In memory of Daijin….   WIN $500 – TAKE PART IN OUR SURVEY! Go to the home page of HORSE-CANADA, find the button for CANADIAN THOROUGHBRED/survey AND HELP US PLAN WHAT WE WILL FILL THE PAGES OF OUR MAGAZINE with in the future… it won’t take but 5 minutes…give us some feedback! thanks!   LETTER/COMMENT […]

FROM WOODBINE – WELCOME BACK!! it’s sunny, bright, but -20 with the wind, very windy and folks are shipping back to Woodbine and the track is open! Please be advised the Training Track/Sand Ring is scheduled to open Wednesday…February 9th, 2011. Weather Permitting Training Hours will be from 7:00 – 11:00 AM (no ‘break’). HOTHERSAL […]

 Yes indeed, another couple of inches of snow in the GTA ole T.O. getting its share for sure…up here in Brampton it’s heavier most time.   Just got back from putting the MARCH ISSUE of CANADIAN THOROUGHBRED TO BED – the 50th anniversary issue! It was March 1961 when CANADIAN HORSE was launched – so […]

 COSTIGAN TO TRAIN STRING OF STRAWBRIDGE HORSES CAROLYN COSTIGAN, the young trainer who won the Woodbine Oaks with Roan Inish in her first ever start as a trainer, will take over a strong of horses for George Strawbridge in 2011. Strawbridge’s AUGUSTIN STABLE had Mac Benson as its private Canadian trainer for many eyars but […]

  MAC BENSON RETIRES FROM TRAINING  MAC BENSON (far right) with his fave, ARRAVALE               Macdonald (Mac) Benson told THOROUGHBLOG yesterday that he has retired from training horses and he will seek some sort of racing managment job in the future. “Everything had just come to an end,” said […]

            HAPPY FRIDAY, and it is for FORT ERIE RACETRACK! SUE LESLIE, the president of the Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association, Ontario division would like to assure all FORT ERIE HORSEMEN, employees and racing fans that RACING IS GOING FORWARD AT FORT ERIE in 2011 despite rumours landing in some […]

BREAKING NEWS – THE KITTEN IS SOLD! BARBADOS GOLD CUP NOMINEES! QUEEN’SPLATEKITTEN SOLD, TRAINED BY TODD PLETCHER Canadian-bred QUEEN’SPLATEKITTEN, a 3-year-old Queen’s Plate contender (could you guess by his name) may perhaps be headed to the Kentucky Derby trail instead as he was recently sold by owners and breeders Ken and Sarah Ramsey for a […]

SUNDAY MORNING DEEP FREEZE – it’s -20 something , you don’t go out for long right now in southern Ontario.. Canadians doing some winning (Brian Lynch with 2 scores) COLEBROOK FARMS joins THOROUGHBLOG TEAM! Yep, 53,000 unique viewers last year for the ‘blog’, thanks for reading!   The Langfuhr 7yo EUROEARS is back with a […]

  SOVEREIGN AWARD NOMINEES 2010 Canadian Thoroughbred sweeps photo category! CANADIAN THOROUGHBRED MAGAZINE is represented by all 3 photos nominated for the 2010 SOVEREIGN AWARDS – coming up April 1. That feels good for everyone at the magazine since decisions have to made each month by everyone in charge as to which photos ARE WORTHY […]

HAPPY WEDNESDAY and congrats to the Eclipse Award winners – thanks to TBCHAMPIONS forum for managing to help us watch the show when no one else will show it to us (unless you have TVG, which most of us in Canada do not) anyway, the QUEEN has been crowned and it appears mostly everyone is […]

  ZENNNNNN-SATIONAL!!!!!  128 to 102 in the voting…..someone didn’t vote (?)  HOORAY!! ZENYATTA IS HORSE OF THE YEAR and all is right with the racing world! Not sure how so many guys could write that Blame should win but thank goodness the votes went the right way…. OMAR WINS! Canadian jock…”this is the happiest moment […]

OH WHOA, MORE SNOW! It’s that time of year, watch racing, read books..(have you checked my reading list lately on the main page of Thoroughblog?) SUNDAY’S NEWS – SQUARE EDDIE SIZZLES, BIG DRAMA AT THE GULF AND FORMER WOODBINE-OWNED GUY WINS CAL DERBY! Welcome to the HORSEMEN’S BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION who have joined the […]

  HAPPY FRIDAY!  and, sounding like a skipping CD, more snow tomorrow, like the snowbanks are not high enough already! Puzzles today – SQUARE EDDIE? EQUIBASE CHART CALLER?  ALBERTA? LAST DAY FOR SOVEREIGN AWARD VOTING TOO!!  Dave Landry photo         THOROUGHBLOG CRUSHES!   In 2010, Thoroughblog attracted some 53,000 UNIQUE VIEWERS!  GET […]

 The sidewalks are too deep with snow to negotiate this morning! There is some heat on at the Keeneland January sale, however, as Canadians are buying up some mares…              KEENELAND DAY 2 – JANUARY SALE Canadians still buying, bring those mares up here! 0450     DB/BR.M. Loving Vindication    Anderson […]

WHAT’S UP? IT’S TUESDAY with an impending storm and MORE SNOW coming again! SOVEREIGN AWARD voting closes on FRIDAY!! Guess I better get going on that…Canadians buying, racing, winning, good stuff gang! DEACONS FARM (Dixie Union) dies on track at Parx Racing for trainer Fairlie ..SCHICKEDANZ NEWS and more     COMMENTS, WE GET COMMENTS.. […]