today’s news – JEWELS, BULLETS are sharp and shiny…Melbourne Cup field…keep reading Thoroughblog! Careless Jewel   BREEDERS’ CUP LOOMS Small Canadian contingent is big on power There are few Canadian based horses in the Breeders’ Cup this year but what we do have is two very good chances to win 2 of the events on […]

Today’s news: ROAN INISH wins maiden in big Woodbine race…heading into BREEDERS’ CUP WEEK…wild weather makes for wacky winners at Woodbine…   Norm Files captured the PE finish!       ROAN. INISH. GLORY! The first starter in North American for new trainer CAROLYN COSTIGAN was not just your everyday winner. ROAN INISH, owned and […]

  BREEDERS’ CUP ENTRIES ARE IN!!  CARELESS JEWEL and Rob Landry scorched 6 furlongs in 1:11 and change yesterday morning at Santa Anita thanks to Janis Maine for the photo (www.readebaker.com)           Filly & Mare Sprint                   The SENTIENT JET BREEDERS’ CUP FILLY & MARE SPRINT is a […]

MONSTER IN THE MIST – FATAL BULLET is ready for the Breeders’ Cup Sprint. Janis Maine photo                       COMING UP – ROAN INISH ARRIVES FOR PRINCESS ELIZABETH   ROAN INISH, a daughter of Canadian champion mare INISH GLORA is in town from overseas to compete […]

 Terence Dulay photo             RAHY’S BACK – YOU’RE GONNA BE IN TROUBLE A very soft grass course will welcome the guys in the BUNTY LAWLESS Stakes today at Woodbine. SOCIETY’S CHAIRMAN and SAND COVE from the dangerous Roger Attfield barn are major contenders but they will have a tough time […]

   Today’s news -90 to 1 shot wins on Wed. night at Woodbine …Ruling Angel Stakes, Bullet news, Ajax wraps      KOLD TONGUE, white face, white legs and all, wins the $114,000 Ontario Jackpot Futurity on the last day of Ajax Downs quarter horse racing. Dave Landry photo.         SPEEDING Indian […]

RULING ANGEL HONOURED Last racing show on THE SCORE The season heads into its final weeks and the last racing show on THE SCORE cable channel is tonight and the feature is an overnight stake called the Ruling Angel. The race is named for a Canadian Horse of the Year – she was a 2yo […]

today’s news…CHAMPS ELYSEES goes out like…, well,a champ…no Breeders’ Cups for Woodbine winners but there are some nice 2yo’s out there! and is the Breeders’ Cup going to come back to Woodbine?   Champs Elysees (far left) mows them down in the  International. Cindy Pierson Dulay photo       HE’S THE CHAMP – AND […]

WHO DO YOU LIKE?     SPICE ROUTE wants to know your pick for the big races at Woodbine tomorrow! Thoroughblog analyzes the 3 graded races on turf that will be seen on ESPN2 TODAY… Sarah K. Andrew photo                       Post    Horse    Trainer    Jockey    Odds […]

TODAY’S NEWS – the Big Three races at Woodbine on Saturday, on ESPN2…Woodbine news (more whip stuff)…LINDROS, our horsey friend, dies…..   JUST AS WELL (LEFT) and MARSH SIDE (tongue out), plus QUIJANO (yellow and black) are back at it against the troubled CHAMPS ELYSEES in the Can. International on Saturday. Those 4 just ran […]

 Champs Elysees – what do you think? Would he have won the Northern Dancer if he had not been wiped out?. Is he the horse to beat on Saturday? Cindy Pierson Dulay photo.               CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL 8 into the gate   Headed by last year’s Canadian International winner MARSH […]

  HOLLYWOOD HIT BANNED BREAKING EWS…Track record holder HOLLYWOOD HIT  has been banned from racing in Ontario for 90 days according to a ruling issued by the ONTARIO RACING COMMISSION yesterday. The rapid 3yo, owned by James Redekop and trained by Terry Jordan, set a 6 furlong record at Woodbine on Sept. 30 – 1:07.38, […]

BANG BANG The Bullet bounces back photo from Reade Baker Racing website Canadian Horse of the Year FATAL BULLET is back on track and headed to Santa Anita for the Breeders’ Cup on Nov. 7 after a wild win in the Phoenix Stakes worth $250,000 yesterday on opening day of Keeneland. The 1:09 flat time […]

      HORSE OF THE YEAR FATAL BULLET on the rise Friday, Keeneland, post time: 5:45 p.m. EDT PHOENIX S.-GIII, $250,000, 3yo/up, 6f (AWT) PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML 1 Greeley’s Conquest Mr. Greeley Theriot Thomas 8-1 2 Silver Edition Silver Deputy Bridgmohan Lukas 20-1 3 Ez Dreamer In Excess (Ire) Leparoux Owens […]

 today’s news – JUKEBOX JURY – YOU WILL LOVE ME and watch MINE THAT BIRD all day long on the camera!   SINGING AND SWINGING – JUKEBOX JURY is on his way to WOODBINE. Photo from... http://www.frogsracing.com/component/content/article/1-frogsracing/346-sunday-deauville-report-jukebox-jury-ends-the-old-boys-streak     CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL/ E.P.TAYLOR Coming up Oct. 17 The plane with the Europeans horses for the big […]