Mine That Bird soaps up Sarah K. Andrew photo                 HE’S A HIT – 104 BEYER FIGURE FOR NEW GUY IN TOWN The hype machine continues to churn out for TODD KABEL, absent from riding off and on for more than a year, but now zooming through the […]

  Hi all,   Yours truly was the victim of identity theft in the last 24 hours. Please disregard any emails about me in London etc. I have fixed the problem with Rogers but need to speard the word about this terrible hoax. Don’t ever give out your password! The ‘blog will be back tomorrow […]

WANT A YEARLING BY BERNARDINI?? – WIN THE LOTTERY FIRST SARATOGA SALE The news was good at the SARATOGA sale last night, average was up and there was big money being thrown around. Canadiana did not buy but some sold: CANADIAN-BRED RESULTS Hip Breeding Consignor $300,000 – 3 b.c. Smart Strike – Sails Unfurled Sam-Son […]

  Gee he’s good – GIO PONTI is a machine on the grass. He romped in the Arlington Million and could shorten for the Woodbine Mile next month… Vanessa Ng photo.    Read more below..       THE ‘WOW’S FROM A  WOODBINE WEEKEND Things that make you say ‘wow’. Undefeated runners CAREM CRESCENT and […]

   Lots of action today all around the continent with the big day being Arlington Million card…Woodbine based Malcolm Pierce has Points of Grace in the Beverly D….read the Woodbine wrap ups below and check out some yearlings at the Spa….     FIELD BOXES COURTESY THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS Saturday, Arlington Park, post time: 4:42 […]

COL. CHARLES BAKER 1920-2009 One of the most important figures in Ontario racing since Woodbine opened in 1956…    FROM CANADIAN HORSE RACING HALL OF FAME WEBSITE: Charles Baker Hall of Fame inductee – Builders 1993 The first horse to carry the red and blue silks of Charles (Bud) Baker’s Norcliffe Stable in the Queen’s […]

  **Today’s post in memory of Martin Rogers. Popular exercise rider Martin Rogers passed away recently after a reported car accident. He was the curator of the Patrick Husbands facebook site and had his own Facebook page that is filled with condolences.            Shepperton, a chestnut warrior. Canadian Horse Racing Hall […]

  PERFECT SHOWER POURS IT ON sideways, but hey, he won at 45 to 1 For such a huge longshot winning the 119th Breeders’ Stakes, the 3rd jewel of Canada’s Triple crown, there sure was a lot of kickin goin on when everyone realized it was the master of the Triple Crown himself, Roger Attfield, […]

NEWS UPDATE – CANADIAN HORSE OF THE YEAR FATAL BULLET (photo by Terence Dulay) is not headed to Del Mar next weekend for the Bing Crosby Stakes but instead will compete in the Alfred G. Vanderbilt at Saratoga. BREEDERS’ STORIES The focus on racing this weekend in Ontario is the 3rd jewel of Canada’s Triple […]

BREEDERS’ STAKES – Sunday  3rd jewel of Canada’s Triple Crown The 118th Running of Breeders’ Stakes $500,000 Guaranteed Approx. Post Time: 4:37 Exactor / Triactor / Superfecta / Pick 3 (Races 8-9-10) Purse $500,000. 1 1/2 Miles. Stakes. FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS, FOALED IN CANADA. 1 Hisaki Baird, J Delmas, A L 126 12-1 2 Full Throttle […]

BREEDERS’ STAKES PROBABLES • First run in 1889, the older-than-dust BREEDERS’ STAKES is always a cool race to watch and bet on, even if there is no Triple Crown winner to yell for. The race often brings some upsets, especially if the grass is soft. Daily Racing From’s BILL TALLON reports on the latest workouts […]

When I grow up I want to be a …. COVER BOY!! Rahy’s Attorney as a baby and as a grown up, thanks to Janet Black and Ellen McLellan for the photos.                         BREEDERS’ STAKES – SUNDAY AUGUST 2 NO CROWN, BUT PLATE / […]

   Streakin…Rahy’s Attorney skips away from Marchfield early in the stretch and holds on to win by 1 1/2 lengths.  Terence Dulay photo. HERE COMES DA JUDGE, er ATTORNEY “I’m in awe of this horse” – trainer Ian Black RAHY’S ATTORNEY, last year’s champion turf male horse, might be even better this year than he […]

In memory of RUDY KEHLBRIER Condolences go to the family and friends of  popular Woodbine horseman Rudy Kehlbrier, who passed away recently after a lengthy illness. Rudy’s memorial on July 31 at 10:00 to 12 at Woodbine west end 4th floor in the Woodbine Club bar( a week Friday.) YUMMY   B.B. O (Before Blinkers […]

             Wonder Where photos from Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame                 HONOURING WONDER WHERE Northern Queen won the first ever running of the WONDER WHERE STAKES in 1965 AT WOODBINE and the race has blossomed into an important 3yo filly grass race […]