Shrowded in secrecy heading into the race, GOLDEN MOKA run a 93 Beyer Figure and wins Prince of Wales. Terence Dulay photo         GOLDEN MOMENT jaw dropping result in Prince of Wales, Fort Erie swallows up another fave Move over Seabiscuit – there is another fairy-tale story that could be made […]

SUNDAY MORNING – It’s Prince of Wales day at Fort Erie – let’s hit the highway! GOLDEN MOKA goes for paralyzed jockey and hockey players…news from Woodbine and stories in the papers…   PRINCE OF WALES, 5 P.M. The weather has been wild, the phones were zapped but Fort Erie will have its best dress […]

  FRIDAY NEWS – TGIF!! EURICO HITS THE HEIGHTS OF POPULARITY, PRINCE OF WALES ON SUNDAY, SARATOGA OPENS! HOW OLD IS THAT HORSE???   MIKE AND HOTEP are at it again on Sunday… DAVE LANDRY PHOTO       BIG RED MIKE GOES WALES HUNTING Panamanian invader intrigues It has been seven years since the […]

UPDATE – 11 A.M.- CHOREOGRAPHY (see below) has been euthanized.. All eyes are on FORT ERIE this weekend as BIG RED MIKE heads down the QEW HIGHWAY to race in the second leg of Canada’s Triple Crown, the Prince of Wales Stakes. Thanks for everyone’s notes and comments – thank you to BARB MINSHALL who […]

                      WHAT DOES THE HIT HAVE FOR US TODAY? It’s hot, the track is fast, will he beat Fatal BUllet in record time??? Dave Landry photo SATURDAY MORNING///THOROUGHBLOG is back, the AUGUST/SEPT. ISSUE of CANADIAN THOROUGBRED is almost to press and its got some cool, […]

  FREE FEE LADY (Victory Gallop) romps by 4 in Bison City Stakes- Norm Files photo         WOODBINE WEEKEND WRAP It was an anti-climatic weekend to be sure – after the Queen’s Plate fun, the sun, the Queen and a whole lot of good memories from days of old. This past weekend […]

TODAY`S FRIDAY BITS – $19,000 carryover in Woodbine pick 6 today… 26, 30, 54, 26 Woodbine Wednesday night Those numbers there, nice ones if you boxed ‘e, up in the superfecta, triactor, exactor for the 3rd race, an Ontario sired allowance race on the grass. JUNIOR ATTORNEY, a son of turf star Crown Attorney, made […]

               BIG   RED   MIKE   Dave Landry photo                                  TODAY’S BITS FOR A STEAMY WEDNESDAY: if your brain has not fried yet, tune in for another installment of Bet Night Live tonight on […]

TODAY’S (TUESDAY,) BLOG – Just some notes from a day at the Plate  Thanks to Cindy Pierson Dulay and Terence Dulay at www.horse-races.net for photos ( I believe they might the media champs for the Queen’s Plate Fantasy pool too!) Thanks also to NORM FILES for his cool shots.   EURICO ROSA DA SILVA likely […]

    TODAY’S NEWS – PLATE DAY IS HERE, BRING WATER! 4TH  VISIT BY HRH THE QUEEN…                     GOOD PLATE MORNING! It has arrived, finally (did it seem like longer this year because of the July 4 date?). THE QUEEN’S PLATE, no. 151 (for me, my […]

TODAY’S NEWS – PLATE, PLATE, it’s almost the PLATE!…Refresh and reload your Thoroughblog page, it is a bit tricky, don’t miss anything and review all the posts from the last month…lots of comments rolling in recently, be patient, they will appear on the site soon..       They will be coming at you tomorrow!! […]

                              GIANT’S TOMB with owner Rick Balaz, third from left, Lisa Balaz, Mark Frostad and Mike .Balaz. Cindy Pierson Dulay/horse-races.net photo  PICKING POSTS FOR PLATE The usual answer yesterday at the lengthy post position draw for the Queen’s Plate – still […]

  WAKE AT NOON’S DEATH INTERRUPTS PLATE CELEBRATIONS 1997-2010 Eight years ago around this time, Wake at Noon  was a Queen’s Plate starter and on the big day, he finished 5th behind Scatter the Gold in an effort that was so much better than anyone could have expected. Blessed with blazing speed, that unique high  […]

TODAY’S NEWS – PLATE, PLATE and more Plate                                MOB SCENE – ANDREW FREDERICKS, from Trinidad, is hoping his guy MOBTHEWARRIOR is the Plate winner. (Terence Dulay/www.horse-races.net photo, check their site for more pics and news)   ARCTIC FERN OUT, CAPTAIN […]

  TODAY’S NEWS – PLATE STUFF, off the barbeque today, Mobilizer to wear blinkers, Sam-Son trio work and Hotep crushes and more. HOTEP – pumped and ready for Plate…DAVE LANDRY PHOTO PLATE WORKOUTS FROM SUNDAY Hotep blows by mates The SAM-SON FARMS TRIO of GIANT’S TOMB, DARK CLOUD DANCER and HOTEP had a workout at […]