TODAY’S NEWS – Post draw for BARBADOS GOLD CUP (March 6 is the race)…SIMON HUSBANDS and the ORC…new kind of dirt for Santa Anita?  WINTER KEEPS ON GOIN’ here in Ontario – this is what I saw this morning….(blowing snow, flurries, wind, sub-zero..you get the picture)           BRIBON, STERWINS TOP BARBADOS […]

  GIVE MOMMY A KISS…This little boy is a Tiznow colt and the first foal of Woodbine stakes winner OFFICER CHERRIE. The youngster was born at Blazing Colours Farm in Wellandport, Ontario.  SEND ME YOUR FOAL PICTURES TODAY!         BARBADOS GOLD CUP NEXT WEEKEND, CANADIAN-BRED STERWINS tops field Eugene Melnyk returns to […]

 TODAY’S NEWS (Monday) ESKENDEREYA (a dance) waltzes to big win and is a Kentucky Derby fave. (www.horse-races.net photo)           PLETCHER IN DRIVER’S SEAT AGAIN And Eskendereya is a 106 Beyer monster His name is a type of middle eastern dance and that is exactly what ESKENDEREYA did in the Fountain of […]

   FRIDAY’S NEWS – WINDFIELDS AUCTION, 3-YEAR-OLD DERBY PREPS, CANADIAN-BREDS WINNING, and MORE! **Hey, if you want to get the author of THOROUGHBLOG a nice little gift, some nostalgic piece, say, an old sign…. head out to legendary Windfields Farm on March 6 (yours truly won’t be able to go)   OWN A PIECE OF […]

 WEDNESDAY’S BITS – Sam-Son colt gets icky post for big race…Canadian-owned CROWDED HOUSE in Dubai and top name 3yo’s in FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH on Saturday…   SNOWY, COOL TEMPS GREET WOODBINE FOLKS who are shipping in this week  the meeting starts April 2 – the stakes sked was released earlier this week  Dave Landry photo […]

  MONDAY’S NEWS –  Family day in Ontario…holiday in U.S., SAM-SON 3yo’s getting ready, CHIEFSWOOD WINS BIG   BIG WIN FOR CHIEFSWOOD Lomaki runs 91 Beyer to win Grade 3, may be retired Canadian-based CHIEFSWOOD FARM, owned by Robert and Mark Krembil, had a good day at Tampa Bay Downs on Saturday when its A.P. […]

    LOVE IN – Thoroughblog would like to welcome the newest members to the Blog stable of advertisers – ELAINE MCPHERSON and KENTUCKY BEAR – the latter who stands at Mike Dube and Vera Simpson’s CURRAGHMORE FARM in Waterdown, Ontario. Also, thanks to the commentors on MARCHING in, who also want to see some […]

       HEY THERE – HORSE OF THE YEAR SEALY HILL (2007) shows off her little girl, born Feb. 2, by Distorted Humor. The filly is owned and was bred by Eugene Melnyk and was foaled at Vera Simpson’s Curraghmore Farm.                           […]

   Cindy Pierson Dulay photo                            STERWINS TO BARBADOS! One of the top Canadian-bred runners in recent years, STERWINS, is headed to the BARBADOS GOLD CUP on March 6 at the Garrison Savannah in Bridgetown, Barbados. The Eugene Melnyk-bred 7-year-old was recently moved […]

  today’s news – SQUARE EDDIE ALL DONE…Don Handicap today – YOU AND I FOREVER is the pick…Canadian-bred COOL N COLLECTIVE RACING AT AGE 13…and where do people get their INFORMATION?????    HEY – CANADIAN THOROUGHBRED is on the newsstands with February and March will be there soon. Read about GARDINER FARMS, THEN AND NOW…it’s […]

NO SHADOW FOR WIARTON WILLIE – 6 more weeks of winter. Just the news I wanted to hear           Hotep dominates rivals in allowance race Monday at Fair Grounds By Bob Fortus, The Times-Picayune February 01, 2010, 6:13PM With an authoritative victory in a two-turn allowance race Monday at the Fair […]

  TODAY’S NEWS – SUNDAY MORNING…SOVS WRAP-UP..PALLADIO, BARRIE, ONTARIO FELLOW WINS BIG IN VEGAS!!   CHAMPS ELYSEES, the first horse since 1995 to be based in the U.S. but win the big award at the Sovereigns HORSE OF THE YEAR Dave Landry photo                     AND A […]

        I GOTTA FEELING…tonight’s gonna be a good night to celebrate horse racing!…The ULTRA CLUB will open its doors to the racing folks of Canada tonight – 6:30-10 we party and celebrate and then at 10, the doors open to the public. It’s an exciting night for everyone nominated – enjoy. The […]

  TODAY’S NEWS – One more sleep and then it’s SOVEREIGN AWARDS NIGHT in Toronto! An interesting evening awaits the litany of folks flying in for the party at Ultra Club – noms listed on today’s post and CANADIAN THOROUGHBRED is prominent!! and does CHAMPS ELYSEES’ one win get him the big award?     […]

  TUESDAYS NEWS – More from the Michael Gill/Penn National fiasco, Palladio is up for a Sovereign on Friday and he’s racing on Saturday!   DAVE LANDRY PHOTO OF PALLADIO     PALLADIO KEEPS ON TICKIN’ He’s up for another Sovereign Award this year (FRIDAY IS AWARDS NIGHT!!) and 8-year-old millionaire PALLADIO is not done […]