DERBY DAY

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 […]

JEN’S WOODBINE SELECTIONS FOR SATURDAY MAY 5 2018

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. […]

OAKS

 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 OPENS SUNDAY

                                    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 […]

JEN’S WOODBINE SELECTIONS FOR FRIDAY MAY 4 2018

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, […]

ON POINT

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?

JEN’S WOODBINE SELECTIONS FOR SUNDAY APRIL 29 2018

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 […]

SATURDAY

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 […]

JEN’S WOODBINE SELECTIONS SATURDAY APRIL 28 2018

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 […]

GRAFFITI

                                  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 […]

FLOAT

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 […]

BACK

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 […]

JEN’S WOODBINE SELECTIONS SUNDAY APRIL 22 2018

  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 […]

FIRST BLUSH

                      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 […]

JEN’S WOODBINE PICKS SATURDAY APRIL 21 2018

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 […]