THOROUGHBLOG must congratulate SPORTSWRITER, the locally trained, owned 3yo pacer who won last night’s North America Cup…WWW.HORSE-RACES.NET photo   BIOFUEL SOLID 3RD, BAY 2ND She ran the best Beyer Figure of her career, a 93, but was only ablt to finish 3rd, beaten just 2 1/4 lengths to the good […]

  **UPDATED – TODAY’S NEWS – LONGRUN CHARITY FASHION SHOW ON JULY 19 (HAD WRONG DATE THIS WEEK!)…QUEEN’S PLATE CONTENDERS, BIOFUEL READY FOR MOTHER GOOSE..some are working this morning…more bits..     PHOTO – EUREKA! He’s leading all jockeys at Woodbine by 1, he’s on a Plate contender, Big Red Mike, and he’s a popular […]

TODAY’S NEWS – It’s 1,000 for Nick G! (SORT OF…)…Thoroughblog sidetracked this week with North American Cup!…United Thoroughbred syndicate ready to race…events, Queen’s Plate news and more… Nick Gonzalez on TV with host Sandy Hawley..PHOTO BY NORM FILES   1,000 **wins for trainer Nick Gonzalez……but read Daily Racing Form below for the **   FROM […]

  YUMMY – TASTY TEMPTATION heads Hill ‘n’ Dale Stakes today at Woodbine. – Dave Landry photo   CRAZY 88 Beyer Figure for the Madman Wesley Ward’s homebred MADMAN DIARIES ran like a wild horse and won the Victoria Stakes for 2yos at Woodbine yesterday by 9 1 /4 lengths. He scorched 5 furlongs in […]

  GOTCHA – The 2yo CHARLIE BULL had more fun on the grass before his 2yo debut on Sunday, so he was scratched. Norm Files photo                   WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT WOOD Windy, slow and outside Outsider ralliers dominated racing last night at Woodbine as a strong headwind […]

  TODAY’S NEWS – EMBUR’S SONG CONFIRMED FOR PLATE, FILLIES WILL TEST THE BOYS FOR THE QUEEN!!     HOLD ON! BIG RED MIKE is tough in the Plate Trial. Terence Dulay/www.horse-races.net photo                          WILD FINISH -Moment of Majesty (left) and Embur’s Song (right) […]

MAJESTIC – MOMENT OF MAJESTY tunes up for today’s Woodbine oaks.Dave Landry photo   OAKS ON TRIAL A filly may get pass to Plate, boys all set too The winner of today’s WOODBINE OAKS could go on to bigger and better tings – perhaps a shot at the boys in the Plate, but today’s race […]

 Horseperson extraordinaire – SUE LESLIE co-owns and trains Oaks starter MOMENT OF MAJESTY but also works a zillion other important jobs. Her friend, Curtis Joseph, sold part of the Oaks starter recently to Leslie and hockey agent Don Meehan because of the team’s previous ‘good karma’…       IT’S THE OAKS, FOLKS Four women […]

  HAY! IT’S THE OAKS and I could win! RESENTLESS hams it up for DAVE LANDRY.   WOODBINE OAKS E’s Have It, post position draw on ice today THOROUGHBLOG will update later when the post positions have been drawn for the WOODBINE OAKS and PLATE TRIAL today. The draw occurs at the WEGZ STADIUM BAR […]

  LATEST NEWS – Wednesday….. PICK 6 goes at Belmont, $552,000 for 6 of 6…A reader sent in this link today – re: the betting on Woodbine races in Vegas…great news for our industry! The news was leaked yesterday it appears … http://www.torontosun.com/sports/othersports/2010/06/08/14315266.html WOODBINE OAKS NEWS  ERNFOLD (a town in Saskatchewan) is a strong second […]

  PLETCHER: “EVERYTHING ON SCHEDULE” EMBUR’S SONG BULLETS 4 FURLONGS FOR OAKS Trainer Todd Pletcher, who sent out SUPER SAVER to win this year’s KENTUCKY DERBY – told THOROUGHBLOG yesterday that likely WOODBINE OAKS favourite EMBUR’S SONG’S “worked well and is on shcedule” for a trip back to Woodbine for Sunday’s $500,000 race. The Ontario […]

                                  Fun, wow! Trainer BILL MOTT and Winstar folks hoist the Belmont Stakes trophy yesterday while jockey Mike Smith grins. Cindy Pierson Dulay/horse-races.net photo BILL MOTT WINS FIRST CLASSIC But did you know that Mott saddled a Belmont Stakes […]

Off the races for a super card at Woodbine and lots of stuff to watch south of the border. Picks for the big races are on today’s news along with a wrap of yesterday’s events. Rain in the Woodbine area for 2 days has made things soggy… BELMONT STAKES/NASSAU/ECLIPSE action packed for Woodbine fans $1 […]

  TODAY’S NEWS – THURSDAY – WOODBINE OAKS PREVIEW, BET NIGHT LIVE, BELMONT, EPSOM AND MORE!!      Grade 1 winner RAINBOW VIEW is entered in Woodbine’s Nassau Stakes on Saturday. Sarah K Andrews photo         BET BET BET! On a miserableWednesday  night where the rain was hard and heavy, Woodbine introduced […]

   QUEEN’S PLATE PREVIEW MAGAZINE OUT NOW! Buy yourself a copy and get in the ROYAL MOOD FOR CANADA’S BIG RACE! This issue will NOT be handed out at Woodbine this year so saddle up and find yourself one…               TONIGHT….NEW PAGE FOR WOODBINE T.V. DEPARTMENT Bet Night Live […]