SUMMER HEAT STOPS RACING Saratoga among litany of tracks cancelling due to heat Friday and Saturday will be the hottest days of the year in southern Ontario with actual temperatures in the mid 30s Celsius and the humidex readings in the mid 40s. Many tracks have cancelled racing for one of these days or the […]

PINK LLOYD keeps on rolling Not a lot has changed in the last few years when it comes to sprinting stakes races at Woodbine. It’s PINK LLOYD and then an assorted group of guys who have been chasing him all these years, including his stablemate Circle of Friends. Who he has been racing against doesn’t much […]

ONTARIO SIRED/BRED MR HAVERCAMP WINS BIG AT SARATOGA Woodbine Mile is goal for 2018 2-time champion Sean and Dorothy Fitzhenry’s Mr Havercamp started his 5-year-old campaign in impressive fashion, coming off a seven-month layoff by overtaking Gidu in the final furlong and outkicking Hembree for a half-length victory in the sixth running of the Grade […]

ONE BAD BOY on way to PRINCE OF WALES Will be supplemented for $12,500, race lures 5 nominees with some  files from Woodbine media PRINCE OF WALES PROBABLES: One Bad Boy Avie’s Flatter Tone Broke Skywire The Queen’s Plate champion One Bad Boy took to the track on Wednesday morning at Woodbine Racetrack in preparation […]

KENTUCKY HORSES OF RACE AGE, YEARLING SALES UNDERWAY Ontario-breds in Monday’s HORA Sale in Lexington, Tuesday’s July Yearling Sale from Fasig Tipton QUEEN’S PLATE starter MOON SWINGS is up for sale in Kentucky today at the Fasig Tipton Juky Horses of Racing Age Sale. Moon Swings, a 3-year-old by Malibu Moon, was one of many […]

PRINCE OF WALES NEWS – JULY 23 – FORT ERIE   AVIE’S FLATTER is likely to contest the second jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown, the 1 3/16 miles Prince of Wales Stakes on the dirt at Fort Erie. The race will be held on Tuesday July 23 in the evening. AVIE’S FLATTER, the winterbook […]

TOP WINNING BEYER SPEED FIGURES IN CANADA LAST WEEK   103 WET YOUR WHISTLE (turf) 101 SYNCHRONY (turf) 95 ARE YOU KIDDING ME 95 HOLY HELENA (turf) 94 ONE BAD BOY 91 ESKMINZIN (turf) 86 SPEEDY SOUL 85 DESERT ISLE (turf) 84 GOLD LACE (84) 81 SHARP DRESSED BEAU (Century Mile) 81 HANSEN’S VICTORY (Hastings) […]

  THEFT AT WOODBINE IN THE 160TH QUEEN’S PLATE One Bad Boy sneaks into his home province and steals the $600,000   $18 million was wagered (up $4 million from last year) and it was a good crowd on a day that was certainly less hot and sticky than a year ago. Queen’s Plate day […]

#QP19 FESTIVAL IS UNDERWAY   If Day One is any indication, then get a firm hold of those fancy hats as Queen’s Plate day is going to be a whirlwind of fun and excitement. From the WASHBOARD UNION concert (and friends) last evening and back through an afternoon of great racing and the unveiling of […]

INNER TURF COURSE OPENING BEGINS QUEEN’S PLATE FESTIVAL The new-look inner turf course at Woodbine, an $8 million grass track that replaced the inside Standardbred track (which replaced the inside turf course), opens with its first official race on Friday, which has a special 3:30 post time for racing. The inner turf event, a 1 […]

QUEEN’S PLATE 160 TOPS 13-RACE, STAKES LADEN SATURDAY AT WOODBINE 1 1/4 miles. Tapeta. Canadian-bred 3-year-olds. $1,00,000. Winner goes on one of the most famous ledgers of major sports winners in Canada. AVIE’S FLATTER will be favoured for the 160th Queen’s Plate (post time Saturday about 5;36 p.m.) and there was a bit of a […]

POST POSITION DRAW FOR 160TH QUEEN’S PLATE THIS MORNING! Thoroughblog will update with the posts and news from the draw later this morning – around lunch. Also, check out a Queen’s Plate chat on NEWSTALK1010 coming up this Saturday morning with DAVE TRAFFORD!   AVIE’S FLATTER, the Plate favourite, not only gets talked about a […]

    TOP WINNING BEYER FIGURES LAST WEEK IN CANADA June 19-23   95 TIZ A SLAM – Ontario bred winner of Singspiel Stakes (Grade 3) 1 1/2 miles on turf 2:29.99 93 SABLE ISLAND – Ontario bred won a 6 1/2 furlong allowance race Wed. June 19 1:15.27 88 – HOLLOW POINT  – Kentucky […]

194 DIFFERENT WINNERS AT WOODBINE A little MONDAY morning research  on the first 34 days of racing at Woodbine yielded some fascinating items about who has won the races to this point. With the wins on Saturday and Sunday by owners such as Ontario’s Openwood Farm (Susan Rasmussen), Ryan Jones & Handel Love, Racer’s Edge/Maxis […]

SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE – Large percentage of owners and trainers have already won races after 33 dates at Woodbine                               A little Sunday morning research  on the first 33 days of racing at Woodbine yielded some fascinating items about who has […]