GUN RUNNER looks to cap his career with a win in the world’s richest horse race, the $16.3 million Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park on Saturday – CINDY PIERSON DULAY PHOTO – horse-races.net GUN RUNNER named 2017 HORSE OF THE YEAR Woodbine Mile winner World Approval named Turf Male, Fipke and Arsenault other Canadian […]

              Posts and notes for the 2nd PEGASUS WORLD CUP PEGASUS WORLD CUP Post time: 5:40 p.m. Saturday at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla. Purse: $16 million. Grade: I. Distance: 1 1/8 miles. TV: NBC (4:30-6 p.m.). Post, horse, trainer, jockey, odds 1. Singing Bullet, Dale Romans, Robby […]

**Coming up this week: – The ECLIPSE AWARDS will be handed out on Thursday night in Florida – Pegasus World Cup on Sunday; – $3 million Rainbow 6 carryover Wednesday at GP, mandatory payout on Jan 28 JUBILATION Starship Jubilee is second stakes winner in Florida for Kevin Attard     “What a great story this is,” […]

**Yep, the Rainbow 6 wager continues to carryover at Gulfstream. While the Mandatory payout comes a week from Sunday, there is $2.7 million  carried over to today’s 6 race sequence that begins in race 7, the SUNSHINE MILLONS TURF **Less than a week for voters to complete the Sovereign Award ballots, due next Friday   […]

  “FIRST RACE SINCE WIND SURGERY” information available in British racing                 The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has today announced that, as of 19 January 2018, racecards will be able to carry information that confirms when a horse is having its first run after having undergone a wind […]

**Coming up Wednesday, Jan. 18, the AQHA AWARDS for Quarter Horseracing, see what Canadian-breds are up for Canadian AQHA Horse of the year… **Canadian horsepeople are in OK for Heritage Place January Sale beginning on Thursday!                           CANADIAN TRAINER JASON PASCOE PREPPING HORSES […]

In today’s news – plenty of racing on Martin Luther King day in the US today and the Rainbow 6 has a carryover of over $2 million; Rafael Hernandez to ride Shining Copper in Barbados; Canadians have a big weekend and Pegasus World Cup update   HOWG’S INSIDE STRAIGHT WINS TURF PARADISE STAKE       […]

Big day for popular Canadian bred TOWER OF TEXAS; Woodbine Oaks contender WONDER GADOT upset; Rainbow 6 carryover is now almost $2 million…   RAINBOW PICK 6  STILL GOING – 6 WINNERS SATURDAY PAID $104k Gulfstream Park’s 20-cent Rainbow 6 will have a carryover Sunday of $1,980,363.70 when racing resumes with a noon post time. […]

PEGASUS WORLD CUP – 2 weeks, race still needs one more entry                           The Stronach Group has sold 2 of the 3 spots for its own race, the Pegasus World Cup, and needs just one more entry to fill the 12 slots for […]

  **SOVEREIGN AWARD Voting begins today for the 30+ voters across Canada – The Jockey Club of Canada has issued ballots and passwords as well as information packages on some of the horses and humans one may vote for in all categories. Voters have 2 weeks to complete and submit the ballot. **OAKLAWN PARK begins […]

Today on Thoroughblog – Keeneland January sale underway, Oaklawn Park starts Friday, how can we get that Rainbow 6 at Gulfstream?   WOODBINE’S LEADING TRAINER ready to roll Friday Oaklawn Park meeting opens                   NORM MCKNIGHT, who led all Woodbine trainers by wins in 2017, has entered […]

                  AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE ASSOCIATION AWARDS – JAN. 17 Christine Tavares on short list for Outstanding Owner   The AQHA will hold its annual Awards and Dinner on January 17 in Oklahoma, preceding the Heritage Place January Mixed Sale. The Awards honour the racing champions from the […]

  The Year of the Dog. So far, 2018 in southern Ontario has been the year of excruciating temperatures to the point where racing has been cancelled (Standardbred) and you don’t dare step outside unless you really need to. But in other parts of the continent, racing is heating up and Canadians are doing well […]

2018 began with a bang for a trio of Canadian, Woodbine-based trainers and owners on Jan. 1 at Gulfstream plus, Sovereign Award statistics sent to voters and more!   CODE WON   Graded stakes winning mare CODE WARRIOR, making her first start for new owner ROBERT MARZILLI and trainer MIKE DEPAULO sped to a nice […]

Photos for our Jan. 1 feature courtesy of Laurie Overton, a wonderful ambassador of the sport who has been very generous with her photos!             AJAX DOWNS IN ’18 – 49th year ready to go in May! Quarter Horse Racing shows up in Toronto papers, on Radio Fresh off an […]