It’s Derby Day! Who do you like? (Thoroughblog’s pick is below) JUSTIFY WAS THE 7-2 favourite for the Kentucky Derby at 8 p.m. Friday evening. He was followed by Mendelssohn at 5-1, and My Boy Jack at 5-1. Audible was 6-1 […]
RACE 1 – POST TIME – 1:00 PM Rolling Double / Exacta / 0.20 Trifecta / 0.20 Superfecta 0.20 Pick 3 (Races 1-2-3) Purse $20,000. (Plus $4,000 – State Bred) (Plus $4,000 – Other Sources) (Plus $810 – Other Sources). For Fillies And Mares Three Years Old And Upward Which Have Never Won Two Races. […]
Story lines for Friday May 4: • Could it be a Wonderful Oaks? • Derby fever rises • Mendelssohn, Aidan and world domination • and more! ONTARIO BRED WONDER GADOT Could she be the next Oaks ‘Gal? David Anderson, owner of Anderson Farms (Ontario) Inc. in St. […]
AJAX DOWNS 49TH SEASON After the Kentucky Derby dust settles, head out to Ajax! Ajax Downs’ 49th season of Quarter Horse Racing gets underway this Sunday May 6 and while […]
RACE 1 – POST TIME – 1:00 PM Rolling Double / Exacta / 0.20 Trifecta / 0.20 Superfecta 0.20 Pick 3 (Races 1-2-3) Purse $24,100. (Plus $4,800 – State Bred) (Plus $4,800 – Other Sources) (Plus $3,255 – Other Sources). For Three Year Olds And Upward Which Have Never Won Two Races. Three Year Olds, […]
Time to sort through the 20 entrants and try and pare down your favourites from your longshots, but what do the post positions mean for the Kentucky Derby?
5 winners from 10 races Saturday! RACE 1 – POST TIME – 1:00 PM Rolling Double / Exacta / 0.20 Trifecta / 0.20 Superfecta 0.20 Pick 3 (Races 1-2-3) Purse $61,000. (Plus $12,000 – State Bred) (Plus $18,300 – Other Sources) (Plus $8,925 – Other Sources). For Three Year Olds Which Have Never Won […]
LUIS CONTRERAS TO RIDE BRAVAZO IN KENTUCKY DERBY D. Wayne Lukas trains Awesome Again colt for Calumet Farm Woodbine regular LUIS CONTRERAS will get the mount on BRAVAZO in next Saturday’s Kentucky Derby. Bravazo won the Risen Star Stakes with a 93 Beyer Figure 2 starts ago but faded in the Louisiana Derby to […]
RACE 1 – POST TIME – 1:00 PM Rolling Double / Exacta / 0.20 Trifecta / 0.20 Superfecta 0.20 Pick 3 (Races 1-2-3) Purse $20,000. (Plus $4,000 – State Bred) (Plus $4,000 – Other Sources) (Plus $810 – Other Sources). For Fillies Three Years Old Or Fillies And Mares Four Years Old And Upward Which […]
WOODBINE’S SECOND WEEKEND Small fields continue, race added to Sunday’s card on Friday morning Horse population at WOODBINE (and other tracks throughout North America) continues to be low, partly due to tough training conditions in southern Ontario leading […]
DAVID ANDERSON OFF TO BIG START IN 2018 Fresh off a nomination for Canada’s Outstanding Breeder of 2017, David Anderson’s ANDERSON FARMS (Ontario) is off to a fast start in 2018. The exciting win by the 2-year-old SERGEI PROKOFIEV (a 20th century Russina composer) at Navan […]
TOP BEYER FIGURES FROM FIRST WEEKEND AT WOODBINE 106 PINK LLOYD 86 SILENT POET 79 SWEET ROMANCE 79 SILENT STING 79 KAPELLMEISTER THE RAFFIE, LUIS AND LLOYD SHOW PINK LLOYD, the 2017 Horse of the Year, was stunning in his comeback as a […]
RACE 1 – POST TIME – 1:00 PM Purse $39,800. (Plus $8,000 – State Bred) (Plus $8,000 – Other Sources) (Plus $6,300 – Other Sources). For Fillies And Mares Three Years Old And Upward Which Have Never Won Two Races Or Ontario Sired Allowance Which Have Never Won Two Races. Three Year Olds, 118 […]
WELCOME TO OPENING DAY AT WOODBINE! (TODAY’S WOODBINE SELECTIONS ARE ON A SEPARATE POST!) It is the end of a long winter, very long, but not only is the weather expected to be glorious finally, this is the opening weekend of Woodbine’s 133-day […]
WELCOME BACK! *files of entries courtesy Equibase *for more from Thoroughblog, check daily posts and you can find race write-ups at Daily Racing Form under “Closer Looks” RACE 1 – POST TIME – 1:00 PM Rolling Double / Exacta / 0.20 Trifecta / 0.20 Superfecta 0.20 Pick 3 (Races 1-2-3) Purse $34,000. (Plus $6,800 […]