BID ON YOUR FAVOURITE HORSE’S SADDLE TOWEL – Just 6 days left to go to E BAY and pick up a Queen’s Plate saddle towel, signed sealed and delivered. Proceeds go to LONGRUN THOROUGHBRED RETIREMENT SOCIETY. http://shop.ebay.ca/merchant/longrun1416_W0QQ_nkwZQQ_armrsZ1QQ_fromZ  Queen’s Plate winner EYE OF THE LEOPARD’S saddle towel from the Plate is up for grabs…     […]

   EYE OF THE LEOPARD is at the faaaar left, and Mr. Frosicos Two U is at the faaaar right. www.horse-races.net photos.      92 BEYER FIGURE FOR EYE OF THE LEOPARD – FORT ERIE IS NEXT – It was a successful Plate day for most concerned – obviously Sam-Son Farms’, which got a big […]

150th QUEEN’S PLATE WHO’S IN THE GROOVE   HAPPY FATHER’S DAY, QUEEN’S PLATE DAY! You might play the speed figures, sheet numbers or simply current form and come up with one of the 3 favourites for today’s  Plate. You might just play high profile horses who have won big races- you’d still get the favourites. […]

IN THE NEWS TODAY – El Brujo camp loses one of its members, Milwaukee Appeal is made favourite, Queen’s Plate saddletowels up for auction!! Events: BETTING will be offered on the PLATE beginning tomorrow afternon. A PLATE seminar with Corey  TRACKSIDE TENT Fraser, Robin Platts and handicapper JIM CLARK takes place at 8:30 a.m. at […]

UPDATE – QUEEN’S PLATE DRAW FIELD and POSTS Horse    Owner    Trainer    Jockey 1 El Brujo    Windways Farm     Malcolm Pierce     Emma-Jayne Wilson 15-1 2 Flip For The Coin    Molinaro Stable     Vito Armata     Emile Ramsammy  30-1 3 Active Duty    Woodford Racing     Mark Casse     Corey Fraser 20-1 4 Milwaukee Appeal    CEC Farms […]

The fillies are all the rage in the Plate – is one of them worthy of ‘Rachel Alexandra” status. The ‘sheets guys say yes. Milwaukee Appeal is the Oaks winner looking to be 34 filly winners in 150 Plates. www.horse-races.net photo.         QUEEN’S PLATE PROBABLES Horse    Owner    Trainer    Jockey Active Duty        […]

QUEEN’S PLATE WEEK 7 days to go 14 on the list currently HORSE LAST RACE/BEYER *MILWAUKEE APPEAL  filly – Woodbine Oaks 99 *TASTY TEMPTATION filly – 2ND woodbine oaks, 93 EYE OF THE LEOPARD – Plate Trial winner 85 SHUT IT DOWN  3rd allowance 86 MR FORICOS TWO U allowance winner 84 *RESERVOIR – allowance […]

SIX SIX SIX! One shrewd bettor went home with $25,000 plus yesterday after sweeping the PICK 6 over everyone else who played. Certainly the carryover that had accumulated for several weeks helped generate a solid Friday handle of over $2.5 million. The winning Pick 6 was not that easy to get even if the highest […]

FILLIES WILL BRIGHTEN PLATE PICTURE – On THE SCORE racing show last night, the Woodbine crew showed a Mark Casse interview and reported on trainer Scott Fairlie’s ideas regarding their fillies possibly entering the Plate. Casse’s TASTY TEMPTATION, owned by Woodford Racing, was 2nd in the Oaks and is a Plate definite if she is […]

Hooray – while I missed the fact that I wrote my 1000th THOROUGHBLOG post a few days ago , here’s to 1,004 posts and perhaps a few more to come. Sending in comments is easy, just fill in the form at the bottom of each post. Check out the home page of THOROUGHBLOG for the […]

(A comprehensive recap of the Oaks and the co-features is also on www.horse-races.net. This photo is by Terence Dulay).     LOTS TO LIKE Milwaukee Appeal zooms to big Oaks win The storylines are plentiful from yesterday’s WOODBINE OAKS: *Eugene George and his 40-year-old C.E.C. Farm won the biggest race of his its history with […]

ARNOLD ZATCHER and BOB BAFFERT Will Oaks continue roll? Owner ARNOLD ZATCHER and trainer Bob Baffert won the Acorn Stakes (Grade 1) yesterday at Belmont with the 3yo front running gal GABBY’S GOLDEN GAL. Could the pair double up in the biggest race in canada for fillies? Zatcher owns Canadian-bred WYNNING RIDE, a 5 to […]

PHOTO – Toronto Raptors popular centre CHRIS BOSH towers between racing secretary STEVE LYM and track annoucner DAN LOISELLE at a fun post position draw for the WOODBINE OAKS at WEGZ bar yesterday. Terence Dulay photo.       WOODBINE OAKS $500,000 Sunday June 7 – 1 1/8 miles, 3yo fillies, foaled in Canada POST […]

  Check back after the luncheon today for news on post positions and other bits from the draw for Sunday’s Woodbine Oaks…plus a Wednesday night recap and more. Thursday racing at Woodbine begins today with 8 races…

CANADIAN THOROUGHBRED AND THE GAME MERGE! – The two powerhouses in Canadian horse racing publishing, CANADIAN THOROUGHBRED – a leading racing magazine for half a century – and THE GAME, sucessfully run by the Roberts family for many years, have merged into one monthly publication and will debut following this year’s Queen’s Plate. Canadian Thoroughbred’s […]