Derby gets closer?  yesterday the last 2 big events were: BODEMEISTER – 105 […]

    Canadian bred HARD NOT TO LIKE (grey gal), owned by Erin, Ont.’s Garland and Marie Williamson, was 2nd in the Ashland last weekend, Grade 1, wow! EquiSport photo.     The racing action is too thrilling these days – Woodbine is open and the Kentucky Derby is getting closer.. there’s bad news…government’s threatening […]

Whew – that was a whirlwind weekend with Woodbine, 3 days, Derby preps and some nice weather. Woodbine started off well – after a soft opening day on Good Friday with $2.5 million bet, Saturday raked in $3.1 million and Sunday, $3.4 million!! People are lovin the Woodbine racing! What about that first time starter […]

  Happy to be back? Absoulutely! (yes, it’s spelled wrong) Steve Bahen guides a frisky Absoulute Heaven to victory in race 1 of the 57th Woodbine season. Norm Files photo HEAVENLY Appropriately, ABSOULUTE HEAVEN won the first race of the 57th Woodbine season yesterday: it was heaven to be back watching live thoroughbred racing, seeing […]

It was a good thing Georgie Hendrie was holding onto that trophy! Thanks Cindy and Terence for the pic (www.horse-races.net)     WOODBINE! DAY ONE, AND ALL IS PRETTY GOOD! Well, that was indeed quite good, taking home a Sovereign last night for my story GLORIFICATION (you can read it: https://canadianthoroughbred.com/canadian-thoroughbred/the-glorification-of-inglorious/), and it was the […]

IT’S SOVEREIGN AWARDS NIGHT at Woodbine, a lavish, fun-filled ceremony to celebrate last year’s champions and to usher in the 2012 season! Put all the worries aside for tonight, enjoy the evening… CANADIAN THOROUGHBRED MAGAZINE wants to thank and wish good luck to DAVE LANDRY, ERICKA RUSNAK and JANIS MAINE, all 3 nominees for outstanding […]

  Tomorrow night it’s a sold out house at Woodbine to celebrate the champions of 2011 at the SOVEREIGN AWARDS and then usher in 2012! It’s a great few days coming up, let’s put our worries aside for a few days and celebrate horse racing, its horsepeople and those of us who love it and […]

  Hey, numbers up at Gulfstream for the big racing day (Florida Derby), betting up, attendance a sold 18,000, everyone still loves a horse race!…Woodbine’s first card of racing to be drawn tomorrow…older sprinters to star on Friday and Saturday!…HERO OF ORDER scores April Fool’s day stunner at Fair Grounds… YAHOO!! RACING STARS FRIDAY! Here’s […]

NO FOOLIN – It’s April 1, a day after an emotional racing day around the world. How about TAKE CHARGE INDY winning the Florida Derby? He was unsold at a yearling auction and his owners have been in racing for only 2 years. Florida Derby photo by Amber Chalfin       35 to 1 […]

12:30  CITYSCAPE -gallops in the Duty Free, white faced fellow looks like daddy Selkirk;  owned/bred by Juddmonte, now 6 for 17, comes off 2nd in Hong Kong Mile in Dec. – CITY STYLE solid 3rd…. 11:56:  Canada’s GLOBE & MAIL newspaper online runs picture of Fox Hunt and his broken leg from the Gold Cup […]

  DR. MIKE COLTERJOHN One of our favourite people in the Ontario racing business has left us. Coming back from a short trip and finding out that one of your cohorts, acquaintances, friends, has passed away is always a shock. Dr. Mike Colterjohn was  an ace in our business, managing Gardiner Farms for that family […]

  610 CKTB NEWS REPORT Budget 2012 – Small lifeline thrown to Ontario’s horse racing industry 610 CKTB News 3/27/2012 Ontario’s horse racing industry could reap the benefits of a new advisory council. The budget tabled by the provincial government Tuesday includes the creation of a Jobs and Prosperity Council. The group would give the […]

  BUDGET TOMORROW – Will there be any more news about Ontario horse racing and the slots revenue deal? Waiting game…MARITIMER is in the UAE Derby after all…Contreras has 3 Derby mounts and..Florida 2yo sale!   MARITIMER GETS INTO UAE DERBY Top Canadian 2yo colt from 2011, MARITIMER, has indeed drawn into the UAE DERBY […]