Spring has sprung! Well at least on the calendar it says spring has arrived. The sun has pushing its way through however and soon the Ontario Quarter Horses will be on the Ajax Downs track for training. Opening day for the 49th […]

PHOTO OF THE WEEKEND                     ROUTE TO THE QUEEN’S PLATE Canadian-bred colt wins Turfway stakes race   The Tiznow 3-year-old colt ALTERNATIVE ROUTE raced greenly in Saturday’s $75,000 Rushaway Stakes on the synthetic dirt at Turfway Park, but won his first stakes race for Town & […]

AWESOME CANADIAN-BRED COLT BRINGS $650,000       LIVE OAK PLANTATION (Charlotte Weber) sprung for a Canadian-bred 2-year-old by AWESOME AGAIN- EL PRADO ESSENCE by EL PRADO at the OBS March 2-Year-Old Sale which wrapped up Wednesday. The colt, bred by A and G Stables in Ontario of the Cappuccitti family, was a $200,000 yearling […]

ONTARIO HORSE OF THE YEAR – Quarter Horse Greats Past Champions   CORRECTION – In a recent news release regarding the 2017 QROOI Awards for Ontario Quarter Horse Racing it was erroneously reported that Country Boy 123 was the first back-to-back Horse of the Year honouree (the release was supposed to say in the last […]

  WOW – JUST WHO IS JUSTIFY? 2 for 2 colt posts 101 Beyer Figure in allowance, bred by BC’s Gunther (video courtesy Los Angeles Times) There were three very exciting major stakes races, ‘preps’ for the Kentucky Derby (Grade 1) if you will, on Saturday. But all the talk from the weekend was on […]

  WOODBINE ENTERTAINMENT HUB ADVANCING                         You can already see the evidence of re configuring at Woodbine for the incoming table games  for the OLG casino with walls closing off sections of the 60 plus year-old grandstand. The new turf course, which will replace […]

  WOODBINE UPDATES Spring training is underway for those locals who have shipped in to the Woodbine backstretch and currently it is the sand ring and training track that are open for business. The clockers will begin timing workouts on Sunday (March 11). No date has been set for the opening of the main track. […]

SPRING TRAINING SCENES FROM WOODBINE Courtesy of Mr. Will Wong                                                             QUEEN’S PLATE WINNERS DO CANADIAN RACING PROUD HE DIGS BARBADOS – The 2016 Queen’s Plate winner SIR […]

Thoroughblog’s Monday Newsletter (you get the newsletter if you are a subscriber)/Post will have more detail on all the action from Saturday racing around the continent.. here are some early wrap ups:   NOTABLE BEYER FIGURES FROM GULFSTREAM SATURDAY PROMISES FULFILLED (Fountain of Youth) – 96 HOLY HELENA – 92 SADLER’S JOY – 101 FLY […]

  THINK WINX http://www.news.com.au/sport/superracing/winx-creates-history-by-winning-chipping-norton-stakes-at-randwick/news-story/ff056dd25f1e3c4a9f067990e6a1e44c   BARBADOS GOLD CUP – CANADIAN HERO SIR DUDLEY DIGGES GOES FOR GLORY Woodbine jockey Rafael Hernandez on favoured Shining Copper Local rider Rafael Hernandez, who is having a strong season in New York currently, will guide Ken and Sarah Ramsey’s tough old timer SHINING COPPER in the Gold Cup at […]

SOVEREIGN AWARD MEDIA FINALISTS ANNOUNCED Third straight nomination (1 win) for Talkin Horse Racing show   The Jockey Club of Canada is pleased to announce the finalists for the Media Sovereign Award categories for 2017. The judging for the 2017 Media Sovereign Award categories was performed by Professors of the Journalism Program at the School […]

                                          SAM LIMA TO RECEIVE SPECIAL SOVEREIGN AWARD                     The Jockey Club of Canada will present longtime HBPA director, horse owner and businessman SAM LIMA with […]

ARE YOU READY FOR IT? Set up begins at Woodbine, horses arrive Wednesday   KAWARTHA’S NEWS CONFERENCE CANCELLATION The Peterborough Examiner has been reporting about the future of Kawartha Downs and Ajax Downs in the last week but the most recent development suggests that good news is on the way for Ontario racing and the […]

HASTINGS PARK SPRING TRAINING, UH, DELAYED… Spring is creeping in to southern Ontario and the Woodbine backstretch mid week. It will be plenty muddy. Meanwhile in British Columbia…                               CANADIAN-BRED CONQUEST TSUNAMI MAY BE HEADED TO DUBAI 106 Beyer Figure in […]

Trainer Mike Maker, who recently sent out his 2000th winner and has won Breeders' Cup races, is set to have his first string of runners at Woodbine.